Andrew Millard

🏺🧪🗃️ www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Archaeogenomic study of Iberia through 1st Mill CE. Roman period had a major demographic impact, introducing more ancestries from North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. Migrations in the early medieval period had little demographic impact. Plus the…

NEW Analysis of tooth enamel sheds light on medieval England's lead industry, uncovering how social status, gender and more influenced health and indicating that lead exposure was greater than or equal to the cities of the industrial revolution. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

New paper! By Meng Zhang, me & Dan Lawrence "Population dynamics of prehistoric East Asia (10−2 ka BP) & relationship with climatic & subsistence changes" Quaternary Science Reviews doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... C14 & settlement data compared with climate & diet within & across the region.

Check out our new review: Ancient DNA in motion! We examine how the integration of archaeogenomic data with archaeological evidence can help reconstruct past human mobility and interactions, as well as their consequences, while also addressing key terminological and interpretive limitations.

If you are interested in learning computational population genetics and ancient genomics, I have curated my list of workshops and online tutorials (and will continue to do so) indicating suitability for self-learners and status. You find the list [here](www.stephanschiffels.de/resources.html).

We're delighted to announce this year's Festival of Archaeology which will be held at Yeavering from Friday 31 July to Saturday 1 August 2026. Join us daily from 10am to 4pm for a host of activities. More details to come! Book your tickets here: ticketpass.org/event/EBUOPO... #FestivalofArchaeology

Funded PhD studentship with me and Dan Bradley @brad-dan.bsky.social at TCD. Medieval cattle and sheep genomics utilising parchment and bones! Deadline to apply is 27th May 🧬🐄🐑🧬 #aDNA

30 SCIENTISTS SLAM STRAT STUDY 30 experts just published a series of three eLetters in Science May 4-9. The letters systematically dismantle the claims made by Surovell et al. that Monte Verde is <8k yr old, upholding the rigorously documented conclusion that Monte Verde really is 14.5kyo 🏺🧪🌎

How @camunicampop.bsky.social researchers are turning static snapshots of Victorian Britain into dynamic life histories. The team are linking over 200 million census records, revealing how people moved, worked and lived in ways never before possible. 🔎 Read on 👉 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/tracing...

Press Release - The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the acquisition of Maelmin Heritage Trail in Milfield, Northumberland. Read on for more! #GefrinTrust #Milfield #HeritageTrail #Northumberland #Archaeology

Announcing this year’s Jarrow Lecture: Bede, Providence, and Early Medieval Kingship. Full details here: medievalarchaeology.co.uk/2026-jarrow-...

An article last year claimed that tree-ring data shows a link between drought and late Roman conflicts such as the "Barbarian Conspiracy" of 367. We show problems with such claims and appeal for interdisciplinary palaeoclimatic research to respect historical method. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We just published a brief preprint on aDNA from two Medieval Ottonic emperors. 🧬👑 We confirm via IBD segments that remains attributed to Otto "the Great" and "Saint" Heinrich are third-degree relatives. As historically attested - suggesting that they are authentic. ✅️ doi.org/10.64898/202... (1/3)

This year's archaeology conferences are gonna be interesting. 🔥🧪🏺

Join us on 18th March for the next This is Archaeology lecture with Prof. Emily Williams, exploring the remarkable Melsonby Hoards, one of the largest groupings of Iron Age metalwork ever discovered in England. Free to attend (donations welcome) 👉 tinyurl.com/un9kp8z4

Many place-names are deceptive, so it’s not surprising that many people have assumed that the striking place-name Pity Me can’t really be what it seems. What is it, though? Today's name story is written by Emeritus Professor Diana Whaley of @newcastleuni.bsky.social. www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...

Readers of Current Archaeology Magazine have voted to make the Melsonby Hoard Iron Age find its ‘Rescue Project of the Year’. The hoard was excavated by @arcdurham.bsky.social, including Archaeological Services, with support from The British Museum and Historic England 👉 tinyurl.com/cjfmauj9

The first meeting in Ancient Biomolecules in Latin America is here! 🤩 and it will be held in Peru 🇵🇪 on Nov 2026 . More info 👇

📰 Chemical signatures preserved in human bones show how social inequality in medieval England could be "measured at the dinner table" 🍽️ 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @medievalists.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/02/medi...

🏺 Brilliant stuff Harry! Genetics of people inhabiting the Lower Rhine-Meuse area through prehistory highlights the variable dynamics and regional diveristy in the interactions between groups carrying disparate ancestries. Lots of complicated stuff to unpack. Rhine-Meuse ancestry associated with...

🚩première conférence de la CRABi (Communauté de Recherche en #Archéologie #Biomoléculaire et #isotopique) à Bordeaux les 12 et 13 novembre prochain. toutes les informations sur crabi.sciencesconf.org L'appel à communication est ouvert jusqu'au jeudi 2 avril (23h59 CET).

📢Fellowship alert! We are recruiting 6 ECR Addison Wheeler Fellowships starting 01 Oct 2026 (for 36 months). Any discipline, any nationality. Details at www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/fellowships-funding/addison-wheeler-fellowship/ and durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering

I finally found time to read this. They don't discuss that their major identifications are soil-dwelling bacteria and not gut bacteria, which represent different hypotheses of the causes of bioerosion. Perhaps soil bacteria are what one would expect under both hypotheses after centuries of burial.

PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2026 start: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... @ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen

New paper out, mostly the work of my brilliant PhD student Meng Zhang! Isotopic evidence for changing diet and agriculture in China from the Neolithic to the Early Han period (10-2 ka BP) doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... Changing exploitation of millet & rice, and animal husbandry regimes over 8 millennia.

The #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge is in progress! This is your chance help Free UK #Genealogy deliver its FreePROBATE service – and to have the value of your donation doubled by those (including the Society for #OnePlaceStudies) who have pledged match funding. To find out more and to donate... 👇🏻

📢 IMEMS and University College (Durham Castle) are delighted to invite applications for the 2026/27 Slater Fellowship, a three-month residential, senior fellowship at @durham.ac.uk during Epiphany Term 2027. ✉ Read more and apply here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

My department has an opening for a Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage as part of Durham University’s strategic Heritage 360 initiative durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Full OA paper here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Anyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Funded PhD opportunity at Durham University. Bayesian approaches to stratigraphic correlation. With me, @palaeosmith.bsky.social & Kilian Eichenseer. See the Iapetus site for details of eligibility and widening participation scheme. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Now out on Early View: "U/Th Dating of Secondary Carbonate Deposits in Underground Galleries of Fourvière Hill (Lyon, France) Reveals a Water Supply System in Operation From the Roman Period to the Middle Ages" buff.ly/76PpH8q

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Probably posted a preprint version of this before but good to see some formal testing of different hypotheses of descent/residence in prehistoric cemeteries of Europe, rather than just eyeballing the trends.

I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.

Our new paper is out: StratoBayes: a Bayesian method for automated stratigraphic correlation and age modelling doi.org/10.5194/gchr... with @palaeosmith.bsky.social Kilian Eichenseer & Matthias Sinnesael

The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed. The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes! Congratulations to Tokyo team! Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals. Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.

👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology

New blog post! We're not dead! "On the Identity (and Individuation) of Proper Names" dmnes.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/o...

New paper by Tamsin O’Connell: This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects. “The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology” doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #stableisotopes

🏺 A fine new article by Chris Fowler discussing the complexities of genetic relatedness at Neolithic funerary sites across Europe. Argues the emphasis on patrilineal patterns and fitting established kinship/marriage schemes means subtle complexities are missed. journals.openedition.org/bmsap/16175

Free UK Genealogy, the charity behind FreeBMD, FreeREG and FreeCEN, has started a crowdfunder for a new free probate records website: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

To celebrate the start of the 2025 excavation season, we've just released the Gefrin Trust's recent conversation with Professor Sarah Semple. Read on for more! gefrintrust.org/conversation...

Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust

Now recruiting for two positions in my lab: Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud... Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud... Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun... Applications welcome!

If you want to know more (or just about everything) about AMS, check out a brand new online book by one of the old masters Keith Fifield (ANU) with input from another - Martin Suter (ETH); hdl.handle.net/1885/733767269

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...