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@tomosproffitt.bsky.social

PI at ICArEHB Researching Palaeolithic Archaeology, Primate Archaeology, Lithic Analysis, Knapping and Experimental Archaeology. View my own

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Don't forget to re-register for Augusts
ICArEHB LEXA Seminar!
This month Dr. Alastair Key from the University of Cambridge will discuss experiments in Lower Palaeolithic technology.
Date: August 5
Time: 14:00 GMT
Free event – registration required!
Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

29.07.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us on August 5th at 14:00 for another @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA seminar! This month, we're welcoming Dr. Alastair Key from the University of Cambridge to discuss experiments in Lower Palaeolithic technology.

Register here: [https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/](www.icarehb.com/lexa/)

19.07.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER recruit one (1) ) post-doctoralΒ assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific areaΒ of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project β€œ

Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.

10.07.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us July 1st, 14:00 GMT for a FREE online seminar:
"Bridging experimental archaeology & cognitive neuroscience to explore pottery-making skills."
@icarehb.bsky.social
Register: www.icarehb.com/lexa/
#Archaeology #Neuroscience #Pottery

26.06.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER International tender to recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral initial level researcher to perform duties in the scientific areaΒ of Palaeolithic Archaeology or related areas, under the research project β€œERC ...

Calling all palaeolithic archaeologists. Come and work with me on a really exciting new survey and excavation project in Uganda: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/348570

18.06.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Archaeology meets Neuroscience! Join our FREE online @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA Seminar on Tue, July 1st at 14:00 GMT:. Discover ceramics, human behaviour & brain plasticity. www.icarehb.com/lexa/ #ExperimentalArchaeology #CognitiveNeuroscience #Pottery #Archaeology

16.06.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't forget to join us for the next @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology Seminar on June 3rd by Dr Eduardo PaixΓ£o. Join online for free, register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

27.05.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us on the 3rd of June for another @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology seminar by Dr Eduardo PaixΓ£o to learn about the use of controlled robots to understand Acheulean percussive technology.

Online and Free to everyone at 2pm, register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

19.05.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Don't forget tomorrow's @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology seminar at 2pm (GMT). Dr Carolina Mallol will be discussing Neanderthal Fire Technology. Register for free here www.icarehb.com/lexa/ and join us online.

05.05.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our next LEXA seminar will be a hot oneπŸ”₯! With the wonderful @caromallol.bsky.social. Join us at 2pm (Lisbon time!) on Tuesday the 6th of May. Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

24.04.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us for the next @icarehb.bsky.social
Experimental Archaeology Seminar to learn about Neanderthal fire technology by Dr Carolina Mallol. Its online and free to all at 2pm on Tuesday the 6th of May. Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

15.04.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us for the next @icarehb.bsky.social
Experimental Archaeology Seminar to learn about Neanderthal fire technology by Dr Carolina Mallol. Its online and free to all at 2pm on Tuesday the 6th of May. Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

15.04.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us TOMORROW for an @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology public seminar by Dr Ceren Kabukcu from Liverpool University. Register and join for free here: icarehb.com/lexa/ #Archaeology #experimentalarchaeology #Prehistory

31.03.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Seminar Title: LEXA - Advances in Experimental Archaeology
Talk title: Experiments with legumes aimed at documenting reliance on plant proteins in prehistory.
Speaker: Dr Ceren Kapukcu.
Date and time - 01/04/25  14:00
Register here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Seminar Title: LEXA - Advances in Experimental Archaeology Talk title: Experiments with legumes aimed at documenting reliance on plant proteins in prehistory. Speaker: Dr Ceren Kapukcu. Date and time - 01/04/25 14:00 Register here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Hello everyone. Join us for the next @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology public seminar by Dr Ceren Kapukcu from @liverpooluni.bsky.social . Register and join for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

25.03.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LEXA Seminar: The role of birds in archaeological contexts
YouTube video by ICArEHB LEXA Seminar: The role of birds in archaeological contexts

I'm very happy to share our most recent @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology Seminar video. On the role of birds in archaeological contexts by Dr Anna RufΓ 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXbP...

20.03.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I was lucky enough to have been shown this material a few months ago. They are incredible and such an important new dataset for understanding early Acheuelan technological behaviours.

08.03.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us today at 2pm for this months @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA seminar.

04.03.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It completely free for anyone to join.

28.02.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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REMINDER: Join us next Tuesday (4th of March) for another @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology online seminar. Dr Anna RufΓ  will be talking about bird exploitation. Register for free here: icarehb.com/lexa

25.02.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Advances in Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Speaker - Anna Rufa Bonache from University do Algarve. Talk title - The role of birds in archaeological contexts: Experimental approaches to understanding resource use, and cultural practices. 
When - 4th of March at 14:00
Register  here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Advances in Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Speaker - Anna Rufa Bonache from University do Algarve. Talk title - The role of birds in archaeological contexts: Experimental approaches to understanding resource use, and cultural practices. When - 4th of March at 14:00 Register here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Join us again on the 4th of March for another @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology online seminar. Dr Anna RufΓ  will be talking about bird exploitation. Register for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa

13.02.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Advances in Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Speaker - Anna Rufa Bonache from University do Algarve. Talk title - The role of birds in archaeological contexts: Experimental approaches to understanding resource use, and cultural practices. 
When - 4th of March at 14:00
Register  here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Advances in Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Speaker - Anna Rufa Bonache from University do Algarve. Talk title - The role of birds in archaeological contexts: Experimental approaches to understanding resource use, and cultural practices. When - 4th of March at 14:00 Register here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Join us again on the 4th of March for another @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology online seminar. Dr Anna RufΓ  will be talking about bird exploitation. Register for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa

13.02.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Call for Group Synthesis Project 2025A – heirs

heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini...

29.01.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us in a week for another free @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Register for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/
#Archaeology #Prehistory #experimentalarchaeology

28.01.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Only two weeks until the next @icarehb.bsky.social experimental archaeology seminar by Finn Stileman from @cambridgeuni.bsky.social on the 4th of Feb at 2pm. Register free here: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

20.01.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

JHE Update: First, we are profoundly grateful for the outpouring of support from the human evolution community for the collective decision to resign. While Andrea and I intended to continue handling our existing manuscripts for 3 months following resignation and were continuing to do so ... (1/3)

13.01.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

You can now watch this seminar online for free: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJF...
#ExperimentalArchaeology #Archaeology #Prehistory

10.01.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us for a new LEXA Seminar @icarehb.bsky.social
in Feburary.
When Less is More? Exploring Thresholds in Acheulean Handaxe Manufacture by Finn Stileman

What can handaxes reveal about skill acquisition and hominin decision-making? icarehb.com/lexa/
#ExperimentalArchaeology

09.01.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us for a session on the Origins and Evolution of Early Technology at SAfA 2025, 21-26 of July.

Abstract call is open until the 31st of January.

06.01.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Start the new year with a new @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology Seminar next Tuesday at 2pm (GMT). Dr Justin Coppe will talk about how to identify palaeolithic weaponry with an experimental approach. It's online and free Register to join and get reminders: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

03.01.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Elsevier's 2023 profit margins ~38% (> than Apple & Big Oil)
WE provide the raw material (research & data)
WE process it (analysis & writing)
WE provide quality control (peer review)
WE manage/oversee the process (editorial work)
ALL FOR FREE
Then the #AcademicPublishing industry SELL IT BACK TO US🧡

27.12.2024 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

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