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Justin Pargeter

@justinpargeter.bsky.social

Africanist archaeologist, Assistant Professor @ NYU, Cultural Evolution, Lithic Analysis, rstats, papers @ https://nyu.academia.edu/JustinPargeter

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Already second week at Boomplaas Cave with @justinpargeter.bsky.social.
First week launched the season with introduction to the dig and a rock art tour for the students.
@leakeyfoundation.org @umr5608traces.bsky.social

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Thank you!

21.03.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have a link to register for the talk?

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Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1111/arcm...

#Archaeology #Stonetools

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Following

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2025 ACE Curricular Grants Announced - Cultural Evolution Society

πŸŽ‰ Exciting news from the Cultural Evolution Society πŸŽ‰

We're launching the ACE Curricular Awards this spring to boost cultural evolution education! There are two award categories (more below)

culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...

13.03.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A direct comparison of single-grain and multi-grain aliquot luminescence dating of feldspars from colluvial deposits in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Abstract. The erosional landscape of the Jojosi dongas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, exposes accretionary slope deposits that preserve important geological and archaeological information. This lands...

Our latest work from the open-air Stone Age landscape of Jojosi on new absolute ages - this is something for the luminescence nerds! πŸ€“ gchron.copernicus.org/articles/7/5... #archaelogy #SouthAfrica #geology #luminescence #geography #dating

12.03.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent talk, thanks for hosting it

12.03.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job alert!
@katerinad.bsky.social and I are looking for an archaeologist/archaeological scientist to join us on a 4 year post-doc, helping to manage and participate in field and lab work on 2 ERC grants in our group. We would love to hear from you via the link! πŸ‘‡
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

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Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse Publishers want to put out more papers with less editorial staff, all while charging scientists more to publish. Editors have had enough.

There have been at least 20 mass resignations from scientific journals since 2023. What’s going on?

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I join you today across the ocean

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The Influence of Lithic Raw Material Selection on Regional Morphological Variability of Clovis Fluted Points Clovis was once considered to be the first universal lithic technology to evolve in North America, occurring between 11,050 to 10,800 radiocarbon years before present (14C yr BP). These early hunter-g...

Reach out if interested in reviewing this @barpublishing.bsky.social volume on raw material selection and Clovis fluted points for Lithic Technology

www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

18.02.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re welcome, Julia! We will have to have you back to the site for a trip down memory lane. Judy and Janette have spent quite a bit of time with us at the site and it’s been delightful!

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Boomplaas Excavation and Student Stories 2024
YouTube video by Justin Pargeter Boomplaas Excavation and Student Stories 2024

A short video by the talented @piepergrantham.bsky.social showcasing the amazing student stories behind the 2024 Boomplaas Cave excavations youtu.be/sK9m0vvNTwA?...

23.01.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Technological Complexity and Archaeological Interpretation in the Deep Past Complexity has been both an integral but also heavily debated concept within anthropology and archaeology since the disciplines' professionalization in the ...

Are you studying technological complexity in #archaeology? If so, here is an open call for a Special Issue on 'Technological Complexity & Archaeological Interpretation in the Deep Past' which I am co-editing in JAMT! More information here or contact me! link.springer.com/collections/... - Pls share!

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Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage book by Cullen Murphy Buy a cheap copy of Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage book by Cullen Murphy. It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the pa...

What about an exerpt from Rathje and Murphy’s Rubbish! Book: www.thriftbooks.com/w/rubbish-th...

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Hey Robyn, just a heads up looks like someone hacked your account and is sending PMs about cryptocurrency.

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Top of the 2025 reading list

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Fascinating work and really exciting results. Could something similar be done with the global distribution of Mancala-like games?

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View of Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis

πŸ§ͺ New paper alert! 🏺

Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis.

This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6

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Hey everyone! I figured I should do a quick introductory post. I am a PhD candidate in archaeology 🏺 at Arizona State University and a OYO faculty member at Glendale Community College in biological anthropology.

I am broadly interested in lithic technology and early Homo sapiens archaeology 1/5

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Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture Although cumulative culture is a hallmark of hominin evolution, its origins can be traced back to our common ancestor with chimpanzees. Here, we investigated the evolutionary origins of chimpanzee cum...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Atlantis, Aliens & Archaeology: John Hoopes Takes on Pseudoscience & Misinformation | Ep. 39 Elevated Thoughts Β· Episode

Catch @jwhoopes2.bsky.social on the Elevated Thoughts Podcast as he describes some of the 19th century origins of modern pseudoarchaeology: Atlantis, aliens, and archaeology.

open.spotify.com/episode/3SVD...

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Keokuk chert handaxe 🏺

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Postdoctoral position in Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

Job posting for a 2.5 year postdoc with Dr. Felix Riede in Aarhus on Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution: international.au.dk/about/profil... 🏺

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A multimethod analysis for tracing Gravettian red ochre provenance at Arene Candide Cave (NW Italy) Arene Candide Cave, a key site for Western Mediterranean prehistory, is famous for the discovery of the richly adorned Mid–Upper Palaeolithic burial of the β€˜Young Prince’ and for its use as a burial ...

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 : A multimethod analysis for tracing Gravettian red ochre provenance at Arene Candide Cave (NW Italy)! Ochre was heavily used during the Gravettian period (31-22 ky ago), both in everyday and ritual contexts, so knowing where people acquired it from is important. 1/3

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A tale of a climate tipping point, and climate refugees, from southern African pre-historyΒ  β€” BIOGRIP The entrance to a nondescript cave on a south-facing slope of the Swartberg Mountains, overlooking the Little Karoo, holds in its earthen floor a history of dramatic climatic change, and hunter-commun...

A tale of a climate tipping point, and climate refugees, from southern African pre-history

www.biogrip.ac.za/isotopes-con...

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Exciting opportunity two African Masters students to investigate the abrasion and percussion of ochre @Boomplaas. Co-supervised by Guilhem Mauran and Tammy Hodgskiss Reynard at Wits Archaeology.

safarchaeology.org/resources/Ma...

safarchaeology.org/resources/Ma...

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