Later Prehistoric Finds Group

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@Tostig1066 @findsorguk @HeatherB_FLO Thanks to @ChesterArchSoc author @andrewcwreynol1

Great to see a report on finds recorded through @findsorguk - 👏 @HeatherB_FLO

#TombTuesday Cors y gedol #Neolithic chambered tomb in #Ardudwy, Eryri/Snowdonia - with a modern drystone shelter built around it & a striking hawthorn 👌 📷 My own, July 2023

This aurochs bone from a ~10,000 BP wetland 🇩🇰 is engraved with probable human figures. Wetlands' preservational qualities provide a valuable source of organic material such as bone and wood. However, they are at risk from climate change. 🔗 from 2022 🆓 buff.ly/3LWXxop

On Thurs we welcome Dr Rob Dinnis.Early prehistoric occupation at Wogan Cavern.Recent excavations there have revealed evidence of several early prehistoric occupations.He outlines recent discoveries & the site’s importance to our knowledge of the last Ice Age in Britain.

New #OpenAccess volume on the #Neolithic in our @openprehist series: RETHINKING NEOLITHIC SOCIETIES. Download now: sidestone.com/books/rethinki… @OpenAccessArch @MesoMisc @PrehistSociety

It's #HillfortsWednesday! Here's the wonderfully named enclosure of Bloodgate Hill #Norfolk gloriously recreated in its Iron Age heyday 🤩 © Sue Walker White @NorfolkHeritage for the 2005 @NorfArchTrust signboard For more of Sue's artwork see: suewhite.livejournal.com

@BAR_Publishing @nomadic_treads @NWilkinBM @JessHSmyth @pre_historian @LtrPrehistFinds Congratulations @nomadic_treads - this looks like an incredible publication!

If Iron Age torcs float your boat, you might also enjoy @nomadic_treads' upcoming book 'Iron Age Wetland Deposition'. Available soon! This is the debut title in our new Archaeology of Prehistoric Ireland and Britain series 🎉 @NWilkinBM @JessHSmyth @pre_historian #FindsFriday

Tweezers - old but still trendy! Metal tweezers are known from numerous grave finds from the Late #BronzeAge onwards,before that they were made of wood, bone or horn. An object that has retained its function & use to this day & often ends up on our drawing tables.#ArchIllu #draw

The small but perfectly formed univallate 3ha Iron Age hillfort of Liddington Castle stands on the northern scarp of the #Wiltshire chalk near #Swindon Gorgeous 📷 © Damian Grad / Historic England February 2013 @HE_Archive 27618_002 historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-li… #HillfortsWednesday

#TombTuesday A freezing January day inside the restored #Neolithic passage grave of Barclodiad y gawres on Ynys Môn/Anglesey, with its extraordinary Boyne Valley style rock art visible on the 'guardian' stone at the entrance 📷 My own, January 2023

The Tribley Shield - found at Broomyholme, near Chester-le-Street in County Durham. Dating to the Bronze Age, the shield was broken into three pieces when it was discovered in the 18th century. Now thankfully reunited and on display @GNM_Hancock #FindsFriday #BronzeAge 📸 My own

Sketches of pottery from the 8000-year-old Siberian hunter-gatherer site of Amnya I, the oldest known promontory fort in the world. The pottery was likely used to store preserved food, suggesting that the hunter-gatherers here were sedentary. 🆓 buff.ly/3R63VLa

#FindsFriday - New Acquisitions! Hoard of six later Bronze Age palstave axes, dating to c. 1400- 1150 BC. Found in Wilsford, 2021. PAS Treasure Find The landowner generously waived his half of the reward. Acquired using funds from a legacy left to the Museum by Bernard Phillips.

#FindsFriday the sheer splendor of the Snettisham torcs - part of a hoard from Norfolk - which shine a light into the world & achievements of Late Iron Age metalsmiths & craftspeople 🤩 Extraordinary! 😮 On display in the @britishmuseum 📷 My own 2022

Kicking off the new year at Clare County Museum at 7.30pm on Wednesday 17th Jan. Delighted to have an opportunity to talk abt the amazing discovery at Mooghaun in 1854. It’s like a cold case with lots of questions-when, where, who, how and why so much gold-at least 5kg. Bígí linn

Happy #HillfortsWednesday! Here's a recreation of Iron Age Scarborough, N Yorkshire (pre castle) on a cold winter's morning by the supremely talented Ivan Lapper Through the 1980s and 90s, his striking, atmospheric artwork really defined the whole @EnglishHeritage experience 🤩

The Carnoustie Sword It was great working with @GUARD_Archaeology to bring the hoard back to life, the sword spearhead and dress pin combo is mostly a Scottish happening. I was also able to show how the tin alloy pommel had parted from handle and rolled away in the #BronzeAge

It's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳 Here's the multi-roundhouse Iron Age settlement of Tŷ Mawr #YnysMôn / #Anglesey, the mighty hillfort of Caer y Tŵr in the distance A glorious recreation © Brian Byron @MenterMon for @cadwcymru @cadwwales See @read_the_past the-past.com/feature/the-ri…