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Francisca Santana Sagredo
@fransantanas.bsky.social
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Bioarchaeologist, National Geographic Explorer. Interested in isotope analysis, organic residue analysis, radiocarbon dating, human osteology and Andean archaeology.
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · 3d
The Latin American Radiocarbon Conference will be held in Santiago de Chile from the 8-10 of July, 2026. The conference will be hosted by the Universidad Católica de Chile.
We are looking forward to seeing you next year !
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Radiocarbon @14cjournal.bsky.social · 8d
👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · 11d
🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:

4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July

Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷

Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!

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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · 12d
The 4th edition of the Radiocarbon and Diet Conference will be held at Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago-Chile on the 6th-8th of July 2026. Save the date !
#radiocarbon #diet #santiago2026
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 5
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville interrupted a red-carpet interview with a plea to stop Israel’s military assault on Gaza City. Bonneville was speaking to ITV News ⤵️
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Sep 3
Exactly !!
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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · Sep 3
your periodic reminder that “archaeology isn’t political” is a political statement
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Sep 3
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · Sep 3
If we as a field cannot stand together to reject the use of our work as part of a genocidal complex, if we cannot stand up against our colleagues who are directly complicit or at the very least trying to whitewash the reputations of their complicit institutions, then our field has learned nothing.
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Aug 27
Sofía Minniti from Universidad Católica de Chile presenting her poster on palaeoparasitology in the Atacama Desert at #ISBA2025
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Sebastián Lopez from Universidad Católica de Chile, presenting isotope results on ancient crops from
the Atacama Desert at #ISBA2025. This includes archaeological popcorn!🍿⚛️
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ISBA11 Turin @isba11.bsky.social · Aug 25
ISBA11 starts tomorrow, and we have just one question for you... are you ready for it?

#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #turin #Archaeology #Italy #conference #AreYouReady
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ISBA11 Turin @isba11.bsky.social · Aug 8
In just under 3 weeks, we look forward to welcoming researchers from 40 countries in Turin, Italy for ISBA11

#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #ISBAconference #archaeologicalconference #Turin
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jul 17
Our Special Issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America, with @lorenabecval.bsky.social, is finally out !! Thanks @archaeometry.bsky.social !!
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Archaeometry @archaeometry.bsky.social · Jul 17
Out now, the special issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America! The eight papers featured in this issue underscore the methodological diversity and interdisciplinary approaches that characterize archaeological science in Latin America.

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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jul 2
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excellent work by my friends Darío Ramírez, María José Herrera and colleagues. If you are interested in palaeopathology, this paper is a must read!
4,000-year-old Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from Chile reveal long establishment of Hansen’s disease in the Americas - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Recovery of ancient Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes in 4,000-year-old human remains from Chile demonstrates that this causal agent of Hansen’s disease has a long history in the Americas, predating ...
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Jun 26
🍝Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be next week Wednesday 02 July at 15:00 CET! 🍝

@mirandaevans.bsky.social will be presenting "The Proteomics of Pottery: What can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?"

As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jun 27
Interested in Archaeological Science in Latin America?

@fransantanas.bsky.social and I edited a @archaeometry.bsky.social issue on this topic.

Thanks to the journal/@chirikure.bsky.social for the opportunity & the amazing authors who contributed!

Check out the intro 👇

doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
Archaeological science in Latin America
Click on the article title to read more.
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jun 25
En este V Taller de Arqueología e Isótopos contaremos con la Dra. Lorena Becerra-Valdivia quién dictará un workshop grautito sobre modelamiento bayesiano y radiocarno en Oxcal! 😃⚛️.
Pronto se abrirán las inscripciones. Ojo que los cupos son limitados !
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jun 24
V Taller de Arqueología e Isótopos en el Sur de Sudamérica !
Deadline para envío de resúmenes este 30 de junio!!

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Arqueología e Isótopos – Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia CIEP
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CNN @cnn.com · Jun 9
JUST IN: The Israeli military has boarded the Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition says.
Israel has boarded Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition says | CNN
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has said the Israeli military has boarded its Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg and that communication with the boat has been lost.
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · Jun 9
Greta Thunberg is reporting she has been intercepted & kidnapped in international waters by Israeli Occupational Forces & is Calling in support to put pressure on Sweden for releasing them as soon as possible.
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jun 4
Se viene el V Taller de Arqueología e Isótopos en el sur de Sudamérica!
Plazo de envío de resúmenes hasta el 15 de junio !!
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · May 16
www.elciudadano.com/justicia/den...
Denuncian que profanación de tumbas y cementerios prehispánicos es constante en el norte de Chile
Durante esta semana, la impactante noticia de la profanación de tumbas y robo de restos óseos humanos del Cementerio General de Santiago ha generado gran
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · May 15
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · May 15
Incluso encontramos una colilla de cigarro dentro de un cráneo. Un cuerpo humano actual, histórico o precolombino tiene derecho a un trato digno y respetuoso. La situación de los cementerios arqueológicos y su profanación debería causar el mismo revuelo que lo que vemos hoy en las noticias.
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · May 15
La profanación de tumbas y robo de restos óseos humanos del Cementerio General ha causado gran revuelo. Sin embargo, esto ocurre a diario en los cementerios prehispánicos del norte de Chile. Hemos encontrado esqueletos junto a papel higiénico, fecas, latas de cerveza, mascarillas, botellas con orina
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · May 15
Las fotos corresponden a cementerios de la Desembocadura del Río Loa donde hemos trabajado en un registro superficial junto a los cursos de Bioarqueología UC 2022, 2023 y 2025.