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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
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Leverhulme EC Fellow & Proleptic Lecturer, Bristol • JR Fellow, Linacre College, Oxford • past human-environment-climate dynamics, 14C dating & archaeological science
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Mar 21
It's Friday so happy news! Excited to share my new
@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!

Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.

Click and check it out! 👇

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Climate influence on the early human occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene
Nature Communications - Here, the author presents a Bayesian chronological model based in 1700 radiocarbon dates that traces human occupation South America in the late Pleistocene and describes the...
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Radiocarbon @14cjournal.bsky.social · 5d
👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · 5d
🔈Happy Friday and pre-weekend news!

Our paper on the chronology and residue analysis of a key Amazonian archaeological site, Teotônio, has just been published in JAS!

Massive congrats to McKenzie and thanks to all the co-authors for their work on this 🙌

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Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site
Teotônio is a pre-Columbian riverine archaeological site located in southwestern Amazonia, in a region with diverse cultural traditions and linguistic…
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · 7d
🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:

4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July

Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷

Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 23d
PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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University assistant predoctoral 1
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Sep 5
Go Helen!!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
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Helen Fewlass @helenfewlass.bsky.social · Sep 5
Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe

Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉

#HorizonEurope #ERCStG
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4
📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
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Bristol Anthropology & Archaeology @bristolantharch.bsky.social · Jul 25
Time for you to get to know another of our staff members!

Tune in to hear from Stuart Prior, a Professor of Archaeology 📺 Full interview in our IG account (bristolantharch).

Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jul 17
🙌🏽 🙏🏽 🤩
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jul 17
Our Special Issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America, with @lorenabecval.bsky.social, is finally out !! Thanks @archaeometry.bsky.social !!
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Archaeometry @archaeometry.bsky.social · Jul 17
Out now, the special issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America! The eight papers featured in this issue underscore the methodological diversity and interdisciplinary approaches that characterize archaeological science in Latin America.

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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jul 15
Go Dylan!!!!!
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Jul 15
What is the importance of the Pacific in understanding human evolution? 🏺 #Archaeology

Dylan Gaffney explores the Pacific's role in out-of-Africa dispersal, human adaptation to new environments and early seafaring.

Read the prize-winning research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jul 14
📢 Happy to have this paper published today!

Thank you to Loren Davis and the team for their collaboration. Sampling for this work in Baja California was a highlight 🏖️☀️😎

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Geoarchaeology of Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Occupation at the EL Peregrino and Colina Castor Sites on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico
This study presents the geoarchaeological and chronometric analysis of two Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene archaeological sites: El Peregrino (PAIC-88) and Colina Castor (PAIC-91), located on Cedr...
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Dept of Classics & Archaeology, Nottingham @uonclassarch.bsky.social · Jun 26
💥 Job Alert 💥

We’re currently seeking a Heritage Science Technician to join us in the Department of Classics & Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.

Closing date July 24th 2025.

Details here:

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Heritage Science Technician (Fixed term)
Following £1.6 million UKRI-investment in our Archaeological Science Laboratories, we are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to bring specialist technical expertise to our new AHRC-funded cl...
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jun 27
Interested in Archaeological Science in Latin America?

@fransantanas.bsky.social and I edited a @archaeometry.bsky.social issue on this topic.

Thanks to the journal/@chirikure.bsky.social for the opportunity & the amazing authors who contributed!

Check out the intro 👇

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Archaeological science in Latin America
Click on the article title to read more.
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jun 26
Feliz de participar y contribuir! 🙌🏽
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Francisca Santana Sagredo @fransantanas.bsky.social · Jun 25
En este V Taller de Arqueología e Isótopos contaremos con la Dra. Lorena Becerra-Valdivia quién dictará un workshop grautito sobre modelamiento bayesiano y radiocarno en Oxcal! 😃⚛️.
Pronto se abrirán las inscripciones. Ojo que los cupos son limitados !
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · Jun 19
🚨Archaeo-Science Job Klaxon🚨Please Share!
We're hiring an interim Lab Manager here at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Would be esp suited to someone with experience of running Archaeobotany, Human Osteology or Zooarchaeology lab.
£53-64k in a great department.
🏺🧪🦴🌱🔬🦣
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Jun 20
New paper 🚨

Super happy to have contributed this work on 🦌 expansion during the late Quaternary in Brazil. Thanks to the lead, Alex Hubbe, for the collaboration!

Check it out:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Late Quaternary population expansion in gray brocket deer [Subulo gouazoubira (G. Fisher, 1814), Cervidae, Mammalia] in Brazil
There is little information about the changes in the abundance of mammalian species in South America during the late Quaternary, which is a key parameter to understanding past ecological and evolutio....
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · May 22
🚨 Lectureship in Archaeological Science at Belfast!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND779/l...
Lecturer (Archaeological Science) at Queen's University Belfast
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer (Archaeological Science) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · May 14
Teaching fellow in anthropology
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Teaching Fellow in Anthropology at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Teaching Fellow in Anthropology on jobs.ac.uk!
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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · May 14
Assistant professor, Roman Archaeology
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Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Roman Archaeology at University of Birmingham
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Roman Archaeology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · May 15
Brilliant collab paper on horses in the Americas 👇🏽 🐴

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · May 15
From North Asia to South America: Tracing the longest human migration through genomic sequencing | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
From North Asia to South America: Tracing the longest human migration through genomic sequencing
Genome sequencing of 1537 individuals from 139 ethnic groups reveals the genetic characteristics of understudied populations in North Asia and South America. Our analysis demonstrates that West Siberi...
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · May 6
New paper alert 🚨 Led by Joe Hirst from Reading University. Step in and have a look 👇🏽

‘Localised land-use and maize agriculture by the pre-Columbian Casarabe Culture in Lowland Bolivia’

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · May 3
Senior Research Associate (*2)
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PEATSENSE Senior Research Associate - (Europe) at University of Bristol
Apply for the PEATSENSE Senior Research Associate - (Europe) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Dept of Classics & Archaeology, Nottingham @uonclassarch.bsky.social · May 3
💥Last chance to apply for our #archaeology lectureship, in archaeological materials, e.g. #ceramics, #glass, #metals.

Deadline is this Monday (May 5th 2025). Come and join us in #Nottingham!
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Dept of Classics & Archaeology, Nottingham @uonclassarch.bsky.social · Apr 7
💥Job Alert!!💥

We’re seeking to appoint a permanent Assistant Professor of Archaeological Science (materials), following the retirement of Prof. Julian Henderson.

Deadline May 5th 2025.

#Archaeology #archeology #archaeologicalScience 🧪

Full details here: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Assistant Professor in Archaeological Science (Materials)
The Department of Classics and Archaeology seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Archaeological Science (Materials) from 1 September 2025. Following £1.6 million investment from UKRI in our Archa...
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · May 1
Me too! More archys should sign up. It’s been great so far.
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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Apr 30
I’m an archaeologist who has infiltrated a two-day course by the British Society of Soil Science in beautiful Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 So far they seem to accept me.

Apparently the only archaeologist to have ever signed up during its 13-yr run!
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Apr 30
🌎 How did humans respond to the impact of climate change 10,000 years ago?

Dr Lorena Becerra-Valdivia (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduces us to her @leverhulme.ac.uk project which tackles this question head on in a new Arts Matter blog

Read more 👉 bit.ly/42K9bLP

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