Later Prehistoric Finds Group

Later Prehistoric Finds Group - for all interested in #BronzeAge and #IronAge artefacts. Join us for free to receive our newsletter and details of our meetings.

[Later Prehistoric Finds Group @LtrPrehistFinds]

Today is the day! https://t.co/7VcPj78Him

[Later Prehistoric Finds Group @LtrPrehistFinds]

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

[Prof Michael Lewis FSA MCIfA @Tostig1066]

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

[Dr Toby Driver @Toby_Driver1]

#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

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

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 🆓 https://t.co/BmhRWUZKb8

[CAS @archaeolcardiff]

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.

[Sidestone Press @sidestonepress]

New #OpenAccess volume on the #Neolithic in our @openprehist series: RETHINKING NEOLITHIC SOCIETIES. Download now: https://t.co/rOwsuCOJaB

@OpenAccessArch @MesoMisc @PrehistSociety

[Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig]

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:

https://t.co/u9KjSYKQtn

[Dr Toby Driver @Toby_Driver1]

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

[BAR Publishing @BAR_Publishing]

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

[Arch Illu @archillu]

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

[Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig]

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

https://t.co/np4Cgq0xHO

#HillfortsWednesday

[Dr Toby Driver @Toby_Driver1]

#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

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

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

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

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.

🆓 https://t.co/CNva0HJpm0

[Wiltshire Museum @WiltshireMuseum]

#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.

[Dr Toby Driver @Toby_Driver1]

#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

[Mary Cahill @au_ireland]

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

[Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig]

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 🤩

[Neil Burridge @neil_burridge]

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

[Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig]

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
https://t.co/GMIUMiqdXt