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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨Archaeo-Science Job Klaxon🚨Please Share!
We're hiring an interim Lab Manager here at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Would be esp suited to someone with experience of running Archaeobotany, Human Osteology or Zooarchaeology lab.
£53-64k in a great department.
🏺🧪🦴🌱🔬🦣
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Michela Leonardi @mikleonardi.bsky.social · Jun 18

after 6 years, finally out in @nature.com!
‪Huge expansion of the human #niche in Africa ~70kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with unique ecological flexibility

co-led with Emily Hallett @eegcam.bsky.social & @elliescerri.bsky.social
#prehistory #humanevolution #paleoecology #SDM

Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature

Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...

www.nature.com

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Jun 2

See you tomorrow to show off another underwhelming project underway 😉

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · May 29

A new method developed by researchers at @ndm.ox.ac.uk could soon unlock the vast repository of biological information held in the proteins of ancient soft tissues.

Find out more ⬇️

New method provides the key to accessing proteins in ancient human

A new method developed by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, could soon unlock the vast repository of biological information held in the proteins of ancient

www.ox.ac.uk

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Apr 20

Lovely to see work done by @uoearchhist.bsky.social students in SHArD 3D out in the wild! Non-destructive microCT imaging of chicken bones at Fishbourne🐣

Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · Apr 20

🥚🐓OFFICIAL EASTER POST!🐓🥚

Shortly before laying an egg, female birds grow a layer of bone in their skeletons, called medullary bone.

About 65% of bones at the Palace have medullary, so we're pretty sure Chickens were being kept at Fishbourne for egg production.

See: Eggs: Easter: Job done 🥚🐣👍

A 3D digital model of a chicken bone, derived from a micro-CD scan.

A "Slice" through a chicken femur, made using a micro-CT scanner.

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Apr 9

🧵 Is this a Dire wolf... 🤔?

No...

Our @erc.europa.eu Beasts to Craft team led by Élodie Lévêque uncovered the true identity of mysterious hairy covers on #medieval #Cistercian #manuscripts - they're ...
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Image fo a seal - by someone that has not seen one - from Valenciennes, ms 0320, Thomas de Cantimpré, Albert le Grand. Liber de natura rerum, vers 1280, 230 × 156 mm. Folio 116, Image : IRHT https://patrimoine-numerique.ville-valenciennes.fr/ark:/29755/B_596066101_ms_0320 (http://initiale.irht.cnrs.fr/codex/7876).

The original colour of the skin (before it degraded) - but what is it? (image Elodie Leveque)

Mock-up of the original book binding by Elodie Leveque. Note that the fur is too dark in this mockup (image Elodie Leveque).

In 2016, the team in 2016 first confronted the collection at Troyes - but what are the bindings made of? Image of five people, one sitting, discussing a large bound medieval text held by supports in a modern library.

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Mar 28

Brilliant way to end the term with some of our brilliant @exeter.ac.uk 3rd years and colleagues across the faculty showing off how Dead Important the humanities really are!!

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Mar 15

@whatkatiedigs.bsky.social has a funded PhD opportunity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️

#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular

Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen , listed on F...

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · Mar 12

Job alert!
@katerinad.bsky.social and I are looking for an archaeologist/archaeological scientist to join us on a 4 year post-doc, helping to manage and participate in field and lab work on 2 ERC grants in our group. We would love to hear from you via the link! 👇
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · Mar 8

Come to Sweden! Funded digital heritage PhD alert!

Come and work with us on Gotland. We have two fully funded 4-year PhD projects in Archaeology and Conservation (Heritage Science). Join the team (and me) focussing on Digital Innovations for Sustainable Heritage. Details below...

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Mar 7

Lovey to have students from across the University using our CT scanner for their amazing projects!

Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · Mar 7

Spent the week #microCT scanning marmalade hoverfly muscles in the SHArD lab @uoearchhist.bsky.social! Getting good 3D reconstructions from the terabyte of data generated…

I’m trying to work out if #muscle morphology differs between #migrant and non-migrant types of this species through #ageing.

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Kate Britton @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social · Feb 28

Come join us! PALaEoScot is now offering a fully-funded PhD to work on ZooMS and sedaDNA studies at Scottish Late Glacial and Early Holocene sites. Closing 13/4/25. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🦌 🐴 🦣 🦬 🦊 🐺 (please note, full funding only available for U.K. domiciled candidates only).

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Mar 1

Seems like now is a good a time as any to remind UK academias that they can mentor Ukrainian colleagues looking to continue their work through the on-going invasion via the @scienceforukraine.bsky.social initiative. #StandWithUkraine

scienceforukraine.eu/d/U3396

scienceforukraine

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Feb 15

It is impossible to get tired of talking about dogs and domestication. What a thrill to chat with Danny Nucci and Jason Burns on their What About... podcast. Enjoy all the serious silliness here:
thewhataboutpodcast.com/2025/02/13/w...

What About... Artificial Selection w/Greger Larson

Danny and Jason put their best traits forward in a conversation with evolutionary geneticist Greger Larson on the topic of ARTIFICIAL SELECTION.

thewhataboutpodcast.com

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University of Exeter Archaeology and History Department @uoearchhist.bsky.social · Jan 17

Raptors today are no longer scavenging around settlements like their prehistoric and medieval ancestors
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@juliettewaterman.bsky.social @naomisykes.bsky.social

Tracking 4000 years of raptor diets through isotope analysis reveals urban scavenging with implications for conservation

Birds of prey (‘raptors’) often consume anthropogenic foods and can be closely associated with human settlements. In medieval Britain, birds of prey w…

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Jan 11

Date for your diary 🇩🇰

Copenhagen from 14th - 17th October 2025

11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ)
Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group Meeting
🦴🦷🐄🐐🐏🐟🦉🧬

sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Jan 11

Been (not so patiently!) waiting for this! My favourite working group by far!

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · Jan 2

We love Arlene Holmes-Henderson - read more about her brilliant work here!

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘They see it is living’: Durham professor’s mission to get more pupils into classics

Arlene Holmes-Henderson wants all children in UK to have equal access to classical education

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Dec 22

🏺 British Academy & heritage orgs push for archaeology in UK schools! Prof Collins: "It bridges STEM & humanities while teaching crucial skills." Heritage sector's £15.3B impact shows growing career opportunities. Proposal includes new modules & assessment frameworks 🔍📚
#Education #Heritage #UKNews

British Academy Calls for Greater Role of Archaeology in School Curriculum

www.arch.cam.ac.uk

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Dec 19

Come join us at @uofearch.bsky.social in the Biocultural HIVE, part of our AHRC RICHeS award! Application deadline 5 January 2025.

Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Dec 19

🎯 Database Manager at University of Exeter | 15-month| Digital Humanities
Lead data management for archaeology/heritage digital repository. Master's/PhD + programming skills (Python) required. Focus: research data, workflows & open science. Work the awesome @naomisykes.bsky.social Start Jan 2025.

Powered by MHR

jobs.exeter.ac.uk

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Dec 18

If you’re looking for some post-Christmas telly, you’ll find @suegreaney.bsky.social, our amazing 1st Years, (and hopefully not me!) on this season of #DiggingForBritain from early January!

National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · Dec 18

The 12th series of BBC’s #DiggingforBritain is back on our screens in the New Year!

We’re very excited to share that our excavations with @exeter.ac.uk at Killerton in Devon, will be featured.

@uofearch.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social

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Ness of Brodgar @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social · Dec 16

Dr Julia Cussans presented a well-received paper on the animal bone assemblage at the Ness at the 44th Association for Environmental Archaeology conference in Oxford.
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

Counting cattle – Ness paper presented at Oxford environmental archaeology conference

Dr Julia Cussans presented a well-received paper on the animal bone assemblage at the Ness at the 44th Association for Environmental Archaeology conference in Oxford.

www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Dec 16

It was so fun! Thanks for the amazing organisation 🤩

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Dec 14

Shame on Archaeology Magazine for…*checks notes*…writing about archaeology!

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Dr. Carly Ameen @carlydigsit.bsky.social · Dec 14

I continue to use this screenshot in many talks about the Easter project. Gotta keep us grounded 😅

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