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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Interesting little heated stone arrangement with lots of charcoal and limpets very low in the stratigraphy of Priory Midden. Just the stuff they found at Cnoc Coig but the previous dig stopped 5 cm short of it. Whoops! Excavated by the amazing @hugowhymark.bsky.social 🏺

heated stones in cluster with charcoal and mollusc shell fragments being excavated

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Another day on Oronsay, another rain shower approaching. Priory Midden: not as untouched as promised... 🏺 #ShellMidden #Mesolithic

Oronsay Farm with rainbow in small raincloud

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Die traurigen Nachrichten lassen nicht ab...

A man shooting with reconstructed stone age bow and arrow.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Heute am @ieg-mainz.bsky.social mit @dgron.bsky.social um über das Naturverständnis in der Archäologie zu sprechen.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Spatial differences show that the cave skews towards summer collection, while the Paralia (beach) settlement is strongly winter (62%). The cave seems to have shifted from a general shelter in the Mesolithic to a warm-season refuge only once people built structures nearby to spend the winter in.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Many seasonality studies use a few dozen shells, because oxygen-isotope work is slow and costly. LIBS Mg/Ca mapping lets us run 180 specimens fast and at high resolution, AND at virtually no cost. That scales up sample sizes and changes which questions you can ask of the site.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Couldn't be prouder of my former PhD student Danai Theodoraki, who just published her thesis on Neolithic Franchthi and high-res climate variability! 🥳 books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//propylaeum/... @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social

Book cover with title: High-Resolution Climatic Changes at Early Neolithic Franchthi. Background image shows limpet shells on intertidal rocks

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Getting ready for data analysis! The Seafront team is on Crete this week to catch up and figure out cheap and rapid elemental analysis of fish #otoliths. 🏺🧪🐠 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social www.seafront-project.com

Two researchers sitting at table with many laptops and smiling towards camera.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We were lucky enough to have Alexandria Firenzi from @unevadareno.bsky.social to visit our lab @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and study Mg/Ca in mussel shells. Sorting out this species should open up research on HEAPS of new sites in the Pacific! 🏺🐚🧪

Alexandria sitting at a computer desk next to an elemental imaging system based on laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. the computer screen shows the sample acquisition process.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Calling all Palaeoanthropology Researchers to please check whether this "Fast Fact" in my kids' book lines up with the beginning of human origins and Palaeolithic populations #HardScience 🏺

Photo of book page:
"Fast Fact: the human race has weed about 1400 cubic kilometres of urine so far. That's enough to keep Niagara Falls flowing for 19 years."

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Museum of archaeology in Stavanger has this problem as a part of its exhibition!

Bad examples of AI generated images of stone age people (very muscly viking-style man)

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

SEM folks! 🏺🐚🧪 Has anyone seen structures like this before?

SEM image at 1000x magnification of mystery object

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

For anyone who can't be at the #MESO2025 🏺conference this week, please have a look at our poster, either directly here seafront-project.com/PDFs/Meso202...

Conference Poster for MESO2025, titled "Reconstructing seasonal patterns High-resolution analysis of limpet shells from Oronsay"

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

All packed up! Now it's time to get to the lab: A stone with lipid residue wants testing (don't have many of those in the Mesolithic), lots of charcoal samples, and heaps of shells for LIBS-analysis. Stay tuned or come see our poster at #MESO2025 in Ferrara. 🏺 #CnocCoig @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

pot boiler rich with yellow residue on it

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Spent yesterday picking >200 individual shells straight from the section to find traces of individuals meals. Limpets galore, but we also founds heaps of fish🐟, crabs🦀, and nuts🌰. #CnocCoig 🏺 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

two archaeologists sampling shells from section

archaeologist with tablet sitting in trench taking notes

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

First day digging went brilliantly. Found some old bags of shells that were used as backfill. 🤣🏺 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

man holding spade to dig into archaeological site

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

On our way to Oronsay this morning. Getting the site ready for the dig starting this week! 🏺

to people standing at the pier looking across the water

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Excited to be digging on the lovely island of #Oronsay later this week. Hidden in the photo is a shell midden with rare indicators of a pre-agricultural permanent settlement. @leizarchaeology.bsky.social 🏺🐚

landscape view of Scottish coastline. sunny, ground covered in ferns, cows in the background

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

In a wild turn of events, the backside also has this. Apologies for misrepresenting what's on the flyer. But also, why?!

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Didn't expect this in my delivery of epoxy resin... I was hoping that a negative discount means flatearthers pay more (which would be hilarious), but alas, it does actually reduce the price...

Flyer saying 'FLAT EARTH, if you think you live on a flat Earth, use the discount code "FLATEARTH" for a -8% off at checkout, www.resin-pro.co.uk'

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This week was another 🏺 sampling week for our SEAFRONT project. it wasn't as exciting as Sicily or Croatia seafront-project.com/post/autumn-... but the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge was on the ball with laying out samples for me in such a nice way.

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Look at all these nice faces talking about marine resources, coastal territories, control of modern fisheries... 🏺🐚🐟💪 We had such a blast hosting you!

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Another day, another chance to discuss Coastal Archaeology 🐟🏺🐚 Today we're getting to grips with the Territoriality of Marine Resources.

Entrance area of Leibniz Centre for archaeology

Sign with directions to workshop. Arrow pointing left

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Today started the Coastal Prehistory workshop, organised by the #Seafront Project and hosted in Mainz at @leizafriends.bsky.social Exciting discussions ahead!🏺🐚🦈

scientists looking at screen showing coastal Archaeology

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Lots of fun at the #SIMEP conference in Barcelona these last few days. The entire SEAFRONT team was there (all three of us 😂)

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Niklas Hausmann @niklashausmann.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

3-year postdoc (>50k€ annually) to study prehistoric shells from the Mediterranean using geochemical analyses. Find out more on the project website: www.seafront-project.com and the ad here: www.leiza.de/fileadmin/Da...

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