'Rewilding' Later Prehistory

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Archive find of the week is this wolf and dog tooth necklace found at the foot of an Early Bronze Age burial in a barrow at South Newton, excavated in the 19th century. Photograph from the Wiltshire Museum archives #WildWednesdays #Archaeology shorturl.at/3wASS

This striking Iron Age bone comb was made from a horse metapodial bone, recovered during excavations by Wessex Archaeology at Harwell, Oxfordshire. The seemingly human face that looks back at us is a highly unusual form of decoration for this object type & period! #WildWednesdays

A wide range of plant and animal remains are preserved in Bronze & Iron Age waterholes. Sometimes ladders used by humans to access them survive too-as seen in this example from recently (open access) published excavations at Slade End Farm #WildWednesdays bit.ly/4ekajJl

"8,000 years back in time in 8m of Peat" Thanks to Hepple Wilds for this lovely blog post on last week's coring activities! hepplewilds.com/news

Great timelapse video of the team from @school_of_arch and @oatweet busy coring up at Hepple Wilds (Northumberland) for 'Stories of Landscape Change'. Thanks to Hepple Estate for letting us put holes in things! #WildWednesdays

Admiring the extensive reference collection at @ZooarchLabSheff - they run regular short courses open to all #WildWednesdays #Archaeology sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/sh…

Many fine prehistoric objects were crafted from antler, including these ‘cheek-pieces’ interpreted as horse gear. These Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age egs were recovered from excavations >250km & 130yrs apart at Eye Quarry (Cambs, CAU) & Heathery Burn Cave (Durham)#WildWednesdays

Good news! Early bird registration for the 44th Association of Environmental Archaeology Conference has been extended to 20th September! A program of exciting, diverse & forward-looking talks is coming together - don't miss out! @Envarch #WildWednesdays oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/home

'New OA report for the Forestry Commission offers guidance for tree planting and archaeology' #WildWednesdays #Archaeology #NatureRecovery

More open access publication! We have been eagerly waiting to get stuck into this (albeit rather too much cattle for our tastes but there's always some wildlife to be found!) #WildWednesdays #openscience

#WildWednesdays It genuinely is exciting reading through @AEAOxford abstract submissions! Fab connections being made between environmental archaeology and contemporary matters from farming to artisan practices. Keep the abstracts flowing!

#WildWednesday Farming was central to wildlife in later prehistory and is vital to nature recovery now. @RewildArch & @roseferraby had a fantastic weekend @CarbonCallFarm learning from regen farming experts & farmers serious about nature recovery, farming & lively debate!

Abstract deadline extended for the Association of Environmental Archaeology conference in Oxford this December. Those with relevant interests, both across and outside the sector, are all very welcome! @Envarch

🚨2 MORE WEEKS LEFT🚨 to submit your abstract for @AEA_Oxford24! We have different formats and exciting topics, check them out on our website. An abstract is max. 250 words, so what are you waiting for? Link: oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/story/co…

@JoanaValdez I did actually try to think of an alternative term but struggled to find one that sounded right- could you suggest one? I'd be more than happy to use it in the future! -Tina

Highlight of today's report trawl are these images of ancient footprints in the clay, where we see the mingled traces of Bronze Age cattle, pig & deer visiting a man-made waterhole (Image: Cambridge Archaeological Unit, site: Bradley Fen) #WildWednesdays #Archaeology

Open access publication from 2020 available here for those who are interested: repository.cam.ac.uk/items/d399b151…

"Murder they croaked"- mass find of Iron Age frogs and toads - over 8000 bones- found during the A14 exavations by @MOLA @HeadlandArchUK #WildWednesdays #Archaeology molaheadland.com/murder-they-cr…

Welcome Chris Griffiths, who is joining the Rewilding team for a 3-month placement, collating data on horse material culture. Chris is a PhD student with the University of Reading & Amgueddfa Cymru-Museum Wales, looking at Middle- Late Bronze Age hoards in S Wales #WildWednesdays