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Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ @arduq.bsky.social · 12d

Our recent paper gets online attention 😊

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 12d

For #FindsFriday, here are some shell, stone and shark tooth beads and pendants from a Neolithic grave at Wadi Nafūn, Oman.
These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.

Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Several beads and pendants of varying colours and shapes, made from stone, shell and shark teeth.

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Dr. Roman Garba @romangarba.bsky.social · 29d

It is finally OUT! 🎉 My book "HINTERLAND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT NOMADS: Trilith Stone Structures of Southeastern Arabia" was published by @archaeopress.bsky.social Book is the first dedicated study of these enigmatic 2000-year-old ritual monuments.

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Dr. Roman Garba @romangarba.bsky.social · Aug 16

Very sad news today. Anthony E. Marks has passed away. He conducted pioneering prehistoric research in the Nile Valley, the southern Levant and Arabia, producing seminal works on the Palaeolithic. In 2023, aged 85, he still joined the @arduq.bsky.social excavations in Dhofar, Oman. Rest in peace.

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Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ @arduq.bsky.social · Aug 16

New publication is out 🎉 from ARDUQ team! Nicknamed as "bone midden" in Nafun north of Duqm revealed incredible finds! Research is led by Betka Danielisova @czechacademy.bsky.social

The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ

The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman

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Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ @arduq.bsky.social · May 17

Hello Bluesky world! Moving from X Arduq_Arabia!

two skeletons are sitting on top of a box that says blue sky

ALT: two skeletons are sitting on top of a box that says blue sky

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Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ @arduq.bsky.social · May 17

Photo from Duqm 😊

New Scientist @newscientist.com · Apr 6

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented from scratch.

A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented from scratch

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Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ @arduq.bsky.social · May 17

One of the use cases is from Duqm 😊

Archaeometry @archaeometry.bsky.social · Apr 11

This paper will be in our forthcoming #Lithics special issue: What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#EarlyView #OpenAccess

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Dr. Roman Garba @romangarba.bsky.social · Apr 22

Today, we opened in collaboration with MHT and SEZAD an exhibition in Duqm // Archaeological Heritage of Al-Wusta Governorate // to disseminate our research results with the local community. @ltuarchaeology.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

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Czech archaeological expedition ARDUQ @arduq.bsky.social · May 17

Congrats 👏🎉 @archaeoman.bsky.social @pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social

Stephanie Döpper @archaeoman.bsky.social · Mar 4

🏺🧪📃New paper is out from the HERDS project! 🪨🐑🥬🇴🇲 @pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social @archbot44.bsky.social

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Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A

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