Do you need to clean your teeth? And if so, how? 🦷 The answer is YES, at least for Pleistocene teeth. Here, we show you why that is the case, and find a couple of good methods: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣 We are seeking a postdoctoral research fellow in ancient metagenomics. Join us at the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu. ⏳ 01.04.2026–31.03.2028 📚 1.0 position 📍 Riia 23b, Tartu, Estonia ℹ️ Project: lnkd.in/dQARuBxM ℹ️ Application: lnkd.in/dFR8DQxH ⏰ Deadline 02.02.2026

Congratulations to Michelle Alexander and colleagues on their new open access book "Landscapes of (Re)Conquest: Frontier Dynamics in Medieval Iberia and Occitania" www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36... featuring isotopic analyses from Michelle & Maite García-Collado from BioArCh 🧪

Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈 @aarc-community.bsky.social

It's already January 2026, and that means we have a new year of #AaRCTikTalks! Join us on January 30th at 3pm CET to attend 2 amazing talks with @tatianafeuerborn.bsky.social and Arianna Weingarten.

1/5🧵 🚨 New open access paper out today🚨 The Demodifier: a tool for screening modification-induced alternate peptide taxonomy in palaeoproteomics. doi.org/10.1371/jour... #palaeoproteomics

Attention all Viking and Medieval specialists! Our brilliant Artefact Technical Specialist, Gareth Perry, has a new paper out titled: Aceramic Revolution? Understanding Technological Continuity and Change in Viking Age England. 🎉 @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0076...

ZooMS helps to identify domesticated sheep and goat at early Neolithic sites in northern Europe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

January is here, and that can only mean one thing: Winter Graduation is just around the corner! 🎓 If you're joining us on campus this week, you'll find all the info you need at: york.ac.uk/graduation We can't wait to celebrate with you!

Are you working on ancient plant DNA? 🌿 We are organising a symposium on Ancient plant genomics at #SMBE2026 in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Join Nathan Wales, Shuya Zhang, Marcela Sandoval Velasco, me, and our fantastic speaker Logan Kistler from the Smithsonian Institution. Help us spread the word!

Why is AAR (Amino Acid Racemisation; by implication #palaeoproteomics) so often overlooked for #geochronology? New paper by @neaarlab.bsky.social, using Bithynia snails 🐌 to date the last 1Ma: 4 new reference sets for climate & Quaternary Science 🌍 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-396

🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨 We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!

Come work with us! #PhD studentship with us on deep sea coral biomineralisation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... based @york.ac.uk with Uni of Bristol; part of ACCE+ DLA accedtp.ac.uk Apply by 7th January 2026

Early career researchers or PhD students, could £500 develop your career? Our Researcher Development and Travel Grant can help you organise a scientific meeting and more. Apply by 26 January: https://rsc.li/3YjLkiN #ChemSky

And just like that, the winter break is upon us ❄️ Whether you're leaving York or staying on campus, student support continues over the winter break. We've rounded up everything you need to know about accessing support over the break: https://tinyurl.com/muv6ctk9

A quick reminder of the Trust's current open funding rounds and schemes opening in January! Read more and apply: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/schemes-at-a...

An exciting line-up of talks this week at @tag2025york.bsky.social! tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/programme/ If you're in York, come along to hear some of our speakers from BioArCh 🧵 (1/6)

Applications open: New Generation Thinkers 2026 AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast. Apply by Jan 2026

I realised I hadn't shared this link here, so for those that haven't seen this on the other place, here it is. I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️! york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The website for UKAS2026 in Bristol is live! www.ukas2026.co.uk. Save the date - 30th March to 2nd April.

Congratulations to BioArCh director Oliver Craig and the team on the award of their ERC Synergy project FORAGER. The 6-year project explores the demographic growth of human societies in the northern European Holocene with @ercrema.bsky.social, Peter Jordan (Lund) and Anna Marie Prentiss (Montana)

Thanks to Research England's “Enhancing Research Culture Funding 2023-24” BioArCh has welcomed further visiting researchers this year to our Global South Programme, participating in scientific research in areas including digital heritage, archaeobotany, organic residue analysis and palaeogenomics.

At ISBA11, the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology will be sponsoring two prizes. If you’d like to be considered, fill in this form! forms.gle/aak7VkHK4Bkq... #ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social

Don't miss Archaeology's Summer Lecture and the CAMA Official opening on Friday 6th June as we welcome guest speaker, Professor Annelou van Gijn. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/studying-o... @cama-york.bsky.social

Changes in agriculture and food surplus organization at Gurga Chiya may have helped foster societal complexity, paving the way for urban development, as shown in a new study from Dr Lara Gonzalez Carretero and co. that combines archaeological, architectural and archaeobotanical analysis.

A new methodology to map mitochondrial genetic variation and enrich DNA library content has been developed by a team including BioArCh's Dr Sophy Charlton.

🏺 Do you create or use heritage science data? 🧬 The Heritage Science Data Service is being developed to support everyone to access, use and create new research with heritage science data. Make sure it works for you by responding to our user needs survey here: buff.ly/uEc16e3

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion - a "hugely exciting" discovery from Prof Tim Thompson, Maynooth University, and York's Malin Holst.

A new study by Professor Michelle Alexander et al. offers unique insights into infant nutrition practices in Iberia through time in Roman, Medieval Muslim and Christian skeletal assemblages.

Archaeology Magazine showcases evidence of gathering places for feasts in the Patos Lagoon estuary in southern Brazil over 1,000 years ago, following research carried out by Marjolein Admiraal and co. as part of the TRADITION project.

Find out more about BioArCh's exciting RICHeS-funded facilities project 'Biomolecular tools for Archaeological, Conservation and Heritage Science' (BIOARC-HS) @ukri.org

RESEARCH NEWS! A new study by Professors Maureen Carroll and Michelle Alexander and co. will further our understanding of a mysterious Roman burial practice.

We are very excited to announce plans for the Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Laboratory, which will be a world leading facility where archaeology and heritage is integrated with digital technologies. Read more below.

We are delighted that the Department of Archaeology has reconfirmed its place among the world's most highly regarded departments for the study of Archaeology. The department was ranked 5th in the UK and =25th in the world by QS World University Rankings (2025). Well done all! Onward and upward.