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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Grateful to @archaeological.org for the Ellen and Charles Steinmetz Endowment, supporting a new phase of the Sangro Valley Project and new investigations on Monte Pallano. Fieldwork starts this summer! #Archaeology #Samnites #Italy buff.ly/RqJj3sf

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News - 2026 Steinmetz Grant Spotlight: Giacomo Fontana - Archaeological Institute of America

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Texas Tech University @ttu.edu · 09/01/2026

Lost places, new adventures 🔎 An archeology team from Texas Tech and the Texas Historical Commission found the lost site of Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo in Jackson County, Texas. bit.ly/4juZ6Jc

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'm thrilled to announce I've just signed the offer for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Texas Tech, starting in January! I feel incredibly lucky to continue working with such a supportive department and to keep expanding the DARE lab. Thank y'all! @ttu.edu

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🚨 New JAS paper! 🚨 We modeled #Qin / #Han wall construction using #rstats + #QuartoPub to show collapse wasn’t just about cost—logistics broke the system. Supplying 350k+ forced migrants likely strained >30% of the Qin state’s population. #Archaeology 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📢 After a great first meetup, we're hosting another CAA North America virtual session on Tues, July 29 @ 12PM ET! 🔦 Lightning talks, updates & discussion. Want to present? Email me: giacomo.fontana@ttu.edu 🔗 Zoom: 983 3833 7108 | Passcode: 419829

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Jan Kolář @jankolararchaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Looking for a postdoc position in quantitative palaeoecology with focus on vegetation? Come to work in my interdisciplinary project in Prague (full-time for 2 years).

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 26/04/2025

A pleasure to see Antiquity author @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social at #SAA2025! Here he is with the December 2024 issue of Antiquity, which features an image from his article on 'Italy's empty hillforts' on the cover. Check it out FREE: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Giacomo Fontana with the December 2024 issue of Antiquity

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Thrilled to see the #EAC guidelines on #LiDAR in #archaeology published! Grateful for the chance to work with — and learn from — amazing colleagues. And the cherry on top: a @ttu.edu #DARELab image made the cover! 🎉 🔗 zenodo.org/records/1460...

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hi everyone! Interested in Digital Archaeology? Join our next CAA-NA virtual meetup on Monday, Feb 24, at 1 PM ET! 🚀 We’ll have news, lightning talks (2–3 min), and discussion. Want to share your work? DM me or email caa-na@caaconference.org. 🔗 Join here: umn.zoom.us/j/9899437308...

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 Session #112: Lidar in Mediterranean archaeology Join us to discuss how we use LiDAR in Mediterranean archaeology and how it's supporting or shaping our research questions! 🔗 Submit by: February 6th, 2025 #EAA2025 #Archaeology #Lidar @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social

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Giacomo Fontana @giacomoarchaeo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

First post after the migration – what better way to kick things off than having the latest cover page of @antiquityj.bsky.social feature a recent paper from my project! 🔥 A stunning blend of lush forests 🌳 and #lidar ✨ brings this #Samnite #hillforts to life! 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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