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Contemporary archaeologist, critical heritage scholar, occasional DJ, and gig goer

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Sea lion with a strip of plastic tight around its neck.

Sea lion with a strip of plastic tight around its neck.

Ecuador occupied and claimed the Galápagos Islands #OnThisDay in AD 1832.
The islands are known for their unique wildlife, now under threat from plastic pollution. Applying archaeological techniques to waste that washed up is mitigating the threat.

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

12.02.2026 19:45 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Wicked Problems Blog 2 – ‘Mission’ A blog looking at CIfA's approach to defining its mission, in the context presented by wicked problems, and archaeology's contribution to solving them via small wins.

www.archaeologists.net/publications...

12.02.2026 15:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Voting is now open!

02.12.2025 13:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@johnschofyork.bsky.social and colleagues have a new piece out in The Conversation about this article theconversation.com/plastic-wast...

If you find it interesting, you can read more in the original open access article in John's post below

17.11.2025 10:55 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Brilliant post! And many congratulations Gabe. Look forward to seeing you at TAG.

01.10.2025 15:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records - Volume 3

Our new open access paper: how do we understand plastics as a contemporary archaeological record, and what does this mean for how we mitigate their environmental impacts? 🧪 🏺

04.09.2025 00:28 👍 38 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 3
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Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core Archaeological and systemic context for the plastic age: Theorising the formation of contemporary and future archaeological records - Volume 3

New Open Access paper on archaeology and plastics in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics: doi.org/10.1017/plc....

03.09.2025 10:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
The body of a sea turtle with all the plastic found in its stomach laid out on two trays.

The body of a sea turtle with all the plastic found in its stomach laid out on two trays.

Analysis of the stomach contents of a sea turtle recovered from Australia reveals it swallowed large quantities of plastic, including some of the millions of tonnes of PPE used during COVID. #WorldSeaTurtleDay 🐢 🏺

🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

16.06.2025 16:15 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
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A few top days of fieldwork in Sydney and Canberra, to get the ARC-funded Nuclear Nation project underway.

14.06.2025 23:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Public Archaeology Special issue: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Editor: Gabriel Moshenska. Volume 22, Issue 2-4 of Public Archaeology

Special issue of Public Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Tim Schadla-Hall. Message me if you want a paper but can't access it www.tandfonline.com/toc/ypua20/2...

08.06.2025 16:59 👍 29 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2
Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

Explore @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social's #BookReview of 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' by @johnschofyork.bsky.social in Antiquity:

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03.04.2025 12:25 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

Cover of the book reviewed, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

📕 #BookReview

@johnschofyork.bsky.social's 'Wicked problems for archaeologists: heritage as transformative practice' seeks to answer the question of how #archaeology can tackle global challenges such as climate change, social justice, conflict and more 1/2

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04.03.2025 13:15 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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‘In the moment’: Euphoria as a heritage value This paper explores the heritage value of euphoric experiences, where the meaning and significance of places are often established instantly, ‘in the moment’. By convention, heritage assets are ass...

Euphoria as a heritage value! doi.org/10.1080/1352...

21.02.2025 14:19 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Really enjoyed the film Becoming Led Zeppelin - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sizy..., so much so, I immediately headed across the road to buy the first two albums, which the film focuses upon. Hugely enjoyable. Immersive. Recommended! Slightly ashamed I didn't own these records already! 🤔

16.02.2025 12:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fancy a funded PhD on heritage, identity, miltarism, and colonial legacies, with the Royal Air Force Museum London and me, at University of York? Details are below, with a link to the advert.

More details here: wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects...

Please share!

03.02.2025 23:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Nice review, but it's not me! 😂

06.01.2025 18:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you @johnschofyork.bsky.social for an inspiring talk, emphasing "small wins", specifically in working with communities and the public. Gives me hope about future engagement works #aaa47

05.12.2024 00:41 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I'm transitioning from X to Bluesky. Interested to see how this works out!

28.11.2024 08:28 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0