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Andrea Zupancich

@andreazupancich.bsky.social
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Exploring human-plant interactions in #prehistory | Stone tools & dental calculus | South West Asia, Europe & Africa #use-wear #residues #microscopy 🌾🔬

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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“The study does not suggest that men are inherently responsible for environmental harm. Instead it argues that certain dominant or traditional forms of masculinity in specific contexts may be associated with higher emissions and lower engagement with climate action” sl1nk.com/ooe9pi2
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Masculinity, identity and climate responsibility in a divided world
Study examines how masculinity, identity and politics influence emissions, climate action and public attitudes globally.
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Juan Marín Hernando @juanmarin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals | Science | AAAS @palmirasaladie.bsky.social @iphes-cerca.bsky.social @urv.cat @prearqueo-uned.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
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Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals
Find in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives
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AWRANA: Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts @awrana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA) welcomes applications from institutions (e.g., universities, research institutes, museums) interested in organising and hosting the forthcoming 2029 AWRANA International Scientific Conference.
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Fiona Pichon @fionapichon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
To mark this weekend’s European Heritage Days and highlight heritage at risk, discover our seminar with ARWA: “Damage as Context: Archaeological Strategies in Altered Sites”. Join us online from November to January! Detailed programme coming soon. 🏛️
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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A Life Illuminated Trailer SIFF 2026
YouTube video by Sonoma International Film Festival
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Coez - Ci vuole una laurea (from the Netflix Series "Due Spicci") [Official Lyric Video]
YouTube video by CoezOfficial
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In a new #paper published in @springernature.com we combine qualitative and quantitative microscopy in the analysis of ground stone tools from Kharaysin. We provide new evidence of the exploitation of of legumes and their significance during the Pre Pottery #Neolithic 🔬🌿🫛 tinyurl.com/yzvp7c52
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Pulse of the Past: a ground stone tools perspective on the significance of legumes at the Pre Pottery Neolithic site of Kharaysin (Jordan) - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Ground stone tools are considered prime evidence for exploring significant aspects of prehistoric societies, particularly concerning plant food...
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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WHOI discovers the oldest known whale recordings
The recording was discovered on a fragile but remarkably well-preserved audograph disc in WHOI’s archival collections.
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thanks to Dr Jaroslav Řídký and his team for hosting me at the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Science in Prague. It was a wonderful stay ended with a lecture about my research on #usewear #groundstonetools #plants #neolithic#SWAsia #RyC @iphes-cerca.bsky.social 🌱🔬
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 31/01/2026
Opinion piece: Is it time to transplant healthy coral to dying reefs to save them? #Coral species from another #ocean may be the only way to save #Caribbean #reefs. In PNAS Front Matter: ow.ly/vBis50Y66qh #CoralReef #CoralRestoration #ClimateChange
Recent changes in reef zonation of western Atlantic coral reefs, brought about by lack of recruitment of elkhorn (orange), staghorn (yellow), and massive boulder corals. Without these key reef builders, the reefs have already measurably eroded. 
Image credit: Rashpal Dhilon.
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Claudia Speciale @claudiaspecial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Please consider sending an abstract for our session at @inquaecr.bsky.social INQUA conference in India 2027 Deadline for abstracts 15th Feb
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Mikel López Iturriaga @mikeliturriaga.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Que la industria de la carne quiera vendernos sus bondades entra dentro de lo lógico: es su negocio. Lo que no es tan lógico es que la UE financie campañas contra la evidencia científica, que es clara: cuantos menos filetes, mejor para el planeta. Por @dimequecomes.com elpais.com/gastronomia/...
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Comer menos carne sigue siendo lo mejor para el planeta (aunque su industria diga lo contrario)
Las campañas financiadas por la UE para defender la sostenibilidad del vacuno chocan con la evidencia científica: tomar menos productos cárnicos y más legumbres reduce el impacto medioambiental de la ...
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Emanuele Cancellieri @emanucanc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Hot off the press! Led by Olivier Scancarello, in collaboration with amazing colleagues and institutions in Tunisia, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Differential Taphonomic Behavior of Flint Types: Experimental Insights and Implications for the Middle Stone Age Assemblages of Wadi Lazalim in the Northern Sahara (Kebili, Tunisia) - Journal of Archa...
Several syn and post-depositional processes are responsible for different degrees of site and assemblage formation and disturbance. Understanding the processes that lead to archaeological site formati...
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Fiona Pichon @fionapichon.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Microtexture, big stories..! 📃 🔬Our new paper tests silicone moulds to quantify cereal harvesting gloss, showing predictable texture changes but still enabling reliable plant identification — and at Cheikh Hassan, it reveals a shift to ripe cereal harvesting 🌾 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/11/2025
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat. Learn more: scim.ag/44kov1S
A shorthair domestic cat gazes upward.
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Tanja Weyandt @tanjaweyandt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🥑 What’s your favorite brain food—and why does it matter? Discover how tiny nutrients shaped human evolution and still power #memory, #learning, and #MentalHealth today. 📖 Free chapter until Dec 26: 👉 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #BrainHealth #Nutrition #Evolution
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
In Ardeche for the 11th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped & Ground Stone Industries of the Near East presenting the the results on the use of ground stone tools to process pulses at Kharaysin (Jordan) 🌱🔬 @iphes-cerca.bsky.social @csic.es #archaeology #usewear #neolithic
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Ninna nanna.. youtu.be/-usIRfO79CA?...
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Ninnananna di Trilussa recitata da Gigi Proietti
YouTube video by maso notarianni
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 08/10/2025
NEW Finds from 13,200–10,700 cal BC Eşek Deresi Cave in the Central Taurus Mountains 🇹🇷 The material culture shares features from both Central Anatolia and the Levant, indicating Epipalaeolithic connections via the Taurus Mountains. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
a) Groundstone tools; b) in situ groundstones (ophiolite); c) marine shells; d) bone tools; e) stone pendant; f) stone object (possibly a figurine); g) incised stone (images from the Eşek Deresi Cave Photo Archive).
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/10/2025
"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
New exciting experiments have just began at @chewlabluc.bsky.social 🌾🔬🦷 #experimental #archaeology #plants #teeth #usewear
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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza. Archaeologists: Cancel membership | Speak up | Share Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b... #EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
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CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats
Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…
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Chew Lab at Loyola Chicago @chewlabluc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Let’s go Neolithic!
Two people sitting by a granite millstone, ready to grind seeds. A man using a sandstone millstone to grind seeds.
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Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🪨🌿What can a stone tool tell us about human–plant relationships in prehistory? Join Dr Andrea Zupancich at the next free @ICArEHB LEXA Seminar to explore groundstone artifacts, food practices & cultural traditions. 2nd of September at 2pm 🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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
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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 area of Palaeolithic Archaeology or related areas, under the research project “ERC ...
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Fiona Pichon @fionapichon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Excited to share my new #OpenAccess paper in Archaeometry, part of a great Special Issue! 🔬🌾 What can lithics tell us about early food production? Insights into Neolithic harvesting practices and cultural change in SW Asia. 📖 buff.ly/9mDIJGb #Neolithic #Archaeology #Lithics #Use-wear #Confocal
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Biological Anthropology @bioanth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Researchers challenge long-held assumptions about the origins of domestication
A special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B takes a bold step toward redefining one of the most debated concepts in biology and the social sciences: domestication. Titled "Shi...
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 22/04/2025
These are some lovely flint figurines made ~9,000-years-ago by #Neolithic people at Kharaysin, 🇯🇴 Their variation could mean that each figurine is depicting a different person 🏺 AncientBluesky 🔗 from 2020 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
40 pieces of flint, shaped to resemble the outlines of humans, each with varying proportions.
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TraCEr, at MONREPOS, LEIZA @tracer-leiza.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Excited to share our first message here! 📢 Announcing our 2nd Seminar on Seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory & Methods in Archaeological Research. Join us in the lab in April 🔬 Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4... @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
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Fiona Pichon @fionapichon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
✨💡 Shining light on dark matter… but plot twist: it’s about obsidian, not astrophysics! Thanks to confocal microscopy and 3D texture analysis, we are unlocking the hidden stories of use-wear on experimental obsidian tools 🧐🔬 👀 Have a look here #OpenAccess link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In our paper, we explore the potential of integrating this technique with the qualitative analysis of #use-wear, demonstrating how a combined qualitative and quantitative approach allows us to achieve a further level of detail in the interpretation of ground stone tools’ use in plant processing 🌾🔬
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Andrea Zupancich @andreazupancich.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Interested in quantitative methods applied to functional analyses of stone tools? Our results of the application of confocal microscopy and #3D surface texture analysis for the study of ground stone tools use have just been published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory rdcu.be/d891N
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Fiona Pichon @fionapichon.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New #OpenAccess paper: when did cereal agriculture adopt low harvesting?🧐 Our study traces the shift from high to low cereal cutting between 11,000 and 6,000 cal BC in SW Asia—a gradual yet transformative process that shaped the Mediterranean #agriculture 🌾🔬 #archaeology #usewear #confocal @csic.es
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Fiona Pichon @fionapichon.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
🌟Exciting News🌟 We are thrilled to announce that we are organizing a session on obsidian diffusion, technology and use at the 31st EAA Annual Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 (3-6 Sept. 2025) #Obsidian #TechnoTypology #UseWear #LithicStudies #Diffusion
An informative poster detailing a session at a conference focusing on the study of obsidian in archaeology. The text emphasizes the significance of lithic industries in understanding past societies, highlighting obsidian as a key material for toolmaking in regions with volcanic rocks. It outlines the session’s aim to unite researchers specializing in various analytical methods, including technological, typological, and functional analyses of obsidian. Key themes include core reduction techniques, tool typology, experimental archaeology, use-wear studies, data standardization, and the material’s procurement and circulation. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and broaden perspectives in lithic studies.
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