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tropicalarchgen.bsky.social @tropicalarchgen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

An intense week for Kathrin in Aruba! It culminnated in the National "hymn and flag" day, that Kathrin used to engage with the public about our work in Aruba. Our Papiamento (the creole language of Aruba) colouring book (drive.google.com/drive/folder...) was the star of the kids' corner.

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tropicalarchgen.bsky.social @tropicalarchgen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Last week, Eleni and Kathrin got to go on a very special trip filled with great encounters and experiences. We were welcomed by our collaborators at the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago and brought our results, summarized in the English Trinidad version of our coloring book.

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Miren Iraeta Orbegozo @mireniraorb.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Really excited to share our new paper on the Early Iron Age mass grave at Gomolava (9th c. BCE), a study I had the pleasure to work on during my PhD with an amazing group of co-authors across multiple disciplines. Open access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵👇

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A large mass grave from the Early Iron Age indicates selective violence towards women and children in the Carpathian Basin - Nature Human Behaviour

In this analysis of biomolecular and archaeological data from a ninth-century BCE mass grave in the Carpathian Basin, Fibiger et al. find evidence for the targeted killing of mostly unrelated women an...

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tropicalarchgen.bsky.social @tropicalarchgen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

New publication alert! Today, the book “Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology” launches, edited by Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, Felicia Fricke and Maaike de Waal; And your Tropical Archaeogenomics group contributed 2(!) chapters!

The cover of the Book "Ethics in Caribbean Archaology - Past, present and future, shows the title of the book and the names of the three editors Felicia Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal. The illustration features potsherds of european and presumably indigenous origin, and different dried plants in the upper half of the book cover, the lower half has the appearance of cardbord structure.

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CoCAH @heritagecocah.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Dear CoCAH enthusiasts! ✨ We would like to share with you who we are as CoCAH members, what we are working on, and why archaeological heritage is important to us. We will be posting short updates regularly, in which CoCAH members will briefly introduce themselves 🌍🔍 Stay tuned!

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Eleni Seferidou @eleniseferidou.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Our paper "Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice" was published today at @pciarchaeology.bsky.social Many thanks to all the authors for this amazing collaboration! 🎊 📎 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

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Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice

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Selina Carlhoff @selinacarlhoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Join the Tropical Archaeogenomics crew at our stall about jade trade and genetic connectivity in the tropics - including DIY jewelry station! 🟢🏝️🛶🧬

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