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NEW PAPER ALERT, Comptes Rendu Palevol: doi.org/10.5852/cr-pal…

Tickets are now available for Using Archaeology for Recovery!

This Seminar/Training Day will share wide ranging experiences of the benefits of archaeology for veterans and others suffering from trauma. More information at the link - please share!

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Looking forward to seeing this as myself and fellow Bournemouth Arch & Anth students feature in it. Should be fun!

Some recent pictures from our final year copper smelting field trip to Hengistbury Head Bournemouth Uni @bu_research

On Thursday 18 April, 7pm at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery. Join British Museum curator, Sophia Adams as she explores the fascinating finds from the Chettle Grave site. Tickets are available to buy now dorsetmuseum.org/event/traditio… #FindsFriday #Archaeology #History #Roman #Dorset .

For the first time in 2,000 years, a prehistoric roundhouse is rising at Hengistbury Head #Dorset

Curator Hengistbury Head VC Hayden Scott-Pratt, Wella and Derek Pitman take students Bournemouth Arch & Anth back into the Iron Age

Can't wait to see this building completed !! 🤩👍

New paper alert from Marc Vander Linden, for anyone who is interested in Jomōn, later prehistoric Britain, Bayesian statistics, and any combinations thereof!

doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.…

Sea air, spring sunshine, prehistoric archaeology, roundhouse building and geophysical survey with the students of Bournemouth Arch & Anth

Surely the perfect day out at Hengistbury Head VC 😊👍

#HillfortsWednesday

Martin Smith and Adam Redford (Computer Animation) have been rendering broken fragments of a unique carving of the Mass of St Gregory via photogrammetry to reassemble the statue in virtual space!

Last week, the department had the pleasure of opening the ‘Seasons of Sanctuary' exhibition, a reflective piece encapsulating the first year of the Sanctuary, four seasons through four craft gestures.

Thanks to Megan Russell for spearheading it!

Huge congratulations to PhD student Megan Russell, who won the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology's Athena SWAN prize for her work supporting the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity in the department - reaction shot of her unveiling of the amazing trophy!

Join Dr Clare Randall next week 14 March 2024, 3pm - 4pm at the Museum, to find out more about two fascinating archaeological hoards that Dorset Museum & Art Gallery are currently raising funds to save for the county. #Archaeology #History #Heritage #Dorchester #Dorset . (1/2)

Out with the colour coordinated Derek Pitman and Bournemouth Arch & Anth Bournemouth Uni at the Hengistbury Head VC smashing up malachite to smelt into copper. Beautiful day for it!

Join us in congratulating our Head of Department Derek Pitman on his new role!

Associate Professor Marc Vander Linden has written a new - and entirely #openaccess - book on the Beaker Phenomenon in Europe! cambridge.org/core/elements/…

An exhibition entitled Seasons of Sanctuary is running in the Lees Gallery, Talbot Campus, as of TODAY!

The exhibition is a reflective piece encapsulating the first year of the Sanctuary project: four seasons through four craft gestures. Please do go visit! Images: Megan Russell