#IronAge gold stater of British uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltavi) Sun type, 50 - 20 BC. The reverse shows a disarticulated sinuous horse facing left, with many pellets and charioteer's arms above. #numismatics #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/artef…

This looks like modern scrap but it's actually an Iron Age tyre from a chariot! It was found on the margins of Llyn Cerrig Bach during construction of RAF Station Valley in 1942-43. Animal bones & other metal objects were also found. tinyurl.com/n36vnnd5 #FindsFriday #IronAge

I'm having a whale of a time looking through Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales digital library so I have another incredible find to share! The fantastic Langstone Tankard dates to the Iron Age (over 2000 y.o.) & was found with 2 vessels and a wine strainer. #FindsFriday tinyurl.com/nr8teuad

A female mummy with a man's head. #FindsFriday. "The Cladh Hallan skeletons represent the first identification of mummies in the British #BronzeAge, an unexpected treatment of the dead that research has later identified elsewhere in Britain." More here: ow.ly/W4BB50FXXEE

Check out this guy - this goat head carving by artist Eddie Robb adorns gateposts at #AdGefrin, an #AngloSaxon royal township situated between #Kirknewton and #Yeavering in #Northumberland. I snapped him on #research travels in 2013 #FindsFriday #writer #histfic #medievaltwitter

Its #FindsFriday! I'm currently going through a few batches of #Roman coins that I have in. This is my favourite so far, an incomplete silver denarius of Plautilla the wife of Caracalla, the coin dates from AD 202 - 205. From Rutland. LEIC-B89BDD ⬇️⬇️⬇️ finds.org.uk/database/artef…

Definitely a #FindsFriday favourite for me - A gold ring with a skull on the bezel, encircled with the words ‘respice finem’ - ‘think to the end’. The colourful enamelling has survived in some places. From Suffolk. (Portable Antiquities & Treasure SF-9977A7) #mementomori #skull #ring

I have small holes and groves. What am I? #FindsFriday #museums #romanempire #fridayfeeling

For #FindsFriday another #IceAge masterpiece from the Swabian Jura: a mammoth carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. Parts of the head and legs are missing. Perforations between its forelegs and hind legs indicate that it was used as a pendant. The carefully carved...1/2

A good one for #RomanRoadsFriday - Archaeologists confirm discovery of #Roman road in #Brandomil, NW Spain. lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/carbal… #RomanArchaeology #Spain #Archaeology #Arqueologia #ArqueologiaRomana #FindsFriday

A #FindsFriday beauty from neighbouring #Shropshire! This rare Early Medieval brooch shows a bird holding a branch within an enamelled (champlevé) field. It joins a group of at least 7 known examples, and is 1 of 3 to be ID'ed through Portable Antiquities & Treasure Record: finds.org.uk/database/artef…

Popular Science devotes a long-read to the Peebles hoard: a spectacular Bronze Age hoard discovered by Scottish detectorists, and a great example of a beneficial collaboration between hobbyists and professionals. popsci.com/science/scotti…

Registration open for Helsinki workshop 2nd-3rd June: "Future directions in audience engagement for heritage management organizations" www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/langua… #NordicPublicFinds

The first speaker of our workshop @SuzieThomasUA is up with their presentation "From Treasure Hunters to Citizen Scientists: metal-detecting and archaeological heritage in the Nordic region"! #PublicNordicFinds

Last part of today's workshop - a discussion panel with our speakers. Thank you all for joining us! #NordicPublicFinds

Discussion panel with the speakers of today. Thank you for all for participating! #NordicPublicFinds

Even though it is in Estonian, we are proud to share this video appearance of Tuuli Kurisoo. Tuuli is developing the recording and study of detector finds as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Tallinn University, and recently joined our network. novaator.err.ee/1608620626/min…

Re­cord­ings avail­able for the Helsinki Work­shop held in June: "Fu­ture dir­ec­tions in audi­ence en­gage­ment for her­it­age man­age­ment organizations" #NordicPublicFinds www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/langua…

Bergen Workshop: Current opportunities in public archaeology research - Uses and Users of the Data, 6-7 October 2022 - open now for FREE registration #NordicPublicFinds helsinki.fi/en/conferences…

New pub­lic­a­tions: Spe­cial Is­sue in Ad­vances in Ar­chae­olo­gical Prac­tice and Ox­ford Hand­book in Mu­seum Ar­chae­ology www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/higher…