Dr. Adelle Bricking šŸŒ¼

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Archaeologist in Wales šŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳ó æ | Finds Officer based in Amgueddfa Cymru šŸ›ļø | PhD on Iron Age mortuary practices šŸ›– | ADHD: expect typos šŸ„² | she/her | all views are mine!

A photo of me standing in the foundations of a Roman bath house at Lydney Park. I am in the hypocaust with my arms up.
PDF of the Call for Papers for the Prehistoric Societyā€™s Europa conference in honour of Professor Penny Spikins at the University of York on 6 June. The theme is ā€œWhat can we learn from Neanderthals?ā€ Abstract submission date 5 April. Email abstracts to Meetings@PrehistoricSociety.org
Me holding a pill-shaped hide shield with bronze plate decoration and a lenticular central boss. I am looking down at the shield.
Beth and I sat at a long skinny table with paperwork and artefacts on a black tablecloth. Three adults and a child sit at the table opposite, two kids play in the back, their faces covered by emojis.
Photo of an oval belt buckle depicting a hoard of Roman coins except these coins donā€™t actually exist, the inscriptions are nonsense like ā€˜TETEATANā€ who wasnā€™t an emperor, and VCVSTVS which means nothing. The coins depict classical ā€œRomanā€ things in a style thatā€™s true to how ancient Roman coins actually look, but they are again nonsensical, like a crocodile and a winged sphinx.
A lenticular object thatā€™s about as wide as my hand. A lenticular opening perforates the center. Itā€™s rusty brown from iron corrosion.
Professor Martin Bell standing at a lectern with the title slide for his talk projected on the screen behind him.
Dr Richard Brunning standing at a lectern to the left, behind him is a PowerPoint slide showing an artist reconstruction of people walking the Sweet Track as it may have looked in the Neolithic next to a photo showing how it looked after being exposed by modern excavation.
Dr Niels NĆørkjƦr Johannsen standing at a lectern with a PowerPoint showing stone heap graves behind.
Dr Sally Taylor standing at a lectern gesturing to a PowerPoint slide showing a map of early Neolithic archaeology in Cumbria
Me in front of a banner for the Prehistoric Society. I am smiling mouth closed pointing to the banner behind.
Candid photo of Kate Britton in front of a PowerPoint slide with photos of Martin Bell standing in a tidal landscape, covered in mud, holding something in his hand.
Candid photo of Molly Masterson at the lectern in front of a PowerPoint title slide ā€˜Rooted Routes: how plants move peopleā€™
Candid photo of Matt Pope standing at a lectern. A PowerPoint slide depicting a photo of Martin Bell excavating in a wetland coastal environment. A footprint is depicted.
Photo of a standing banner for the Prehistoric Society. Stonehenge is depicted at the bottom of the banner.
Screenshot of the programme including venue information. The theme is Landscape Connectivity in Prehistory. A blue stylised footprint is in the top right quarter.
Niall standing in front of a blue title slide with white text that just says the title of the talk.
Richard in front of a slide depicting a reconstructed roundhouse in Whithorn, Scotland.
Photo of Andy in front of a slide showing various illustrations in a Google search ā€˜Iron Age farmingā€™
Ken Murphy standing in front of a title slide with the Heneb triskele logo
Photo of Manuel in front of a title slide showing a colourful LiDAR photo of a hillfort site with a busy/complex interior
Photo of Matt Brudenell in front of a title slide showing an aerial photo of an archaeological excavation with dark curvilinear features representing settlement structures.
Martin Carruthers standing in front of a title slide depicting an aerial view of the deturfed site with the blue sea in the background
Photo of Dawn McLaren presenting in front of a title slide depicting various finds from the Black Loch of Myrton site.
Anne Crone in front of a title slide depicting digital reconstructions of the Black Loch of Myrton site with three roundhouses on a patch of land surrounded by water and a timber trackway leading up to it.
Photo of Katie Oā€™Connell in front of a title slide depicting three people in high-vis excavating a wetland site. AOC Archaeological Group and Breedon logos at the bottom.
Photo of Simon Stoddart presenting in front of a slide depicting a complicated graph that describes the contents of a midden excavated from outside the broch.
A cream canvas tote bag with the Iron Age Dialogues conference logo depicting a black line drawing of an ox head escutcheon with curving capped horns.
White, pale green and orange lichen growing in spots on the stone.
A sub-rectangular standing stone in a field. Light green and orange lichen cover the face. The sky is blue with clusters of small clouds to the right.
Photo of 7 people standing around round tables in Ceredigion Museum wearing coats. I am looking at something and smiling.
Photo of a round Bronze Age cairn with a modern stack of stones piled up in the centre. The sun is setting making the sky golden and blue. Iā€™m in the middle ground next to the cairn. A staffy is in the foreground. Rolling hills and mountains in the distance.
Close photo of the brooch. The plate is lunate in shape and blueish green with corrosion. Recessed cells are filled with blue enamel in triangles and rectangles on the lunate. Red enamel would have alternated with the blue but most of the red is missing. The groove with the chevron detail defines the inner edge of the lunate plate. Broken openwork circles decorate the ends of the lunate.
Photo of an old wooden door with a wooden plaque that reads DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY. An octagonal window below shows a long corridor with bookshelves on one side and offices on the other.
Die face of a small circular deal matrix with the shape of a squirrel with tail bent over its back engraved. Most of the legend is visible around the edges.
A railway bridge in Covington, Kentucky. Iā€™m standing in the middle ground wearing jeans and a kanji coat facing the camera and smiling. The season is autumn with most trees bare of leaves but some orange ones still cling on. Gravel path runs between iron supports.
A group of guys in dark jackets and coats standing around an oval table with various artefacts on display. They are looking at a young woman holding an artefact speak. Floor to ceiling bookshelves in the background.
A crude mosaic depicting a round-faced figure side-eyeing with a straight mouth wearing a hooded cloak in blue and red tile mosaic. Cream tiles make the face, clothing accents and background.
An old black and white photo showing the foundations of the villa after being excavated. You can just about see the mosaic floor in the foreground
Photo of the Four Seasons mosaic reconstructed in Newport Museum. The design is black and white geometric with red accents. Four figures representing the seasons at the corners of the mosaic and animals in between them around the border.
Mirror pic of me wearing a grey t shirt that says itā€™s just a pile of rocks in a field
Photo of a tv screen playing Digging for Britain season 12 episode 5. From left to right: Richard Osgood, Adam Gwilt, me and Alice Roberts are standing in front of a table where an Iron Age bridle bit and chariot miniature are displayed. Adam is talking and weā€™re all looking at him.
Snow covering an Iron Age ditch and rampart. Cloudy sky.
Photo at the top of earthen steps looking down into a wood with trails branching off in different directions.
Photo of a tv showing a Saxon man cringing with subtitles that read ā€œThereā€™s an Iron Age fort on top of the Hill of the Ashā€
Cymhorthfa Finds Dydd Sul 26 lonawr 10:00-15:00 y Gaer Amgueddfa, Oriel Gelf a Llyfrgell Glamorgan St, Brecon LD3 7DW Oes gennych chi unrhyw wrthrychau archaeolegol hen a diddorol? Erioed wedi meddwl beth oedden nhw? Rian yw eich cyfle iddarganfod mwy! Swyddogion Cyswllt Darganfyddiadau Adelle ar gael i'w nodi a'i gofnodi ar gyfer y Cynllun Hynafiaethau Cludadwy. E-bostiwch Adelle.Bricking@museumwales.ac.uk i archebu slot 10 munud gwarantedig
Digital poster that reads: Finds Surgery Sunday 26 January 10:00-15:00 y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery & Library Glamorgan St, Brecon LD3 7DW Do you have any old and interesting archaeological objects? Ever wondered what they were? Now is your chance to find out! Finds Liaison Officer Adelle Bricking will be available to identify and record them for the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Email Adelle.Bricking@museumwales.ac.uk to book a guaranteed 10-minute slot.
A French bulldog sitting in a low chair next to a Christmas tree.
Video of a young pigeon eating a bowl of peas.
A bird cage with an Amazon box with a hole cut out of the side and the pigeon poking its head out, looking out the window .
Photo of a tall bird cage in front of a window. The pigeon is perched, looking out the window. The cage is lined with cardboard and clean paper towels.
A young pigeon perched on my hand
A young pigeon in my hand over a bath tub
Screenshot of a Call for Papers poster for the Iron Age Dialogues conference to be hosted at Cardiff University 30 April-02 May. Abstracts should be 250 words and emailed to IronAgeDialogues@cardiff.ac.uk. The website is IronAgeDialogues.co.uk.
Photo of a squab in profile with silly little hair-like feathers poking out of more mature, pigeon-looking feathers
A young adolescent pigeon preening its feathers while stood in a takeaway container lined with toilet paper.
Photo of an adolescent pigeon in a takeaway container lined with toilet paper. It has the beak of a squab and silly little flyaway feathers amongst the more adult ones.
Photo of me wearing a red and blue plaid shirt and jeans looking up at a massive square standing stone at Avebury, placed in the ground on its corner so it looks like a diamond. Itā€™s over twice my height.
The handle with a stick figure head, hands and feet drawn on. The head has x x for eyes like cartoons do when theyā€™re dead.
Close up of the hilt guard with a row of tiny hand-punched dots running its length.