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BAG Österreich @bagoesterreich.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 It’s hard to believe – the BAG is celebrating its 10th anniversary on 23 October 🎉

The programme is already set, to help us organize, we kindly ask you to register via [email protected]
or by
forms.gle/ZF32aJFfikoF...

We’re looking forward to a fantastic anniversary party with all of you!

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BAG Österreich @bagoesterreich.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎉 Save the Date! 🎉

The Bioarchaeological Society of Austria is turning 10!
We warmly invite you to celebrate with us at the

10-Year Anniversary of the Bioarchaeological Society of Austria

🗓 Thursday, 23 October 2025
📍 Georg-Coch-Platz 2, Vienna

More details to follow – stay tuned!

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Ancient Greek cup in the shape of a cow’s hoof! 🐂

A novelty wine cup for use at drinking parties some 2,500 years ago?! 🥴

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a terracotta red-figure drinking cup, the lower part of which is in the shape of a cow’s hoof. The upper part of the cup is cylindrical with a single handle and outsplayed rim. Around the upper part of the cup is a detailed scene depicting a seated herdsman, with two cows, a dog and a hare. My photo shows the side of the cup depicting the herdsman and a cow. The figures are orangey-red against a black background. The lower part of the cup is hoof shaped and coloured orangey-red with faint vertical black brush strokes. Height of cup 10.3 cm.

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jul 17

We have a new #HEASBlog on our website.
#HEASVienna members @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social and @nisaiduna.bsky.social discuss their @univienna #kinderuni course Exploring Ancient Foodways – An archaeological journey into Roman dietary habits at Kinderuni Wien 2025.
www.heas.at/activities/b...

Sample table laid out with Roman artifacts

Nisa presenting on vegetables to the participants

Nisa holdin up a pottery shard for the participants

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BAG Österreich @bagoesterreich.bsky.social · May 5

🌾 On 6 May, 18:30 CEST, join Ferran Antolín @dai-weltweit.bsky.social for his #NeuBioArch talk:
“Tells and pile-dwellings: diverse insights into early agricultural and foraging practices in northern Macedonia (6th and 5th millennia BC)”
📍 Free & online
🔗 Details: bag.or.at/event/

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BAG Österreich @bagoesterreich.bsky.social · Apr 1

Excited to announce the new #NeuBioArch talk!
On Tue, April 8 6:30 PM, @andreasgheiss.bsky.social , S. Wiesinger @oeai.bsky.social and P. Trebsche @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social speak on “Archaeobotany of the La Tène Period in Eastern Austria” Join us on-site or online! Info: bag.or.at/event/archae...

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Dominik Hagmann @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social · Apr 1

I’m thrilled to share some exciting news: Today I started my new position as Curator of Roman Archaeology at the State Collection of Lower Austria | @unikrems.bsky.social – I look forward to the journey ahead and to contributing to the rich archaeological #heritage of #Carnuntum and beyond!

Cast-iron pillar with an elaborately styled capital, originally part of the structural system of the former tobacco factory in Hainburg, now integrated into the museum depot of the State Collections of Lower Austria (Landessammlungen Niederösterreich) at the Kulturfabrik Hainburg. The ornamental column exemplifies late 19th-century industrial architecture, blending functionality with classical design elements.

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Dominik Hagmann @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thrilled to announce that our comprehensive digital archaeological dataset from the go!digital 3.0 project #IUENNA is now accessible via #ARCHE! Explore detailed records across the whole #Jauntal in #Carinthia and beyond. This project was funded by @oeaw.bsky.social

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Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies @dshcs.bsky.social · Mar 6

Marvelous pictures of the recording of episode 18 of Doctor it! as always by @dchr.is Thank you!

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Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies @dshcs.bsky.social · Mar 6

Balancing co-authorship ➡️ Doctor it!
Tune in when @nisaiduna.bsky.social & @janabernhard.bsky.social from @univie.ac.at talk about navigating hierarchies, dealing with challenges & benefitting from contributing to publications.
#PhdSky #AcademicSky
Tune in 🎧
dshcs.univie.ac.at/en/activitie...

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BAG Österreich @bagoesterreich.bsky.social · Mar 3

Last week, a #conference on the 'Research History of #Archaeology in Austria' took place @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social. A particular highlight was the presentation by our newest #BAG member, Max Piniel, on the research history of #archaeobotany. A fascinating insight into an important #bioarch topic! :)

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Dominik Hagmann @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social · Feb 2

Thrilled to share the newly published Festschrift honoring Prof Günther Schörner on the occasion of his 65th birthday, recently presented at the Department of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna

@propylaeum.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at
#ikavienna #univie

Find it at doi.org/10.11588/pro...

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BAG Österreich @bagoesterreich.bsky.social · Jan 23

We’re excited to announce that @bagoesterreich.bsky.social is now on @bsky.app 🎉 At the same time, we warmly welcome our newly elected board! Stay tuned for updates on our work and projects 🌟 #BAG #NewBoard #Welcome #Bluesky @andreasgheiss.bsky.social @nisaiduna.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Jan 23

New Publication!

New Article by #HEASVienna member #SylviaKirchengast et al. on 'Effect of Month of Birth on Mean Birth Length in Austrian Newborns Born Between 1984 and 2021'

#HEASPublications

www.heas.at/research/pub...

Effect of Month of Birth on Mean Birth Length in Austrian Newborns Born Between 1984 and 2021 - HEAS

Waldhoer, T., Kirchengast, S., Yang, L., 2024. Effect of Month of Birth on Mean Birth Length in Austrian Newborns Born Between 1984 and 2021. American Journal of Human Biology 36, e24146. Introduction...

www.heas.at

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Nisa Iduna Kirchengast @nisaiduna.bsky.social · Jan 23

The Austrian Bioarchaeological Society is now on @bsky.app! Check it out and follow @bagoesterreich.bsky.social 🦴📚 #bioarchaeology #science #archaeology #osteology #archaeobotany #archaeozoology
bsky.app/profile/bago...

bsky.app

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Nisa Iduna Kirchengast @nisaiduna.bsky.social · Jan 13

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Nisa Iduna Kirchengast @nisaiduna.bsky.social · Jan 13

We’re excited to invite you to tomorrow’s #NeuBioArch lecture by Sylvia Kirchengast and @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social @univie.ac.at!
They will delve into the #interdisciplinary research on the human remains from ancient Ovilava. Join us in person @oeai.bsky.social or online

Vortrag “Die Toten von Ovilava — ein römerzeitliches Gräberfeld aus einer interdisziplinären Perspektive” von Sylvia Kirchengast und Dominik Hagmann (Reihe NeuBioArch) | Bioarchäologische Gesellschaft...

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Nov 29

We have put together a Starter Pack to connect you with #HEASVienna members and partner institutions who are now on Bluesky.

Please feel free to share!

go.bsky.app/5WNwafC

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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Nov 19

Our Special Issue is out, fully #openaccess in PaleoAnthropology! 7 studies integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology, alongside an extensive introduction on challenges/potentials. Guest editors
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴
tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · Nov 17

ooh, i was just thinking about this 🧪 meme!

here's my contribution for zooarchaeology papers 🏺🦴

meme format showing the "Types of zooarchaeology papers" with a row of 12 papers

1: A new theory about domestication?
2. Sharing is caring: hte butchery and distribution of animal carcasses in XYZ
3. How these bones got here is really cool! Statistics prove it
4. Contra Smith 1980, these bones are worthless due to taphonomy
5. Read this, it's about ancient Cliimate change (with a confusing graph)
6. We studied so many bones. They tell us new things about animal-human interactions. Bonus: can you guess our methods?
7. Big data paper: bones from hundreds of published sites reveal nothing new, or not!?
8. Ancient DNA answers all! Come at me bone people! (image shows many different colored arrows on a map)
9. Geometric morphometrics show subtle tooth variation in animal populations. Better than measurements, cheaper than DNA!
10. Ritual treatment of bones is just weird
11. BREAKING: Animals ate food and moved around. We studied so many isooptes from one tooth
12. Integrate bones with other evidence to magically answer all! (fig: multivariate stats combine all your data. Sit back and watch)

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · Nov 15

#Archaeology in Germany and Austria Starter Pack!

go.bsky.app/7cUsMi4

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · Nov 12

This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs

Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives

@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Nov 12

New discovery: The discovery of a horse cemetery of the #Roman cavalry fort in Bad Cannstatt has been made public. The horses were buried northeast of the fort.

via Instagram denkmalpflege_bw
Photo: S. Roth/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg

🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

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archaeoINK - Jona Schlegel @jonaschlegel.com · Nov 10

Hi Bluesky friends! If you're interested in digital archaeology, I've put together a list of folks in the field to follow. If you're an archaeologist who posts about digital tools, techniques, or projects and want to be included, just let me know, and I'll add you.

go.bsky.app/AHnKjhD

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