A litte more than one week until Rick @rschulting.bsky.social will perform at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social ! BTW lecture is on Dirty Thursday! 💥🥳🍻 So do prepare for some raw Mainz ethnology!

A winter day at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Published off the beaten #archaeology path: www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

And a glimpse into the past and possible futures of agriculture: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Excellent overview on the current debate ☝️👍: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Counting down...2 weeks from today! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social The QR-code provides the link to all further information, incl. online link.

Ten years after: The AC is back!

"Badesalz"-Comedian Gerd Knebel ist tot#Komiker#Tod#Krebs

Growth and Inequality in pre-state to early state societies. Good read!!! 👍📈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Don’t miss the #lecture by Rick Schulting on 12 February at LEIZA. www.leiza.de/kalender/det... #archaeology

Safe the date! Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social on an all too timely topic...

Ein Mechanismus, der sich auch in der Vergangenheit abspielte. Man muss nur die Definitionen etwas anpassen (Demokratie, Extremismus). Übrigens für die Vergangenheit auch vielfach beschrieben...

Not quite so new, as claimed, I am afraid. Lithics have been examined before and show considerable ML influence. And usually LBK enclosures indicate conflicts amongst farming communities. Lot's to learn still, about these early farmers...😜

Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England #OnThisDay in AD 1559. Did you know she had her very own court astrologer, who used an obsidian mirror for occult experiments! The mirror is Aztec in origin, brought to Europe after the Spanish conquest. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... @ecmwf.int

- 1 day until we release the Global Climate Highlights 2025. Get ready to explore critical data on last year's global and regional temperatures, sea ice extent and more. #CopernicusClimate #CopernicusAtmosphere #GCH2025

I was always impressed by his sense of entrepreneurship and qualities as an entertainer, much less so by the content, obviously. But clearly, #archaeology fake facts did have and do have a market!

Even though past societies are not treated, non-state economies and alleged sustainability are used in the argument (notably Fig 2). So have a look: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🤔 Competition for heritable wealth, not cultural group selection, drives the evolution of monogamy | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A field also for applied #archaeology ☝️ Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Epochenbruch"

The global arms race continues, replicating once again that old, old pattern...📈

US launches strikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, Trump says reut.rs/4jeuRpF

Festive Season 2025, Kurhaus Wiesbaden 🎄⚜️⚜️⚜️

US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged reut.rs/4alX8Zc

Benin City, modern Nigeria, was the capital of the Kingdom of Benin: an influential empire known for its masterful crafts such as the iconic Benin Bronzes #ThrowbackThursday New excavations at the historic palace shed light on its pre-colonial heritage 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

A massive new report by over 100 scientists modeling the climate effects of the 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption finds "The record-high global surface temperatures in 2023/2024 were not due to the Hunga eruption": juser.fz-juelich.de/...

Interested in exploring the origins of beer this #NationalLagerDay? 🍺 Melania Zingarello investigates the power of beer in the ancient Near East in her #BookReview of Tate Paulette's 'In the land of Ninkasi: a history of beer in ancient Mesopotamia' (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

I guess @science.org readers are really interested in why Europe's first farmers vanished! That, or headless bodies.

Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe first passed through the Strait of Magellan #OnThisDay in AD 1520. The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The Treaty of Granada was signed #OnThisDay in AD 1491, ultimately leading to the Emirate of Granada, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty, ceding sovereignty to Spain. Known for the iconic Alhambra, the Nasrids made use of architecture to display their power. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Parallel zu unten: "Woran scheitern Gesellschaften?" Interne gesell. Konflikte und Polarisierung entwickeln sich bereits während "guter Jahre" und führen - unausweichlich (?) - zum Umbruch...☹️ Antike Welt 6/2025 (hinter Bezahlwand) www.herder.de/wbg-magazine... @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

End times 7000 ya 💥. I quite like the cycle...: Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Kleiner Report in der aktuellen AiD 6/2025, 46-47: "Warum Krieg? Ein Blick in die Vergangenheit" Das Heft ist natürlich auch sonst interessant!☝️ @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @kerstinphofmann.bsky.social (Hinter Bezahlwand) www.herder.de/wbg-magazine...

View outside of my office window 👀 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Archäologin Catherine Teitz erforscht, wie sich römische Architektur und das Alltagsleben am #Hadrianswall über die Jahrhunderte wandelten – und wie alte Grabungsaufzeichnungen noch immer neue Erkenntnisse liefern können 👉 https://www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/roemisches-erbe-schicht-auf-schicht/

#LEIZA @leizarchaeology.bsky.social im Morgennebel 🤍🩶

Passenderweise sehe ich gerade, dass mein Beitrag über "Arier, Aliens & Atlantis: Archäologische #Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Popkultur & #Ideologie" inzwischen auch bei @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de online nachgeschaut & -gehört werden kann: lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/antike_im_ze...

#FindsFriday from the historic palace of Benin City. Ranging from pre-colonial bronzework of the Benin Kingdom to late-colonial-era Nigerian police regalia, they reveal the most-comprehensive archaeological picture of Benin City’s history to date. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Well, shall we learn from history?! ...

NEW Potsherd pavement from #medieval Ilorin, Yorùbáland. Potsherd pavements were a shared architectural tradition across West Africa, but nuanced variation in pottery production allowed for individual expression and identity within Yoruba communities. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

"Woche der offenen Tür" im #StadtmuseumHofheim. Es gibt viel Kunst, aber natürlich auch #Archäologie! Besonders: die VR-Installationen zum Kapellenberg! 😀 stadtmuseum.hofheim.de/sonderausste...

"Woche der offenen Tür" im #StadtmuseumHofheim. Es gibt viel Kunst, aber natürlich auch #Archäologie! Besonders: die VR-Installationen zum Kapellenberg! 😀 stadtmuseum.hofheim.de/sonderausste...

Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted people – and the Amazon’s future is at stake | Julio Cusurichi Palacios and Beto Marubo

Join us in Mainz for Landscapes of #Conflict: Archaeological Perspectives from #Prehistory to the #MiddleAges — an international #conference exploring how conflict and peace shaped human–environment interactions through time. 📅 26–28 Nov 2025 | 🏛️ LEIZA, Mainz www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

Gut gemacht, und mir gefällt besonders das Zitat am Ende!

History does indeed repeat itself! Everywhere and through time. Just the scales change.

Nicht ganz! So wie der Titel nicht ganz korrekt ist, ist auch der Inhalt nur tw richtig. Klima ist in der Nacheiszeit zwar ein variabler Faktor, aber Grundmuster gesellschaftlichen Verhaltens können auch ohne Klima simuliert werden. Den Titel gab es übrigens 2013 schon bei Terra X...