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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

Did you know that WAC-10 World Archaeology Congress (next week) is free for students to attend online? Register here: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/

WAC-10 – Darwin 22-28 June 2025

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Jun 10

Happy to share our new publication which shows the potential of LIBS Mg/Ca mapping to characterise seasonal shellfish foraging practices from Tasmanian limpet shells. 🐚 Led by @fleurking.bsky.social #archsci #sclerochronology @niklashausmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A key to seasonal shellfish exploitation: Elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in Lutruwita (Tasmania) Cellana limpets

The littoral environment has considerable influence on life history traits and patterns of growth in marine molluscs due to changes in water temperatu…

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Apr 16

Huge congratulations to Bohao Dong for pressing the submit button on his PhD today!! 🎉🎉🎉 #ProudSupervisor #sclerochronology #GiantClams #unimelb @laura-m-otter.bsky.social @seanulm.bsky.social

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Chloe Stringer @osteo-clo.bsky.social · Mar 26

It has been exciting watching this paper go from dreams to reality over the last few years. Congratulations Zuorui Liu (Carl) 🎉

Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 26

New paper alert! One for the Dinosaur lovers 🦖🦷

Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology

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The effectiveness of oxygen isotopes in Spinosaurus tooth dentine for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

Oxygen isotope compositions in tooth dentine of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were investigated as a potential proxy for high-resolution reconstructions of …

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 26

New paper alert! One for the Dinosaur lovers 🦖🦷

Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The effectiveness of oxygen isotopes in Spinosaurus tooth dentine for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

Oxygen isotope compositions in tooth dentine of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were investigated as a potential proxy for high-resolution reconstructions of …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congratulations to Bohao Dong on his PhD completion seminar! 🎉🎉🎉 A phenomenal project advancing the possibilities of giant clam shell sclerochronology. Such a lot of hard work and excellent data has gone into this project. #ProudSupervisor @seanulm.bsky.social @laura-m-otter.bsky.social

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ARC COE for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures @ciehf.bsky.social · Mar 7

Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.

🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...

Details : Postdoctoral Fellow, Paleoecology : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 6

One for the mollusc enthusiasts: Vote for the International mollusc of the year 🐚🐌🦪 The winner will have their complete genome sequenced! As a sclerochronologist I am leaning towards Arctica islandica but of course I always have a soft spot for limpets (Cellana) too! moty.senckenberg.science/en/

Home EN - Mollusc of the Year

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 5

love the Wes Anderson stylings!

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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · Mar 5

This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...

The Radiocarbon Dating Process - the Journey of a sample

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 5

Super proud of our PhD researcher Carl Zuorui Liu for giving an awesome PhD completion seminar today - an amazing journey through space and time showcasing the awesome things we can learn using tooth sclerochronology. Well done Carl! 🦷🦣🔬#SciMelb #ProudSupervisor

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Mar 3

ALL RESEARCHERS

❗️Speak up❗️ if you have opinions, critique or ideas on proposed changes to Australian Research Council grants.

Discuss & distill ideas, sure, but to be considered you MUST make a submission ▶️ submit.dese.gov.au/jfe/form/SV_...

It’s EASY!

Answer these questions in the form👇

Screenshot from the ARC Board’s Discussion Paper on the Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program (page 33) listing the questions the standard submission form asks you to address. Black text on white background with a heading “Having your say” on dark blue background at the top.

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Jan 28

Did you know that giant clam shells are excellent high-resolution past climate archives? Check out the first publication from Bohao Dong's PhD! A review of giant clam sclerochronology #ProudSupervisor #palaeoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Advances in giant clam (Tridacnidae spp.) sclerochronology and sclerochemistry as a high-resolution palaeoenvironmental archive

Reconstructions of Quaternary environmental change using high-resolution proxies are important for testing and refining climate models to enable bette…

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ARC COE for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures @ciehf.bsky.social · Dec 18

Did you know that modern-day shells hold clues to life and climates of the past?

To learn more, feel free to check out this latest research paper involving several CIEHF members.

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Chloe Stringer @osteo-clo.bsky.social · Dec 17

2024 has been a rollercoaster of a year, with plenty of highs and lows, but always thankful to be working alongside this awesome team. Can't wait to see what 2025 has in store for the #unimelb sclerochronology team! 🐚

Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 17

A wonderful end of year lunch with the #unimelb Sclerochronology lab - @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social @osteo-clo.bsky.social, Bohao, and Carl - celebrating our various achievements over the past year… of course with shell themed presents too!! 🐚🐚🐚🎉🥳🎉

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 17

A wonderful end of year lunch with the #unimelb Sclerochronology lab - @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social @osteo-clo.bsky.social, Bohao, and Carl - celebrating our various achievements over the past year… of course with shell themed presents too!! 🐚🐚🐚🎉🥳🎉

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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · Dec 10

I will be advertising soon for postdoc positions in geoarchaeology and GIS for my Terraform ERC project, starting at the University of Malta in a few months. More information soon, but message me if interested.

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Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · Dec 10

Who are the pioneers of archaeology?

Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history

Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present

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Three women archaeologists excavating in the early 20th century.

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Fiona Hook @fionahook.bsky.social · Dec 8

New feed for archaeomalacologists on BlueSky.

🐚 The feed is searching for any posts with the following words: archaeomalacology, sclerochronology, shellfish archaeology, shell archaeology, shell midden, shell bead, shell tool.

Let me know what else I can add :) 🐚

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 7

I am very happy to share my PhD student @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social’s first PhD publication! 🐚🐚🎉🎉

Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives

#sclerochronology #unimelb
#ProudSupervisor
@seanulm.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social

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Sclerochronology and oxygen isotope variations in modern Conomurex luhuanus shells: An archive for reconstructing palaeotemperature and shellfish gathering on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

The marine gastropod Conomurex luhuanus is a common component of Holocene archaeological shell deposits in the Western Indo-Pacific region. Oxygen iso…

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 6

a frog is dancing on a checkered floor

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thanks 😀

Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thanks Marta 🥳😀

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Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thank you 😊

Dr Amy Prendergast @amylprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 6

Now it’s official I am stoked to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Professor at #unimelb. Thanks heaps to all who have helped and supported me along the way in my academic and professional journey 🎉🐚🔬🌊🤠

kermit the frog is standing in front of a sign that says " stoked "

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