Professor of Archaeology | Fan of archaeological theory and Neolithic and Bronze Age stuff | Co-director of the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project | Collaborator on the New History of Bronze | Likes a bit of Deleuze at the weekendhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mpnpekqkz226The sessions for @tag26exeter.bsky.social are available, check them out! I’m running two, one looking at the last 25 years of studying emotion in archaeology with @jrosantos.bsky.social & one on the potential for archaeological fabulation with @rachelcrellin.bsky.social tag2026.square.site/sessions https://tag2026.square.site/sessions02 Jul 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnpekqkz226https://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mmvq7r2cs22pLike microwear analysis? Like Deleuze-inflected theory? Like the Neolithic & Bronze Age? Like hundreds of object studies? Given that is a Venn diagram that doesn’t even include all the authors, probably not. But indulge me & download this anyway https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10816-026-09786-0?sharing_token=VYnGsjgkSMf_GoymyvMmRPe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY7Ucgvp_V5J4t9BomPTsgpqsA5QPLJn4b96uWwKfl-wV_4e-nGbvVl-us25I0espwcfVGu0sKReW1EhXvOKWGH3DgGkvgkZ74y3cLUyX8myfpjd_xmoZopXna0RU-nV63g%3D28 May 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvq7r2cs22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mmfbqigx6c26Congrats to David, a really excellent piece of work bringing archaeological science and theory together, and easily one of the most fun PhD’s I’ve supervised (not least because his main guide @palaeohan.bsky.social kept all the science on track so well) [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfbqigx6c26https://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mlotvbwbvk26I need FT’s next set of anti-Oedipus lectures the same way I need Oxygen so please support if you can (and help a good person make a new home if that matters to you more I suppose) [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlotvbwbvk26https://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mkkxtu5pnc23My first foray into Ancient Egypt! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkxtu5pnc23https://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mefxvxxbvs2sNesrine Malik remains the Guardian’s best writer by some considerable distance [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mefxvxxbvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3mdavabapb222Visiting some old friends for #standingstonesunday25 Jan 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdavabapb222https://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3ma7ptygots2rAlso to add I was really proud of the brilliant sessions and papers run @tag2025york.bsky.social by all our Leicester staff and students, some absolute corkers out there. Very lucky to think and work with such a committed bunch of talented theorists17 Dec 2025 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7ptygots2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3ma7pqx2k2c2rSafely home after a brilliant few days at @tag2025york.bsky.social thanks so much to the whole team there for all their efforts including @pennybickle.bsky.social @evamol.bsky.social and @clmorgan.bsky.social ace work guys.17 Dec 2025 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7pqx2k2c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3m7az5wca3s2iInterested in archaeological theory? PhD or postdoc? Have a think if you fancy coming to our inaugural summer school next year! Lots of theory and lots of fun over three days https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/summer-school05 Dec 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7az5wca3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ojth.bsky.social/post/3m5qkwcvrt22eIn shock news — I’ll be there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:akm5mvxzoommftfbotiupaa7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qkwcvrt22e