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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 1d

The recording from the #HEASSeminar with @benceviola.bsky.social is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 2d

@philipnigst.bsky.social introducing @benceviola.bsky.social as part of the #HEASSeminar taking place online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at now

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 6d

We are looking forward to welcoming @benceviola.bsky.social back to Vienna for the first #HEASSeminar in the 2025-2026 series in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic.

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HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS

As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic Bence Viola from the University of Toronto will give a talk on Teeth, Genes, and Taxonomy – fifteen years of Denisovan discov...

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 7d

So excited to announce the lineup of speakers here @heasvienna.bsky.social for the 2025/6 academic year! We have some outstanding speakers for our three seminar series in Archaelogical Science, Ancient Genomics and Human Evolution & the Palaeolithic. All hybrid! Register now at HEAS.at

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Philip R Nigst @philipnigst.bsky.social · 9d

Wonderful HEAS Road Trip to Willendorf, Nussdorf and Traismauer! - We explored the prehistoric and Roman archaeology of the Traisen and Wachau valleys.
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 22d

The recording from the #HEASTalk with #CésarMéndez and #AmaliaNuevo-Delaunay on Discontinuous archaeological records and the peopling of West Patagonia is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

Discontinuous archaeological records and the peopling of West Patagonia

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 23d

#CésarMéndez speaking at the #HEASTalk taking place now online and in-person @univie.ac.at. He and #AmaliaNuevo-Delaunay are talking about ‘Discontinuous archaeological records and the peopling of West Patagonia’

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 26d

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 26d

HEAS Member @philipnigst.bsky.social has been awarded an FWF grant for the project “Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe”

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HEAS Member awarded FWF grant for project “Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe” - HEAS

HEAS Team Leader Philip R. Nigst has been awarded an FWF Principal Investigator grant for his project REMO (Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe) along with collaborators Marjolein D. Bos...

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Publication!

New Article by #HEASVienna members #MuhammadBilalSharif, #KonstantinaSaliari, #GüntherKarlKunst and #ElmiraMohandesan et al.

Late Iron Age and Roman equine breeding north of the Alps: Genetic insights and cultural implications

#HEASPublications

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a horse skeleton being excavated by three researchers

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Sep 2

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You, Robot: Experiencing Robotics First-Hand at General Laser #HEASBlog

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Sep 2

We have a new #HEASBlog on our website!

Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.

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You, Robot: Experiencing Robotics First-Hand at General Laser - HEAS

By: Dominik Hagmann As part of the University of Vienna’s course “AI and Interdisciplinary Research” held at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in the summer term of 2025, students from diver...

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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · Aug 30

We had a lovely time at ISBA in Torino and almost managed to gather everyone from Vienna in one pic @heasvienna.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @katerinad.bsky.social

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Aug 7

Also available on spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6dje...

Episode 9: Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, Archaeology and Geometric Morphometrics

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Aug 7

The HEAS Podcast is back!

In this episode we meet with @marcel-weiss.bsky.social and @aurelienmounier.bsky.social to talk about Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, Archaeology and Geometric Morphometrics and more!

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Episode 9: Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, Archaeology and Geometric Morphometrics

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Maximilian Piniel @mpiniel.bsky.social · Jul 28

Last week, Thorsten Jakobitsch and I @oeai.bsky.social @uhaunivienna.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social presented our current research at the 20th conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany #IWGP2025 in #Groningen (Netherlands).

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 24

New Publication!

New Article from #HEASVienna members #HinHuang, #JosefHackl and Martin Kuhlwilm @kuhlwilm.bsky.social on 'Decoding genomic landscapes of introgression'

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Decoding genomic landscapes of introgression. - HEAS

Huang, X., Hackl, J., Kuhlwilm, M., 2025. Decoding genomic landscapes of introgression. Trends in Genetics. Abstract Genomic landscapes of introgression provide valuable information on how different e...

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palarchgroup.bsky.social @palarchgroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

Today @palarchgroup.bsky.social's Samuel Kasemann defended his Master dissertation @univie.ac.at on raw material economy at the Upper Palaeolithic sites Grub-Kranawetberg I & II. Big congratulations to Samuel 🎉
@uhaunivienna.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social @philipnigst.bsky.social

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Martin Fera @archaeosphera.bsky.social · Jul 18

Wonderful, thanks to @heasvienna.bsky.social my colleague Doris Jetzinger @dshcs.bsky.social and I @nhmwien.bsky.social can continue our work on OSL-dating of archaeological features from Austria. Many thanks!

HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 18

1. #DorisJetzinger and Martin Fera @archaeosphera.bsky.social for:

Time is of the essence Establishing combined (p)OSL profiling and dating of archaeological features with unclear chronological contexts in Austria

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Matthias Hoernes @matthiashoernes.bsky.social · Jul 18

We are deeply grateful for the funding. To celebrate this, some photos from San Chirico Raparo. One of the Lucanian tombs there contained this extravagant black-gloss fountain model, and they also had an abundance of lead barbecue equipment that we are going to analyse. #Archaeology 🏺 #AcademicSky

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 18

More information on the #HEASSeedGrants on our website

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HEAS Seed Grants - HEAS

Our HEAS Seed Grant initiative will support pilot projects that will induce more collaborative work in our network. We want to keep it simple and unbureaucratic. Applications for the HEAS Seed Grants ...

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 18

4. @peregx9.bsky.social, #ViolaSchmid and #SusannaSawyer for:

A Flexible Open-Access In-Solution Capture Design for Paleogenomics

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 18

3. #AlexandraRodlerRørbo, #MathiasMehofer and @matthiashoernes.bsky.social for:

Tracing Lead Provenance in Inland Basilicata: First Isotope Analysis of Lucanian Lead Objects from the Agri Valley

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 18

2. #AnastasiaPapadogianni, @katerinad.bsky.social and @barbarahorejs.bsky.social for:

Dental calculus as a palaeodietary tool: application to the Early Neolithic of Greece

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 18

1. #DorisJetzinger and Martin Fera @archaeosphera.bsky.social for:

Time is of the essence Establishing combined (p)OSL profiling and dating of archaeological features with unclear chronological contexts in Austria

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