Prof. Rhiannon Stevens

👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology

New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:

This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.

“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”

doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

#stableisotopes

New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:

This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.

“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”

doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

#stableisotopes

We are seeking a new Editor for the Archaeological Journal to succeed @nannonstevens.bsky.social.
#archaeology #editor #journal

@royalarchinst.bsky.social

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Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory Population movements constitute a significant driver of cultural change in prehistoric societies. In recent years, sulfur isotopes have emerged as a valuable approach for distinguishing human/animal p...

Our new paper is out:

Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes

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Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a Mexi...

Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.

cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
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@earthscicam.bsky.social

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years - Nature Geoscience Sulfur isotope excursions in skeletal collagen samples from Eurasia suggest rapidly changing biogeochemical processes across the region from about 30,000 to 15,000 years ago, potentially related to ch...

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Our new Nature Geoscience paper funded by @Leverhulme.ac.uk is finally out!

“Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years”

nature.com/articles/s4156…

#stableisotopes
Don’t forget to delve into the supplementary info!

Our new #openaccess paper is out:

Wetland sulfur isotope signals and dynamic isotope baselines: implications for archaeological research

#stableisotopes

doi.org/10.3389/fear...

Our new paper is out! #stableisotopes #cavebears new data from Serbia and a wide reviews of late Pleistocene cave bear isotope data!

We’re continuing to explore the potential of #δ¹³C metabolic proxy. This time, we showed that δ¹³C values in vertebral carbonate can reflect metabolic rates. More possibilities in the future. Big credit to Eric @erichsieh15206.bsky.social!
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Characteristics of bioarchaeological and environmental proxy archives.

The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data 🏺🧪
Margaux Depaermentier, Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social ‪, et al
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40612709/

Potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies.

Our new paper is out:
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data

nature.com/articles/s4324…

#stableisotopes

Our new paper is out “Cold and arid climates experienced by Central European hunter-gatherers at Stránská skála IV during the Last Glacial Maximum”
#14Cdating #multi-isotopeanalysis #stableisotopes

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very excited to have you at the IoA!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

UCL Institute of Archaeology lab managers role, initially for 1 year. Deadline 1st July. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Our special issue on Chronological Modelling is out now! This issue features 9 articles that provide a snapshot of current research on approaches to chronology in archaeology. buff.ly/ITt4x5n

Any early career researchers out there interested in reviewing a UK Bronze Age archaeology paper (not isotopes). As a journal editor I am always looking for new people to assist with reviews!

🚨 I am hiring!

Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Work on past mobility, diet & funerary practices using cutting-edge lab facilities.

⏳ Apply by 1 June 2025
📍Brno, CZ
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/339250

Had an amazing time in India with @nannonstevens.bsky.social visiting colleagues at the Anthropological Survey of India to formalise our collaboration and begin our research @uclarchaeology.bsky.social

Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research – A 20 year update This special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews comprises a series of review papers which discuss the application of stable isotopes to different typ…

This issue of Quaternary Science Reviews comprises reviews on stable isotopes in different types of records. This is an update of the 2004 issue on “Isotopes in Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (ISOPAL)”, volume 23, issue 7–8, pages 739–992. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My thoughts on the Tinshemet discoveries in Israel (Nature Human Behaviour)

Only two days left to apply for IsoCamp 2025! Go to isocamp.org for more details and join us in New Mexico June 16th-27th!

Here we can see Cretaceous chalk overlain by Paleogene deposits

Here
Is a solifluction feature covered by loess and the mid Holocene Palaeosoil

Just starting our fieldwork at Pegwell bay for Palaeo-Thaw project. Sampling the Late Pleistocene Loess sequence

The Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit have joined BlueSky! Very happy to be here. We'll continue to post a little on the other place (esp. NEIF deadlines and jobs), but hope to transition over here.

Final call !! Apply for this funded PhD at University College London @UCLarchaeology.bsky.social on Establishing limits of Neanderthal presence in Britain.

Deadline 20th Jan 5pm Uk time

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