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'Rewilding' Later Prehistory @RewildArch

UKRI-funded project, led by Anwen Cooper. We've moved! Find us on @rewildprehistory.bsky.social

Joined March 2022
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Archive find of the week is this wolf and dog tooth necklace found at the foot of an Early Bronze Age burial in a barrow at South Newton, excavated in the 19th century. Photograph from the Wiltshire Museum archives #WildWednesdays #Archaeology shorturl.at/3wASS
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This striking Iron Age bone comb was made from a horse metapodial bone, recovered during excavations by Wessex Archaeology at Harwell, Oxfordshire. The seemingly human face that looks back at us is a highly unusual form of decoration for this object type & period! #WildWednesdays
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A wide range of plant and animal remains are preserved in Bronze & Iron Age waterholes. Sometimes ladders used by humans to access them survive too-as seen in this example from recently (open access) published excavations at Slade End Farm #WildWednesdays bit.ly/4ekajJl
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"8,000 years back in time in 8m of Peat" Thanks to Hepple Wilds for this lovely blog post on last week's coring activities! hepplewilds.com/news
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Great timelapse video of the team from @school_of_arch and @oatweet busy coring up at Hepple Wilds (Northumberland) for 'Stories of Landscape Change'. Thanks to Hepple Estate for letting us put holes in things! #WildWednesdays
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Admiring the extensive reference collection at @ZooarchLabSheff - they run regular short courses open to all #WildWednesdays #Archaeology sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/…
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Many fine prehistoric objects were crafted from antler, including these ‘cheek-pieces’ interpreted as horse gear. These Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age egs were recovered from excavations >250km & 130yrs apart at Eye Quarry (Cambs, CAU) & Heathery Burn Cave (Durham)#WildWednesdays
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Good news! Early bird registration for the 44th Association of Environmental Archaeology Conference has been extended to 20th September! A program of exciting, diverse & forward-looking talks is coming together - don't miss out! @Envarch #WildWednesdays oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/…
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'New OA report for the Forestry Commission offers guidance for tree planting and archaeology' #WildWednesdays #Archaeology #NatureRecovery
Oxford Archaeology@oatweet
28 Aug 2024
OA's new report for Forestry Commission explores the balance between afforestation and preserving our archaeological heritage. Let's protect our past while planning for a greener future. 🌍 🔗bit.ly/3Z1NchL #Archaeology #Sustainability #Forestry #Heritage
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More open access publication! We have been eagerly waiting to get stuck into this (albeit rather too much cattle for our tastes but there's always some wildlife to be found!) #WildWednesdays #openscience
Cambridge Archaeological Unit@CambridgeUnit
19 Aug 2024
We’re thrilled to share a new Open Access publication Cattle, community and place: The archaeology of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus published by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research doi.org/10.17863/CAM.110414 @UCamArchaeology @oatweet
The grey front cover of a book with a large cover image of an aerial photo of an archaeological excavation, with the lines of ditches showing clearly.

ALT The grey front cover of a book with a large cover image of an aerial photo of an archaeological excavation, with the lines of ditches showing clearly.
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#WildWednesdays It genuinely is exciting reading through @AEAOxford abstract submissions! Fab connections being made between environmental archaeology and contemporary matters from farming to artisan practices. Keep the abstracts flowing!
AEAOxford@AEA_Oxford24
9 Aug 2024
Our team started reading your abstracts - how exciting! 🤓 Abstract deadline has been extended to the end of August, so you have plenty of time to still get your abstract in. oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/…
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#WildWednesday Farming was central to wildlife in later prehistory and is vital to nature recovery now. @RewildArch & @roseferraby had a fantastic weekend @CarbonCallFarm learning from regen farming experts & farmers serious about nature recovery, farming & lively debate!
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Abstract deadline extended for the Association of Environmental Archaeology conference in Oxford this December. Those with relevant interests, both across and outside the sector, are all very welcome! @Envarch
AEAOxford@AEA_Oxford24
31 Jul 2024
🚨DEADLINE EXTENSION🚨 Good news - we extended our submission deadline to Friday, August 30th! If you haven't already, draft up a small abstract (max. 250 words) and submit 😍 oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/…
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AEAOxford@AEA_Oxford24
17 Jul 2024
🚨2 MORE WEEKS LEFT🚨 to submit your abstract for @AEA_Oxford24! We have different formats and exciting topics, check them out on our website. An abstract is max. 250 words, so what are you waiting for? Link: oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/…

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Highlight of today's report trawl are these images of ancient footprints in the clay, where we see the mingled traces of Bronze Age cattle, pig & deer visiting a man-made waterhole (Image: Cambridge Archaeological Unit, site: Bradley Fen) #WildWednesdays #Archaeology
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Open access publication from 2020 available here for those who are interested: repository.cam.ac.uk/items/d…
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"Murder they croaked"- mass find of Iron Age frogs and toads - over 8000 bones- found during the A14 exavations by @MOLA @HeadlandArchUK #WildWednesdays #Archaeology molaheadland.com/murder-they…

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme | MOLA

MOLA Headland Infrastructure carried out the archaeological works for the UK’s biggest road upgrade; National Highways’s £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

mola.org.uk
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Welcome Chris Griffiths, who is joining the Rewilding team for a 3-month placement, collating data on horse material culture. Chris is a PhD student with the University of Reading & Amgueddfa Cymru-Museum Wales, looking at Middle- Late Bronze Age hoards in S Wales #WildWednesdays
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Brilliant to see the outcome of all this hard work publicly available and some great examples of human-animal interactions in prehistory- including this potentially ring-barked oak around which beavers constructed a dam during the Mesolithic #WildWednesdays #Archaeology
Oxford Archaeology@oatweet
18 Jun 2024
Even during the dig, we knew we wanted all the data from Stainton West #cumbria to be available to all interested in archaeology. We finally did it! Fraser explains here why we hope people will engage with this amazing site. Start exploring here ancienteden.uk/
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