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Dr Emily Hanscam @emilyhanscam.bsky.social Researcher at Linnaeus University, UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures | PhD in #archaeology | Editor of @traj-journal.bsky.social | Roaming Alaskan | she/her https://lnu.se/en/staff/emily.hanscam/
Dr Alexander Thomas @admt9999.bsky.social Researcher: Viking Age governance texts & landscapes, England. Author: @routledgebooks.bsky.social Member: Rochester Cathedral Research Guild, Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and Loyalty in the Medieval World Research Networks. Website: https://www.alex3.net.
Answers in the Silmarillion @ddvergatal.bsky.social Archaeologist, Western Gichigamiing Basin. U.S. Army Veteran.
Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social Ikerbasque Research Professor of Medieval History at University of Basque Country
Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social PhD. from Royal Holloway, University of London. Repost ≠ Endorsement / All views my own. Primary Research: History/Archaeology of Medicine, Disability, Disease, Trauma. Palæopathology. Religion. 'Theorist' & 'Massive Autodidact'
Wirral Archaeology CiC @warchaeologycic.bsky.social Our mission is to Investigate, explore and unearth Wirral’s hidden history
Wirral Vikings @wirralvikings.bsky.social The largest Viking and Anglo-Saxon living history group in the North West
Kristin Bornholdt Collins @bornholdtcollins.bsky.social Numismatist ⁘ Vikings in the Irish Sea ⁘ Hiberno-Scandinavian and Hiberno-Manx coinage ⁘ intersection and overlap of bullion and coin, etc. ⁘ author of SCBI 73: Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social archaeology, art, heritage ecologies, drumadoon, ardeer
Yannis Hamilakis 🍉 @yannisham.bsky.social Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Modern Greek Studies at Brown University. Politics of the past (and the present), sensoriality and the body, contemporary archaeology, theory and philosophy, migration: https://brown.academia.edu/YannisHamilakis
World Archaeology @wolrdarchaeology.bsky.social World Archaeology is an international peer-reviewed journal exploring archaeology through a worldwide and multiperiod basis. Five thematic issues are published annually dedicated to tackling current debates, methods and theories from a global perspective.
Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social He/him. Academic at large, but lectures in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. linktr.ee/olimould Researches anti-capitalism & cities. Christianarchist. Toffeeman. Interested in scifi, films, architecture, music and t-shirts.
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology @bhajournal.bsky.social Established in 1991, the BHA is a peer-reviewed #OpenAccess journal focused on global histories of archaeology, published by Ubiquity Press. See more at https://archaeologybulletin.org/, and follow us here for updates on articles, research, & events!
Early Medievalist @earlymedievalist.bsky.social Tim Clarkson. PhD, FRHistS. Historian and author. Early medieval history and archaeology. See my books at http://senchus.wordpress.com/my-books/
Mia 🐊 @miasoulcoe.bsky.social 💤 Archaeology theory Masters graduate from Bradford University | she/they 💤
Jake Stattel @jakestattel.bsky.social Medieval Historian, Postdoc Fellow at Cambridge | Vikings, the Danelaw, Legal History | https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-jake-stattel
Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social Best-selling author | artist | archaeologist | write and teach about #LateAntiquity, #EarlyMedieval, #Hungarians + #Vikings Views my own. Appears on BBC radio occasionally. LITTLE KINGDOMS: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingdoms-Hardback/p/56542
𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 @salix.bsky.social Pretty decent hedge witch who likes cheese. I do art, loving people & absurd silliness. People like me but seem afraid. 🏳️‍🌈 Ally she/her
TAG 2025 @ York @tag2025york.bsky.social The official page for the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference hosted by the Department of Archaeology at the University of York in York, UK December 15-17 2025 https://tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/
Kristin Armstrong-Oma @kristinaoma.bsky.social Archaeologist & researcer @UniStavanger
Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social Historian of archaeology, Co-Investigator of Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social, Co-Editor (with Dr Katy Soar), Strange Relics (Handheld Press, 2022). Website: https://www.amarathornton.com/; Agent: @agentbal.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social Historian of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages @glasgow.ac.uk. Writes on the medieval Roman Empire, Britain, and everything in between.
Matthew Johnson @matthewj.bsky.social Archaeologist at Northwestern University; Norwich City fan. He/him. Dis/Abled. Opinions expressed my own.
Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social Historical Archaeologist working on the #Caribbean & #Chile | #Archaeology #Indigeneity #Colonialism #Slavery| Mamá • Feminista • Made in Madrí-La Mancha
Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social Assoc prof of Islamic art at UT Austin, 24-25 NEH Fellow, Syria, archaeology, heritage. Formerly world-renowned author of "The Citizen Kane of Islam-centric cat-themed Twitter threads", now making an Arabic/English digital game set in 8th c. Syria
Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social Old bloke in Yorkshire, interested in wildlife, gardening, books, classical music, archaeology, cats. Often muddy. Born at 313ppm. Opinions my own.
Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social Me? Prehistory. Normans. Recently Vikings. New Model Army. Asterix. Old Gods. Arsenal. Corinthian Casuals. University Library Buildings Development Manager. Neurodivergent. Cursed by MECFS. #MDANT
The Vikingology Podcast @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social Viking History podcast with cohosts @cjadrien.bsky.social and @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social where we discuss the art and science of the Viking Age. #vikingsky #medievalsky #history
@shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social History. Vikings. Iceland. Running. Wine. Seahawks. Christmas tree farming. Smart people. Love. That's it. Oh wait, and I do PhD research at UHI.
Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social Writing - archaeology - heritage. British Iraqi. Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate. Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025. Working Classicist of the Year 2025. She/her
Lars S. Sørensen @handansken.eurosky.social Danish #archaeologist living in in Stavanger, Norway. FLO for Rogaland County, case officer, project coordinator. Working in the trenches of #archaeology. Views are entirely my own and yes, I do tend to spend all my vacations in Scotland.
Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social I decipher power through times and places Historian. Classicist. Egyptologist. Papyrologist. Professor. Lead editor of Everyday Orientalism The past is now مصر دائما 🐍 🎨🏺✍️ From 🐢 to 🍉: #Landback
Gylfi Helgason @bauv.bsky.social Archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology, Iceland Fornleifafræðingur hjá Fornleifastofnun Íslands
(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Children’s author by night.🌙 🍉She/her. Writing a 📗 on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social Archaeology in/of/as/through pop culture. Run by @archaeonado.bsky.social, writing at almostarchaeology.com
Morgan L Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social Writer of odd things | In Al Jazeera, Poetry Ireland Review, Strange Horizons, Banshee, F&SF, Best Canadian Essays 21' | Codex | MA Seamus Heaney Centre, QUB, PhD UChi | They/She 🏳️‍🌈 Sicilian-Irish-Egyptian Arts Council of NI 2025
Society for the Study of the Past @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social The Society for the Study of the Past is a new subject organisation that believes solidarity with the oppressed, liberation of the occupied and a more just future are core concerns of the historian. 🍉 Join us! ⬇️ societyforthestudyofthepast.com
Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social Learning things I never had the chance to learn. En @cretus.usc.gal
@steffenbakksigils.bsky.social @steffenbakksigils.bsky.social Hi, I'm Steffen Tjøtta Bakke, an archaeologist and Norse Pagan based in Tromsø, Norway. I share insights into Norwegian archaeology, 3D artifacts https://linktr.ee/Steffenbakksigils
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social An independent project connecting archaeologists, heritage researchers, and members of the public committed to challenging rising misuse and misrepresentation of the past by the far-right. UK-based, ECR-led. https://archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/
Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social PhD, University of Bristol; RHS Marshall Fellow (2024-25), IHR. Research on Norman Invasion in 1066, maritime and riverine environments, 11th-c. maritime connections in the North Sea world https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social Megaliths and✨SO MUCH✨more. Browse our🗿WORLDWIDE 📜 ancient site 🗺️ map/database/gallery. 🪨 Human prehistory🦣 to🏺1100CE 🏛️ Andy B posting✨ Main site: https://www.megalithic.co.uk More: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/linktree/
Therron Welstead @therronwelstead.bsky.social A castle botherer, church crawler, and general history nerd.
Clare Rainsford @littlebonelady.bsky.social Zooarchaeologist and Yorkshire import. Owned by a lurcher called Baz. Often baffled.
James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social Late Roman & Early Medieval History & Archaeology @unibonn.bsky.social Exploring what happens when empires die. Publications available at http://jmharland.hcommons.org https://www.igw.uni-bonn.de/de/institut/altegeschichte/personen/james-harland
Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | FRHistS | palaeography & editing | convenor @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social | neurodivergent | co-chair UCU Anticasualisation Committee | @ucucommons.org | https://joanneedge.co.uk | agent: @knifewitch.bsky.social
Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social Late antiquity, early Middle Ages, manuscripts, cities and monasticism. A bit of digital humanities and maps as well. Assistant Professor at the University of Erfurt
John Hoopes @jwhoopes2.bsky.social Anthropologist. Archaeologist. https://hoopes.academia.edu/ I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
Iestyn Jones @driestynjones.bsky.social Archaeologist, early medievalist working in Wales - Archeolegydd, canol oeswr cynnar, yn gweithio yng Nghymru Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social Historian and archaeologist of the ancient world. New York and the East Neuk of Fife.
Tim Daw @timdaw.bsky.social Worked at Stonehenge, built a Long Barrow. Peasant farmer in Wiltshire.
Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social #Roman & conflict archaeologist; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; University Teacher at the University of Liverpool; Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrative Research in Conflict Archaeology.
Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social 🎓Lecturer @BristolUni @BILT (curriculum, pedagogy, SFHEA, sustainability, AI, qual research) UCU WIASN Higher Education 🏺 Archaeologist @archsengage.bsky.social Archaeology 👩‍🎨Crafter, TephraArts https://tephraarts.etsy.com 📍Bristol ☘️ she/her
Dr. Lisa M. Daly, PhD @planecrashgirl.bsky.social Airplane archaeologist (NL focused, 1920s-1940s aviation mostly), researcher, author (fiction and non-fiction), cat lover, crafter, ballroom dance instructor, explorer, and all about all things Newfoundland and Labrador history, heritage, and culture.
James Green @archeaids.bsky.social Southeast US archaeologist posting about archaeology, history, geology, maps, LiDAR, botany, fossils, & other things. GIS specialist. Lithic, native ceramic, & historic artifact analyst.
Dr Emma Tollefsen @emmatollefsen.bsky.social Bioarchaeologist: Histotaphonomy, Archaeothanatology, Funerary Archaeology 💀🩻 🏛️ Honorary Fellow @archanchistleic.bsky.social 🔬 #PDRA @arcdurham.bsky.social |📍Newcastle 📩 Committee: Bog Body Research Network | 🇳🇴 in 🇬🇧 | 🐾🧶🪴☕️📸 #DeathPositive - Views my own
Cat Rees @catrees.bsky.social Archaeologist in North Wales. Currently studying PhD looking at death in Pre-Roman Wales. Other interests include making random stuff and scruffing my hounds.
Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project @sedgefordarch.bsky.social SHARP is a long-term, independently run archaeological research project investigating the range of human settlement and activity in Sedgeford, Norfolk. https://www.sharp.org.uk/
The British History Podcast @thebhp.bsky.social History with the fun bits left in. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com
Bob Muckle @bobmuckle.bsky.social Archaeologist. Broad experiences and interests in archaeology. Currently focussed on arch of recent and contemporary times. Written several books, incl textbooks. Series editor for Teaching Archaeology (U of Toronto Press). Now also trying to write fiction
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @uoncsva.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Dr. James Dilley @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social Experimental Archaeologist; Media consultant; Specialist in Flintknapping & Bronze casting: see my work displayed at The British Museum & Stonehenge Find me at: https://www.ancientcraft.co.uk/
Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/
Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social Working at the nexus of heritage and wildlife crime, w/a hefty dash of human remains trafficking research and advocacy | Res. Fellow Adelaide U. |🔎💵💀🖥️ | Taiko drummer, Home cook, Husband | Co-founder of @counteringcrime 🏳️‍🌈⚣ he/him
Mercian Migrant @mercianmigrant.bsky.social Enthusiast of early medieval insular stone sculpture and natural history. Former teacher of biology. Born in Mercia; lives in Sussex.
Dr Rowan English @rowane.bsky.social Archaeologist, PhD on the ivory trade in late antiquity. Also interested in early medieval northwest Europe, circular economies, funerary archaeology, and long-distance interactions of all kinds.
Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social #OpenAccess peer-reviewed #digital #journal for #archaeology at University of York (UK). Posts by Judith Winters (Ed) #publication #digital #heritage 🏺
History With Kayleigh @kayleighhistory.bsky.social Dutch Ancient History Nerd - Content creator on Youtube. Creating videos on Human Evolution, Ancient Structures, Ancient Inventions, Archaeological Discoveries and more! Subscribe & Join Me❤
Rebecca Jones @drbecjones.bsky.social Archaeologist; #Roman Frontiers; Scottish History and #Archaeology at National Museums Scotland @ntlmuseumsscotland
Nicky Garland @nickyjgarland.bsky.social Training and Communications Manager at the Archaeology Data Service 💾 at University of York - prehistorian, phd, #vegan, runner 🏃‍♂️ training, #digital #preservation #archaeology 🏺
Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social Archaeologist | Biologist | Feminist | Max Planck | Hon Prof U Queensland Adjunct Prof Griffith U | Linking Past, Present and Future for a Better Anthropocene | Gender Equity | Research Governance | www.nicole-boivin.com
E-J Graham @e-jgraham.bsky.social Professor of Roman Archaeology at The Open University | Roman archaeology | material religion | penguins 🐧
Annemieke Milks @annemiekemilks.bsky.social Palaeolithic archaeologist, experimental archaeology, Pleistocene childhoods and skills, wood technologies, and human evolution. 🏺, 🥾, 📚 , 🎶
Martyn Barber @martynjb.bsky.social Aerial archaeology, history of archaeology, misc spookery; ex-RCHME, Historic England etc. Stuff at independent.academia.edu/MartynBarber
James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Live music. Ex-roadie. Triskele Heritage https://triskeleheritage.com Based in Nottingham, UK
Dr Tom Morcom @tommorcom.bsky.social Associate Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature, UCL Pre-modern narrative theory, the sagas, other bits and bobs. https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/97142-tom-morcom/about
The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social Stunning Viking-Age sculpture collection from the early medieval kingdom of Strathclyde, held in A-listed Govan Old ⏰️ OPEN 7 DAYS, 11am to 4pm 🎟 FREE entry!
Horror Archaeologist 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @horrorarchy.bsky.social I work in the museum field and love horror movies. I am liberal and know that the earth is round, we've been to the moon, evolution is a fact and vaccines save lives. NO DMs! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Scott D. Haddow @sdhaddow.bsky.social Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social Currently reconstructing #NessofBrodgar #prehistoric landscapes + human impact #environmentalarchaeology #archaeology #pollenanalysis Also likely to post #photography #history #museums #scotland with a dash of #swimming #running #dog
Prof Hannah Cobb @archaeocobb.bsky.social Prof of Archaeology & Pedagogy at the University of Manchester, NTF, PFHEA, UoM Academic Development Lead, CoDirector of the Ardnamuchan Transitions Project. #EDI. Giddy is my base state. she/her. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/hannah.cobb
Toby Martin @tobyfmartin.bsky.social Assistant Director at Oxford Lifelong Learning; early medieval archaeology, material culture, digital education.
Prof Rob Collins @duxbritanniarum.bsky.social Professor of Frontier Archaeology @NewcastleUniversity | Hadrian's Wall | also researching & teaching Romans, Middle Ages, Artefacts & Coins | keen on Lego, lightsabers & drums
Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social Archaeologist | Orienteerer | Wanderer. Professor of Funerary Archaeology at the University of York, specializing mostly in the central European Neolithic.
Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social Author, Historian, FRHistS, HWA, SoA. Winner HWA/Dorothy Dunnett Soc. Comp, Judge HWA Nonfiction Crowns & HNS story Comp http://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk anniewhitehead2.blogspot.co.uk
Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social Director, Archaeology Data Service & Heritage Science Data Service; interested in Vikings and Computers, but rarely at the same time
RuneMeisterKris @runemeisterkris.bsky.social Professional Archaeologist, & Archaeogaming Content Creator I play video games, meme, & trick you into learning Streamer DM Dad & Dingus 🏺 🎮 🎲 Twitch (1k+) | YouTube (700+) | TikTok (42k+) linktr.ee/RuneMeisterKris Inquiries: runemeisterkris@gmail.com
Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social A/Prof Medieval Literature, Flinders | Visiting Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford | Lead CI ARC DP23: First English Speakers | DP23: Finding Friendship in Old English Literature | PhD TCD | FSA | Beowulf monograph ManchesterUP '25
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social Medievalist. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
Frida Espolin Norstein @fridanor.bsky.social Archaeologist at Stockholm University, Viking Age, Early Medieval, burial practices
Dr Duncan Berryman @dberryman.bsky.social Medieval archaeologist Editor of the Castle Studies Journal • Secretary of the Historic Farm Building Group • Vice President of the Ulster Archaeological Society
Dr Sam Leggett @samleggs22.bsky.social Lecturer in Biomolecular & Medieval Archaeology at Edinburgh Uni - data viz & R enthusiast (she/her)
Meg Russell @megsdigs.bsky.social Community experimental archaeology • ancient craft and wellbeing • bioarchaeology • PhD student • The Experimental Health Project • Bournemouth University
Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social Associate Professor. Director, Uppsala University Bioarchaeology Research Laboratory @uubrl.bsky.social Bioarchaeology; trauma & pathology; thanatology & taphonomy; medieval Visby; caves; African Stone Age; 3D imaging. Slightly sweary. He/Him.
ChesterArchSoc @chesterarchsoc.bsky.social Our interests cover archaeology, history & conservation in Cheshire & surrounding areas. Founded 1849. Website www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
Shannon Lewis-Simpson she/elle @smlewisimpson.bsky.social In the Woods, & online. #humansecurity, #archaeology, #culture, #Newfoundland, #WPS, #chickens, #navy, #metal, #GenX, #gardens, #books, #food, & #nature, not necessarily in that order.
Susan Kilby @susan-kilby.bsky.social Medievalist interested in people and landscape. Research Fellow @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @uonenglish.bsky.social Honorary Fellow at Leicester Uni. Author. Generally foggy with occasional lightning bolts.
Sarah Kerr @sarahkerr.bsky.social Lecturer in Archaeology & Radical Humanities at UCC, Ireland. Reviews Editor Medieval Archaeology @socmedarch.bsky.social Former MSCActions Fellow at Aarhus University. Feminist, mother, she/her.
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social