Geoarch_Virgil

London based geoarchaeologist; finding lost rivers, reconstructing landscapes and making story maps.
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[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

🌿 Digging into the Deep Past with GeoArchaeologist Jessica Taylor 🌿
In a fascinating study of borehole sampling provided by Connect Archaeology on behalf of National Highways, AOC’s Jess Taylor, primary author of The River That Swallowed the Ringwood Prehistoric Landscape: Geoarchaeological investigations in advance of the development of the A31, Hampshire, England, has drilled deep into the past of the Avon Valley.
In this hot-off-the-presses publication, Jess’s geoarchaeological work reveals lush Neolithic wetlands filled with alder and hazel, dramatic shifts in climate driving away Iron Age settlers, and the full force of 20th century technologies and their impacts on the landscape.
Read the full article here: https://t.co/V3qe02LQQa

#Geoarchaeology #archaeology #LandscapeHistory #ClimateChange #Neolithic #EnvironmentalArchaeology #Ringwood #A31 #Palaeoenvironment

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

AOC's geoarchaeology head Virgil Yendell had a great time teaming up with Richard Higham of UCL this #MayDay , making bore holes not boring in speaking on the 'Future of Evaluation' at #CIfA2025! #Archaeology #geology #heritage

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

AOC’s Esther and Kirsty are at the CIfA 2025 conference in Birmingham today, with Head of Conservation Gretel Evans presenting how key it is to take steps to conserve artefacts ´From Grave to Archive’! #heritagematters #cifa #archaeology #artefact #artifact

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

The weather behaved itself yesterday while AOC's Becky Haslam and @kent_cc's Wendy Rogers explored the area of Chilmington, @Ashford, @Kent, ahead of a series of @community @archaeology events that AOC will be hosting for the community. Watch this space for news on these events!

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

More #geoarchaeology opportunities with our great team at @aocarchaeology

[David Connolly @BAJRjobs]

Geoarchaeology Site Assistants and Supervisors: York, MK, London
AOC Holdings LTD
in York, Milton Keynes, London
Apply before: 28/06/2024
Geoarchaeology Site Assistant £24,834- £27,934 / Supervisor £26,671 - £29925
https://t.co/F4Nv8ZO4eA

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

Deadline for this is Monday 29th, so highlighting again for any archaeologists with an earth sciences interest or geologists/environmental scientists interested in a career in #geoarchaeology

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

Are you an an archeologist and/or earth scientist? Looking to further your career in #geoarchaeology? Come join our great team at AOC Archaeology Group as a Project Supervisor, Officer, or Manager in our York, London, or Milton Keynes offices.
https://t.co/oOwHGOkCt3

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

Such an interesting and creative way for geoarchaeology deposits models to inspire art

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

Artist Jane Pitt, @PittJAne, created a breathtaking soundscape interpretation of our #Rochester GeoArch borehole analyses as part of the @HistoricEngland/@medway_council 's High Street Heritage Action Zone project. Listen to 'These pavements..' here: https://t.co/Mo6iEVA28K

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

Are you an an archeologist and/or earth scientist? Looking to further your career in #geoarchaeology? Come join our great team at AOC Archaeology Group as a Project Supervisor, Officer, or Manager in our York, London, or Milton Keynes offices.
https://t.co/oOwHGOkCt3

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

At Muirhouse its not just archaeology but a bit of #paleontology too! Fossil expert @McGowanAlistair reckons this is part of the stem of a Carboniferous club moss (Lepidodendron) incorporated into the C19th culvert! #FossilFriday Come see it tomorrow! @Edinburgh_CC

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

In action

[York Archaeology @YArchaeology]

And now Virgil talking about the York deposit model results @aocarchaeology

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

The importance of such simple measurements to ensure the longevity and reuse of your data, nice to see it getting mentioned in a great talk about Prague #EAC2024

[Archaeo_slave @archaeo_slave]

The importance of elevation data in archaeology. Great to see examples from Prague! Essential to reconstruct archaeological horizons across a city #EAC2024

[York Archaeology @YArchaeology]

Very excited to be presenting our work on the new @CityofYork deposit model next week at the @EacEuropean Conference. A project funded by @HistoricEngland and in partnership with @aocarchaeology.

See our latest blog post & keep an eye out for updates:
https://t.co/0wBgJE3jQe

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

At AOC, we don’t just do pots – we also do rocks! At the @EacEuropean Conference, our geoarchaeologists will help present a paper showcasing their work with @YArchaeology on the new @HistoricEngland-funded deposit model for @CityofYork https://t.co/f0EbBg2yuW
#geology #York

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

@archaeo_slave @clairemacrae_17 @YArchaeology @aocarchaeology This was so interesting and it will be great to see how the project can investigate the vulnerability of different deposit types and depths to such micro plastic contamination

[Archaeo_slave @archaeo_slave]

@clairemacrae_17 @Geoarch_Virgil @YArchaeology @aocarchaeology Paul Flintoft presenting the results of the micro plastics project with the university of York.

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

If you are at the York Archaeology Conference come and chat to us about the deposit model we're creating for York City @aocarchaeology @YArchaeology

[Archaeo_slave @archaeo_slave]

@clairemacrae_17 Deposit models and Roman finds galore today.

[Geoarch_Virgil @Geoarch_Virgil]

Interesting talk by Ben Savine @YArchaeology about sites on the York river front. With a nice shout out to some earlier work at the Guildhall by @aocarchaeology and also some YA deposit models

[Archaeo_slave @archaeo_slave]

@YArchaeology Ben Savine, Roman deposits and the river front

[York Archaeology @YArchaeology]

Don't forget!! Today's the York Archaeology Conference, a day packed with presentations of all the work that's been going on in the city this past year .

If you can't be there, don't worry! You can watch it live online here:
https://t.co/AzTrZqUoYj

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

More on our deposit modelling workshop! Issues with data collection and inputting in deposit models and HERs https://t.co/oajBO5kcJM https://t.co/E8t39lNOyF #geoarchaeology @HE_Archaeology @Geo_Arch_UK @MOLArchaeology

[AOC Archaeology Group @aocarchaeology]

More on our deposit modelling workshop! What would an integrated deposit model and HER look like? https://t.co/YdqpjWNUvT
Part of a workshop for our project on deposit modelling and HERs https://t.co/E8t39lNOyF #geoarchaeology @Geo_Arch_UK @MOLArchaeology