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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · 25d

Bit of press on our Amarna find:

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the 'sacred location' of the royal tomb

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved out of a cow's toe, and it may have been used by an ancient "police officer."

www.livescience.com

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Sep 6

New paper alert -- and excited about this one!

Our recent work on the bone technology of Dynastic Egypt identified the first instances of a simple bone whistle at Amarna. Read here:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

First Identification of Bone Whistle‐Use in Dynastic Egypt

Despite over 200 years of intensive academic interest in Pharaonic Egypt, little focus has been given to understanding the production, use, and diversity of the osseous material culture created by th...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Aug 20

New paper out! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya

The spread of food production in sub-Saharan Africa involved multi-directional dispersals of domesticated plant and animal species, often associated with major migrations. The Lake Victoria Basin of e...

journals.plos.org

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ever wondered what the Palaeolithic sounded like? When did music and language begin? Here’s the podcast for you!

Had a great time being part of this project:

www.thresholdpodcast.org/hark-episode...

Hark Episode 13: Part of the Choir

Homo sapiens joined the story of life on Earth just 300,00 years ago. So when and how did we start making music and creating languages? In this episode, we explore these signature sounds and discover...

www.thresholdpodcast.org

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Jul 13

New paper just out in JASR with Marlize Lombard —

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bowhunting in the Magdalenian? A tip cross-sectional area exploration of five antler point types from southwest France

Over the past 40 years, several researchers have suggested that the bow-and-arrow may have been part of the Magdalenian hunting kit. Here, we present …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Jun 25

WAC-10 is all go with many colleagues from everywhere!

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Feb 16

Looks like weaving is off the cards for today….

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Feb 11

The best part of reseach

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · Feb 11

Appreciating the focus on the reality for staff, who are not at fault for this marketised deathspiral and have fought it every step of the way, and universities as a public good. Not a transaction about individual students' future pay cheque, but a good that serves us all.

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial

Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

www.theguardian.com

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Jan 14

a small dog is sitting on a tiled floor in a kitchen

ALT: a small dog is sitting on a tiled floor in a kitchen

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Jan 14

(Guess what my pet project is at the moment 🔎🤓)

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Jan 14

I have just recently discovered that very little work has actually been done on Egyptian material culture… and especially if it’s not made of something shiny!

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Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · Jan 13

Two more days to apply - deadline is Jan 15th!

Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · Jan 3

3) 2.5 yr postdoctoral position in Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution. Together with a palaeogenomics postdoc, we seek to generate material culture data such that we can capture these ancient gene-culture cophylogenetic dynamics international.au.dk/about/profil...

Postdoctoral position in Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · Dec 17

Paola Villa, former Professor at @univbordeaux.bsky.social. Her meticulous critiques and dedication to archaeology made every work session a masterclass, leaving a legacy of trust, learning, and inspiration www.nature.com/articles/s41... @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social

Paola Villa (1939–2024) - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Archaeologist with a wide view of prehistory and a passion for innovative collaboration.

www.nature.com

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Dec 17

Spent two weeks with the Amarna Project looking at fabulous archaeology with great people 🤩

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Nov 27

Spears tipped with a multitude of 🦴 human bone 🦴 bipoints! In the Vanuatu National Cultural Centre

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Nov 27

Reconstructing the chaine operatoire of Rochia bangles — Lapita tech in Vanuatu! In publication soon!

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Jan 8

Back in the office…. “Downloading 1 of 739 emails”

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Dec 19

www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/p...

Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Dec 19

Who were the first humans? How did we evolve? We tackle these big questions for young minds on
@ABCscience 'Imagine this' podcast for kids out tomorrow 20 Dec!

Talking #archaeology #HumanEvolution

abc.net.au/kidslisten/pro…

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Nov 23

Read about the 40,000 year long “Shell-beading traditions at Asitau Kuru (Timor-Leste)” out today!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Martin Porr @martinporr.bsky.social · Nov 16

theconversation.com/humpback-wha...

Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don't protect species for their cultu...

For Australia’s saltwater people, the migration routes of humpback whales represents an important songline

theconversation.com

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · Nov 5

Why #ContextMatters (not only, but particularly) in #archaeology 🏺:

An archaeological artifact without its documented find context is … like an image ripped from a book (and the rest of the pages torn into shreds): something nice to look at, but missing the actual story about it.

Cartoon-style infographic illustrating the importance of archaeological find contexts and emphasising that undocumented unsystematic excavations would destroy this context and lose important information telling archaeologists much more about the past than retrieved objects alone.

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Nov 16

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · Nov 16

Orange volume of bone and tooth tech! Everything you ever wanted to know about Indigenous Australian items but were afraid to ask…

shop.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/...

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