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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 5h

🎨 Calling all scientific artists! Our Virtual Scientific Art Gallery is open for submissions. Share your artwork and be part of this year’s gallery! 👇 More details in the post below.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 5h

📢 Don’t forget that submissions are now open for abstracts and scientific artwork! Check out the post below for more information and submission details. 👇

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Submit your art for the Virtual Scientific Art Gallery for the #7thVCWAP! 🦕🪸🖌️ This year, we are transforming our Virtual Paleoart Gallery into Virtual Scientific Art Gallery, aiming to create a dedicated space to showcase all kinds of scientific (technical) and naturalistic (paleoart) artworks.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The VCWAP is back! 🎉 Join us March 8-10, 2027. Registration & submissions (abstracts + scientific art) are now open ➡️ awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur... Open to ALL, whatever your employment status, gender identity or expression. Everyone’s welcome to participate! Artworks by Ainhoa Lekuona 🐺

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

UCL is currently recruiting for a Research Fellow in African Heritage, Remote Sensing and GIS for the Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM) project, sponsored by ARCADIA. Position from 1 August 2026 to 30 June 2029. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline 26 July

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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ISPH 2027 @isph2027.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The ISPH is back in Europe! The ISPH returns to Europe for its 8th edition. The symposium will take place at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in the quiet and charming city of Leiden (the Netherlands) from 6 to 8 July 2027. isph2027.wordpress.com

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Jamie Whitehouse @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🐒 PhD Opportunity 🐒 I'm excited to announce that we are now welcoming applications for a 3-year fully funded PhD position at Nottingham Trent University as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project. More info: jamiewhitehouse.github.io/mappingconne... Apply here: tinyurl.com/PhDNTU

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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎

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Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia

Apply for Research Associate in Biology job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Registration for the #EAVP2026 field trips & workshops is open until 25 May! Workshops + roundtable: eavp2026.weebly.com/workshops--r... Register: forms.gle/ccPf645ZsBCc... Field trips: eavp2026.weebly.com/field-trips.... (Note: 2-night field trip is full) #Palaeontology

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Workshops & Roundtable

Workshops will take place on 29 June (four workshops) and 3 July (three workshops) . Check the preliminary program here . Facility: You can find the full address and its location on the map here .

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Women in Palaeo - Part 2 On Feb 11th, we talked about the current state of women in palaeontology. This session is now online, featuring @amandalocaris.bsky.social, @tessasaurus.bsky.social, @ppaleoartist.bsky.social, Natalie Lawrence, and @women-archeopal.bsky.social.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

During the 6th VCWAP, Ainhoa Lekuona’s illustration stood out, earning the Best Paleoart Award 🏆 and a €100 prize from AWAP. Congratulations! 🎉 Learn more on our website ▶️ awap-science.org/en/2026/04/1...

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

During the 6th VCWAP, Lizon Delomosne received the Best Poster Award 🏆 and a €100 prize from AWAP. Congratulations! Learn more on our website ➡️ awap-science.org/en/2026/04/1... @palevoprim.bsky.social

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

During the 6th VCWAP, Anaïs Vignoles received the Best Talk award 🏆 and a €400 voucher from @tscourses.bsky.social . Congratulations! 🎉 Learn more on our website ! awap-science.org/en/2026/04/1...

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Transmitting Science @tscourses.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How do we read evolutionary patterns across time and lineages? 🌳 From trait evolution to large-scale biodiversity patterns, evolutionary analyses allow us to connect data with deep-time processes. ⬇️🧵 #TScourses #KeepLearning #EvolutionaryBiology #Phylogenetics #Macroecology

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The talks recorded during the 6th VCWAP are available on our YouTube channel! 👩‍🔬 Discover or listen to them again ▶️ 🔗https://www.youtube.com/@vcwap/playlists #paleontology #archaeology #anthropology #paleoanthropology #paleoart #WomenInScience

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🤩 On April 7, we hosted the first event of the newly re-established Microvertebrate Working Group of The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS), held online 💻🌍 We co-led the session together with my colleague from Poland, Dr Przemysław Świś 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🇱🇹🇵🇱 #workshop #fossils #digitalization #online #paleontology

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

⏳ 8 days left! Register + submit your abstract for #EAVP2026 now 👇 eavp2026.weebly.com/registration... and a REMINDER --> 💸 Grants available (€200 + fees) 📅 Deadline: 20 April 2026

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Amélie Beaudet @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🚨 Two postdoc positions open in the #LHOSA team at @palevoprim.bsky.social! Passionate about Australopithecus and hominin paleobiology? Skilled in virtual study of long bones or #GIS applied to hominin-bearing sites? Join us 👇

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The VCWAP is our way of taking action for women’s rights in science and around the world. 👩‍🔬🦴🔬 This year, we were proud to give the stage to 103 amazing women researchers and paleoartists who shared their work. Thank you to everyone who supports and takes part in this initiative! 💜

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Thank you to everyone participating in the #6thVCWAP. You are the ones who truly bring this event to life, and who remind us every year why it matters so much. 💜

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A huge thank you to all our sponsors! Your support makes VCWAP possible and helps us bring together a community of researchers, share science, create space for discussion and collaboration, and move towards a more inclusive and equitable science. We’re very grateful for your support 🙏

Palevoprim, CNRS, Université de Poitiers, Palaeoverse, ICArEHB, Transmitting Sciences, International Decade of Science for Sustainable Development, Universidade do Algarve, Past Women

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A big thank you to all the presenters at VCWAP for bringing the event to life and sharing your work!🌟 A special congratulations to our 3 winners: Anaïs Vignoles, Lizon Delomosne and Ainhoa Lekuona for their outstanding contributions, recognized by both the jury and the public.🎉

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Closing our 6th session, Mara Reichenberg will be sharing her talk titled: 'Reconstructing the trophic network of the Middle Miocene fish fauna of St. Margarethen, Austria'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Moving forward with our program, we have Angélina Gligorijevic-Gojkovic presenting her work: 'Human and Birds at Blenien Rock Shelter, France'. #6thVCWAP

Angélina Gligorijevic-Gojkovic has a master's degree in Archaeology from @UTJeanJaures. She studied interactions between humans and birds during the Late Paleolithic in western Europe.

Taphonomical and Zooarchaeological analysis conducted in this study, on previously unseen Bird remains, enabled us to identify new taxa used and/or eaten by Magdalenian populations in western central Europe. These species were also great seasonal and environmental indicators.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Continuing with our session, Aya Mellouk joins us to present her research: 'Contribution to the Zooarchaeological Study of the Faunal Assemblage from the Griesheim-sur-Souffel Site'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Next, María Leticia Gómez Sánchez will be sharing her talk titled: 'When the farmers came: tracing Neolithic settlement patterns and resource management through the Valdespino site'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Continuing with our session, Ibis Mery joins us to share her research on residential spaces in South America. Her talk is titled: 'Archaeometry in domestic areas in Pujilí, Cotopaxi province, Ecuador'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Moving forward with our program, we have Zaira Hernández Sunico presenting her work: 'Diet reconstruction in a prehispanic population from Guayadeque ravine, Canary Archipelago, Spain'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Moving forward, we have Iva Mihova presenting her research: 'Tracing Compositional Groups of Late Roman Glass from two caves at Punta de les Coves applying XRF and Raman Spectroscopy'. #6thVCWAP

She has a MSc in Archaeology from the University of Barcelona and currently works in commercial archaeology. Her research focuses on analytical techniques applied to archaeological materials, in this case Roman glass artefacts examined with XRF and Raman Spectroscopy.

This study highlights the difference in production technologies and recycling practices across two periods of the Roman Empire in the same spatial setting.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Continuing with our session, Patricia Bello-Alonso joins us to share her talk titled: 'Traceological insights from an experimental program on Olduvai Gorge flint tools'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Moving forward with our program, we have Fionna Huggins presenting her work: 'A compositional analysis of First-Millennium AD ceramics in the Kruger Park'. #6thVCWAP

She holds a BA Honours degree in Archaeology and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Archaeology at the University of Pretoria. Her research focuses on the compositional analysis of first-millennium AD ceramics from the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

This study presents preliminary findings from a ceramic analysis integrating stylistic and chemical methods. This approach identifies clay source areas, making it possible to determine whether ceramics were locally produced, imported, or both, offering insight into trade networks

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Opening our session 6, Fatma Kalkan is presenting: “Did You ‘Read the Room’, Really? Sediment Geochemical and Phytolith. Evidence from A Neolithic Floor Context.” #6thVCWAP

She is an archaeologist specializing in human–space relationships in the Neolithic. Her research uses a multiproxy approach integrating sediment geochemistry, phytoliths, and spherulites to study archaeological floors as active agents in everyday practices.

This study provides high-resolution insight into how Neolithic domestic spaces were organized, maintained, and used, as well as how plants structured everyday practices during the emergence of sedentism.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Don't miss our last session!!! We are starting at 14h (CET)!!! "Exploitation of Natural Resources and Raw Materials" #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🎤 Our third speaker for this session is Carlota PINTADO-LAGUNA. She will be presenting her research titled: 'Reconstructing past plant isoscapes: wild vegetation isotopic signal as a tool to explore present and past pastoralism in northern Spain’

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🎤 Our second speaker for this session is Jeanne Marie Geiling. She will be presenting her research titled: '3D Analysis of a Krumm-Messer Using VERA 2.0 with Use-Wear Analysis: A Semi-Automated Approach to Evaluating Tool Function'

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🎤 Our second speaker for this session is Saray Pascual-Moliner. She will be presenting her research titled: 'Bridging primatology and archaeology:experimental perspectives on tool use in chimpanzees as a model to study cultural evolution'

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🎤 Our first speaker for this session is Audrey Roussel. She will be presenting her research titled: 'Seasonality and Life History: Insights from Equine Dental Cementum'

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Now time for our roundtable: “Motherhood and Caregiving Impact on Academic Careers: How to Sustain Life while Doing Science in Challenging Contexts.” We are honored to welcome three inspiring guest speakers for our roundtable ⏬ #womeninscience #womeninstem #womensday #paleontology #archaeology

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤Our next speaker is Kyra E. Johnson. She will be presenting : 'A revised approach to the use of cortical surface texture of bone for the identification and interpretation of heat alteration.' #6thVCWAP

She is a doctoral student at @rutgersu and currently works in @alma_ru_lab under the supervision of Professor Dan Cabanes. Her work focuses on understanding how fire can be identified in the archaeological record using bone as a proxy.

This study explores how the surface texture of bone changes during heating and how variations in different features can aid in the identification of variable burning conditions.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 Our first speaker for this session is Matilde Cervellieri. She will be presenting her research titled: 'Testing the biomineral archive: microstructural patterns of modern brachiopod shells'. #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Don´t miss the first part of our 4th session, "Actualistic and Experimental Frameworks", starting at 15h40 (CET)!!! #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 Our next speaker is Juliana Sterli, presenting: 'Bibliometric-based data in gender dynamics during the last decade demonstrates the necessity of accelerating efforts to obtain gender equality in vertebrate paleontology'.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 Our next speaker is Ana Delia González Jiménez. She is presenting her research titled: 'Egyptian Women’s Agency over Their Own Past: Towards a Fairer Archaeology'. #6thVCWAP

She is an archaeologist and anthropologist, and a PhD researcher at the University of Granada. Her doctoral research explores landscape and collective memory on Luxor’s West Bank through community archaeology and ethnographic approaches.

This study shows that Egyptian women play a central role in the transmission and resignification of the pharaonic past through everyday practices and belief systems. Integrating these local perspectives is essential for developing a fairer, community-based archaeology.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 We are pleased to introduce Mária Lepiš Valigová at our congress! ✨ Now she is presenting: “Clay Stamps in the Context of Women’s Visual Identity in the Eastern Hallstatt Culture” #6thVCWAP

🎤Mária Lepiš Valigová is a PhD student at the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). Her research focuses on gender archaeology within the Eastern Hallstatt culture.

This study examines clay stamps in the Eastern Hallstatt culture as tools of female visual identity. Analysis of grave and settlement finds suggests they had both everyday and symbolic functions, highlighting their importance in gendered communication.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 Our next speaker is Miriam Vílchez Suárez, presenting: “Gender identities in prehistoric societies of south-eastern Iberia: new insights from non-masticatory dental wear analysis and peptide-based sex identification.” #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Mary A. Oguntuase is opening our session with the talk: “Material symbols of memory: The significance of arrowheads at Anta 1 de Vale da Laje, Tomar, Portugal.“

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We start in a few minutes with our 3rd session: Heritage and Gender Studies. 👇👇👇👇👇👇 Don´t miss it! #6thVCWAP

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 Now we are listening to Alba Navarro-Pérez et al. presenting "Dental Microwear Patterns in the Medieval Necropolis of San Amaro (Burgos)".

With this research, we aim to identify differential microwear patterns associated with dietary variations derived from health conditions, place of origin, or the sex of the individuals.

Alba Navarro-Pérez is a predoctoral researcher at @LaboratorioEH of the University of Burgos (Spain). Her work focuses on the study of dental microwear patterns in non-adult populations from the past, with the aim of investigating weaning processes and diet during early childhood.

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎤 Now we are listening to Laura Tomé et al. presenting "Microstratigraphic insights into the maintenance of daily life: Evidence from an Early Iron Age village in Central Iberia". 🔨 @htomelaura.bsky.social

This study shows that Early Iron Age domestic life was structured by cyclical practices of construction, maintenance, waste disposal, and renewal. Microcontextual geoarchaeology reveals how everyday acts of care shaped settlement transformation and long-term continuity.

Laura Tomé is a recent PhD graduate from the University of La Laguna (Spain). She is a geoarchaeologist working on microcontextual approaches to domestic spaces, focusing on formation processes, maintenance practices, and daily life in prehistoric sedentary communities.

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