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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations Brenna!! 👏

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · 12d

AviArch is hiring! archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif... 🦆🦢🪺🐦🏺

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you to everyone who has read and shared our story about the allegations the President of the #EAA supported a campaign pressuring the Executive Board to reverse its Gaza vote.

There is now a #WatchingBrief video with a discussion putting the story in context.

Please Like Share and Subscribe.

EAA President (allegedly) Orchestrated Campaign Against EAA Board!

YouTube video by The Watching Brief

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Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are starting to move an initiative from concerned EAA members, mainly from Spain… if you are/were and are interested to support it, sign and share!

forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...

Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA

Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · Sep 4

European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) executive has made some very poor & shameful decisions

There is an ongoing Israeli state-sponsored genocide in Gaza, at least 60,000 have been killed, all 12 universities have been destroyed, most heritage sites ruined, libraries razed.

Where is EAA?

EAA IN CRISIS AFTER GAZA POLICY U-TURN

The BBC’s political satire “The Thick of It” coined a term for a self inflicted public relations disaster, which only gets worse, an Omnishambles. Now the leading representative o…

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Sep 2

In light of the EAA board’s recent decision, I will no longer be presenting at the conference. I cannot in good conscience support or contribute to an event under these circumstances. I stand in solidarity with Palestinian people. 🏺#EAA2025 blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats

Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…

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Dr Katherine Blouin @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨An asbolute disgrace on the part of the EAA!
"Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity"
cc @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

CALL TO ACTION: EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats

Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…

blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · Aug 15

Final #SINGSábme lecture given by Dr. Betsy Nelson (SMU anthropology and #SINGCanada). Co-authored by me but it's mostly her work: "Decolonizing Paleogenomics and Pathogens: Indigenous led Science and the Power of Storytelling."

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ISBA11 Turin @isba11.bsky.social · Aug 8

In just under 3 weeks, we look forward to welcoming researchers from 40 countries in Turin, Italy for ISBA11

#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #ISBAconference #archaeologicalconference #Turin
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Jul 7

Britta Marakatt-Labba – Moderna Museet i Stockholm

Britta Marakatt-Labba’s embroidered stories depict Sámi life and everyday experiences, but also tell of state oppression and nature under threat from exploitation. In the exhibition “Where Each Stitch...

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David Wengrow @davidwengrow.bsky.social · Jun 29

Since this was published, another month passed.
arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...

Hunger That Defeats Language

“The hunger I’m experiencing now is not what I imagined. It’s not what you imagine, dear reader. It’s not just an empty feeling in your stomach. It’s a numbness that s…

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Jun 27

Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼

“A Network of Mutualities of Being”: Socio-material Archaeological Networks and Biological Ties at Çatalhöyük - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. Ho...

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Jun 26

After many years this is out now, many congratulations to everybody!

Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük

Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Jun 5

Just out! we challenge the long-standing tradition of defining Upper Paleolithic cultures primarily through stone tool artefacts. Instead, we turn to personal ornaments to explore cultural identities during the past shorturl.at/8mxKe @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

Multivariate analyses of Aurignacian and Gravettian personal ornaments support cultural continuity in the Early Upper Palaeolithic

Traditionally, lithic artefacts have served as the principal proxy for the definition of archaeological cultures in the Upper Paleolithic. However, the culture-historical framework in use, constructed...

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · May 15

We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...

Help Gazan students to complete their university degrees

The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Apr 30

📣 Register now for 'Digitisation and fingerwork'

5 May, St John's College
buff.ly/VBW3sWY

Join Tim Ingold (Aberdeen) and the Textile-Digital network for a discussion about preserving millenia-old manual skills for future generations in the light of raising digitisation

Digitisation and fingerwork - CRASSH

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Apr 25

Today in Italy, we also celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Liberation from Nazi-Fascism, which occurred on April 25th, 1945! 💪

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ISBA11 Turin @isba11.bsky.social · Apr 24

We are pleased to announce that the early bird registration deadline has been extended to May 7th!
www.isba11.com/registration/

#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · Apr 16

Oh my goodness.

What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde

The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · Apr 9

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀

Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯

A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛

Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

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Nature Vibes @naturehq.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Apr 6

Must read!

You Don’t Get Trump Without Gaza

Fascism doesn’t just appear. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the anti-genocide movement did just that.

www.thenation.com

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Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · Mar 24

Simon Hoyte's report on the Baka, their forests and the impacts of conservation and development.

For the Baka : "They believe the ultimate way to achieve joy is through sharing. Elders told us: "If the forest is shared properly, everyone will live well.""

phys.org/news/2025-03...

Cameroon's Baka people say they are part of the forest: That's why they look after it

The Congo Basin's hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest.

phys.org

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · Apr 3

"Ancient genetics offers a new suite of data about past people and their worlds, but it is just one source among many that must be tested, twined together and teased apart to make sense of the complexhuman practices that ultimately created the archaeological record." Great work and conclusions!

UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · Apr 2

"Social and Genetic Relations in Neolithic Ireland: Re-evaluating Kinship"
A major contribution to debates on Neolithic kinship, genetic relatedness & monuments like Newgrange. Led by Dr Neil Carlin & Dr Jessica Smyth at UCD Archaeology & international team
Cambridge Arch J

doi.org/10.1017/S095...

Map of Ireland showing location of archaeological monuments discussed in paper

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