SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs
@sahndshel.bsky.social
The combined research labs of Drs. Jacob and Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz at Penn State Anthropology. The Spatial Archaeology and Historical Network Dynamics Lab (SAHND) and the Laboratory for Socioecological Histories of Estuarine Landscapes (SHEL)
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Our lab of archaeologists, historians, and ecologists studies social, economic, and environmental dynamics over the last 5,000yrs. From the earliest Indigenous villages on the US Atlantic coast, to nomadic Mongolian empires, to Black towns of the post-emancipation South. Follow for rad archaeology!
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Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
Lab PIs are in Mainz with PhD Candidate Matt for a week of lab work at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social #archaeology #ecology
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Lab PIs are in Mainz with PhD Candidate Matt for a week of lab work at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social #archaeology #ecology
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Listen. You are what you eat. But also, what you eat is what it eats. So, what you eat is what you eat eats (and obviously, what you eat eats is what it eats). Simple. #archaeology #ecology #isotopes #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Listen. You are what you eat. But also, what you eat is what it eats. So, what you eat is what you eat eats (and obviously, what you eat eats is what it eats). Simple. #archaeology #ecology #isotopes #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany
Listen. You are what you eat. But also, what you eat is what it eats. So, what you eat is what you eat eats (and obviously, what you eat eats is what it eats). Simple. #archaeology #ecology #isotopes #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Listen. You are what you eat. But also, what you eat is what it eats. So, what you eat is what you eat eats (and obviously, what you eat eats is what it eats). Simple. #archaeology #ecology #isotopes #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany
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🚨 New paper out by lab PI @isazooarch.bsky.social in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems!! #ecology #marineecology #archaeology #conservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨 New paper out by lab PI @isazooarch.bsky.social in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems!! #ecology #marineecology #archaeology #conservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 New paper out by lab PI @isazooarch.bsky.social in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems!! #ecology #marineecology #archaeology #conservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨 New paper out by lab PI @isazooarch.bsky.social in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems!! #ecology #marineecology #archaeology #conservation 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Lab PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference last week!
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Lab PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference last week!
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PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn are presenting at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) this week down in Baton Rouge! #archaeology #history #ecology
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn are presenting at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) this week down in Baton Rouge! #archaeology #history #ecology
PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn are presenting at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) this week down in Baton Rouge! #archaeology #history #ecology
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
PhD Students Matt and Lakelyn are presenting at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) this week down in Baton Rouge! #archaeology #history #ecology
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🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” New preprint! Give it a look! #archaeology #history #networks papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” New preprint! Give it a look! #archaeology #history #networks papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” Lab PI @archaeojake.bsky.social is a coauthor on this preprint! Give it a look! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” Lab PI @archaeojake.bsky.social is a coauthor on this preprint! Give it a look! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” Lab PI @archaeojake.bsky.social is a coauthor on this preprint! Give it a look! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚨 “Mobility and Immobility as Resistance: Network Diversity Facilitated Escape Attempts among Enslaved Africans of the Coastal American Southeast.” Lab PI @archaeojake.bsky.social is a coauthor on this preprint! Give it a look! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Australia in the Anthropocene: Linking Past, Present and Future. Wonderful project workshop yesterday exploring the diverse methods our students and ECRs are using to examine how Australia's ecosystems have been shaped by people over the long-term and why it matters today.
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Australia in the Anthropocene: Linking Past, Present and Future. Wonderful project workshop yesterday exploring the diverse methods our students and ECRs are using to examine how Australia's ecosystems have been shaped by people over the long-term and why it matters today.
Our PIs, @isazooarch.bsky.social and @archaeojake.bsky.social, have both been appointed to the editorial board of American Antiquity beginning in 2026!
October 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Our PIs, @isazooarch.bsky.social and @archaeojake.bsky.social, have both been appointed to the editorial board of American Antiquity beginning in 2026!
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Don’t be puzzled by the lack of deadline in the ad. This is an imposed HR quirk. Reviews will begin c. November 1st! Happy to field any questions! #archaeology
🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!!
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Assistant Professor of Archaeology
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October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Don’t be puzzled by the lack of deadline in the ad. This is an imposed HR quirk. Reviews will begin c. November 1st! Happy to field any questions! #archaeology
This week!
Our Co-PI @isazooarch.bsky.social will be down in Tallahassee in a few weeks!
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This week!
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🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!!
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!!
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Our Co-PI @isazooarch.bsky.social will be down in Tallahassee in a few weeks!
September 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Our Co-PI @isazooarch.bsky.social will be down in Tallahassee in a few weeks!
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This is the Cane Patch site on the GA coast. A shell heap once 65m across, 10m tall. Accumulated 4k yrs ago by Indigenous people living in the earliest permanent villages in North America. Cane Patch likely served as an important place for new villages to maintain wider social networks #archaeology
September 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is the Cane Patch site on the GA coast. A shell heap once 65m across, 10m tall. Accumulated 4k yrs ago by Indigenous people living in the earliest permanent villages in North America. Cane Patch likely served as an important place for new villages to maintain wider social networks #archaeology
This is the Cane Patch site on the GA coast. A shell heap once 65m across, 10m tall. Accumulated 4k yrs ago by Indigenous people living in the earliest permanent villages in North America. Cane Patch likely served as an important place for new villages to maintain wider social networks #archaeology
September 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is the Cane Patch site on the GA coast. A shell heap once 65m across, 10m tall. Accumulated 4k yrs ago by Indigenous people living in the earliest permanent villages in North America. Cane Patch likely served as an important place for new villages to maintain wider social networks #archaeology
We know him!
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We know him!
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New publication out by one of our PIs, @archaeojake.bsky.social!! #archaeology @psuanthro.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New publication out by one of our PIs, @archaeojake.bsky.social!! #archaeology @psuanthro.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social
New publication out by one of our PIs, @archaeojake.bsky.social!! #archaeology @psuanthro.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New publication out by one of our PIs, @archaeojake.bsky.social!! #archaeology @psuanthro.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social
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September 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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