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Late Neolithic archaeology, wetlands and @archaeobotany, now with detailed program 😀

Many congratulations to @rosaliehermans.bsky.social for succesfully defending her impressive PhD!

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Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...

Auch Forschung, die nicht direkt für die Wirtschaft monetisierbar ist, ist genauso wertvoll!
Petition gegen die Schliessung des Instituts für #Archäologie an der Humboldt Uni Berlin hier unterzeichnen:
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Closing Symposium: Late Neolithic Houses Project – 13 March, Leiden, Netherlands — EXARC EXARC invites members and friends to join the closing symposium of the Late Neolithic Houses Project on 13 March at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.

Interested in the Neolithic, wetlands and archaeology?

Palaeoecology Postdoc Position UK 2026 Fully Funded | HigherJobz Fully funded Amazon Palaeoecology Postdoc at University of Nottingham, UK. Research Associate role. Apply by 13 March 2026.

Postdoc Position in Amazon Palaeoecology | University of Nottingham, UK
🌿 Amazon sediment cores, pollen & phytolith analysis
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Lovely postcard in the School 'posthole' from Professor Amy Bogaard telling us about her recent #fieldwork in #Albania. preview.shorthand.com/4lwIX8v1duOO... And some glorious stratigraphic sections (if you don't mind us saying so!) #archaeobotany #excavation

Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal's war elephants in Spain A small bone discovered in southern Spain may represent the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by Hannibal Barca during the Punic Wars. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

Presumably one of Hannibal's elephants found in Spain

Looking forward!

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Very pleased and feeling lucky that I could spend some hours last weekend in company of my PhD supervisor and great example Prof. Corrie Bakels.

Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion - Nature A distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry persisted 3,000 years later than in most European regions, contributing to later Lower Rhine–Meuse Bell Beaker users.

Proud that after five years of careful analysis and discussion our paper "Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion" has now been published.

📢Save the date 📢 15th International Meeting on Phytolith Research (IMPR) / III Brazilian Symposium of Archaeobotany

The call for abstracts and registration will open on 1 st June 2026.

The organisation looks forward to welcoming you in São Paulo!

The magic feeling of feeling at home during the annual Steentijddag (Stone Age day) organised last weekend at the @rmoudheden.bsky.social by Stichting Steentijdarcheologie.

Shipworm (see last repost) & other tunnelling molluscs from the Oxford Book of Invertebrates (1971)

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Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS The Middle Pleistocene (MP; ca. 774 to 129 ka) marks a critical period of human evolution, characterized by increasing behavioral complexity and th...

It was such a privilege to get to work on this amazing material from an incredible site and team - now the earliest handheld wooden tools in the archaeological record, taking evidence back to 430,000 years! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Unieke archeologische vondsten in Rockanje: resten van boerderij uit ijzertijd ontdekt Rockanje - Tijdens archeologisch onderzoek aan de Dwarsweg in Rockanje zijn de resten van een boerderij uit de ijzertijd gevonden. Archeologen van Archol bV hebben in opdracht van de gemeente en de pr...

Excavation of an Iron-Age farm in Rockanje, NL (lots of wood!)

Bone, thanks!

@ll-herskind.bsky.social What is the comb made of?

Thanks for sharing Mark. I enjoyed being interviewed by Vincent Reed for this podcast. #dendrochronology #Scotland

Rare Bronze Age log boats on display in Peterborough first The boats

Three of the log boats discovered during the Must Farm palaeochannel excavations are going on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Nine boats were found with dates ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.

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Direct evidence for poison use on microlithic arrowheads in Southern Africa at 60,000 years ago Earliest proof of plant poisons on arrows reveals complex Pleistocene hunting in southern Africa.

Pleistocene poisoned arrows at Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter, South-Africa: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hansson and Hansson 2025: Timber use, timber trade and dendrochronological data in Denmark and Sweden in the medieval and early modern era

Happy new year!

First page of journal article with title, authors, and abstract

We looked at 10 years of archaeology tenure-track job ads (2013–2023) to see what departments actually ask for: topics, methods, regions, and application materials.

Open-access paper: doi.org/10.1017/aaq.... Data and R code used for the study are openly available here doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🧪

When you share temporary accomodation with someone who shows you seeds from Najas marina and Najas minor from Italy on a Saturday afternoon

Mesolithic martens from Tybrind Vig

No lockout for University of Sheffield staff UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...

Friends! Big favour to ask. We're trying to save our university but the management, exposed for their recklessness, is being aggressive & will withdraw our salaries indefinitely. Sign & share to ask this 'lockout' tactic be withdrawn @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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🎄 Supercool when @rmoudheden.bsky.social and your employer Archol together organise the first Dutch archaeology pub quiz and make it possible to meet colleagues and friends from all over the country! Also congratulations to the winning team "Van t smalle padje" (RCE) @hanshuisman.bsky.social 👏🎄

PhD Studentship in Archaeology at University of Reading jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship in Archaeology Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.

PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...