David Wright

Happy to announce that a book I co-edited with @a-beyin.bsky.social won the best book award at the 2025 Society of Africanist Archaeologists conference in Faro, Portugal. Thanks to all of the contributors to the project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project “

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.

Fieldwork in Mnaraeka and Kiuleule, Tanzania. Chasing the Early and Middle Stone Ages in alluvial fans dating to >240 to 20 ka.

Fieldwork at Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. The CAUCUS project will be providing absolute ages and environmental context for the occupations there (probably >1 million years).

Gearing up for fieldwork in Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. We are going to focus on geochronology and environmental reconstruction at this amazing site. @loopdlupien.bsky.social

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Ce webinaire commence dans une heure! 👇

Pit without finds = worthless pit? Investigating a Roman military camp from Caesar's Gallic Wars (58 – 51 BC) near Hermeskeil (Germany). This is one of the rare instances of published non-results for biomarkers. Not all good data validate your hypothesis!
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3-year postdoc on a great project.

Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Want to come and work at York? 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p... #archaeology 🏺🧪

Researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Museology - Brno, Czech Republic job with MASARYK UNIVERSITY | 390637 We are looking for a colleague to join the Department of Archaeology and Museology with focus on the use-wear analysis of artefacts ...

Job alert for osteoarchaeologists.

Palaeoenvironmental Post Doctoral Research Associate at University of Reading An academic position as a Palaeoenvironmental Post Doctoral Research Associate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

Palaeo-environmental post-doc alert! 2 years, University of Reading: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI153/p...

This is from one of my students looking to expand his world. Please contact him at oscarsv@student.iakh.uio.no if you have an opening on one of your projects this year. I would definitely take him if I had any open slots.

You need a spectomeffer! Wow...the Canadians have really got the shizzle in their mizzle.

(1/9) I’m hiring! Join my ‘Terraform’ ERC project at the University of Malta, looking at the origin, evolution, and impacts of agricultural terracing in the Maltese Islands. Please circulate to anyone you think could be interested. Starting in the summer.

My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMS

Looking for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates - Geo-Ethnoarchaeology of Pastoralism Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active and international research environment? Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher looking for a competitive ...

MSCA post-doc opportunity offered. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/307984#...

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Biomarker evidence on early Paleolithic human-environment interactions from loess records in Tajikistan, Central Asia The loess-paleosol sequences of Khovaling, southern Tajikistan preserve signatures of prehistoric human settlement during the Early Paleolithic. Archa…

Paper alert! We use polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (🔥) biomarkers at staggered scales relative to Palaeolithic archaeological sites to argue for deep antiquity (600 to 400 ka) to land management practices in 🇹🇯 Central Asia. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spa...

Publication alert- We synthesize the contributions of lithic analysis in African archaeology, theoretical advances, and key research themes. doi.org/10.1111/arcm...

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X

https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

I am ✨BEYOND✨ excited to share my “Classification Framework for Assessing #Anthropogenic #Sedimentary Facies”!

It covers composition, bed- and grain-scale descriptors, structures, and nomenclature.

Now we can describe the developing #sedimentology of #Anthropocene #Earth 🌍

bit.ly/4hLbd2X 🧪 ⚒️

Major JOB ALERT! I and close colleagues have 4 (!) positions open. So if you're looking for a postdoc or PhD, do read on:

An archaeological site under low winter sunshine. Three archaeologists wearing hard hats and orange high visibility clothing are excavating with their backs to us, each of them on a different height terrace within a trench. Text reads “We’re hiring! Senior Geoarchaeologists”

We’re hiring TWO Senior Geoarchaeologists!

Strong geoarchaeological, prehistoric, or palaeoenvironmental background? Deposit modelling skills? Apply for these full time, permanent positions on our Sussex team!

Full job description & apply: direc.to/m4iy

Closes 5 Jan 2025

Top Stories in Human Evolution of 2024 - PLOS SciComm By Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner 2024 was another year of discoveries in human evolution that help us understand our origins, our…

Once again, I had great fun putting together this @plos.org SciComm blog post on the top stories in human evolution this year with my colleague Ryan McRae! scicomm.plos.org/2024/12/16/t...

Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeology (271130) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeology (271130), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 16, 2025

A PhD position in Archaeology at the University of Oslo. It is an open call for proposals, so we are considering applications from a wide array of subjects. The deadline is March 16.

Occurrence and distribution of biomarkers in loess-paleosol sequences of Tajikistan (Central Asia): Implication for archaeo-ecological studies Finding biomarkers preserved in loess-paleosol sequences is challenging and rarely undertaken in the archaeological studies that occur in these settin…

This is the first of four papers building the case that hominins practiced landscape fire management in Central Asia (dating to 600 ka). This paper establishes the preservation context for biomarkers at the sites. Later papers will evaluate the broader ecological and evolutionary implications.

Call for presentations Bridging Intergenerational Research on African Pleistocene Archaeology: Advances and remaining gaps Organizers:Amanuel Beyin*, David K. Wright, Deborah Olszewski, Sarah Wurz * amanuel.beyin@louisville.edu Current understandings of human evolutionary history remain anchored in Africa’s Pleistocene fossil and archaeological records. These records owe much to the generations of committed researchers whose field expeditions to various corners of Africa produced seminal finds that have illuminated our understanding of hominin lifeways in diverse ecosystems and laid the foundations for successful field projects. However, while research into Africa’s Pleistocene archaeology is accelerating, many gaps remain regarding the chronological, behavioral, and ecological contexts of hominin settlement histories in different regions of the continent. These gaps emanate from varying colonial experiences, highly variable preservation conditions, mismatches in data recovery and analytic methods across generations, and variable research infrastructure in the host countries. Driven by lessons we learned from editing the Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa (Springer, 2023), this session aims to probe the current advances and remaining gaps in African Pleistocene archaeology. The goal is to provide a forum for Africanist paleo-scientists from different generations to discuss key aspects of their research activities, stimulate collaboration, identify common issues, and celebrate past and ongoing efforts to promote the Pleistocene archaeology of Africa at regional and local levels. Presentations may synthesize site records or be focused on case studies that showcase methodological advances. Submission deadline: 31 January 2025 https://safa2025.icarehb.com/

The call for contributions to the 27th #SAfA2025 in Faro, Portugal (21-26 July 2025) has opened!
Join us in Session #46: Bridging Intergenerational Research on African Pleistocene Archaeology: Advances and remaining gaps. Submit your abstracts here: safa2025.icarehb.com

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We had a nice little workshop in Uppsala for #THOCA on Thursday December 5. We’re going to be re-writing the Paleolithic history of Central Asia with papers coming very soon. Visit www.thoca.org for more project details and project updates. @zandraselina.bsky.social