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New Durham University spin-out StratoBayes is using research developed at Durham to help experts make better-informed decisions about what lies beneath the Earth’s surface.
Learn more: brnw.ch/21x5uFM
New paper! By Meng Zhang, me & Dan Lawrence "Population dynamics of prehistoric East Asia (10−2 ka BP) & relationship with climatic & subsistence changes" Quaternary Science Reviews doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.… C14 & settlement data compared with climate within & across the region.
Wow, what an offensive title this book has. I haven't heard that mocking slur for disabled people used since I was in the school playground.
Check out my review of Laurie A. Wilkie & Katherine M. Kinkopf. 2026. An introduction to crip archaeology. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. A must read for all bioarchaeologists engaging with disability and care. Antiquity | Cambridge Core - cup.org/4xw6r1l
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Cuts to NERC isotope funding to disproportionately affect archaeological science. Rather than spread the cuts across all subject, archaeological science will no longer be supported. This is terrible for our research community and is short-sighted.
isotopesuk.org/announcements…
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New U-series dates on the Petralona cranium, a key-fossil for European human evolution: An answer to the reply ‘Can controversial samples lead to reliable conclusions?’ [our answer is YES!] sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Did Bronze Age sailors connect communities across Europe?⛵
New research led by our @ArcDurham suggests ancient boat carvings point to extensive maritime links and trade networks spanning the Atlantic coast.
Find out more: brnw.ch/21x3LFP
#DUresearch
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Congratulations to R. Alan Williams, Benjamin Roberts et al., winners of the 2026 #AntiquityPrize!
Their research found south-west Britain was an important tin source in the Bronze Age, including for the major civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean!
#AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵
ALT A tidal island with a castle built on it (St. Michael's Mount), overlaid with the text 'Did British tin forge the European Bronze Age? Antiquity Prize 2026. From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? R. Alan Williams, Mariacarmela Montesanto, Kamal Badreshany, Daniel Berger, Andy M. Jones, Enrique Aragón, Gerhard Brügmann, Matthew Ponting, and Benjamin W. Roberts.' Copyright Alan Williams, Project Ancient Tin.
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Could your DNA connect you to America’s earliest colonists? In a new @CurrentBiology study, 23andMe scientists, @HarvardMed, & @NMNH uncovered the genetic legacy of Maryland's founding settlement. Read the research blog.23andme.com/articles/an…
#AncientDNA #Genetics
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.@DurhamPsych researchers have found that young children are less likely to react negatively to the smell of vegetables they were repeatedly exposed to in the womb.
They coded the facial reactions of three-year-olds to carrot 🥕or kale 🥬
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Big results from the 2025 Hornby Castle season: new timber structures, a possible well head, and a rare c.1100 AD shield brooch that re‑dated the moat foundations. Full update: aasdn.org.uk/hornby.htm
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Dr Adrian Green’s talk ‘New insights into Durham Castle and the medieval city’ has moved to 20 June. Join us for his latest research into Durham’s early Norman past. Details: aasdn.org.uk/lectures.htm
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Interested in the archaeology and history of the North East? Catch up with our projects, lectures and publications on the Arch & Arch website: aasdn.org.uk/home.html
ALT Georgian fob seal with mermaid intaglio. Just one of the many small finds from the 'Roman Offerton' site on the banks of the river wear in Sunderland
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34 (1) The essence of time | PAGES issue on chronologies and dating methods pastglobalchanges.org/public…
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Come and take the MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at one of the @QS World University Rankings Top 100 universities for 2026! 🎓
Apply: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…
We're thrilled to announce our outstanding performance in the @worlduniranking 2026🏆🎓🥳
3 subjects in the top 10
10 subjects in the top 50
22 subjects in the top 100
in their field
Read more👉 brnw.ch/21x12aL
#QSWUR #BestUniversities #UniLife
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A medieval wall painting hidden for centuries is giving new clues to the grand past of #DurhamCastle.
The painting of a masonry pattern with a central flower and stem motif was revealed during renovation work.
👉Discover more: brnw.ch/21x0PRd
#DUresearch
ALT A montage of images showing a masonry style medieval painting with flower and stem, two people looking at the painting and a man holding an oyster shell to the camera.
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𝐒𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 from SAS member Andrew Millard and colleagues from Durham University on diet and agriculture in China:
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.…
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Readers of @CurrentArchaeo have voted to make the Melsonby Hoard Iron Age find its ‘Rescue Project of the Year’🏆
This major find was excavated by our archaeologists with support from @britishmuseum and funding from @HistoricEngland.
👉 brnw.ch/21x0o0B
ALT A montage of images showing a group of three people holding an award, the cauldron from the Melsonby Hoard and a close up of the award plaque.
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Remarkable, if accurate. Age estimates on the teeth could be tried directly by coupled ESR/U-series...
Modern human presence in eastern Asia before 130 ka: evidence from U-series re-dating of Daoxian site sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟲-𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Themes will include research on the association of radiocarbon dating with human and animal diets through stable isotopes, mobility and migration.
radiocarbon.org/events/radio…
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✨ 📙A striking new light & sound installation is touring North East England this month, telling the story of Codex Amiatinus - the oldest intact complete Bible in existence.
Rivers of Ink is free & open to all.
👉Find out more: brnw.ch/21wZGpR
#DUinspire