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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 10d

I love these little snapshots into human history. An intimate glimpse of how someone lived tens of thousands of years ago

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Archaeologists Found A Rare 30,000-Year-Old Toolkit That Once Belonged To A Stone Age Hunter

An ancient pouch of stone tools brings us face-to-face with one Gravettian hunter.

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 12d

#ESHE2025 featured posters from our team members on Greek sites: Klissoura (Marciani et al.), Megalopoli (Roditi et al.), and Apidima (Lombardo et al.)! 🌍🦴🐵 They couldn’t attend in person, but their work was well represented. 👏

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 12d

#ESHE2025
Katerina Harvati ‘Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence’
2 homs– 2 dates: Ap2: >170 ka (NEA), Ap1 >210 ka (early H sapiens).
Could it be mortuary ritual instead (Otte 2020)?! NO.
Analysis of tapho, homs in fissure! no pebbles, no pigments 😀

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 27

The 2025 excavation season is now officially underway at Apidima in Greece! ⛏️✨️
#excavations #fieldseason #Paleoanthropology

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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!
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Serena Lombardo @serena-lombardo.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thankful for the opportunity to present our research! 😍 #SAA2025

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Serena Lombardo @serena-lombardo.bsky.social · Apr 29

A great opportunity to meet so many inspiring colleagues—thanks to the organizers of the 'Variability within the Aurignacian' session for making it possible! @armandofalcucci.bsky.social @julienrs.bsky.social

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Great to see our PhD student Serena Lombardo presenting at the SAA meeting in Denver! Her talk, “Early Upper Paleolithic Technical Behavior at Apidima (Peloponnese, Greece): Technological Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from Cave C,” highlighted our exciting ongoing research at Apidima! Congrats!🤩

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PreIStoriA @preistoria.bsky.social · Feb 28

On Monday we launched the first PaleolITica meeting, to foster exchange between young researchers in Italian #Palaeolithic lithic technology. It was very productive, thank you to all the participants! shorturl.at/6J9ba @boneslab.bsky.social #archaeology #FlintFriday #FindsFriday🏺

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Davide Delpiano @davidedelpiano.bsky.social · Nov 28

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our joint paper on the Bipolar knapping! An experimental-based approach to define the Bipolar as a systematic method in the Uluzzian
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link.springer.com/10.1007/s125...

Not just a technique! An experimental approach to refine the definition of the bipolar anvil reduction in the Uluzzian - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

The bipolar technique has been widely used across a wide range of prehistoric contexts, from the Lower Pleistocene to the Metal Ages, and is a defining feature of the Uluzzian technocomplex, evident i...

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Jan 15

Excited to be in Ravenna for a #FIRSTSTEPS meeting with many team members! Thank you Bones Lab for having us! 😊

#archeology #teamwork

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BonesLab @boneslab.bsky.social · Jan 15

Brainstorming, networking, and sharing new ideas! Thrilled to have hosted our friends and colleagues for the ERC FIRSTSTEPS midterm meeting – what an inspiring exchange of knowledge and perspectives!
@katharv.bsky.social @harvatilab.bsky.social

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