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Søren Sindbæk opens up the first sesson of the St Olaf seminar, which he is chairing this morning. #StOlafInIreland #VikingDublin

New volume of Journal of Urban Archaeology Vol 8 (2023) brepolsonline.net/toc/jua/2023/8 #OpenAccess Journal of Urban Archaeology UrbNet Brepols Comparing Urban Heterogeneity

New paper out on the transformative role of foreign technology and (W. Bryan Arthur's concept) combinatorial evolution in the Bronze Age City of Dilmun, c.2000 BC researchgate.net/publication/37…

A new book on the Estonian Salme ship burials was officially released on Nov 10! ”The Salme Ship Burials: Two Eighth-Century Mass Graves on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Fieldwork and Catalogue” arheoloogia.ee/uudised/the-sa…

Ukrainian archaeologists are beginning to grapple with the invisible toll of Russian invasion on cultural heritage. "Wherever we've looked, we see destruction": science.org/content/articl… 🅰ntiquity Journal News from Science

Björkö island, in 🇸🇪; called Birka by some, in 3D LiDAR... sketchfab.com/3d-models/birk…

The latest issue feature an article on the Vendel-/Merovingian period platformed hall at Aska, 🇸🇪 by Rundkvist et al (as well as gold foils from Aska on the cover). Watch a film (🇬🇧 subtitles are available) on the dig here: youtu.be/p3pX20iqDTA?si…

👀👀Spotted in the wild! Sarah Kerr and I have some plans 😊

One small step for man, but a giant loss for mankind. Afghanistan: Archaeological sites 'bulldozed for looting' bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

The committee that just saved the Giza pyramid site google.com/amp/s/www.cbsn…

There are some big surprises for the early history of Northern Europe in this paper, and other evidence that decisively puts old questions to rest. Busy times ahead for archaeology.

Excellent opinion piece. Rejection of the Anthropocene concept by the geologists gives archaeologists the opportunity to get it right without the geology baggage. This was my thought when I heard the news (in Jena) @paleotropics MPI-GEA Jena nicole boivin nature.com/articles/s4155…

What would you see if you applied the full geoarchaeological toolbox on a Viking-age house floor? We had a unique opportunity to investigate this in Ribe's emporium a few years ago. The answer has has just come to print. An archeology of invisible tracks. rdcu.be/dCgiy

Very nice column about my book, Urban Life in the Distant Past, from World Archaeology magazine, by Søren Sindbæk "The energy of crowds" the-past.com/comment/the-en… via withemes School of Human Evolution and Social Change ASU Teotihuacan Lab Cambridge University Press - Archaeology

20 years of finds of Viking combs from Ipswich bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

This was a very cool study to be part of. We used the geochemistry of finds from the stratigraphy in Denmark's oldest town to date Europe's first glass production. From Charlemagne to Vikings and back. urbnet.au.dk/news/nyhed/art…

Just graduated from Aarhus Universitet in archaeology as Cand.Mag. Since my thesis got a great grade, I've decided to upload it online so that everyone can enjoy it! academia.edu/121594632/Broo… via Academia

I can't believe it, but I actually got to play a snippet of music in this programme. Who would have thought! "That's the way to do it - you play your lyre on the BBC!" Here's the teaser: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

'We will not get the iconic, research-based Viking Age Museum that was planned. I believe this is a loss both economically and to Norway as a cultural nation.'