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Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Welcome, Dr. Ilaria Pretelli! Dr. Pretelli studies how children contribute to families and communities, and how family dynamics shape human development and reproduction. She conducts fieldwork in Zanzibar and Brazil to understand how people navigate the challenges and opportunities of family life.

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Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎉 Welcome, Dr. Amy Thompson! Dr. Thompson's research focuses on differential access to resources and inequality among ancient Maya communities. She uses traditional archaeological methods (survey, excavations, & radiocarbon dating) alongside cutting edge geospatial technologies (GIS & LiDAR).

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Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Press release for our new paper! “…people across the world created inclusive political systems, even under difficult conditions…An understanding of the hallmarks of autocracy and democracy can help identify threats and pump the brakes on burgeoning totalitarian regimes.” phys.org/news/2026-03...

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New study shows democracy has deep global roots—not just Greece and Rome

A new study on ancient societies from around the world is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. A team of researchers analyzed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient socie...

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Jennifer K. Wagner @dnalawyer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I'm happy to share another publication from my team out today! Gratitude and congratulations to Abdulai Rashid, Nicole Rincon, and Nathan Rihani for this collaboration. www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...

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Competition in human genetic technologies: The current US legal landscape

Here, we offer a perspective on the US legal landscape regarding the promotion of competition, with specific attention given to the human genetics and genomics industry. We highlight current policy on...

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Jennifer K. Wagner @dnalawyer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Who's looking for a post-doc? Consider the possibility of Penn State, where Dr. Laura Cabrera and I are collaborating on an NIH-funded project and could use another bright mind to help! (Learn about Dr. Cabrera's Lab at sites.psu.edu/lcabrera/) psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Neuroethics or Techethics, Dept. of Engineering Science & Mechanics

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Lab members are headed to DC this afternoon for the XVIII Annual Mongolian Studies Conference! Co-hosted by The Embassy of Mongolia and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History! #archaeology #history #ecology #mongolia #centralasia

The title slide for a presentation titled: the importance of wetland resources in the socioecological systems of Central Asia. The background is the silhouette of horses and their riders standing in the shallows of a lake, with the sunset in the background.

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Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

How can we place Indigenous presence and colonial encounters in absolute time? How can we see beyond Spanish descriptions into the landscapes that contextualized encounters? How do we transcend the archaeology-history divide to understand the impacts and outcomes of encounters? #archaeology #history

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Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Had a great time presenting on some of our recent work on early Indigenous-Spanish encounters this past weekend! #archaeology #history #ethnohistory

Title slide for presentation: A micro history of an ancestral Muskogean town in southern Appalachia

Slide showing a slice of wood of a preserved house post. There are three stars on the post at different tree rings. Showing how multiple ages from a single post can be used to achieve a single high resolution age.

A map of the King site on the left indicating houses that were data. On the right is the total chronological model for the town.

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Asher Rosinger @asherrosinger.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Over the past 2 years I've been guest editing a special issue for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on #water & #nutrition in a changing world. I spoke w/ the EIC of JAND Linda Snetselaar about this SI & why #watersecurity is critical to nutrition and health www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZ8...

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The Hidden Nutrient: Why Water Security is the Foundation of Health

YouTube video by Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn are attending the Inaugural International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Foodways Research Symposium down in South Carolina!! #history #culture #food #foodways #archaeology

Cover for the program of the symposium showing a hand holding stalks of rice. The symposium showcases the project “Listen with Intention and Eat the Good Food”

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Christina M. Carolus, PhD @cmcarolus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Currently in the Capriles Environmental Archaeology Lab @psuanthro.bsky.social using our incredible Keyence VHX-7000 to document very early Silk Road food remains (c. 2000 BP) from the Juuku Valley of highland Kyrgyzstan. Featuring: stunning images of peach pits, garden peas, and foxtail millet!

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Lab research now available in ✨Mongolian✨🇲🇳 We are fortunate to work and partner with colleagues who take on the critical labor of translating the work of our team for our Mongolian colleagues, scholars, and community members. @cmcarolus.bsky.social @isazooarch.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

New blog post by Matt on some of his preliminary dissertation work! “Seasonal Oyster Collection by Gullah/Geechee Communities of the American Southeast through Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)” seafront-project.com/post/seasona...

A picture of Matt at a computer, with a glowing green box to his left where a sectioned oyster is being zapped with lasers!

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Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

PhD Student Matt Picarelli-Kombert is currently in Mainz, Germany collecting dissertation data on oysters excavated from enslaved and Free Black, Gullah-Geechee communities along the Georgia coast! #archaeology #ecology

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!! This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology

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Zach Cofran @dizachster.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thanks to @archaeojake.bsky.social and the Penn State Anthropology department for letting me explore some ideas about the evolution and development of our quirky cousin Homo naledi

Title slide that reads "From the Cradle to the Grave: Homo naledi and the evolution of development, Zachary Cofran Vassar College, Penn State University, November 11 2025." The slide includes an image of a globe centered on the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa, next to an image depicting many individuals of the species Homo naledi preparing to toss a dead body into a cave.

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🚨Social scientists! @psuanthro.bsky.social & @ssripennstate.bsky.social are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor exploring how social & ecological environments shape reproduction, growth, &/or development. Review starts soon! Please share widely! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

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Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🚨 New paper published by prof Nick Holowka and colleagues in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage! Give it a look! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🚨 New paper published in @peerj.bsky.social by Profs Tim Ryan, Joan Richtsmeier, and colleagues! Give it a look! 🔗 peerj.com/articles/201...

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Sagan Friant @saganfriant.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

New Coursera course with Emily Gurley has reached 2,000 students since launching this summer! Please share with anyone interested in outbreaks and One Health. My module, with the wonderful Nazmun Nahar, highlights the role of social science and anthropology. www.coursera.org/learn/one-he...

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One Health Investigations of Outbreaks and Spillover Events

Offered by Johns Hopkins University. One Health is the concept that human, animal and environmental health are interconnected. Outbreaks of ... Enroll for free.

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Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

✨ Faculty Spotlight ✨

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Sagan Friant @saganfriant.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

New review out in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social from our rodent-borne zoonoses workshop @ciddpsu.bsky.social 🐭🌍 Humans & rodents share a long history and many pathogens -from plague to mpox. Outbreak prevention needs socially + ecologically grounded solutions 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Reducing the threats of rodent-borne zoonoses requires an understanding and leveraging of three key pillars: disease ecology, synanthropy, and rodentation

Rodents have co-existed with humans for centuries, and frequently exchange pathogens. Historically, rodent-driven plague outbreaks scoured the Old Wor…

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MicroARCH_lab @microarch-lab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Cameron Pauly is officially starting the PhD phase of his MD/PhD journey with the microARCH lab! His research will explore how colonialism has shaped the oral microbiomes of Indigenous communities. Welcome back, Cameron—we’re glad to have you with us!

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

"Community-based archaeology is a methodological and theoretical tool for knowledge coproduction that necessitates an openness to transformation, institutional reorganization, and flexibility of traditional models of archaeological practice." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🚨 New paper just published in Advances in Archaeological Practice ( @saa-aap.bsky.social ) by lab Co-Director Jake ( @archaeojake.bsky.social )!! “Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast” #archaeology www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Lab PIs with some good news! 💰 🐟 🦪 ⚛️

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Drs. Christina and Asa are in Kyrgyzstan! They’re interested in this unique location along the “Silk Road” and are looking closely at the introduction of agriculture and new crops into what is today Kyrgyzstan (and how these systems changed/were adapted locally over time)! 🇰🇬 🌱 #archaeology #ecology

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Asher Rosinger @asherrosinger.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Excited to share our paper in the Aug issue of Hypertension! Shockingly no health standards exist for sodium & chloride in drinking water, only palatability standards. We show water NaCl is assoc w higher BP, hypertension & albuminuria w effects below palatability www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

After fieldwork on the Georgia coast and in Mongolia, PhD student Matt Picarelli-Kombert spent time at UGA analyzing collections for his dissertation. Matt explores the impacts of Emancipation on Gullah-Geechee foodways and relationships to estuarine ecosystems along the Atlantic coast! #archaeology

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Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

“[These places are] the result of thousands of years of active management by Indigenous communities. It’s important for people to understand that, especially when it comes to Indigenous people who have been removed from these landscapes and are usually invisible to the public.” tinyurl.com/5d2phmtb

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Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands | Penn State University

Penn State Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jacob Holland-Lulewicz and colleagues recently published research on how oyster shells discarded over thousands of years by Indigenous people have helped...

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SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This week, lab member and Postdoc, Dr. Christina Carolus (@cmcarolus.bsky.social) is at #IWGP2025 (International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany) in Groningen! Presenting her and her colleagues’ pathbreaking work in archaeobotanical protein analyses! #archaeology #ecology #history #botany

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Christina M. Carolus, PhD @cmcarolus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

So proud to join the ranks of this fantastic group of researchers and human beings. 🪏🏕️🧪 🌱🐠 I can truly think of no better team to be carrying out multidisciplinary work on the social and environmental dynamics of riparian worlds in steppic Inner Asia.

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Jennifer K. Wagner @dnalawyer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I had such a stimulating time in Belgium this past week presenting at the 3rd International Facial Genetics Symposium and attending the OriGENE lecture by Joanna Wysocka at KU Leuven! Thank you Peter Claes, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Hannah Long, & Manfred Kayser for organizing!

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