@RobertEWitcher

Associate Professor @ArcDurham Editor @AntiquityJ. Not the droid you're looking for. All views my own 🐱🌍🍝 📷

 Durham, UK
durham.ac.uk/staff/r-e-witcher/
Joined September 2016
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sche-archeo@sharmaheritage28 Mar 2024
A fantastic workshop with great participants. A wonderful experience to mentor bright young minds
Robert Witcher@RobertEWitcher22 Mar 2024
After a series of online workshops, the #RewritingWorldArchaeology programme has arrived in Kathmandu. Wonderful to meet South Asia early career researchers & mentors in person at last! Day 1 and we're straight into peer reviews. Thanks to our Nepali friends for hosting us 🙏🇳🇵
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Ongoing excavations at the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia at Amarynthos, Euboea, Greece, have revealed the complete plan of a temple dating to the seventh century BC. The temple is unusual due to its large size and presence of altars within rather than outside it 1/2
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Our December issue is out! Featuring great #archaeology like: 🦈 Weapons made from shark teeth in Indonesia 🛰️ Almost 400 Roman forts discovered using spy satellites ⛏️ Early Islamic silver mining & more! 🔗 buff.ly/346lv7h
Cover of the December issue of Antiquity, featuring gold foil figures

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The first online meeting of the #RewritingWorldArchaeology #SouthAsia group earlier today. An opportunity to meet the mentors & ECRs and think about some of the challenges & opportunities around writing for, and publishing in, international journals. @sharmaheritage
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The #RewritingWorldArchaeology workshop programme is now open for applications from early career researchers from Africa! Heritage officer Agnes Shiningayamwe writes about her experience on the previous RWA workshop. Deadline 8 November 2023 Details buff.ly/3Q73iBG
Photograph of Agnes Shiningayamwe with the text "I am grateful for the opportunity provided by the Rewriting of World Archaeology programme, which has facilitated my academic growth and allowed me to thrive with unwavering mentor support. Armed with new-found skills, I aspire to unveil Namibia's heritage to the world through impactful research articles, casting light on our rich heritage for all to appreciate."

ALT Photograph of Agnes Shiningayamwe with the text "I am grateful for the opportunity provided by the Rewriting of World Archaeology programme, which has facilitated my academic growth and allowed me to thrive with unwavering mentor support. Armed with new-found skills, I aspire to unveil Namibia's heritage to the world through impactful research articles, casting light on our rich heritage for all to appreciate."

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Our October issue is out! Featuring great #archaeology like: ⛵ Long-distance exchange in #Viking Scandinavia 🏺 The colourful reality of the #ParthenonMarbles 🌄 Uncovering the stories of ancient #earthworks in Britain & more! 🔗 buff.ly/3RSA6zK
Cover of the October issue of Antiquity, featuring a stone carved with Viking runes.

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Need a pick-me-up? The #EAA2023 Antiquity stand is at booth 5, right next to the coffee, so come and get your morning coffee with a side of #archaeoswag!
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Our June issue is out! Featuring great #archaeology like: ⚔️ A lost #Roman military campaign ⛰️ Pre-Hispanic religion in highland Bolivia 🚯 Waste disposal in #Renaissance Italy 🐎 An elite chariot burial from #BronzeAge China & more! 🔗 buff.ly/346lv7h
Front cover of the June 2023 issue of Antiquity (393)

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Our April issue is out! Featuring great #archaeology like: 🍇 Roman #winemaking at Villa of the Quintilii ❄️ Wood imports to Norse #Greenland 🧬 Early Iron Age #aDNA from Slovenia ⛰️ A prehistoric shrine from the Peruvian Andes & more! buff.ly/346lv7h
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Are you an #archaeology early career researcher from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar? The #RewritingWorldArchaeology workshop programme is now open for applications! Deadline 24 April 2023 Details buff.ly/3JBtNvV
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Antiquity is in the City of bridges & cherry blossom 🌉🌸 And brick-sized cinnamon rolls. Come and find the @AntiquityJ team on the #SAA2023Portland conference stand!
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The @AntiquityJ #SAA2023Portland conference stand is up and running! Come and find @RobertEWitcher and Lindsey to chat about submitting your research and to collect some #archaeoswag. Booth #606 – at Portland, OR
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Antiquity is heading stateside for #SAA2023Portland! @RobertEWitcher & Lindsey will be at booth #606. We're looking forward to meeting authors, readers & reviewers. Come along to discuss potential submissions & to collect some #archaeoswag #Archaeology #Portland
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Are you an #archaeology early career researcher from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar? The #RewritingWorldArchaeology workshop programme is now open for applications! Deadline 24 April 2023 Details buff.ly/3JBtNvV
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Antiquity is looking for an Assistant Editor to join the @ArcDurham team. If you have both archaeological & editorial experience, come help us edit world-class #archaeology research! Full time, fixed term to December 2027 Deadline 16 April 2023 Details buff.ly/3ZemLBL
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The February issue of @AntiquityJ is out! Featuring great #archaeology research like: 🔥 Cooking in caves in the Palaeolithic 🛖 Megalithic structures in the 5th mill. BC 🦜 Birds on ancient Egyptian wall paintings & more! 👉 buff.ly/3lXqjKI
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📢 Call for Papers! #ConsumingThePast: Modern Vines & Ancient Wines 🍇 Multidisciplinary wkshop on rethinking scholarly & popular engagement with ancient wines & modern counterparts 🍷 🇬🇷 @NIAthens, Greece 18-21 May, 2023 Deadline 26 Feb More info bit.ly/3WSqlRe
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Robert Witcher retweeted
Rose Ferraby@roseferraby23 Jan 2023
I'm delighted to be giving the annual @archaeologyuk Beatrice De Cardi lecture on the 9th Feb from 6.30pm. I'll be talking about archaeology and art to help kick off a new year of celebrating creative approaches to the past! Find out more & book here: archaeologyuk.org/get-involv…
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Come and join the Durham Antiquity team! We're looking for an Assistant Editor to help edit leading world #archaeology research articles. Full-time, fixed-term to Dec 2027. Application deadline: 31 Jan 2023. buff.ly/3J8VaOm Further job opps to be advertised shortly!
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📢 Job alert: Antiquity is hiring! 📢 We're looking for an Assistant Editor to join our Durham team. Details here buff.ly/3XglA4D Deadline: 31 January 2023 Or keep your eyes peeled for further Antiquity job opportunities coming very soon!
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