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Meir Orbach

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Zooarchaeology Taphonomy Prehistory Nature Postdoc at @uonclassarch.bsky.social‬ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meir-Orbach

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Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations Gabriele!

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · 14d

It is thanks!

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · 14d

Presenting our Fallow deer research at #ESHE2025

Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

#zooarchaeoloy

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · 22d

📢New paper out in Quaternary Science Reviews!
Zooarchaeological results from our new excavations at Tabun Cave, one of the most iconic Paleolithic sites in the Levant💡
🦌Fallow deer bone beds in Tabun Cave Layer B: Insights from renewed fieldwork
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Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Sep 2

I feel exactly the same! Really enjoying chatting about caves, carnivores and extictions. Looking forward to working together!

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Aug 21

My first british 🦊

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jul 22

I hope fallow deer aging is legit contribution..

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jun 24

💡5/5
Our results based on both abundance and age profiles, indicate a lack of selectivity in fallow deer hunting. We suggest that Paleolithic hunters exhibited a preference for open biomes—demonstrating a patch preference rather than a prey preference.

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Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jun 24

4/5
tooth wear stages with crown height measurements.
This integrated method allows for a more accurate and replicable division between prime and old adult cohorts.
We believe additional data would significantly enhance this, and we encourage you to publish more.

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Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jun 24

🦷3/5
Existing methods for distinguishing prime-aged fallow deer from old individuals are inconsistent and ambiguous. This boundary is crucial for interpreting hunting selectivity. We refined the aging approach by combining Bowen et al.’s (2016) fallow deer-specific

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Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Fallow deer are the 2nd most common prey in Middle Paleolithic sites in the southern Levant. It was long assumed they were deliberately hunted—especially prime-aged individuals, a marker of advanced human hunting skills.
But were they?

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧵1/5
📢 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science!
We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

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Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social · May 3

There is a job opening (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2 years, 100%) in my new VW project on the macro-evolution of Pleistocene technological ecosystems in Europe: ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunitie...

Deadline 25.05.2025

Please distribute widely!
🏺🦣

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Apr 16

It is like a cervid-bovid hybrid. So cool!

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Apr 10

📢Job alert!

W3 (Full) Professorship in Human Ecology at the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tübingen.

⛓️‍💥 berufungen.uni-tuebingen.de

Deadline for applications: May 22, 2025 🗓

Please share and repost 🙏🏼 🤩

For questions please contact Prof. Harvati.

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Apr 9

Congratulations Marion!

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · Apr 7

Come and join us at #Nottingham! New ArchSci labs and a fabulous heritage science network across the university gives access to all sorts of lovely kit for materials science. If you’re collaborative with exciting research ideas, get in touch!

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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Laboratory for the Study of Human Cultural Evolution @hcelab.bsky.social · Feb 22

📣 The next season is on its way! This September we are going back to Tajikistan to excavate the Middle and Upper Paleolithic layers at Soii Havzak rockshelter!
We are looking for volunteers!
Be in touch with us if you are interested! ⛏️🐾🦴

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Jan 20

Knock yourself out!

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Dec 27

Very sad news.

Mark Grabowski @markgrabowski.bsky.social · Dec 26

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Dec 21

Will be happy to be added thanks!

Meir Orbach @meirzooarch.bsky.social · Dec 1

Great idea! I will be happy to join too.
Thanks!

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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Dec 1

I’ve created a starter pack for #zooarchaeology and #biomolecular archaeology for all periods. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/Nv8XE4r 🦣🧪🏺🦴🦷