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We are looking for a Research Fellow in Black Identity or Heritage at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Hear from some of our previous role holders about why you should apply!

📅 Closing date: 14 June 2024
👉jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46321/

Check out this 1894 irrigation map of the Cauvery delta in India, showcasing the river's flow and principal masonry irrigation works. Created by the Survey office in Madras, it highlights Sir Arthur Cotton's engineering efforts. #MapMonday #Irrigation #Engineering #Cauvery #sasia

Session Two, 'Playing with Words: Books and Knowledge', is taking place TOMORROW (14/05) online at 5pm. We look forward to hearing from our two speakers, and hope to see many of you there. Join our mailing list to receive the link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/soc…

TERM CARD | EASTER 2024

We are delighted to release our term card for our ‘Cultures and Practices of Knowledge’ series.

Join our mailing list here to receive links to the Teams call before each session: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/soc…

Our neighbours at Wandlebury CambPPF P&C put on a great open day yesterday; an archaeological dig by Cambridge Archaeology talks, clay pot making for children. Lovely day...well done all and thank you

📣 Lecture Open to All 📣

The Annual PalEvo - PalMeso Lecture, this year in Oxford!

👉 Sign up: anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/2nd-annu…

🎧 Do tune in to this month’s British Academy of Jewellery Podcast with our very own Marcos Martinon-Torres and Sofie Boons!

🎙 You’ll hear him discuss the value of gold, luxury and the The REVERSEACTION Project Project.

👉 Listen here: baj.ac.uk/baj-jewellery-…

We had so much fun at the first Archaeology Open Day last the weekend! Hope to see more of you there this Saturday!

Date: Saturday 4 May 2024
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Wandlebury Country Park (Cambridge Past, Present & Future) Cambridge Past, Present & Future

It is time for this week's #heritagefromabove ! Do you know where we are today and the name of the heritage site? Watch the clip for some clues and remember to send your answer in the comments below!! #Quiz #GoogleEarth #wherearewe #AfricanHeritage

We have a new cousin❤️ !!!!!!!!!!

The amazing #Neanderthal lady from #Shanidar - her name is 'Z' 😍😍😍😍 ..we know about her through the fabulous reconstruction by Emma Pomeroy from CambridgeBioAnth / Cambridge Archaeology and Lucía López-Polín from IPHES-CERCA

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

🚨New paper alert!🚨 'Frequent disturbances enhanced the resilience of past human populations' - We analysed 30,000 years of history to understand how populations absorb and recover from disturbances Research @ Bournemouth University Bournemouth Uni

doi.org/10.1038/s41586… Gold OA:🔓

🎥🦴We are delighted to announce the release of the Netflix documentary ‘Secrets of the Neanderthals’ today, featuring the Shanidar Cave Project!

👉 Read the story to find out more: arch.cam.ac.uk/news/shanidar-…

We had to share these from a recent experimental glass beadmaking workshop organised by Qin-Qin Lü! Thanks to Sue Heaser for sharing your expertise!

Image/Film credit: Qin-Qin Lü

Join Cambridge Archaeology at Wandlebury for some family fun including:

⛏️ Excavation site tours
💬 Talk to archaeologists Cambridge Archaeological Unit
🛡️ Dress like an Iron Age person
🏺 Get hands on with prehistoric pottery

Info on timings: bit.ly/44adbUH Cambridge Past, Present & Future

Looking for something to do with the family this weekend? Join us at Wandlebury to learn about the archaeology of the local area.

Date: Saturday 27 April 2024 and Saturday 4 May 2024
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Wandlebury Country Park Cambridge Past, Present & Future

On the 87th anniversary of its bombing we remember the Basque town of Gernika.

Hear from Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose and Dr Erin O'Halloran Cambridge Heritage Research Centre 👇

arch.cam.ac.uk/news/gernika-8…

📸 Erin O’Halloran

Interspecific competition played an important, previously ignored, and unusual role in hominin speciation and extinction - read my latest paper in NatureEcoEvo here: rdcu.be/dE0vz
Dept of Zoology Cambridge Archaeology

We're organising a seminar on The State of Heritage in Sudan, followed by a Memorial Lecture in Honour of Prof Ibrahim Musa at Cambridge. Reach out if you're interested in attending online.

Much excitement here at Wandlebury this week and next as we have teams from Cambridge Archaeology Cambridge Archaeological Unit doing the first dig in almost 30 years! They are holding open days Sat 27 April and Sat 4 May when you can come along and see what they’ve been up to

So #SecretsOfTheNeanderthals is out in ONE WEEK- I was a consultant for doc's producers BBC Studios, and I'll be in Cambridge Archaeology on 2nd May with Dr Emma Pomeroy (Shanidar team palaeoanthropologist)
for a live watch-along 5-7pm BST & taking Qs on here!