Brief 🧵 with tips and tricks from ancient peoples about how to handle the heat…

Congratulations Dr Clarke! Pauline Magdalene Clarke An amazing achievement and important research 🎉

A lovely #Roman brooch in the shape of a bird, with splashes of colour added by enamel decoration. It was found in Chester (Britain); I'm sure the original Romano-British owner treasured it, more than 1600 years ago #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

#DigChester: That’s it from us for this season! Time to say a special THANK YOU to Julie Edwards CWAC Museums & Dan Garner (courtesy of University of Chester ) who supported & led us through the dig! Thanks to everyone who’s followed us over the last 4 weeks too. Cheers! 🥂 University of Chester

We've got some proper old-fashioned, heart-stopping, jaw-dropping #archaeology! Steve and his team are out at Netherhampton, #Wiltshire, where they've revealed yet more of the county's incredible #prehistoric burial landscape... (1/3 – definitely a thread!)

Introducing the latest #LetterToAYoungArchaeologist!✉ This month, #HistoricScot Youth Forum member Charlotte responded to a letter from Josie Ayers, Co-design Officer from Young Scot's #YSHive team, discussing her time working with Historic Environment Scotland to improve #youthengagement 👇

The History Hub's #WednesdayWayBack is this shot of Garden Lane, #Chester in the 1930s.

A decade of Archaeodeath- what an achievement!

We have said farewell to the dig and Hist&ArchChester students for this year but we'll be back in the Grosvenor Park pavilion next week Tuesday 20 - Friday 23 June see cwac.co/xIFkY #DigChester

Conference Sat 24 June 2023, Grosvenor Museum. See the programme here. We look beyond the City Walls at the inter-regional and international connections that sustained Chester and its environs. £20, CAS members £15. To book, go to chesterheritagefestival.co.uk/event-details/…….

Stonehenge Summer Solstice Sunrise Celebrations

Get your questions ready for #AskAnArchaeologist Day! 🤔 #AskAnArchaeologist Day, sponsored by 🅰ntiquity Journal, is a chance for people from all over the world to ask archaeologists questions, and an opportunity for archaeologists to share their knowledge. Anyone with access to

For the #Solstice forget all those boring big stones, this gold pendant was discovered by a detectorist in nearby Shropshire- revealing how Bronze Age people connected with the sun and the significance it held for them © British Museum

Out now! Have a watch of the film 'Revealing the Rows: Secrets of the Rows' for Chesterherifest Cheshire West Features medievalist Thomas Pickles of University of Chester Hist&ArchChester and shows lots of other hidden Roman and medieval places! Watch here: youtu.be/bXa3RO771V4

Don’t miss out on the hundreds of events happening up and down the country this July as part of the #Festivalofarchaeology! From Bath to Kilmartin we have an exciting event near you! 📍 Learn more here 👉bit.ly/3XqtCsG

Wheat- first cultivated in the middle east ~11,000 yrs ago Tomato- originated in South America, first introduced to Europe ~1500s Mozzarella- Italian! Around 2000 yrs ago Pineapple- same as tomatoes, both due to colonialism It takes a lot of cultures to make a national dish!

Step into the boots and pick up the trowel of an archaeologist with the number of opportunities to get involved in fieldwork during the festival of archaeology! 🥾 ⛏️ Learn more here 👉bit.ly/3JBJdQx

Discover the Hidden Value of 'Un-Extraordinary' #Flint Collections- this #MuseumBlog explains why "debitage" has allowed archaeologists to completely reconstruct how #prehistoric people created their tools. museum.ie/en-IE/Collecti… #RegistrationCorner #Museumology #Archaeology

📢Today we are launching our new Youth Advisory Board🎉 We are looking for young people who: 👉Are aged 18-25 👉Can regularly commit a little time every month (online) 👉Want to support and/or make a change in #Archaeology Find out more: archaeologyuk.org/youth-engageme… 🧵1/5