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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Grateful to have the best team @pi-hisoka.bsky.social and I could ask for. The HERDS crew had a blast at the Seminar for Arabian Studies last week and now are back to crushing it excavating Neolithic campsites in Al Khashbah 🇴🇲 🏺

The HERDS team in front of the Zayed National Museum

Checking out the Neolithic exhibits at Zayed National Museum

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We’re back in the field for the second season of the HERDS project in 🇴🇲 🏺

HERDS team members excavating at the Neolithic site of KHS-A in Oman

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Nearly finished with the 2025 field campaign at Gird-i Surezha. Lots of excellent sample collection this year

Results of flotation. Sample containing charred seeds for analysis

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas 🎄 from the HERDS Team in Oman 🇴🇲

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A short diversion for Glühwein and Raclette in Zürich on our way to 🇴🇲 for the inaugural HERDS field campaign

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

KHS-A is a Neolithic campsite in Wilaya al-Mudhaybi (وَلاية المضيبي), featuring stone structures, fireplaces, production activities, and multiple occupations! We'll be doing site mapping with kickass new remote sensing techniques, excavation, and environmental sampling this December.

aerial photo of KHS-A site with the 2023 excavation team in the background

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Fieldwork is a go! In a little over a week, @pi-hisoka.bsky.social and I will be starting our new HERDS iN Oman Project, investigating #Neolithic subsistence and mobility! This work is supported by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social and the @antiquaries.bsky.social Watch this space!

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

If you're in Boston for the #ASOR #Archaeology conference, make sure to join us from 2:00-6:30pm EST in Studio 2 for the Archaeology of #Mesopotamia session! We've got a great slate of talks lined up this year on new and ongoing research.

Schedule for the ASOR Archaeology of Mesopotamia I session. Runs from 2pm to 4:25pm in Studio 2

Schedule for the ASOR Archaeology of Mesopotamia II session. This session runs from 4:25pm to 6:25pm in Studio 2

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hello! 👋🏻 I’m an environmental archaeologist who studies the many ways people have successfully adapted to life in drylands over the last 10000 years. I specialize in the analysis of plant remains, fuel resources and subsistence strategies using paleoethnobotany. My research is mostly in 🇴🇲 🇮🇶 and 🇹🇷 🏺

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Don’t forget that sweet, sweet neon pink chiffon. An archaeobotanist’s best friend!

Exhibit on archaeobotany showing a large sieve covered with pink fabric for capturing charcoal during flotation

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

It’s got a little bit of everything! Dental tools! A giant hammer! Awkward photos of my hands! And lots and lots of cool archaeological science 😱 🧪

One side of the exhibit showing posters with project info and tools on display

Other side of the exhibit showing posters with project info and tools on display

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Wenn Sie in #Frankfurt sind, schauen Sie sich unsere UmWeltWandel Projekt Ausstellung an, die jetzt im Foyer der IG-Farben an der Goethe Uni eröffnet wurde! If you’re in #Frankfurt, come check out our UmWeltWandel Project’s exhibit, now open in the IG-Farben Foyer at Goethe Uni! #Archaeology #Oman

Poster showing the opening dates of the project exhibition, 22 April to 10 May

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Following a successful #asor the #RLIIM archive is on special loan to Seattle for 🦃🍁. Tuppi loves the view!

A cuneiform plushie sits on a log with Mt Rainier in the background

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

First day of our conference! Welcome to all of our participants and listeners!! 🏺

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Only one week until our conference on Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia in Tübingen! Looking forward to seeing the fantastic work all of our participants are doing 🏺

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Masgouf with friends in Erbil. Iraq’s national dish never tasted so good!

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Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

So, Porto is very charming! Lots of winding narrow roads and restaurants to explore…

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