Tara Steimer-Herbet

Megalithic architecture in the Levant: broader perspectives for defining what we are talking about The phenomenon of funerary megalithic architecture in the Levant presents a variety of building techniques and morphologies characteristic of the region. This diversity brings inherent complexity i...

A little semantic battle over megalithism! Enjoy your reading www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔍 Presented at #ICAANE2025: three years of excavations at Menjez, northern Lebanon, as part of the MEG-A project. Preliminary results & possible scenarios for this megalithic community at the turn of the 4th millennium BCE. #archaeology #MEGA #Lebanon #UNIGE

@meryl-dfs.bsky.social gave a great talk at the 14th ICAANE in Lyon! Focused on the megaliths of Menjez (Lebanon) and cultural practices in Akkar (5th–3rd mill. BCE). A detailed geoarchaeological look at their symbolism and materiality.

Israël viole le cessez-le-feu et bombarde à 6 reprises la banlieue sud de Beyrouth ce soir.

Six Français sont à bord du Madleen de la Flottille de la liberté qui veut rompre le blocus de #Gaza assiégée et martyrisée. La précédente tentative a subi une attaque de drones israéliens. Cette initiative de la société civile doit être soutenue le plus largement possible.

South Arabia’s prehistoric monument landscape shows social resilience to climate change In arid regions across northern Africa, Asia and Arabia, ancient pastoralists constructed small-scale stone monuments of varying form, construction, placement, age, and function. Classification studie...

The latest, happy reading 🥰https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323544

Thrilled to see our exhibition reach Beirut!
Launched in Geneva back in October 2020, this collective journey was made possible by the amazing teamwork of @flocousseau.bsky.social, Marie Besse, Martine Piguet, Thomas Thibout, and the students of the Faculty of Science (UNIGE - Geneva)

After two very interesting missions in 2017 and 2019 with students from the Geneva Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology to al-Subiyah in Kuwait I am happy to be able to publish our results! Thanks to all colleagues @unige

🚨 Archéologie préventive en danger !
Un amendement au projet de loi « simplification de la vie économique » prévoit de supprimer l’obligation de fouilles sur les projets dits « d’intérêt majeur ».
📉 Moins de diagnostics, plus de destructions.
👷‍♀️ Archéologues précarisé·es, science ignorée.
FNAC-FSU

🎥 Discover the new documentary: Guardians of the Past of Menjez – The Megaliths of Lebanon Revealed

We warmly thank the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for funding our research project MEG-A since January 2022

Primitiva Bueno Ramírez est une archéologue espagnole, professeure de préhistoire à l'université d'Alcalá (@uahes.bsky.social). Elle est professeure invitée à l'Univ. Toulouse Jean Jaurès.

Deux séminaires sont organisés autour de sa venue ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BD : censure "à la trump" au ministère de l'Education - Par Daniel Schneidermann | Arrêt sur images La critique média en toute indépendance : enquêtes, analyses, chroniques et émissions.

#StandUpForScience
La liberté dans les mondes de la Culture et de la Science est attaquée. Don't look up!
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Great new paper on cairns in northern Arabia. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

La fanfare au milieu du cortège

Le front du cortège avec une banderole du mouvement

Unis en soutien aux scientifiques a travers le monde
#standupforscience #paris #france #insupport

Datations « absolues » en archéologie Huitième séminaire scientifique et technique organisé par l’Inrap, en partenariat avec le Laboratoire de Mesure du Carbone 14 (LMC14), plateforme nationale rattachée au Laboratoire des Sciences du Cli...

L' @inrap.fr vient de mettre en ligne les communications de son dernier séminaire scientifique et technique sur les datations absolues en archéologie
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Have you heard about the Levantine Ceramics Project? LCP is an open-access, interactive website and digital publication, sponsored by ASOR, for the study of Levantine pottery from the Neolithic era (c. 5500 B.C.E.) until today. Check it out here: buff.ly/4ggumZg

Excited to share our first message here! 📢 Announcing our 2nd Seminar on Seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory & Methods in Archaeological Research.
Join us in the lab in April 🔬

Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4...
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social

27-28 mars à Lyon une rencontre enrichissante entre archéologues travaillant au Liban. Cet événement, organisé par Jwana Chahoud et Zuzanna Wygnanska, offre une belle occasion d'échanger sur les dernières découvertes et méthodologies déployées dans les projets en cours

Thank you @defours_meryl, we're trying everything we can to date the construction of the dolmens in the Levant. This year's digs in #Jordan have been prolific, with bones, charcoals and artefacts @sciences_UNIGE

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We are delighted to announce the publication of Antoine Caminada's article on the distribution of dolmens west of Irbid. Most of the sites mentioned have disappeared since the survey's in 2005 @unige @mariebesse3 #Science #Dolmen #Jordan #Archaeology

How fortunate we are to be able to excavate these #megalithic tombs at Kufr Yuba in #Jordan. Despite much looting, we have enough information about the occupants and the construction techniques of the megalith builders @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE

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Fortunately we have the invaluable help of @josruiflo who has just spent a month studying #megalithism in Brittany with our colleague @FloCousseau

Girls power ;) @payetatruelle #topography #buildingstudies #Science

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So great to spend such a time with our students @unige_en

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Génial ce film !

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Great team 😁

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2/2 Support came from the Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation in Zürich @slsa. Stay tuned for daily updates from our 28 days of fieldwork! #FieldworkUpdate @sciences_UNIGE @Jor_antiquities
@EDA_DFAE

1/2 Our bachelor, master, PhD students from the Laboratory of Prehistoric archaeology and anthropology directed by @mariebesseare in #jordan for an amazing #didactic excavation on #dolmens 6000 years old monuments @UNIGEnews. #jordan #dolmen #Science #cooperation #preservation

5/5 🛡️ Preservation is key! With urban and agricultural developments threatening these sites, our work ensures proper documentation and digital preservation, safeguarding this heritage for future generations @Jor_antiquities. #CulturalHeritage #Preservation #Jordan

4/5 🌱 By examining geology, sedimentary @beuzen-waller and botanical samples, we're gaining insights into agricultural practices and environmental adaptations of ancient societies on the Irbid plateau. #geoarchaeology #Palaeoenvironment #AncientAgriculture