Dr Tess Machling<p>Really lovely to have a short version of mine and Trix Randerson's 'Nicked & Nicked' paper published in the YAHS magazine! 😊</p><p>If you didn't see the original paper, you can read it here. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> ⚱️ <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Torcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.yas.org.uk/Portals/0/adam/Document%20Display/dP7XFNaYF0GeOl1AMxeObA/Link/Briefing%2016%20May%202025%20compressed.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yas.org.uk/Portals/0/adam/Docu</span><span class="invisible">ment%20Display/dP7XFNaYF0GeOl1AMxeObA/Link/Briefing%2016%20May%202025%20compressed.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/04/16/nicked-and-nicked-the-knaresborough-gold-ring-and-a-possible-viking-redeposited-iron-age-hoard-from-eastern-england/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/04/16/</span><span class="invisible">nicked-and-nicked-the-knaresborough-gold-ring-and-a-possible-viking-redeposited-iron-age-hoard-from-eastern-england/</span></a></p>
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Although the 'Iron Age Dialogues' conf will be published, I will be hit with the usual image rights issues, so will have to adapt it.
I wrote this for anyone who wasn't there (...or for anyone who was & didn't get a chance to take it all in! 
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https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/05/12/iron-age-gold-time-for-a-shake-up/
The Big Book of Torcs · Iron Age gold: Time for a shake-up?(‘Iron Age Dialogues’ conference, Cardiff, 30th April to 2nd May 2025.) by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: …
Some bedtime reading for you all: why access to artefacts and the free ability to research, publish - and replicate - matters.
#Archaeology #Torcs #Gold #Dodecahedron
https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/04/22/private-finds-and-image-rights-and-wrongs/
The Big Book of Torcs · Private finds and image rights… and wrongs.by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15264348 Following on from my earlier blogs on detecting and torc…
I needed to write something to get my mojo back and here it is: a silly blog for the season...
#Archaeology #Torcs #Gold #Snettisham
https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/18/chewed-torcs-from-snettisham/
The Big Book of Torcs · Chewed torcs from Snettisham?by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] A friend (thank you David!) today reminded me of something I’ve been intending to write about for quite a …
Well, it's taken me all day and three gos, adapting each time to right an issue, but I've now got a just about perfect plaster Netherurd...
A real challenge as chocolate didn't need to be bang on... this one does, as a model, just in case my mould ever gets messed up.
Honestly, there was no way someone ever hollow cast this!! 
Did you see anything? Please share - these items are highly distinctive.
New paper launching tomorrow - torcs, vikings, a new find... and a bit of thievery! It's a doozy! 
Well, here it is! The paper we've enjoyed researching & writing more than any other. The Crazy Paper AKA -
‘All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order’: The riddle of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc from Sussex.' by Tess Machling, Roll Williamson & Giovanna Fregni.
#Archaeology #Gold #Torcs #Forgery #HarryPrice #TalkingMongoose #Gef #Sussex #Lewes #Pulborough
A stunning #torc from the Erstfeld Treasure, showing animals that merge into each other to form fanciful creatures. The treasure was deposited in a rock crevice in a valley leading to the Gotthard Pass, probably as votive offerings of a group of travellers. It consists of four golden #torcs and three golden arm rings. Found in Erstfeld, Switzerland, dating around 390 BC. On display at Landesmuseum Zurich.
Recently, I've lost my spark. But, research recently, working with collaborative folks, has brought it back.
Later today, on BBoT, we're going to release a pre-print of a thing we wrote ages ago that's got caught in the system & we're going to release it in a way that works with how we do things: in full colour - unlimited images - glory:
"Beyond Snettisham: a reassessment of gold alloy torcs from Iron Age Britain and Ireland"
(As ever, thanks to Roll: he gets it.)
A new notebook has been started... and it's suitably glittery for the blingiest, most in your face, bit of piratical research we've done yet!!
Really looking forward to this one.