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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

We announced the winner of this year's student presentation prize: Javier Salcines-Montana! Congratulations Javier on your fascinating talk about emotion and infant burial in the Bronze Age and Iron Age Iberia
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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

We are delighted to announce that next year @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
conference takes us to Oulu, Finland (June 10th-12th) where we will be hosted by Sanna Lipkin and colleagues

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Kayt Hawkins @kayth.bsky.social · Jul 28

Connecting with people doing amazing & important (usually voluntarily) work aimed at making archaeology safer for all has been such an incredibly inspiring process. Hugest thanks to @archaeocobb.bsky.social & also to all contributors! Out soon www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

Discount book flyer for Documenting Activism, Creating Change, Archaeology and the legacy of MeToo. Code 006120.

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Siân Halcrow @ancientchildren.bsky.social · Jul 31

Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study
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Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study

Medieval teeth reveal how childhood hunger echoes through generations.

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Just because the last session has wrapped, it doesn’t mean that #SSCIP2025 is over. We still have a workshop on isotopes led by Julia Beaumont and Corinne Feuillatre

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Final session of the #SSCIP2025 is happening now 👍🏻

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 26

We’re back for session 5 at the #SSCIP2025. This time the topic is life, and Selene Rodríguez Caraballo is speaking live from the Canary Islands ☀️
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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today's fascinating and sobering keynote by @kalexand.bsky.social @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 26

The second keynote of the #SSCIP2025 is live. @kalexand.bsky.social is going to talk about the history of childhood and polycrisis. Very excited 👏🏻
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Creighton Avery @creightonavery.bsky.social · Jun 26

Kicking off day 2 of @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference with discussions of death (followed quickly by a session on life, don't worry)

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 25

After a good day of sessions it is now time for play with Videnskabsklubben. Dissecting poop, extracting DNA from bananas, making time lines, and much more here at #SSCIP2025
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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our next speaker before tea @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
is Sascha Bjerg Bøgebjerg talking about the Kidlink forum

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 25

After a short break, we are now back for the final session for today at #SSCIP2025. Interesting talks about children’s agency by Sanna Lipkin and Sascha Bjerg Bøgebjerg
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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Now to something more recent @sscipchildhood.bsky.social .....Sanna Lipkin looks at 20th century refugees in Finland

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 25

Session 2 on climate and children at the #SSCIP2025 is well on its way with presentations by Corinne Feuillatre, Csilla Libor and Daria Loznjak Dizdar
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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Joined now virtually @sscipchildhood.bsky.social by Daria Loznjak Dizdar speaking about bronze age and iron age children in river confluence environments

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Creighton Avery @creightonavery.bsky.social · Jun 25

The first @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference session extends from Paleolithic art to modern magazines, with talks from Izzy Washer and Majken Astrup!

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Now exploring life in the Carpathian basin during two climate change events, Csilla Libor @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Now back from a tasty lunch @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
for our first speaker of the afternoon - Corinne Feuillatre speaks about her isotope research on populations in Sudan

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Wow! Our next @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
speaker Majken Astrup tells us about Skalk Junior - a magazine about archaeology aimed at children here in Denmark

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Starting with our first session speaker, Izzy Wisher @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

This year's @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference organiser Prof. Felix Reide welcoming us to this year's conference on the topic of children and climate change

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Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer @mathildevm.bsky.social · Jun 25

We are ready for the first day of #SSCIP2025 here at @aiasdk.bsky.social in Aarhus, Danmark

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

The annual @sscipchildhood.bsky.social conference is under way...

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Starting with our first keynote from Dr Sheina Lew-Levy @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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