jimleary.bsky.social
Archaeologist & writer. Senior lecturer at Uni of York. Books: The Story of Silbury Hill; The Remembered Land; Footmarks, a journey into our restless past. Agent: JP Marshall.
👤 Joined on 27 September 2023
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@jimleary.bsky.socialThornborough Archaeology Group alongside @jimleary.bsky.social talking about his fantastic new paper on the Devil's Arrows in North Yorkshire. This TAG is managed by Dr Jan Harding, Dr Emma Watson, Dr Richard Lee and Professor Chris Scarre alongside non-professional committee members 1/2
Show PostHow prehistoric societies selected and transported megaliths remains poorly understood. New research in #ProcA demonstrates deliberate prehistoric sourcing of the Devil's Arrows, Britain's tallest stone row: doi.org/10.1098/rspa... @jimleary.bsky.social #geochemistry
Show PostResearchers @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social and Curtin University have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic builders 🪨 Open access paper in @royalsociety.org Proc. A doi.org/10.1098/rspa... 🔓 📄
Show Post(PS did my MRes and PhD at York, including a BioArch project for my MRes circa 2003)
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