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Guilhem Mauran @guilhemmauran.bsky.social · May 23

Already second week at Boomplaas Cave with @justinpargeter.bsky.social.
First week launched the season with introduction to the dig and a rock art tour for the students.
@leakeyfoundation.org @umr5608traces.bsky.social

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thank you!

Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Mar 21

Do you have a link to register for the talk?

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Erella Hovers @ehovers.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Mar 17

Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...

#Archaeology #Stonetools

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · Mar 13

🎉 Exciting news from the Cultural Evolution Society 🎉

We're launching the ACE Curricular Awards this spring to boost cultural evolution education! There are two award categories (more below)

culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...

2025 ACE Curricular Grants Announced - Cultural Evolution Society

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Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our latest work from the open-air Stone Age landscape of Jojosi on new absolute ages - this is something for the luminescence nerds! 🤓 gchron.copernicus.org/articles/7/5... #archaelogy #SouthAfrica #geology #luminescence #geography #dating

A direct comparison of single-grain and multi-grain aliquot luminescence dating of feldspars from colluvial deposits in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Abstract. The erosional landscape of the Jojosi dongas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, exposes accretionary slope deposits that preserve important geological and archaeological information. This lands...

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Mar 12

Excellent talk, thanks for hosting it

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · Mar 12

Job alert!
@katerinad.bsky.social and I are looking for an archaeologist/archaeological scientist to join us on a 4 year post-doc, helping to manage and participate in field and lab work on 2 ERC grants in our group. We would love to hear from you via the link! 👇
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Mar 8

There have been at least 20 mass resignations from scientific journals since 2023. What’s going on?

Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse

Publishers want to put out more papers with less editorial staff, all while charging scientists more to publish. Editors have had enough.

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Mar 7

I join you today across the ocean

Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Feb 18

Reach out if interested in reviewing this @barpublishing.bsky.social volume on raw material selection and Clovis fluted points for Lithic Technology

www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

The Influence of Lithic Raw Material Selection on Regional Morphological Variability of Clovis Fluted Points

Clovis was once considered to be the first universal lithic technology to evolve in North America, occurring between 11,050 to 10,800 radiocarbon years before present (14C yr BP). These early hunter-g...

www.fulcrum.org

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Feb 5

You’re welcome, Julia! We will have to have you back to the site for a trip down memory lane. Judy and Janette have spent quite a bit of time with us at the site and it’s been delightful!

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Jan 23

A short video by the talented @piepergrantham.bsky.social showcasing the amazing student stories behind the 2024 Boomplaas Cave excavations youtu.be/sK9m0vvNTwA?...

Boomplaas Excavation and Student Stories 2024

YouTube video by Justin Pargeter

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Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social · Jan 23

Are you studying technological complexity in #archaeology? If so, here is an open call for a Special Issue on 'Technological Complexity & Archaeological Interpretation in the Deep Past' which I am co-editing in JAMT! More information here or contact me! link.springer.com/collections/... - Pls share!

Technological Complexity and Archaeological Interpretation in the Deep Past

Complexity has been both an integral but also heavily debated concept within anthropology and archaeology since the disciplines' professionalization in the ...

link.springer.com

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Jan 8

What about an exerpt from Rathje and Murphy’s Rubbish! Book: www.thriftbooks.com/w/rubbish-th...

Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage book by Cullen Murphy

Buy a cheap copy of Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage book by Cullen Murphy. It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the pa...

www.thriftbooks.com

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Jan 5

Hey Robyn, just a heads up looks like someone hacked your account and is sending PMs about cryptocurrency.

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Jan 5

Top of the 2025 reading list

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Dec 4

Fascinating work and really exciting results. Could something similar be done with the global distribution of Mancala-like games?

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Julien Riel-Salvatore @julienrs.bsky.social · Nov 28

🧪 New paper alert! 🏺

Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis.

This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6

View of Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis

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John Murray @kabweordie.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hey everyone! I figured I should do a quick introductory post. I am a PhD candidate in archaeology 🏺 at Arizona State University and a OYO faculty member at Glendale Community College in biological anthropology.

I am broadly interested in lithic technology and early Homo sapiens archaeology 1/5

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Justin Pargeter @justinpargeter.bsky.social · Nov 23

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture

Although cumulative culture is a hallmark of hominin evolution, its origins can be traced back to our common ancestor with chimpanzees. Here, we investigated the evolutionary origins of chimpanzee cum...

www.science.org

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Carl Feagans @cfeagans.bsky.social · Nov 21

Catch @jwhoopes2.bsky.social on the Elevated Thoughts Podcast as he describes some of the 19th century origins of modern pseudoarchaeology: Atlantis, aliens, and archaeology.

open.spotify.com/episode/3SVD...

Atlantis, Aliens & Archaeology: John Hoopes Takes on Pseudoscience & Misinformation | Ep. 39

Elevated Thoughts · Episode

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John Murray @kabweordie.bsky.social · Nov 18

Keokuk chert handaxe 🏺

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