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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 25/07/2025

Final presentation on my visiting professorship, at Synchrotron SOLEIL. The presentation was on the important and diverse roles #synchrotrons play in #culturalheritageanalysis, especially on our recent studies on Indigenous Australian cultural heritage, particularly #ochre #pigments. 🧪

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 15/07/2025

The next lecture on my DIM PAMIR visit is at Synchrotron SOLEIL on 21st July, 2pm, with a focus on our recent research on analysis of Indigenous #ochre and binders using #synchrotron methods. Many thanks to Sebastian Schoeder, Katharina Muller, SOLEIL, IPANEMA, and Ina Reiche for organising.🧪

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 11/07/2025

Thanks to Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, and Julie Gordon, Stephanie Leclerc-Caffarel, Eléonore Kissel, and Ina Reiche for the invited lecture today for the DIM Patrimoines matériels. An engaging research discussion on approaches to collaborative research on Indigenous objects in museums.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 09/07/2025

The next stop on my #DIMPatrimoinesmatériels visiting professorship is an invited lecture at #MuseeduQuaiBranly (11 July, Paris), on our collaborative research into the complex biographies of Museum objects including materials analysis alongside Indigenous knowledges, through the lens of #ochre.🧪

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 05/07/2025

#Rockart researchers use the same tools worldwide. From the “Grotte Chauvet, l'aventure scientifique” exhibit #Chauvet2, however many are in our #archaeologicalscience lab. This display has a lot less dirt encrusting the gear than usual, but a great way to share research with the public.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 05/07/2025

The next event in my DIM Patrimoines visit will be a scientific workshop at @c2rmf.bsky.social , which features a great lineup of experts in #rockart and #ochre. I will be giving two keynotes, one on ochre provenance and one on collaborative #archaeologicalscience.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 05/07/2025

I had a terrific visit to #EDYTEM and University Savoie Mont Blanc with Emilie Chalmin and Hélène Salomon. Highlights were visiting the lab and learning their work on #ochre and #rockart, and visiting #Chauvet2 and “Grotte Chauvet, l'aventure scientifique” and meeting many of the researchers.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 01/07/2025

First presentation stop is the EDYTEM laboratory at Universite Savoie Mont Blanc, to give a presentation about the "Layers of Technology: Novel Archaeological Science Approaches to Mineral Pigments". Looking forward to meeting colleagues and making new connections. #UniMelb #archsci #cnrs🧪

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 18/06/2025

What a terrific exhibit honouring #SamLovell OAM and his extraordinary life story at the #StateLibraryWesternAustralia. His photos and personal items, as well as the curation, bring the #Kimberley and his story to life in the exhibit.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 02/04/2025

Terrific presentation by Sophie Vogelsang on "Unravelling the Chemistry and Aging of Culturally Important Australian Plant Exudates" in the #ArchaeologicalScience Seminar Series. Sophie is a PhD student from Uni Wisconsin jointly supervised in Arch Science Lab, analysing exudates by py-GC-MS.

Sophie Vogelsang presenting her slides on analysis of plant exudates. She is standing next to the presentation screen and pointing to images of Australian plants.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 06/02/2025

Thanks to Michelle Wood, Liz Carter and APMC13 for the invitation to speak about our recent archaeological science research on X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray Raman spectroscopy on Indigenous Australian pigments and binders in a diverse multi-modal interdisciplinary session.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 06/12/2024

Lots of great science at the Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session at #aaa47; looking forward to more terrific outcomes from the team.

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 06/12/2024

More #archsci at #aaa47: Ishara Pathirage on characterising the geology of gabbro rock art canvases on Murujuga country. @crar-m.bsky.social #unimelb

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Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com · 04/12/2024

Archaeological Science at #unimelb representing at the @arcas.org.au #archsci session at #aaa47. Chloe Stringer on human mussel environment interactions and Helen Green on microbial source of oxalate on rock art coatings, with research partners.

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