Andy Needham

Lecturer in Early Prehistory, Dept. of Archaeology, University of York. I research Palaeolithic / Mesolithic art and beads. Co-Director of the YEAR Centre.

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

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[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

Are you an #ExperimentalArchaeologist? 🪵🪨🐚🐾🔥🪡🧵

Don’t miss applying for this great session for @TAG45BU organised by @HamptonHelen & @AndyNeedhamArch 🙌

Deadline 1st October, read more in the poster below 👇

#Lithics #Archaeology #Anthropology #ConferenceOpportunity

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

Join the brilliant @HamptonHelen and I at TAG (13-15 Dec) to discuss #ExperimentalArchaeology! Deadline 1st Oct. for abstracts. @TAG45BU

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

We're super excited to announce confirmation of our prizes thanks to our generous sponsors!
Best ECR presentation: £50 from @PrehistSociety and a £50 book voucher from @Archaeopress.
Best ECR poster: £50 from @PalaeoCory and a £50 book voucher from @Archaeopress.
Thank you!!!

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

Just two more days to go! The team met today to put the final things in place and we'll be emailing delegates with important details and updates later this afternoon. Please check your spam folder, and get in touch if you think you should have received something but haven't!

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

Just two days left to register and apply for our @InstituteArch and @PrehistSociety grants!

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

We've kept our grant applications open for student/unwaged researchers!
Our @InstituteArch sponsored in-person registration grant is here: https://t.co/vt1s69Jiay (open to attendees & presenters)
The @PrehistSociety are covering poster printing costs: https://t.co/UQPSLpRB3c

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

@_charliebingham @UoYArchaeology Thanks, Charlie! Hope you are well!

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

Members of the University of York Archaeology department are at the #SAA conference over the next few days presenting lots of exciting research! We will also be running a stall (no.326). Do pop by and say hello! @UoYArchaeology #archaeology

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And here is more information about registration and links to the conference website. @UnravelPalaeo #prehistory #palaeolithic #mesolithic

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

📢Registration for Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2024 is OPEN! Head to the website for information on fees, and a link to the registration form. We can't wait to see you in July! (P.S. we're still accepting abstracts)
@LithicSociety @PrehistSociety @CAHO_uk
https://t.co/MnreeSiINE

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Just one more week to get papers in for the Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2024! We’ve received some brilliant papers so far and shaping up to be a great conference! #prehistory #palaeolithc #mesolithic

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

Just one more week to get your abstracts in folks! Deadline is Sunday 16th March. Please share among your networks!

[Unravelling Palaeolithic 2026 @UnravelPalaeo]

Attention all #Palaeolithic (and #Mesolithic) archaeologists! We're delighted to announce that the next @UnravelPalaeo conference will take place @UoYArchaeology from the 11th-12th July 2024!
Watch this space for the website and registration launch on Friday!

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

@MesoPlants Congratulations, Barry! Look forward to reading it!

[Dr Steph Piper @MesoPip]

The Investigate the Shore, Sound the Past webinar proceedings are now published in the Séances de la Société préhistorique française @SPF_Infos. A fitting tribute to the inspiring @GregorMarchand, who will be dearly missed by the Mesolithic & coastal archaeology communities (1/2)

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

Illuminating palaeolithic art using virtual reality: A new method for ... https://t.co/T5StKk7hGV
@izzy_wisher1

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

New paper just out with @izzy_wisher1 exploring #firelight and #art in the #palaeolithic using #digital #archaeology. #VR #prehistory

[Andy Needham @AndyNeedhamArch]

End of term so a great opportunity to pop along to @YEARCentre and sharpen up our skills. Today some of our students will practice #knapping and making string from natural fibres. #archaeology #prehistory #nettle #flint

[FutureLearn @FutureLearn]

@MesoPip @AndyNeedhamArch @archaeostarcarr We are so glad to hear this! To anyone who wants to check it out, here's the link to the course: https://t.co/EJxVboBfa8

Feel free to reach out to us if you need any assistance.

[Dr Steph Piper @MesoPip]

It was a great to collaborate with @AndyNeedhamArch and our Year 3 students about how the @archaeostarcarr @FutureLearn course helped support their transition to university. If you would like to view our poster and Tom and Jacob's video, follow this link: https://t.co/9bcI9IGsDS

[UoY Learning and Teaching Forum @UOYForum]

@MesoPip and @AndyNeedhamArch poster on MOOCs as pre-engagement in Archaeology! @UoYArchaeology