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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 1d

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.

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Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 3d

Two new postdoctoral positions are now open at WIVA. The positions will focus on the material culture of trade (500-1100 CE).

Two Postdoc Positions-Centre of Excellence for The World in the Viking Age - Uppsala University

Two Postdoc Positions-Centre of Excellence for The World in the Viking Age, Department of Archaeology, Ancient History & Conservation, Uppsala University

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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 24d

I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st)

The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).

Please share!
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University

Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 24d

Postdoc position opening to undertake interdisciplinary research using modern and sediment-hosted ancient DNA, funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project at Adelaide University.

Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

careers.adelaide.edu.au

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Sep 9

Would love to hear Dan Rather on the show any week.

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 25

Position open! Feel free to circulate! 📢 Applications are open until September 10th! ⬇️

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢Position open:Independent
junior research group leader:genotype-phenotype interactions🧬🔎
The #HumanOrigins Cluster at Uni Tübingen seeks an expert in genotype-phenotype interactions.
📝Start: Jan 1, 2026
🗓 Apply by Sept 10, 2025
🔗 share.google/OVbg1ZLG19yI...
Apply now! #AcademicJobs
Please share!

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Aug 22

Azykh Cave fieldwork (second trip of the year) is my contribution to Fieldwork Friday.

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Jul 26

Happy to announce that a book I co-edited with @a-beyin.bsky.social won the best book award at the 2025 Society of Africanist Archaeologists conference in Faro, Portugal. Thanks to all of the contributors to the project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social · Jul 10

Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.

ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER

recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project “

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Jun 21

Fieldwork in Mnaraeka and Kiuleule, Tanzania. Chasing the Early and Middle Stone Ages in alluvial fans dating to >240 to 20 ka.

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Jun 12

Fieldwork at Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. The CAUCUS project will be providing absolute ages and environmental context for the occupations there (probably >1 million years).

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Jun 5

Gearing up for fieldwork in Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. We are going to focus on geochronology and environmental reconstruction at this amazing site. @loopdlupien.bsky.social

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · May 28

Cuts to Newcastle's outstanding archaeology program? No way. Please sign this petition to resist the defunding.

Sign the Petition

End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 7

Ce webinaire commence dans une heure! 👇

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Apr 23

📣The ERC and #EURAXESS #Africa are organizing two insightful webinars on "𝐄𝐑𝐂 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚"

🔹 French language 🇫🇷 session on 7 May 2025 at 10:00 CEST.
🔹 English language 🇬🇧 session on 9 May 2025 at 10:00 CEST.

Register now 🔗https://lnkd.in/dUhznwnJ

#EUAfrica #HorizonEU

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Apr 22

Pit without finds = worthless pit? Investigating a Roman military camp from Caesar's Gallic Wars (58 – 51 BC) near Hermeskeil (Germany). This is one of the rare instances of published non-results for biomarkers. Not all good data validate your hypothesis!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kx~c,rVDB...

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Apr 10

3-year postdoc on a great project.

Research Associate in Archaeology of Later Pastoralism in Eastern Africa (Fixed term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Associate in Archaeology of Later Pastoralism in Eastern Africa (Fixed term) in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Apr 3

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration.

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Clare Burke @thesherdnerd.bsky.social · Mar 27

Want to come and work at York? 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p... #archaeology 🏺🧪

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York

An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Mar 26

Job alert for osteoarchaeologists.

Researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Museology - Brno, Czech Republic job with MASARYK UNIVERSITY | 390637

We are looking for a colleague to join the Department of Archaeology and Museology with focus on the use-wear analysis of artefacts ...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Mar 18

Palaeo-environmental post-doc alert! 2 years, University of Reading: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI153/p...

Palaeoenvironmental Post Doctoral Research Associate at University of Reading

An academic position as a Palaeoenvironmental Post Doctoral Research Associate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Mar 10

This is from one of my students looking to expand his world. Please contact him at [email protected] if you have an opening on one of your projects this year. I would definitely take him if I had any open slots.

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Mar 6

You need a spectomeffer! Wow...the Canadians have really got the shizzle in their mizzle.

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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · Feb 24

(1/9) I’m hiring! Join my ‘Terraform’ ERC project at the University of Malta, looking at the origin, evolution, and impacts of agricultural terracing in the Maltese Islands. Please circulate to anyone you think could be interested. Starting in the summer.

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Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · Feb 3

My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMS

Three-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week)

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · Feb 1

MSCA post-doc opportunity offered. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/307984#...

Looking for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates - Geo-Ethnoarchaeology of Pastoralism

Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active and international research environment? Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher looking for a competitive ...

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