Things here at Sheffield’s Archaeology department are DIRE. Please share far and wide, read this thread and #SaveSheffieldArchaeology !!!
#Archaeology #SaveArchaeology #ArchaeologistsUniteView quoted post on X
Project 'Wildscape'
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Interdisciplinary @IOAHC @HLFYandH project exploring the prehistoric landscapes of the Humberhead Levels @Plymgeog @uccarchaeology @Unibirmingham
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Bring Back the Bogs: Estonian Volunteers Get Hands Dirty in Climate Fight nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…
This looks a lot like our friend from Wroot 🤔 @Fossilbeetle
Evidence for long distance trade in the Irish Neolithic. These beautiful green jadeite axes are from Donegal & Westmeath & are c 6000 years old. Studies have shown that the stone they are fashioned out of comes from a series of Neolithic quarries located high in the Italian alpsView quoted post on X
#Bison had a #population of over 60mil @ the beginning of the 19thC but were almost #extinct by the end with their numbers under 600. They are no longer an #EndangeredSpecies. What happened? Read about this, shifting baselines, and more in our #blog (see our pinned tweet).
We're ecstatic! Wild bison are to return to the UK for the first time in 6,000 years! A small herd will be reintroduced to @KentWildlife land in 2022. This endangered species will help to naturally regenerate a former pine wood plantation 🌲View quoted post on X
#rewilding
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Our resident @boglady_ has written a blog for BES SIG group in Palaeoecology. Check it out here!
Read the first @BES_Palaeo paper summary written by
@boglady_ who discusses Mann et al. (2013) and the role that climate change and human pressures had on the extinction of Megafauna at the terminal Pliestocene #palaeoecology palaeosigbes.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/exa…View quoted post on X
