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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 6d

🔥 Next #LEXA Seminar!
Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times.
🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 5d

From #Ferrara2025 to… #Faro2030! 🎉
We’re excited that #ICArEHB – Univ. Algarve will host the 12th International Conference on the #Mesolithic in Europe. For the 1st time, #MESO comes to Portugal 🇵🇹 Algarve awaits! ☀️

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ERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 15d

The ERC Project MATRIX explores one of the big questions in our past: how Neanderthals disappeared as modern humans spread across Europe. Meet the team behind it and learn more about our research on sediments, ancient DNA, proteins, lipids & human evolution
👉 matrix.icarehb.com

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Lucy Timbrell @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social · 15d

We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎

There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.

You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...

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TraCEr, at MONREPOS, LEIZA @tracer-leiza.bsky.social · Jul 15

Mechanical experiments are in progress at TraCEr by @eduardopaixao.bsky.social, testing the impact of different raw materials on the crushing of raw tubers.
This study is part of broader research on early human behavior and percussive tool use at the Acheulean site of Melka Wakena, Ethiopia

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Aug 28

📰 Underwater #archaeology in Denmark uncovers an 8,500-year-old Mesolithic coastal settlement, swallowed by rising sea levels

#ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Settlement swallowed by rising sea levels discovered after 8,500 years

Animal bones and stone tools have been uncovered by divers so far

www.independent.co.uk

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Aug 26

Human delivers an unusually clear picture of Homo sapiens as a species shaped by climate, animals, plants, other hominins and the interactions of its own nomadic groups. Bethan Ackerley is enthralled

Exploring humanity's ancient origins in fantastic new BBC documentary

Human delivers an unusually clear picture of Homo sapiens as a species shaped by climate, animals, plants, other hominins and the interactions of its own nomadic groups. Bethan Ackerley is enthralled

www.newscientist.com

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thousands of ancient bronze offerings… deliberately smashed. Why? We’re on a mission to find out – and now we have 3 more years to do it. 💪
#leizarchaeology #archaeology #research #olympia

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humendylab.bsky.social @humendylab.bsky.social · Aug 16

Back to Armenia, back to Dalarik-1 Cave, with a large international team from Armenia, Spain, Israel, Greece, France, Portugal, Italy & beyond! Let the excavation of this unique Middle Pleistocene site start! 🎉 #TransCause @humendylab.bsky.social

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João Marreiros @jmarreiros.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.publico.pt/2025/07/22/c... Excelente artigo do @ricardomgodinho.bsky.social! É exactamente isto quando nos perguntam sobre a relevância da Arqueologia e do conhecimento sobre o nosso passo!

@icarehb.bsky.social

Sou português, europeu, africano, asiático e do mundo

Somos uma clara mistura de povos e culturas. Muitos passaram por cá e nós também vamos mundo fora, no passado e ainda hoje (os dados da ONU de 2024 reportam 1,8 milhões de emigrantes portugueses).

www.publico.pt

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Springer Nature @springernature.com · Jul 18

Humans may have been making tools from whale bones up to 20,000 years ago, says OA research in @natcomms.nature.com. Their discovery helps broaden understanding of early human use of whale remains and provides snapshot of ancient whale ecology: spklr.io/63328BERzp

#Palaeontology 🧪🦴

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David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · Jul 19

Did you ever ask why people used so many different rocks in their tasks?
If you had this question in your mind, go and check my new paper with my colleagues. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

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David Nora @norarch.bsky.social · Jul 14

My first paper of the PhD is out, we talk about Mobility and lithic technology at Ararat-1 Cave in Armenia. We also talk a bit about 👻 tools. Are you curious? Go and check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 3

Link to the study in Science Advances: doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

doi.org

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · Jul 11

SPECIAL LIVESTREAM in 4 hours at 5pm UK/noon EDT

We'll take a glimpse at my Dad's old lab at the Old Stone Age institute, used to process finds from several excavations of Neandertal sites

I'll share stones, bones, and stories from his career

www.youtube.com/live/_ziPB2j...

Secrets from the Old Stone Age Lab: Stones, Bones, and More

Behind-the-scenes from the Old Stone Age Lab used by my dad, Dr Harold Dibble, for two decades to process archaeological materials from several excavations of Neandertal sites. We'll look at some st...

www.youtube.com

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 11

LEIZA Publications – our new book series!
Discover cutting-edge #archaeology: monographs, edited volumes & conference proceedings – #openaccess on Propylaeum. Bridging archaeology with other disciplines to better understand human behavior & social systems across time and space.

👉 bit.ly/46HeeyC

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · Jul 7

Postdoc in Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology
Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB!
Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...

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TraCEr, at MONREPOS, LEIZA @tracer-leiza.bsky.social · Jul 4

We were thrilled to have Areti, a PhD student from Leiden University, at TraCEr for the last three weeks to document post-depositional modifications on flint before and after freeze-thaw cycles using the LSCM. Hope to see you soon again, Areti!

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 3

#Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago. Groundbreaking discovery by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and the LDA in Saxony reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals:
idw-online.de/de/news854632

#archaeology #paleolithic #prehistory

Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago

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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 3

New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

www.science.org

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Ana Abrunhosa @anaabrunhosa.bsky.social · Jun 27

📣 New paper out!
Exciting finds from Abri du Maras (Layer 6): fire use, bone breakage, tool-making & raw material strategies from MIS 7, shedding light on early Neanderthals.
Proud to be part of this work!
🔗 rdcu.be/etHMN
#archaeology #palaeolithic

Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France)

rdcu.be

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · Jun 26

New genomic research suggests Çatalhöyük was a female-centered society. The discovery builds on past archaeological theories and evidence like this "mother goddess" statue. 🏺🧪

Ancient 'female-centered' society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early agricultural societies.

www.livescience.com

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João Marreiros @jmarreiros.bsky.social · Jun 24

Don’t miss this opportunity, join us in @icarehb.bsky.social and work with @tomosproffitt.bsky.social on this great project!

ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · Jun 24

🔍 Postdoc in Palaeolithic Archaeology
Join the #ERC Starting Grant #WRAP – Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments project at ICArEHB! We're exploring human prehistory through fieldwork, machine learning, and interdisciplinary research.
🔗 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · Jun 24

🔍 Postdoc in Palaeolithic Archaeology
Join the #ERC Starting Grant #WRAP – Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments project at ICArEHB! We're exploring human prehistory through fieldwork, machine learning, and interdisciplinary research.
🔗 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...

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