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Max Engel @drmaex.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We're hiring at pre-doc level @uniheidelberg.bsky.social to explore environmental changes in the Hajar Mountains #Oman across Palaeolithic-Neolithic timescales @dfg.de #gacr #weave #geoarchaeology Start: Oct/Nov Duration: 3 years Details: shorturl.at/ijEa7 Interested? DM/Email! Thx for sharing!

Karst landscape of the Sint Plateau, Oman, with flat polje in the background

A person digging into the sediment infill of a polje

Steep wadi gorge in the Hajar Mountains with boulder sized deposit covering the wadi floor

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

✨Our paper on the Uluzzian of Klissoura Cave, Greece, is now published online #openaccess ✨, one of the important studies of the @erc.europa.eu Advanced Project FIRSTSTEPS and a Greek-Italian collaboration! Congratulations to Giulia Marciani, @serena-lombardo.bsky.social and team! 🎉👏 rdcu.be/ftlpN

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Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🙏🏻🙏🏻 It was amazing to be part of this wonderful conference among such great researchers! Thankful for being there!

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Job alert! A tenure-track position in Prehistoric Archaeology, at the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is now open (archaeology.huji.ac.il)! Outstanding candidates should submit their application by the 12th of August! Further details: @arikmalinsky-b.bsky.social

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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Deadline moved to March 20th! Go submit your pyroarchaeology abstract and join us in Poznań to talk fire! #pyroarchaeology #UISPP2026

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our symposium on Middle Pleistocene behavioral variability with special focus on Dalarik-1 Cave (Armenia) is just a day away! Join us at📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, or 💻 online (via zoom)! See you all tomorrow @humendylab.bsky.social #TransCausd!

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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Join us in Poznań for the XXI #UISPP2026 congress: Session S -1F: Multi-method, multi-proxy: promoting multidisciplinary approaches in #pyroarchaeology organized by @segovandevelde.bsky.social Chris Miller and myself. Abstract submission deadline Feb 28th! uispp2026.syskonf.pl

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XXI World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Now the Conference has a Blue Sky account we can shout about it on here. Finally, Unravelling The Palaeolithic is coming to London and UCL. Tickets sales and the the Call For Papers are open. Follow their account, and join us when we gather together at the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social this June! 🏺🦣

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Enrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Here's another exciting opportunity to join the ERC FORAGER team! This one is a 3-year postdoc on paleoclimate modelling with the fantastic Matt Osman here in @cam.ac.uk, with opportunity for synergies (pun intended 😜) with other team members in archaeology and zoology www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

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Philip R Nigst @philipnigst.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026 40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... (Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026) Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects! palaeo.univie.ac.at

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Philip R Nigst @philipnigst.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Call for Papers #UISPP 2026 Poznań Join our session - Before, during and after the Big Dry—Exploring the Gravettian and Epigravettian occupation of Europe (Thematic Session 14A) Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 uispp2026.syskonf.pl @marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

📢Deadline Extended📢 Final week of abstract submissions for EAA2026 and Session 178 - Cave Sediments as Archives of Human-Environment Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Geoarchaeology & Micro-contextual Research! We look forward to seeing you all in Athens!

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Ghent Archaeology Department / Archeologie Ugent @archeougent.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST. The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions. www.ugent.be/en/work/scie... Deadline: 23 February 2026

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Doctoraatsbursaal

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Annemieke Milks @annemiekemilks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It was such a privilege to get to work on this amazing material from an incredible site and team - now the earliest handheld wooden tools in the archaeological record, taking evidence back to 430,000 years! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS

The Middle Pleistocene (MP; ca. 774 to 129 ka) marks a critical period of human evolution, characterized by increasing behavioral complexity and th...

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Registration OPEN for Practical Palaeoproteomics Summer School Copenhagen! 🦴🧪 🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus... #Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLife

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Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

📢Call for Contributions! 📢 If you work on the (micro-) geoarchaeology of cave sediments, using micromorphological, chemical, or biomolecular approaches, this session #178 is for you! There is still time to apply (deadline: 5th of February)!

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

@humendylab.bsky.social & #TransCause Project invite you to our symposium on Middle Pleistocene behavioral variability with special focus on Dalarik-1 Cave (Armenia)! 📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 💻Also online (via zoom)! See you all there!

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Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📢Do you work on the (micro-) geoarchaeology of cave sediments? Join our Session #178 at the EAA 2026 Annual Meeting in Athens (26–29 August 2026)! For further details, please scan the QR code below! Abstract submissions open on 19 December 2025! 📢

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🎉New article by our doctoral researcher Dominik Rogall on the paleoenvironment of Kalavan‐2 (MP; 60-35ka) based on small‐vertebrate assemblages! 🎉Published in the Journal of Quaternary Science! Check this out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

“Snakes and Ladders” is not a game, but a model for how Stone Age people maintained their tools. From fresh edges (M0) to full rejuvenation (M4), each flake is a step on the ladder of technological decision-making. rdcu.be/eRutD

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

💡 How to ID archaeological bones in resin?A team of researchers, including ICArEHB members Paul Goldberg, Shannon McPherron, William Chase Murphree, and Vera Aldeias explore new paleoproteomics methods. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas... #Archaeology #Paleoproteomics #ICArEHB

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Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

All ready for a new field season in #AmaldaIII

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Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Here we are #AmaldaIII with @jorios.bsky.social @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social and Antxieta Arkeologi Taldea group 📷 from the cave by @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The 2025 excavation season is now officially underway at Apidima in Greece! ⛏️✨️ #excavations #fieldseason #Paleoanthropology

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Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Volcanos, glacial lakes, #Kalavan, and new friends #Armenia @humendylab.bsky.social

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The first week of excavations and stratigraphic documentation at Dalarik-1 Cave was very successful! The trip to Kalavan village - and the homonymous Palaeolithic sites - was the best treat for a day-off! A stop at Gutanasar volcano was a must! @humendylab.bsky.social #TransCause

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Back to Armenia, back to Dalarik-1 Cave, with a large international team from Armenia, Spain, Israel, Greece, France, Portugal, Italy & beyond! Let the excavation of this unique Middle Pleistocene site start! 🎉 #TransCause @humendylab.bsky.social

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

📢 Built-in smartphone LiDAR for archaeological and speleological research by Antón, D., Mayoral-Valsera, J., Simón-Vallejo, M. D., Parrilla-Giráldez, R., & Cortés-Sánchez, M., in J. Archaeol. Sci. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

📢New research paper, led by Theo Karampaglidis & colleagues, integrates geomorphological mapping & sediment analysis & dating (Cosmogenic Nuclides & OSL) to reconstruct environmental history over the past 900,000 years in Ararat Depression! Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Paleolithic hominin occupations and Quaternary geomorphological evolution in the NE Ararat Depression (Armenia)

The Ararat Depression, at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia, spans Armenia, Turkey and Iran, providing a unique natural laboratory for studying lan…

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Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her) @drloessismore.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Our new study lead produced enhanced paleo‑geomorphological mapping of the Ararat Depression to decode how shifting landforms shaped human movement and settlement in the Late Pleistocene doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... @humendylab.bsky.social @arikmalinsky-b.bsky.social @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Check it out! Congratulations @norarch.bsky.social !🎉🎉🎉

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David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Did you ever ask why people used so many different rocks in their tasks? If you had this question in your mind, go and check my new paper with my colleagues. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📢More Paper Alert📢 @norarch.bsky.social and colleagues just published a new research article on lithic technology and mobility, at Ararat-1 Cave (Armenia)! It published in the Quaternary Science Reviews (open access)! Massive congratulations 🎉 🎉 🎉

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Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📢 My friend and colleague @norarch.bsky.social just published! Go check it out!! 🎉🥳

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

You can find and download the article (open access) via this link: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📢!New paper alert!📢 The study of the microvertebrate assemblages from Ararat-1 Cave (Armenia) has been published in the Quaternary Science Reviews! Massive congratulations to our PhD candidate Dominik Rogall and colleagues! 🎉 @humendylab.bsky.social

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

You can still apply for our new 1-year MA in Archaeology & the Ancient Near East - Prehistory Section, at at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Rothberg International School! Scholarships are available! Apply by July 15th! Join and work with us @humendylab.bsky.social @hcelab.bsky.social

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

📢New research paper on the Glacial Geomorphology of Mt. Aragats, Armenia, led by Rosa Carrasco and colleagues! Congratulations! Published on Quaternary Science Reviews (open-access): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Geomorphology, first 36Cl datings and chrono-evolutionary model of Mount Aragats paleoglaciers (Armenia)

Mount Aragats is one of the largest glaciated volcanoes of the Armenian Highlands (Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ) and culminating in the Aragats Peak, the highe…

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Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Happy to be sharing my 1st PhD paper, result of our group research in the Armenian Highlands #TransCause Project! The article explores the formation processes of Ararat-1 Cave (Armenia) under multiproxy geoarchaeology! It is published on QSR (open-access): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Unravelling the formation processes and depositional histories of the Middle Palaeolithic Ararat-1 Cave, Armenia: A multiscalar and multiproxy geoarchaeological approach

The sedimentary sequence of Ararat-1 Cave encapsulates an intricate depositional archive (Marine Isotope Stage 3), crucial for our understanding of th…

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Erella Hovers @ehovers.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Back on the banks of Wabe rover in the Ethiopian highlands, excavating MW1.

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