Rachel Pope

@prehistorian.bsky.social

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Professor of European Prehistory (Rankin) Vice President, The Prehistoric Society Archaeologist • digs hillforts, Celts • writes disciplinary history • resolving the structure of prehistoric society • unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past

Spoil from a rabbit burrow into sand.
Glauberg warrior
Jay coming for the peanuts (in competition with the woodpecker)
Pretty deep in a prehistoric mine
Majestic green oak on yellowed turf
Smoky sunrise looking out to Cheshire
Two protective mums and their two babies.
Wiltshire proceedings 1942
A shop selling cards and candles but the first c is missing.
The cutest, smiliest beetle you can imagine.
Portrait of pioneering Palaeolithic archaeologist, Dorothy Garrod.
Baby woodpecker all grown up.
Gregory, Audrey, and baby.
Baby woodpecker being fed peanuts
Baby woodpecker waiting to be fed
Baby crow. Beak open. Making noise.
A stunning paragraph on the social meaning of grave goods.
ONS graphic device showing that 1 in 5 in Rochdale suffer income deprivation
Income deprivation across Sunderland neighbourhoods.
Headline: Welsh elections. Information: England.
Northumbrian, Emily Wilding Davison, who did her bit to secure all our rights.
Asterix the Brave. France sees Iron Age heroes…
Trying to get the Mold Cape shot where it looks like you’re wearing it. Still never quite managed it!
Membership voting results showing that a clear majority disagree with the actions of the executive board.
Duck fat, Madeira jus (for the stock), pâté, jelly (for the stock), bowl of meat, and the stock underway.
Ham and pease puddin stottie (all bits homemade)
Bowls of boiled ham and peas puddin ready for homemade stottie buns.
Mahmoud Alzard.
A mappy looking roundhouse.
Maps with archaeological distribution. We’re making a series of 30 maps in total.
First bread rolls in air fryer
A blue-white morning, black silhouette of a wintery old oak tree, and chilly ponies attempting to graze.
Stood against the rays of an orange-yellow setting sun. She did not like the snow.
About four inches here in N Wales.
Last of the fake snow Xmas decorations stuck on the window with real snow climbing up the outside sill. We’re at about 4-5 inches here with no gritter yet on the mountain road 😬
Parted clouds, full moon, and moonlit field with a sprinkling of snow.
A partridge in a pear tree.
Nadolig Llawen
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Data on 1930s excavation practice.
Scouse (lamb stew ) served with the traditional pickled red cabbage, buttered swede, and sour cream.
A collection of teen’s favourite sweets and treats.
Orion
Ponies trotting over to see me because I’m the lady with access to the apples.
The original red brick: Echoes of Liverpool’s Victoria University days.
Apple and cinnamon cake.
A long collie lurcher snoot.
Recipe.
Apple roses wrapped in pastry.
A lovely brown mushroom.
Elon Musk addressing the far right via video link in London.
Haul of apples.
Stone bed of an empty stream.
A msg celebrating the EAA U turn.
Parchment paper. Courgette, thinly sliced, sprinkled with oil, then grated mozzarella. Bake for 25 mins. Cool, flip (using another piece of parchment on top). Fill with cream cheese, rocket, mozzarella, tomato, salt & pepper, basil. It’s worth it.
Close up of what I think is a cricket.
Rabbit burrow showing lots of busy digging into sand.
Wee Ponyo
Mirror Sport reporting that at 110 kmph, Chloe Kelly’s penalty was faster than *any* of the goals in the Premier League men’s games. Faster even than Isak. Boom!