Kenny Brophy

New hashtag #archaeomassage

I hadn’t considered that possibility before

Greyscale diagram of northwestern Europe with arrows detailing movement and interaction of material cultures linked to Bell Beaker and Corded Ware around the Rhone-Rhine corridor.

I put this figure of Needham's model of a Bell Beaker/Corded Ware fusion into PowerPoint, and I kid you not the auto-generated caption was 'Map of the Battle of Brexit'.

@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social

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Spooky! There’s a hashtag for that (albeit from the other place)…. #BrexitPrehistory

Lush prehistory In the name of relaxation, would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls like this gentleman? Image (c) Lush (source) Now you can thanks to …

New #UrbanPrehistory blog post - 'Lush prehistory'. Would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls? Well you can now, for £150. Thanks @eddiecstewart.bsky.social!
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Hey fellow scientists, I'm just letting you know that if you're promoting something with some junky AI image, I'm not gonna click. You've got a workshop, a conference, a new paper?

Just not gonna bother. You want a bespoke image? Hire an illustrator.

I say this every year, but:

The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better.

With a new addition for 2026:

They deeply hate AI.

Dublinia Archaeodeath Occupying the Synod Hall adjacent to Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the historical recreation museum known as Dublinia was opened in 1993 and redeveloped in 2010 (Clarke et al. 2018). Run by the …

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Lush prehistory In the name of relaxation, would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls like this gentleman? Image (c) Lush (source) Now you can thanks to …

New #UrbanPrehistory blog post - 'Lush prehistory'. Would you like a small cup-and-ring marked stone to be gently rubbed back and forth against your jowls? Well you can now, for £150. Thanks @eddiecstewart.bsky.social!
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View from stage of the Kings Theatre

Just finished a very interesting back stage tour of The King’s Theatre in Glasgow. So many ropes!!

Bury St Edmunds Iron Age coin hoard sells for more than £33,000 Finder Prof Tom Licence plans to use some of his share to fund archaeological work in eastern England.

"It was an honour to see expert collectors taking these coins into their care,"

Really?? REALLY? and there was me thinking you just enjoyed making a fast buck, with at least two of the most important coins now off to the USA...

#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure 🏺

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Ruined castle with the words 'Work With Us' overlaid

WORK WITH US: ScARF Research Officers and ScARF Research Manager

We are looking to hire three new members of staff to help deliver the final two regional research frameworks as part of @scarf-scot.bsky.social. Find out more and apply by 11:59pm on 8 March 2026: www.socantscot.org/news/#appoin...

I’m not sure what your point is here. Are you saying your article will be too technical for me to understand?

It’s not bad!

No because I’m not a member of the Prehistoric Society….

A giant serpent coils around a stone circle and worshippers turning to stone; in the centre a beam of light shoots.down from the sky.

🎨 Les Matthews, painting for the series ‘Children of the Stones’ (1977) #StandingStoneSunday

I’ve had a few excellent Japanese single malts

They do a nice Limoncello on Bute and Cassis on Arran

It can’t be worse than Welsh whisky 😉

Bottle of monsieur fernand whisky

Am I a traitor to my nation? Or should I experiment with this French malt whisky?

A black - white cartoon explaining the different ways sites get buried

It's really fabulous to wake up to 9k followers 😮🥳. Diolch yn Fawr / thank you everyone 🙏

As a thank you - here is my 1994 Toby the Trowel explainer: 'How Sites Get Buried' 🤔

Surely the most common question ever asked of an archaeologist in a trench..🧐🏺

📷 My own, from younger days

But where are they keeping him?

Gig poster for Caveman release party

#UrbanPrehistory

Archaeologists seek better pay after many ‘bled out of the profession’ due to low wages Average salary of those working in sector stands at €35,000 with Unite union pushing for Labour Court order

Archaeologists seek better pay after many ‘bled out of the profession’ due to low wages

#UrbanPoohistory

Archaeological finds push Castlegate scheme £8m over budget Council is bidding for more funds to complete the public park and events space in Sheffield city centre.

Or to put it another way, "Council officials planned a development on the well-known site of an important castle without budgeting sufficiently for the archaeology"

DIY caveman costume photo with family group dressed as ‘cavemen’

#UrbanPrehistory
📸 Sew Much Ado

@gavinmacgregor.bsky.social

Closing Symposium: Late Neolithic Houses Project – 13 March, Leiden, Netherlands — EXARC EXARC invites members and friends to join the closing symposium of the Late Neolithic Houses Project on 13 March at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.

Interested in the Neolithic, wetlands and archaeology?

Interesting stuff 🤔