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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Aug 24

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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Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · Aug 23

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

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Aug 16

@arikmalinsky-b.bsky.social @norarch.bsky.social @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social @lausanrom.bsky.social @dr-eva-martellotta.bsky.social

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Aug 16

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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Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · Aug 15

Here we are! #TransCause team in Armenia @humendylab.bsky.social

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Aug 6

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢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...

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 · Aug 5

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...

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Laboratory for the Study of Human Cultural Evolution @hcelab.bsky.social · Jul 31

We made it to the news this week;)

"A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel "
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#prehistory #archaeology #funerary #paleolithic

A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know...

SHOHAM, Israel (AP) - Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved...

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jul 21

The role of lithic technology in shaping mobility and decision-making: The case of Ararat-1 Cave www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The role of lithic technology in shaping mobility and decision-making: The case of Ararat-1 Cave

Studies of lithic technological organization have progressed from static typological classifications to analyses of dynamic processes of tool producti…

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Jul 20

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

David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · Jul 19

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 · Jul 14

📢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 🎉 🎉 🎉

David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · Jul 14

My first paper of the PhD is out, we talk about Mobility and lithic technology at Ararat-1 Cave in Armenia. We also talk a bit about 👻 tools. Are you curious? Go and check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Jul 14

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 · Jul 14

📢!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 · Jul 9

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 · May 22

📢Pre-print alert!📢🎉🎉🎉

David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · May 21

PRE-PRINT OUT! 🚨
My first paper of the PhD is out as a pre-print go there and comment 😁. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · May 15

📢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...

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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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · May 14

📢 Paper Alert! 📢 🎉🎉🎉

Yannis Oikonomou @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social · May 14

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...

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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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · May 14

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David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · May 14

My friend and colleague @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social just published this amazing multi-proxy work about Ararat-1 Cave. Congratulations 🎉 @humendylab.bsky.social

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My friend and colleague just published this amazing multi-proxy work on Ararat-1 Cave.

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Erella Hovers @ehovers.bsky.social · May 8

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

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Our merged session "Humans and Landscape Evolution: Past, Present and Future" in the #EGU2025 is now completed! HUMENDYLAB was there with an oral talk by @arikmalinsky-b.bsky.social & 2 posters by M.Goder-Goldberger & @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social ! Many congrats to all presenters and conveners!

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Apr 26

HUMENDY LAB in #SAA2025Denver!

Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · Apr 26

Wrapping up the amazing #SAA2025Denver conference with the participation of some of the @humendylab.bsky.social team members @norarch.bsky.social
@yannismicrooikon.bsky.social #MaeGoder-goldberger

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Apr 26

Great times in the Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, at Denver, Colorado (US). HUMENDY LAB was there with talks by @arikmalinsky-b.bsky.social, @norarch.bsky.social and a poster by @yannismicrooikon.bsky.social!
See you in the next one!
#TransCauseProject

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