The Lithic Studies Society

Founded in 1979 we are now in our 46th year. Follow us for info on bursaries, conferences and lithic news. Social media enquiries to [email protected]

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We are looking for new papers for our journal Lithics! Our editorial team invites contributions from anyone engaged in the study of past societies through stone tools.

https://t.co/dM7ZI74vRr

#Lithics #Journal #Publication #Archaeology

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🪨Being a LSS member means you get exclusive access to events, our community and our online reading group Rock Talk.

Held once a month, this welcoming and engaging group is a great chance to network.

Join the LSS to attend at https://t.co/O4okB3RIi7

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P-RI in the News!

Today we'd like to congratulate A. Hogberg & M. Lombard, again, for co-authoring research that was recently featured in the New York Times!

You can access the article via the QR code or link below:
https://t.co/Jv6DPWFOrF

Go P-RI, go!
@go2uj
@UjHumanities

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

Welcome to our Annual Conference! We are so excited to welcome our speakers and audience in-person at @valonline as well as our attendees online.

We will be providing regular updates across Facebook, Instagram and X about the proceedings.

#Lithics #Conference

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💻Our AGM for LSS members on Tuesday 18 November will be followed by a talk given by Dr Alison Sheridan, entitled:

Green Treasures from the Magic Mountains...and other stone axehead tales.

We are looking forward to seeing many of our members there.

#Neolithic #Axeheads #AGM

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👏Not long to go! Online tickets still on sale at only £10! A perfect #CPD #lithics opportunity for students, researchers, archaeologists and citizen scientists.

Buy yours now https://t.co/DuyBFIMOzm

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🙌 Only one week to go until our Annual #Lithics Conference in Leicester! This year, we will be welcoming speakers from 8 different countries of origin and have topics about 12 different countries. There is still time to buy your tickets at TicketTailor https://t.co/oGcCKHGfJI

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

🙌 Only one week to go until our Annual #Lithics Conference in Leicester! This year, we will be welcoming speakers from 8 different countries of origin and have topics about 12 different countries. There is still time to buy your tickets at TicketTailor https://t.co/oGcCKHGfJI

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

🙌 A friendly reminder that TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE! Online and in-person options are available with our tiered ticket system.

#Archaeology #Leicester #Heritage #Lithics #StoneTools

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

🥳Amazing news! Tickets for our Annual Conference in Leicester are now on sale. For 2025, we have a new tiered ticket system in place. Online and in-person tickets are both available.

You can purchase them here: https://t.co/oGcCKHGfJI

#Lithics #Prehistory #Archaeology

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

Still time to apply to become a new committee member! Find out more below 👇 Deadline is 10.10.25. Feel free to share with your colleagues and friends.

#Lithics #Archaeology #Volunteer #Committee #NewOpportunity

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📣New Committee positions! Positions are open to all society members, including academic, commercial, freelance, amateur, and student archaeologists. Deadline is 10.10.25, send your short biography and expressions of interest to [email protected].

#Volunteer #CPD #Lithics

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❌Update: Cancellation of the Chester House Knap-In❌

Due to low ticket sales, we will have to cancel the knap-in scheduled for Chester House this coming weekend.

We intend to rearrange it for the Spring, please watch this space for dates and the new ticket launch.

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

🪨It’s about a week and a half until the first LSS #knapin. Numbers are looking fairly low at present so please buy your tickets soon!

Saturday 4th October, Chester House Estate, Northamptonshire. The event is open to all #knappers with prior experience. https://t.co/8fspEEMFjS

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👋There’s still time to apply for our new roles!

The deadline for applications is 10.10.25.

Read more below about what is available, what the roles involve, and more importantly how to apply.

#Volunteer #CPD #Archaeology #Lithics #StoneTools

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

📣New Committee positions! Positions are open to all society members, including academic, commercial, freelance, amateur, and student archaeologists. Deadline is 10.10.25, send your short biography and expressions of interest to [email protected].

#Volunteer #CPD #Lithics

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

5 different roles are available. Committee members must be able to use WhatsApp and Zoom and have a Google account to access a shared Google Drive for organisational purposes.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

#Archaeology #Volunteering #Upskill #NewSkills

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

📣New Committee positions! Positions are open to all society members, including academic, commercial, freelance, amateur, and student archaeologists. Deadline is 10.10.25, send your short biography and expressions of interest to [email protected].

#Volunteer #CPD #Lithics

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

@ChesterHouse_UK

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🪨It’s about a week and a half until the first LSS #knapin. Numbers are looking fairly low at present so please buy your tickets soon!

Saturday 4th October, Chester House Estate, Northamptonshire. The event is open to all #knappers with prior experience. https://t.co/8fspEEMFjS

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

🥳Amazing news! Tickets for our Annual Conference in Leicester are now on sale. For 2025, we have a new tiered ticket system in place. Online and in-person tickets are both available.

You can purchase them here: https://t.co/oGcCKHGfJI

#Lithics #Prehistory #Archaeology

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

📣AGM and committee positions at the LSS!

Please read below for more information about our AGM and open commitee positions. We will be sharing more about these positions via social media.

💭Could these be the new volunteer roles for you?

#Volunteer #Committee #Lithics

[The Lithic Studies Society @LithicSociety]

Tickets are available for purchase now and are £10. There is a lower age restriction of 18.

Numbers are limited to 15, on a first come first served basis. All further information and tickets are available here https://t.co/8fspEEMFjS

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We are super excited to announce our first knap-in on Saturday 4th October 2025 @ Chester House Estate, Irchester, Northamptonshire 10am to 4pm.

Open to both LSS members and non-members. The event is aimed at intermediate and experienced #knappers.

More information below⬇️

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📣LSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE UPDATE📣

Thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts for our Annual Conference.

We thank everyone for their patience and support so far, and we are excited to announce further updates.

#Lithics #AnnualConference