Did you know that for the Roman western provinces there are more known female burials with writing equipment than there are male? Read more about Josy Luginbühl's fascinating research on writing equipment in graves here: latinnow.eu/2022/06/13/the… Universität Bern School of Humanities | University of Nottingham

2nd day at #IWGP2022 and Daniel Fuks Cambridge Archaeology presented his research on multi scalar archaeobotanical evidence from the Negev Highlands 🍇🌾

Exciting to hear about the ArboDat 2.0/+ developments from Felix Bittmann at #IWGP2022 . But we need to make sure archaeobotanical data is being shared at publication! If only archaeobotanical editorial boards were interested in improving things.

Also, the #AEAOpenScience was run by these fantastic people: Tom Maltas, Tina Roushannafas and Rubi Wu. #IWGP2022

Elizabeth Stroud Oxford School of Archaeology is presenting the FIBs trait data + models which will be released in the summer as an R package, so everyone will be able to produce the iconic intensive vs extensive lollipop diagrams used by Bogaard et al. This is incredibly exciting #IWGP2022

Massive well done to Anwen Cooper 'Rewilding' Later Prehistory. Can't wait to see how this project develops! 👏👏

We Open Phytoliths are with you on this Lisa Lodwick Yes to sharing data ✊

The International Working Group for Palaeoethnobotany has just made it into the 21st century with a lovely new website - it has tonnes of historical information on the previous meetings from 1969 onwards. Fantastic work @AndreasGHeiss 🎉 #archaeobotany archaeobotany.org

Delighted to be at the last day of #IWGP2022, learning about domestication and post-domestication.

Archaeobotanists from Oxford School of Archaeology et al. at the 19th International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany in České Budějovice

... And archaeobotanists at Cambridge Archaeology et al. at #iwgp2022 (Daniel Fuks, Chris Stevens, Anna Florin, Frijda Schmidt, me and Rachel Ballantyne).

Cracking presentation from Anne De Vareilles Historic England on the results of the Biodiversity project. Highlight of my week. #IWGP2022

Anyone out in Twitterverse know any #Ukrainian researchers/academics working on #Peatlands #peat especially #archaeology #palaeoecology but related areas? Please DM me! Pls RT #PeatTwitter #SupportUkraine 🇺🇦

Job claxon📢: we're hiring FTC staff for an excavation this summer. Multiple roles to apply for - Excavation Supervisors, Finds Supervisor and Archaeologist, Environmental Supervisor and Archaeologist. All details on our website. 👇 Closing date 3rd July historicengland.org.uk/about/jobs/vac…

Calls for Open Life Science 6 are open. openlifesci.org/ols-6 Great opportunity to develop open project, get training in open science and have a mentor to guide you. Applications by 7 July 2022 + starts on 19 September. Open Phytoliths Association for Environmental Archaeology #archaeology #archaeobotany

Sun, sea and samples. Spent the week Tharros Archaeological Research Project studying the results of 3 years of flotation - early assessment means we can provide feedback to the excavation team and refine future sampling! 🌾🍇🔬

Testing out my new commute to Cambridge, starting with a biodiverse station platform.

Call for papers! Abstracts due 29th July for the 42nd Association for Environmental Archaeology conference on "The Environmental Archaeology of Landscapes and Land-Use" which will be 2-4 Dec '22 at UofG Archaeology gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…

These images show different areas of hoofprints of cows, pigs and deer that were left in the clayey sediments around a prehistoric watering hole discovered at Bradley Fen, Whittlesey. It was even possible to spot patterns where animals had walked down to drink before leaving.

Launching #WildWednesdays – a space for sharing ideas/images that evoke the ‘wonder and enchantment’ of wildlife, past, present & future! This 6000-year-old elm leaf from Windy Harbour, Lancs captivated crowds at the recent #TheWorldOfStonehenge exhibition British Museum Oxford Archaeology