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This is the official Bluesky account for the UCL Institute of Archaeology one of the largest & most highly regarded centres for #Archaeology, #Heritage & #Museum studies. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology 📸 (c) James Tye
Prof David Wengrow @davidwengrow.bsky.social to speak at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival in Hay-on-Wye from 22–25 May 2026, where he will explore what’s really new about the “new” world order.
More info here: bit.ly/4syiFU9
#LocalAndGlobal
Image of a wooden plaque with writing on it in commemoration of Tessa Verney Wheeler. The writing on the post reads. Day 19 of 200: The plaque celebrating Tessa Verney Wheeler 1893-1936. Archaeologist and crucial figure in the history of the Institute, she worked tirelessly to ensure the foundation of the Institute but tragically did not live to see the formal opening in 1937.
Day 19 of 200: The plaque celebrating Tessa Verney Wheeler 1893-1936. Archaeologist & crucial figure in the history of the Institute, she worked tirelessly to ensure the foundation of the Institute but tragically did not live to see the formal opening in 1937.
📲 bit.ly/4s1HCaF
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Photo of 2 ceramic and 1 metal photographic developing tank. The text reads: Day 18 of 200: the first artefacts from the UCL IoA Photographic Laboratory. Photography has been an integral part of the Institute's activities since its move to Gordon Square in 1958. These are some of the original developing tanks. Read more via the link on today's story!
Day 18 of 200: the first artefacts from the UCL IoA Photographic Laboratory. Photography has been an integral part of the Institute's activities since its move to Gordon Square in 1958. These are some of the original developing tanks. Read more via the link below
📷 bit.ly/4suYpmu
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Check out the book via free open access download here:
📚 bit.ly/4aRDnIT
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Image of a new volume text from press. Text reads: Day 17 of 200: out today on UCL Press the new volume "Critical Heritage and Social Justice" brings together insights and experiences of scholars and practitioners working across heritage, museums, galleries, and cultural institutions to explore how principles of social justice can be embedded within these spaces. Just in time for World Book Day!
Day 17 of 200: @uclpress.bsky.social new volume
"Critical Heritage & Social Justice": insights and experiences of scholars & practitioners working across heritage, museums, galleries, and cultural institutions to explore how principles of social justice can be embedded within these spaces.
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Image of Pottery
Image of graphs and charts from the research
Image of graphs and charts from the research
Spotlight: current Masters Student Wataru Tatsuda @tattaw.bsky.social
Wataru has published a new paper, alongside colleagues in Japan & the United States, in the Journal of Archaeological Science
The paper is now openly available online:
bit.ly/4ctj6dV
#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
An image of an inscribed stone address plate. The text reads: Day 16 of 200: A 'did you know' image: the IoA didn’t join UCL until the 1980s, but the building and this inscribed address stone have been here since the 1950s.
Day 16 of 200: A 'did you know' image: the IoA didn’t join UCL until the 1986, but the building and this inscribed address stone have been here since the 1950s.
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Applications are invited for a full-time Lecturer (Teaching) in Museum Studies @ucl.ac.uk involving teaching core modules on the MA Museum Studies, supervising dissertations, & contributing to a UG module within UCL Anthropology
More information on the degree here: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Museum Studies (Ref.: B03-02901)
Further info & link to application here:
bit.ly/3MSVbKt
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Post provides teaching cover for Prof David Wengrow for the period when he will be on leave as a Leverhulme Major Research Fellow. The postholder will act as Degree Coordinator & Tutor for the BA Arch & Anth.
www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology #LocalAndGlobal
The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Archaeology and Anthropology (Ref.: B03-02939).
Further info & link to application here:
📲 bit.ly/3OKUMdw
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Two images of ceramic human form figurines. The text reads: Day 15 of 200: Two for one today with some more artefacts from our permanent display in the Leventis Gallery. Ceramic figurine fragments, consisting of the right hand and wrist (image on right) &male torso, unclothed, preserved from the very base of the neck to the waist area and with one right arm surviving (image on left). Both from the Cypro-Geometric Period (1050–750 BC). More in the caption!
🏺 image 2: UCL 4267 Hollow ceramic figurine fragment with the right part of a male torso, unclothed, preserved from the very base of the neck to the waist area and with one right arm surviving. The arm has been hand modelled and is separated from the torso. It is bent at the elbow, with the wrist turned inwards and the hand curled around a cylindrical object. The base of the object is broken and missing; it could be the pommel of a sword.
🏺 image 3: The hand is held flat, with the thumb broken off at its base, separate from the four fingers. The tip of the middle finger is missing. The fingers have pointed tips; the nails are not indicated.
Day 15 of 200: Two for one today with some more artefacts from our permanent display in the Leventis Gallery. Both from the Cypro-Geometric Period (1050–750 BC). More on the image and over on Instagram!
#UCL200
Image of bronze bust of Mortimer Wheeler. The bust sits in the UCL Institute of Archaeology Library. The text reads: Day 14 of 200: REM Wheeler and a nod to St David's day. From 1920 to 1926, Mortimer Wheeler held the joint positions of Keepership of Archaeology in the National Museum of Wales and Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Cardiff. In 1924, he became Director of the National Museum of Wales.
Day 14 of 200: REM
Wheeler and a nod to St David's day. From 1920 to 1926, Mortimer
Wheeler held the joint positions of Keepership of Archaeology in the National Museum of Wales and Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Cardiff.
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A group photo from the 1950s.
Dr Katie Meheux examines post-World War II reconciliation work achieved by librarians and archaeologists using materials from the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social archives. Come along to the talk on 11 March. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/insights-f...
Image of waterlogged and charred melon seeds. Text reads: Day 13 of 200: another for the seed fans & archaeobotanists out there. From Prof Dorian Fuller: Puanqaio China, ca. 3300 BC, early cultivated, pre-domesticated melon seeds, charred and waterlogged. As seen under the microscope in the Archaeobotany lab, UCL IoA.
Day 13 of 200: another for the seed fans & archaeobotanists out there. From Prof Dorian Fuller: Puanqaio China, ca. 3300 BC, early cultivated, pre-domesticated melon seeds, charred and waterlogged. As seen under the microscope in the Archaeobotany lab, UCL IoA.
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Image shows the front page of a book with the writing; Day 12 of 200: The first of our Free Open Access books for you! Today UCL loA Dr Rachel King (editor) "Methods and Methodologies in Heritage Studies" link, and more info, in today's story and do follow UCL Press for more...
Day 12 of 200: The first of our Free Open Access books for you! Today UCL loA Rachel King & Trinidad Rico (editors) "Methods and Methodologies in Heritage Studies" link, and more info, in today's story and do follow UCL Press for the link.
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📲 uclpress.co.uk/book/methods...
A montage of a wooden bowl inscribed, an image of Ione Gedye in the 1950s and a picture of Ione Gedye in the 1970s. The text reads: Day 11 of 200 A beautiful inscribed wooden bowl in the collection given to Ione Gedye (read caption for more about Gedye) by her 'students & friends Institute of Archaeology 1975'.
Day 11 of 200: a bit of catch up! A beautiful inscribed wooden bowl in the collection given to Ione Gedye (read caption for more about Gedye) by her 'students & friends Institute of Archaeology 1975'.
More on Ione Gedye here: trowelblazers.com/2020/07/23/i...
Image of a poster for an upcoming event. Two images to the left show the dome of UCL and the front of the UCL Institute of Archaeology, with some blue sky. The bottom image shows students out in Greenwich Park with blue sky and the London city skyline behind them. The text on the poster reads: Future / Past: Decoding Society Enjoy two TED-style talks by experts on the hottest topics in Social & Historical Sciences, perfect for inquisitive minds and those interested in social and scientific research. #DecodingSocieties
🚨Free School TED-Style Talk Event @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology with speakers from #Archaeology & @uclgeography.bsky.social #Geography
📆 Wednesday 4th March 2026
🏛️ UCL IoA WC1H 0PY
🎟️ & Info bit.ly/40es9Ip
Aimed at #school students years 11/12/13 & #teachers #counsellors
#DecodingSocieties
Image of a heavily reconstructed figurine of a bull Text reads: Day 10 of 200: Ceramic bull figurine. This was found sealed beneath altar stones in the courtyard of the sanctuary at Myrtou-Pigadhes. UCL 4288, on display in the Leventis Gallery. 🐂 Bull-shaped figurine or vessel, extensively restored. It is made from a hollow body, with original elements consisting of the right horn and some fragments from the head below; a cylindrical piece of applied clay that runs across the top of the head and projects out from it, reconstructed as a snake that extends fully down the back of the animal. Myrtou-Pigadhes (Cyprus / Western Asia) Context: Stratum VI, Sanctuary courtyard, found sealed beneath altar stones Context period: Late Cypriot II - Late Cypriot III Acquisition source: Joan du Plat Taylor #UCL200 #LocalAndGlobal #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
Day 10 of 200: Ceramic 🐂 bull figurine. Found sealed beneath altar stones in the courtyard of the sanctuary at Myrtou-Pigadhes. UCL 4288, on display in the Leventis gallery
Late Cypriot II - Late Cypriot III
More over on Instagram…
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Including very helpful information on women lecturing on archaeology at the Institute that we used in @beyondnotables.bsky.social database!
Image of 3 old books. text reads Day 9 of 200: Annual Report of the Institute of Archaeology. Volumes 1-13 of the Annual Report of the Institute of Archaeology are now available online as an open access journal through the Internet Archive and UCL Digital Collections.
Day 9 of 200: Annual Report of the Institute of Archaeology.
Volumes 1-13 of the Annual Report of the Institute of Archaeology now available online as open access journal through the Internet Archive and UCL Digital Collections.
📲 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
#UCL200 @uclspeccoll.bsky.social
An aerial view of a Bronze Age settlement in the centre of two pictures of artefacts. Text on the image reads "Uncovering a major Bronze Age settlement".
Did you know that @arcdurham.bsky.social researchers, together with @ucl.ac.uk and Toraighyrov University, uncovered a large Bronze Age settlement that changes what we know about life on the Eurasian steppe?⚒️
👉 tinyurl.com/48nesvza
@dl-arch.bsky.social @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
Photo of a red ceramic zoomorphic shape of a sheep or mouflon possible a rattle. Text reads: Day 8 of 200:r Ceramic vase in the form of a wild sheep, or moufflon, Red Polished ca 1900BC - 1650BC Cyprus UCL 844
Day 8 of 200: Ceramic vase in the form of a wild sheep, or moufflon, 1900BC - 1650BC. UCL 844
Ceramic zoomorphic vessel, identified as a moufflon 🐏 possibly designed as a rattle Red polished III ware.
Early Cypriot III - Middle Cypriot ca. 1900 BC-1650 BC 2nd phase Cypriot Bronze Age.
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Image shows the outside and inside of a green first aid box. The text reads: Day 7 of 200: This is not the First Aid Kit you are looking for. Despite appearances this is no ordinary First Aid Box...curious?
Image of text reading: “Despite appearances this is no ordinary First Aid Box...Tucked away in the Buildings Officer’s (George’s) basement workshop, it held a never-ending supply of biscuits. Paired with a strong cup of tea and ten minutes spent putting the world to rights with George, it became a small ritual many of us will remember fondly.” Nominated by the HR co-ordinator Kelly Trifilo UCL IoA.
Day 7 of 200: This is not the First Aid Kit you are looking for. Despite appearances this is no ordinary First Aid Box...curious?
#UCL200 #LocalAndGlobal
![Photo of a Hellenistic era amphora with the following writing;
Day 6 of 200 Ceramic amphora of Panathenaic form. A girl crouches before a large dish being (podanipter, washing container). Gnathian ware, Hellenistic Period. Excavated by T. B. L. Webster (1905-1974), UCL Institute of Classical Studies. Now in the UCL IoA Leventis Gallery. [UCL 882]
More information via the link in our stories.
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Photo of a Hellenistic era amphora with the following writing; Day 6 of 200 Ceramic amphora of Panathenaic form. A girl crouches before a large dish being (podanipter, washing container). Gnathian ware, Hellenistic Period. Excavated by T. B. L. Webster (1905-1974), UCL Institute of Classical Studies. Now in the UCL IoA Leventis Gallery. [UCL 882] More information via the link in our stories. #UCL200 #LocalAndGlobal
Day 6 of 200 Ceramic amphora of Panathenaic form. A girl crouches before a large dish being (podanipter, washing container). Gnathian ware, Hellenistic Period. Excavated by T. B. L. Webster (1905-1974), UCL Institute of Classical Studies. Now in the UCL IoA Leventis Gallery [UCL 7127]
#UCL200
Childe came to the IoA as Director & Prof of European Prehistory in 1946. He remained at the @ucl.ac.uk IoA until 1956.
The Gordon Childe lectures, organised by UCL IoA, normally held annually, commenced in 2016 are held in honour of Childe.
More info on the lectures:
bit.ly/4kLuCDA
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Photo of a chair from different angles. The text reads: Day 5 of 200 Vere Gordon Childe's Sack-backed Windsor Chair, from his time as Director of the IoA 1946-56, still in the current Director's office! #UCL200
Day 5 of 200 Vere Gordon Childe's Sack-backed Windsor Chair, from his time as Director of the IoA 1946-56, still in the current Director's office!
Prof. V. Gordon Childe (1892-1957) was an Australian archaeologist known for his theories about the development of prehistoric civilisations.
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Professor Shadreck Chirikure & Muchen Zhou (current DPhil) with friends at @cam-archaeology.bsky.social & @uclarchaeology.bsky.social have organised this one day workshop on Weds 25 Feb @sthughscollege.bsky.social on #archaeologicalscience and the #African past. @chirikure.bsky.social
The Norton Horse in glorious 3D. Follow the link for more on this amazing discovery from 2023
#UCL200 #YearOfTheHorse
Image of a horse burial, with associated text about the origins of the burial: Day 4 of 200: the Roman Horse of Norton. Excavated by UCL IoA students & staff in 2023, & dating to around AD 65-130, the remains are now housed in the IoA & the research is used to inform us more about life in Roman Britain.
Day 4 of 200: the Roman Horse of Norton. Excavated by UCL IoA students & staff in 2023, & dating to around AD 65-130, the remains are now housed in the IoA & the research is used to inform us more about life in Roman Britain.
#UCL200 #YearOfTheHorse
