Dr. Jennifer Jones

For S2E2 It’s friend of the show @jenniferbones.bsky.social to tell us about… Vikings on Orkney making fishy cheese??? Find out more The Archaeology of… podcast 🐟 🧀https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXSJRrw1enbQYishJwl6MSbkdjqToG_JK&si=kVo9S4moLk2IZZvr #archaeology #podcast #zooarchaeology #history

There’s niche, and then there’s this podcast ;) it’s S2E2 of The #Archaeology of… Seaside Animals! We’re out on the Hebrides and there are brochs #vikings and… #pigmilk ???🐷🥛 youtu.be/RhRI9ikVWDI?... featuring friend of the show @jenniferbones.bsky.social

Let’s have a very THEMATIC #fieldworkfriday today! starting off with Lowther Castle up near Penrith, the lakes, and all that #archaeology… some of which is, obvs, The Archaeology of… poo 💩🏺🤘https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXSJRrw1enbQYishJwl6MSbkdjqToG_JK&si=zDp5i3w1lwKM7lN1

It's time for season 2 of your favourite archaeology podcast. Getting off to a strong start with everyone's favourite archaeobotanist @donomeara.bsky.social on the archaeology of...Poo!

ZOOARCH, aka the way zooarchaeologists talk to each other, support each other, and learn from each other, was created in 2000 by Umberto Albarella and Jacqui Mulville. To join, you can find more information by following the link: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba....

It's graduation week, which means that I get to enjoy a daily strut down the red carpet to head to my office.

I am THRILLED to announce that BBC Radio 3 have let me make 5 whole episodes w the incredibly talented producer Becky on prehistoric instruments. They are ‘sound illustrated’ contemplations, so they are wild and personal as well as archaeological. And I get to open with my amazing uncle singing :)

In this heat wave I've no idea what kind of magnum to enjoy. Any chance of some more reviews @benpartridge.bsky.social. I'm dangerously close to getting a mint one...

Great News! The 47th #AEA conference with @yorkuniversity.bsky.social will be at York Guildhall, 13-15th Nov Titled 'Bridging the Divide - Environmental Research at the Interface Between Academic and Developer-led Archaeology', the deadline for abstracts is 30th July Visit envarch.net/conferences

Sadly my team got sent off for cannibalism which is a bit awkward....

Some top baboon banter from the @archanthlancashire.bsky.social team

Please enjoy all of the balloon arches that my university has had on display over the last three weeks. In other news I'm thinking of setting up a NW based balloon arch company.

Today I learnt the word gralloched. In related news we should be getting a new red deer reference skeleton soon!

New episode!!! It’s The archaeology of… Cave Bears!!! With the fabulous Dr Jones (Jen. Who is a real archaeologist, unlike certain other Dr Jones we could mention) youtu.be/JiK8L_JRmh8

The Archaeology of...Cave Bears podcast out today! Also available on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about why you shouldn't cuddle a cave bear, what they ate, and why they might have become extinct. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiK8...

Congratulations to Dr Sarah Barakat who passed her PhD viva today! Sarah’s doctoral research has made a major contribution to our understanding of the use of sulfur isotopes in tracking range use in Late Pleistocene fauna. Well done Sarah! (And here’s the obligatory theme cake…)

One month left to submit your abstracts for the University of Lancashire AEA conference 7-9th May 2026. We've got some fantastic keynotes linked up, a conference dinner that involves curling and a field trip add on! Abstract submission: tinyurl.com/5fdv7e3c Registration here: tinyurl.com/3x5jnz3c

Don't forget the 46th #AEA conference will be hosted by Lancashire University on 7th - 9th May 2026 Details can be found here: envarch.net/conferences The abstract deadline is: 22nd February #environmentalarchaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany #palynology #landscapearchaeology

New pod! 🎙️ Get your archaeological ponderings from our very own @brennawalks.bsky.social!

Double episode drop tomorrow — and it ain’t just Anglo-Saxons (whoever they are). It’s also The Archaeology of… Drugs! youtube.com/@lancashirea...

🎓 FCT PhD Fellowships 2026 ICArEHB invites inquisitive and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology or Primatology through the national FCT Program. 📍See our poster & details: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #PhD #Archaeology #FCT #ICArEHB

We are pleased to announce the 46th conference of the #AEA will be held in Spring at the University of Lancashire, between 7th & 9th May 2026. Details: envarch.net/conferences 📸Co-host Dr Jennifer Jones presenting at the @unistavanger.bsky.social conference this month. #environmentalarchaeology

Sometimes, with colleagues, I dabble in Forensic taphonomy, and this is one of this occasions! This article explores how damage and fractures on bones influences the physiochemical composition of bone over time, which may impact in PMI estimation! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It is a pleasure to welcome Mónica to work with me at the University as a Marie Curie Research Fellow. We had a lot of fun working with the reference collection in advance of Mónica's first sampling mission!

A lovely review article (and my first dissertation citation🍾) on Scottish archaeological mollusc exploitation from @jenniferbones.bsky.social & @mlaw.bsky.social. Makes the point that culture ("taste" if you like) may be just as important as economic considerations www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/8/...

New research by @jenniferbones.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-08...

Mislabelled Chatgpt anatomical images are my new favourite thing. Do you know your Pelvix from your Pelmis and how to differentiate between your Tarpula and your Fibuir?

I really enjoyed reading this paper exploring the possibility that elevated d15N values may be linked to the consumption of meat that was rotten and maggot filled! Definitely lots more work to do as the authors point out, but an interesting idea! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

A very useful paper here here exploring Sulfur cycling in Weltand locations, which is important for Archaeologists interpreting d34S values in their research. Spoiler Alert: it's quite complex!

Our new paper explores how we can use large bodies of stable isotope data from paleoenvironmental and bioarchaeological in wider cross-discipline studies. www.nature.com/articles/s43...