Niklas Hausmann

Headed back from an EXCELLENT trip to @leizarchaeology.bsky.social. Matt will stay to finish his samples. But why zap shells with a laser? Sure, we’re figuring out what seasons these oysters were collected 200yrs ago, and from where in the estuary, but so what? #archaeology #ecology

How to stop the revolving door of German academia Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.

German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna

Explore marine biodiversity data with @dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social Mapper, an interactive map that lets you search, view and download species and biotope records by survey, species name, location, biotope type and more.

Visit: www.dassh.ac.uk/dasshmapper to start exploring UK marine life data.

The #LandscapesofConflict conference is underway.
Until Friday, international experts are exploring how conflicts have shaped landscapes and human–environment interactions for more than 6,000 years. A deep-time perspective on a pressing global issue.

#LEIZArchaeology #ConflictArchaeology #Research

I've written a few, mostly scholarly, but this is probably the most publicly accessible. A short book written to introduce readers to how archaeologists get stories out of dirt, bones, and broken things

tricky one. contemporaneity via 14C is one part, then compare species composition of the temporally overlapping periods with the rest of the original midden and see if that fits.

does the story change if it is two separate middens?

Come work with us! Prehistoric Policies is coordinated by me, Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social and Alice Rudge @alicerudge.bsky.social. Contact me with any queries.

Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!

This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology

Usually this is done with 15-20 oxygen isotope samples/shell. Taking weeks of work. For Matt’s sample of oysters, this would usually cost $45k. Instead, it costs a trip to @leizarchaeology.bsky.social + a single oxygen sample/shell (to determine the salinity of the water the oyster grew) 3/3

Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.

We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!

Two more weeks for sending the applications in one of the vacancies in the ERC funded INASIA project.

Check who we are looking for and join the team:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...

The SASA Archaeological Terms and Translations, has recently been updated. Translations of terms relating to archaeology and material culture are now available in several new languages!

▶️Click here to access the FREE vocabulary lists: saveancientstudies.org/archaeological-terms

#SASA #OpenAccess

Cover of a red book.

What research is being undertaken in the field of maritime and underwater #archaeology? What is the potential for future research? Check out our review of 'Delivering the deep: maritime archaeology for the 21st century' in the latest #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

A photo of my TV with a detectorist on the BBC News.

Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.

😡

#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News

Women in Geology The stereotypical geologist is a man with beard - this indoor meeting seeks to change this image by celebrating the many women in geoscience

If you're in York this Saturday, there's a "Women in #Geology" day of lectures at Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum @yorkshire-geol-soc.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social. Will be fascinating - starts 10.45, keynote by @toriherridge.bsky.social, free tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-g...

Leonhard Yngvi - All by Myself Listen to All by Myself by Leonhard Yngvi.

I don't usually promote non-academic, non-political things on here, but can only recommend to listen into this new album. 🚨 #jazz 🚨

listen.music-hub.com/oztYxb

the sample is a brittle, yellow-opaque flaky thing. Most likely a few thousand years old from a non-mortar using society

thank you! was told that EDX wasn't currently an option but might try again next week. What would be causing the holes in those fine grained rocks?

#SEM
and some say it could be glue

SEM image at 1000x magnification of mystery object

SEM folks! 🏺🐚🧪

Has anyone seen structures like this before?

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.

Also featuring:
@amylprendergast.bsky.social
@unimainz.bsky.social
@au.dk

Calibrating the limpet | SeaFront Our new study delivers the most extensive calibration to date of <i>Patella caerulea</i> (the Mediterranean limpet) as a recorder of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) across the Central and Eastern Medi...

seafront-project.com/post/calibra...

Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social

The men who raised the flags Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.

YouTube video by OKTV Mainz Gesunde Erde, Gesunde Menschen, Gesunde Seele | #voicesforclimate Eckart von Hirschhausen & Lea Dohm

▶️JETZT REINSCHAUEN: #VoicesForClimate mit Dr. Eckart von #Hirschhausen & Lea Dohm zum Thema "Gesunde Erde - Gesunde Menschen - Gesunde Seele" 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFVV...

#Klima #Nachhaltigkeit #BildungFürNachhaltigeEntwicklung #Klimabildung #Zukunftsmodul #VisionsForClimate

Poster for Masters in Public Environmental Humanities. Our 2-year masters program in beautiful Stavanger, Norway, invites you to study today's environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history. Key aspects: • Combine critical thinking with hands-on engagement • Work across humanities fields • Put learning into action through an internship • Taught entirely in English • Free tuition for students from EU/EEA/Switzerland and affordable for others If you believe community-engaged humanities can help build a more sustainable future, this is the place to start. GET MORE INFO & APPLY FOR FALL 2026 Questions? Email PEH@uis.no

The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.

Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!

Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...

that is wild!

a flock of bats are flying around a large rock . ALT: a flock of bats are flying around a large rock .

SO MANY AI-generated PhD proposals in my email

sadly, some come from real smart people who worry too much about their language skills and rather use AI generated speech.