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Emma Legrand @emmalegrand.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗣️ New paper! 🗣️

The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Aug 25

We are on our way to @isba11.bsky.social 🚅 Ready for a week of archaeology and science
🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕

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Hannah James @toothdetective.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks to the team: @rocksandbones.bsky.social , @christophe-fire.bsky.social, Mélanie Fabre, Patrice Courtaud, Kévin Rey, Marie Balasse and Rainer Grün.

@amgc-vub.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @isoarch.bsky.social

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Hannah James @toothdetective.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our bioavailable strontium baseline for Corsica is out! ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranges from 0.7075 to 0.7169 and was established from 245 plant & soil leachate samples from 125 sites.

Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY
and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw

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The IsoArcH initiative @isoarch.bsky.social · Jul 10

IsoArcH is organizing its first Addithon, a 10-day virtual community event! This event will bring volunteers together from all over the world, to add to this ever-growing open data repository for isotopes from archaeological research.

bit.ly/IsoArcH2025

IsoArcH Addithon 2025

This form is used to sign up for the IsoArcH Addithon to be run from 11-20 August 2025.

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Anneminne Frère @anneminnefrere.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 New paper alert! 📢

I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)

Reconstructing Life Histories: New Insights Into Cremation Practices, Mobility, and Food Consumption Patterns Through Isotope and Infrared Analyses of Petrous Parts and Teeth

This graph shows the strontium results of the individuals from Herstal, Belgium.

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Feb 25

This multiproxy analysis of the large Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg urnfield uncovered social networks! Local mobility and preferential land use was seen and nonadults & women were enjoying different diets than men! 🔥🦴🌿🍖

Dr Barbara Veselka @osteolady.bsky.social · Feb 25

Let’s explore the prehistoric landscapes of the Netherlands: enjoy our open access article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lively landscapes: Sex- and age-related differences in diet and land use characterising a Late Bronze-Early Iron Age community from Tilburg, the Netherlands

The Late Bronze-Early Iron Age (LBA-EIA)urnfield of Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg yielded 229 cremation graves with various features.This large cemetery is a …

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Feb 6

Welcoming our newest postdoc Dr Danaé Guiserix with a morning of mass spec training!

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@toothdetective.bsky.social
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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Jan 6

Massive congrats to @Christophe-fire.bsky.social on winning a VUB Brussel Excellent PhD Supervisor Award. Your support and enthusiasm mean the 🌍 to the team 🔥

@amgc-vub.bsky.social

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Dec 11

The first Belgium’s strontium isoscape is out now!
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!

Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001

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Tessi Loeffelmann @tloeffelmann.bsky.social · Dec 6

For anyone who is interested in cremation in archaeology. Thank you so much to everyone who filled in the survey!
The wonderful Marta Hlad journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Martine, and myself.

Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation

Osteological data, such as biological sex, constitute a base for research in paleodemography and palaeopathology, as well as for understanding past socio-cultural practices. Despite extensive research...

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · Dec 3

At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

A TNG scene. We're in the Enterprise conference room, where Picard is holding a meeting with Data, Troi, and Dr Crusher. Barclay is also there, for unknown reasons. Maybe he wandered into the meeting and just sat down, and everyone was too polite to mention it. That happened to me once. I was visiting an office location I didn't normally go to and I wasn't quite sure which conference room I was supposed to be in. I walked into one and sat down and it took me five minutes to realize I was in the wrong meeting. From the perspective of the people in that room, halfway through that meeting, a stranger walked in, sat next to the boss, took notes for five minutes, then walked out without saying a word.

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Sam Tipper @sntipper.bsky.social · Dec 3

We have 100 bioarchaeologists on the starter list 🤩 great to see so many of us here!
#starterlist #archaeology #osteology #bioarchaeology

go.bsky.app/N5yfURb

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Dec 3

New BB-LAB paper out 👍🏻 Marta Hlad and the team identified and characterised patterns in cremation analysis practices through an online survey of those working on cremated human remains 👇
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation

Osteological data, such as biological sex, constitute a base for research in paleodemography and palaeopathology, as well as for understanding past socio-cultural practices. Despite extensive research...

journals.plos.org

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Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry @amgc-vub.bsky.social · Nov 26

Time & Space! At this years Wetenschapfestival Brussel, our @amgc-vub.bsky.social team presented themes of both archaeology and cosmo chemistry under one roof, presenting samples, creating art, and giving out free (temporary) tattoos 🦷🦴🔥☄️🌘🪨🚀

Well done to the whole team!

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello, we are the Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab, a team based at VUB researching archaeological mobility, diet, health, cremation conditions, plants, animals and more from all around the 🌍 and from the Neolithic to the present. 🦴⚱️🔥🦷🗺👩‍🔬

Follow us and our team here:

go.bsky.app/Cg378Ev

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Hannah Leonard @hannahleonard.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello everyone! A little introduction to myself 🙋🏼‍♀️

I am from the UK originally 🇬🇧 but have spent time in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 doing my masters and am now a second year PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel 🇧🇪

Photo of myself. I am white, have blonde mid-length hair, blue eyes and am smiling with my hand on my chin. I am wearing a white fluffy jumper sat at a brown table with a white background and green plant to my left.

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Hannah James @toothdetective.bsky.social · Nov 18

👋Hello Bluesky, I'm Hannah, a postdoc fellow at @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social, working on unravelling archaeological diets by using stable (δ⁸⁸Sr) & radiogenic (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) strontium isotopes & concentrations in tooth enamel & cremated bones. I'm a big fan of anything isotopic & archaeological! 🦴🦷🔥

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The IsoArcH initiative @isoarch.bsky.social · Nov 17

Just started a new pack for #isotope bioarchaeologists, ecologists and so on.😀🧪

Let me know if you would like to be in/out!

Hope it can help.🙌

go.bsky.app/FpHPMC6

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The IsoArcH initiative @isoarch.bsky.social · Nov 17

🧑‍🔬 Into #isotopic data?
📈 Love #Big #Data?
🆕Meet #IsoArcH v.2.0!

Our brand-new user-friendly platform lets you explore nearly *130,000* standardized isotope-related measurements effortlessly.

Start your data journey today and make IsoArcH your new #research hub!

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Sam Tipper @sntipper.bsky.social · Nov 17

Started up a bioarch starter pack 🤩
Let me know if you want to be added or have suggestions 😊
#archaeology #bioarchaeology

go.bsky.app/N5yfURb

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archaeoINK - Jona Schlegel @jonaschlegel.com · Nov 12

I also started one on Digital Archaeology go.bsky.app/AHnKjhD

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Nov 13

I am absolutely delighted that all my favorite climate scientist colleagues from social media are here on bluesky now. You will not regret following a single one of these smart and committed human beings who are fighting for a better future for us all.

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · Nov 10

Genomics, evolution, and more starter pack!

Help build community with this starter pack.

This list is currently incomplete. Want to be included? Reply and I will remedy that!
go.bsky.app/JjvzkWU

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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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