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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 16d

For those of you attending, or interested, in the 11th ICAZ-AGPM meeting (International Council for Archaeozoology-Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) October 14-17 in Copenhagen, the preliminary programme is available on our website! sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Programme

Preliminary programme

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 24d

🚨🚨Today is the last day to register to join us in October!! 🚨🚨 (See further details in the note and link below)!

Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27d

🐑Just a few days left!🐐 Registration for the #ICAZ-AGPM Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group meeting @icaz-news.bsky.social 🐃 is open until ⚠️Monday September 15th⚠️!
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ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration

Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025; the deadline to register is 15 September 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, ...

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27d

🐑Just a few days left!🐐 Registration for the #ICAZ-AGPM Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group meeting @icaz-news.bsky.social 🐃 is open until ⚠️Monday September 15th⚠️!
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ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration

Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025; the deadline to register is 15 September 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, ...

sites.google.com

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 8

For those not at our General Meeting, we have self-nominations for our next Steering Committee open until the end of the month (30 September)! For more details and to nominate yourself: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

With many thanks to @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for overseeing this!

PAASTA steering committee self-nomination

Hello! I am Ismael Rodríguez Palomo, a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. I have volunteered to conduct the formation of the next PAASTA steering committee. We will try to avoid formal elections...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 2

Following a marvelous time at ISBA11 and our PAASTA conference, we're back to sharing the work of our community with you here!

@ipatramanis.bsky.social PAASTA talk from March about PaleoProPhyler a tool for #phylogenies from ancient proteins is now live on our YouTube youtu.be/2gVEQyinL4A

PAASTA Seminar Series - Ioannis Patramanis

YouTube video by PAASTA community

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨Here is your reminder to register by the *15 September* for the 11th ICAZ-AGPM (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) happening the 14-17th of October in Copenhagen!! eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp...

11th ICAZ AGPM Working Group Meeting

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Aug 26

Very excited for the conference (with added excitement for the Taylor Swift coded post 😂❤️‍🔥)

ISBA11 Turin @isba11.bsky.social · Aug 25

ISBA11 starts tomorrow, and we have just one question for you... are you ready for it?

#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #turin #Archaeology #Italy #conference #AreYouReady
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social

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Elisabetta Canteri @ecanteri.bsky.social · Aug 14

🦌 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🦌

Our paper on wild #reindeer and #caribou is out in Science Advances! Thanks to the team: Eric Post, @nmschmidt.bsky.social, Stuart Brown, @noguesbravo.bsky.social and Damien Fordham that co-lead this research.

doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines

Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Aug 6

Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Did you know about the small, wild population of #muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in Sweden? To learn more about their current conservation status, ecosystem services, and latest population inventory, check out our latest paper, published #OpenAccess in Polar Research! doi.org/10.33265/pol...

Figure 2 from Winter et al. (2025) showing the geographical extent of the year-round core area of the Swedish muskox population, with the Norwegian–Sweden border noted in white. The map was made using the software QGIS 3.34.11 based on, and updated from, Nilsson (2014).

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Aug 1

In the words of Taylor Swift, ‘It’s been a long time coming’ and with that, I’m beyond excited to be starting my Marie Curie fellowship on #marineshagreen and historic #elasmobranch exploitation and ecology at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen!

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨✨Reminder that we are hosting a (virtual and in-person) pre-ISBA conference✨✨ on the 26th of August (13:00-17:00 CET) which will include talks from members of our community and the PAASTA Annual General Meeting. Additional details can be found here: paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...

Pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference · PAASTA Community

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Giulia Zampirolo @giuliazamp93.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our latest work is out! Ancient DNA from Danube sturgeon fossils dating back 10,000 years reveals that, despite centuries of decline, some populations have preserved high genetic diversity and ancient lineages. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
@royalsociety.org @lukeeholman.bsky.social

Continuous mitochondrial diversity of Danube sturgeon species over millennia: insights from ancient DNA | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Sturgeons, an iconic group of large fishes inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems, have historically had significant economic and cultural value, particularly prized for their meat and roe (cavia...

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Ben Parker @aquaben.bsky.social · Jul 9

Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year?

These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.

See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Jul 8

Registration is open for the 11th #ICAZ-AGPM meeting taking place this October in Copenhagen! We're looking forward to four days of #archaeozoology #aDNA #morphometrics & #palaeoproteomics.
sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration

Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, certificate of attendance. Registration can be...

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jul 4

The link to registration can also be found on the 'Registration' tab on our webpage: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

ICAZ AGPM 2025

Exploring the Past, Informing the Future: Two Decades of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeozoology

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jul 4

✨REGISTRATION IS OPEN✨ for the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group Meeting taking place this autumn in Copenhagen the 14-17th of October!

eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp...

@icaz-news.bsky.social

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Oceans Past Initiative @oceanspast.bsky.social · Jun 30

A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Jun 26

🍝Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be next week Wednesday 02 July at 15:00 CET! 🍝

@mirandaevans.bsky.social will be presenting "The Proteomics of Pottery: What can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?"

As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jun 23

Come join us in Turin (or virtually) before @isba11.bsky.social kicks off!!

PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨Registration has been opened and a preliminary programme are now available on our website for those of you keen to join us in person or virtually on the 26th of August for the pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference!🍝 paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...

Pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference · PAASTA Community

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jun 16

Always #TeamFish 🐟😉🐟

Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today in the reading room: fish binding! 🐠 (c/o @rachelmwinter.bsky.social )

A dark green Morocco binding with a tooled fish in the center

Detail of tooled fish, which has subtly rainbow coloration

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Jun 12

Last week Meaghan Mackie provided us with an excellent talk about the challenges faced when bridging archaeology and archaeological sciences, fortunately if you missed it, her talk is now available on our YouTube! youtu.be/qZ_RRNPBFO4?...

PAASTA Seminar Series - June 2025: Meaghan Mackie

YouTube video by PAASTA community

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jun 7

Happy to see this out and it was a treat to work with the co-authors involved!

It was also my first time publishing via @pciarchaeology.bsky.social and it's a very clear, transparent, collegial process that I would heartily recommend!

And finally, publish your raw data (please!)!!

PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Jun 7

1/5 New recommendation: Dekker et al. & @zandraselina.bsky.social‬ (2025) Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics. V4 recommended by @PCI_Archaeology doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... #Archaeology #opendata #openscience @paastacommunity.bsky.social‬ #Palaeoproteomics

Figure 2 of the manuscript. Data availability in palaeoproteomics. A) Percentage of ZooMS and shotgun palaeoproteomics studies with available datasets. Preprints and papers that did not produce any data were excluded from this calculation. B) Number of palaeoproteomics datasets in online repositories (since 2010). ´Other´ repositories include Dryad, Figshare, Github, Mendeley Data, and the OSF Framework. The dataset was compiled by manually going through the list of publications compiled for Figure 1 and checking raw data availability. This figure was made in R v.4.4.2. with R Studio v.2024.12.0+ (R Core Team, 2023) using ggplot2 (Wickham, 2016).

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jun 3

For additional findings (I’m sure you want to know more about specific trophic groups and #groupers 😉🐟) and details, be sure to check out our paper!

Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jun 3

By using an isotopic niche space approach to our data, it turns out that modern, indigenous Mediterranean fishes today are consuming a wider array of trophic resources, have less trophic plasticity, and experience higher intra-group competition for trophic resources than their ancient counterparts.

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