Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and restful holidays ✨ Thank you for the inspiring exchange and your engagement across our different formats throughout the year. We’re taking a short social media break and will be back on 12 January. #LEIZArchaeology

We are delighted to share some great news: our #HorsepowerProject was awarded second prize yesterday at the annual Mongolian Archaeology conference in Ulaanbaatar — selected from 90 projects. More Info about the project: www.horsepowerproject.org #LEIZArchaeology #archaeology #bronzeage

🔥New paper out now in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports🔥 The team used a combination of innovative methods to analyse various 15,800-year-old engraved stone plaquettes to investigate hand preferences of individual engravers. Read now 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔥New paper out now in Quaternary Science Reviews🔥 Two of our MONREPOS researchers were involved in a study that provided high-resolution climate data from the Eemian interglacial period from Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Read now 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🤝 Research connects across borders. The National Museum of History of Ukraine and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) strengthen their partnership to advance cultural heritage research – from Kyivan Rus’ to Byzantium. More Info: idw-online.de/de/news863683 #leizarchaeology #archaeology

New blog post by Matt on some of his preliminary dissertation work! “Seasonal Oyster Collection by Gullah/Geechee Communities of the American Southeast through Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)” seafront-project.com/post/seasona...

🔥New paper out now in Journal of Human Evolution🔥 Grăunceanu (Romania) with an estimated age >1.95 Ma is not an archaeological site! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social Read now 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Where does human #resilience come from? And how can #archaeology help us understand it? Sebastian Kretz spoke with Alexandra W. Busch (LEIZA) and Klaus Lieb (LIR) for Leibniz Magazine. Read more (in German): www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel... #Research @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

Out now & #openaccess: Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8). doi.org/10.11588/pro... #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies

Vergnügliche Diskussion und brilliantes Panel bei den #LeizaDialoguesForDemocracy im @leizarchaeology.bsky.social ! 🔥🔥🔥

Die Generaldirektorin des @leizarchaeology.bsky.social eröffnet mit einer Impuls-Keynote den dritten Teil der #LEIZADialoguesForDemocracy

Beast and Human. Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times tinyurl.com/23m8ytem #freeaccess

Today marks the release of the second volume in the series "Theoriedenken in der Archäologie". Beginning with this volume, the series is co-published by @agtida.bsky.social & LEIZA. doi.org/10.11588/pro... #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #Theory

Was für eine schöne Adventsüberraschung: Theorie | Archäologie | Reflexion 2 ist bei @propylaeum.bsky.social erschienen! 🥳 Herausgeber: @martinrenger.bsky.social @stefanschreiber.bsky.social & @alexanderveling.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.11588/pro... Dank an alle Beteiligten! #Archäologie #Theorie

Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

Christoph M. Schmidt (RWI) wurde zum 8. Präsidenten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft gewählt. Alexandra W. Busch @leizarchaeology.bsky.social, Albert Sickmann @isas-leibniz.bsky.social und Barbara Sturm @leibnizatb.bsky.social wurden als Vizepräsident:innen gewählt. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Zur Mitteilung👇

Big news from the Leibniz Association! Alexandra W. Busch, Director General of @leizarchaeology.bsky.social, has been elected Vice President. She brings extensive experience in leadership, research management, and connecting research with society.

Lewis Chess Pieces, 12th Century CE

Archaeomalacological Dream Team! 🐚 @isazooarch.bsky.social @niklashausmann.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @leizafriends.bsky.social @psuanthro.bsky.social

The #LandscapesofConflict conference is underway. Until Friday, international experts are exploring how conflicts have shaped landscapes and human–environment interactions for more than 6,000 years. A deep-time perspective on a pressing global issue. #LEIZArchaeology #ConflictArchaeology #Research

Das LEIZA vergibt eine Masterarbeit zu partizipativen Museumsformaten mit Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung. Interviews, Workshop-Begleitung & qualitative Auswertung. Honorar: 4.000 €. Bewerbung bis 30.11.2025. Mehr Infos im nächsten Post und hier: go.leiza.de/Masterarbeit

Welcome at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

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...

Out now: Hier das Programm der Mainzer Vorträge zur Römischen Archäologie (MaVRA), einer Kooperation zwischen dem #LEIZA und dem Akademie-Projekt Disiecta Membra (Klassische Archäologie der #UniMainz). Alle sind eingeladen! #archaeology @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

HUMAN ROOTS AWARD 2025 geht an einen der einflussreichsten Forscher zur frühen Menschheitsgeschichte archaeologie-online.de/blog/hu… (1/3)

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

HUMAN ROOTS AWARD 2025 🏆 The Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution @paleomonrepos.bsky.social, part of the LEIZA, proudly honours Professor John D. Speth (University of Michigan, USA) with this year’s international HUMAN ROOTS AWARD! 🌍✨ #researchaward #archaeology

📢 Call for Papers! Am 5. und 6. März 2026 findet die LERN-Jahrestagung im Leibnizhaus in Hannover statt und wird vom DZHW (Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung) ausgerichtet. 👉 hier geht's zum Call: www.leibniz-bildung.de/wp-content/u...

Beim Tag der #Archäologie in Schleswig-Holstein hält Harald Lübke vom Schleswiger Standort des @leizarchaeology.bsky.social #LEIZA den Festvortrag über seine Forschungen zum #Mesolithikum im Duvenseer Moor:

New issue of Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt Vol. 54 No. 4 (2024) journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak... #openaccess @propylaeum.bsky.social

seafront-project.com/post/calibra... Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Dados romanos antropomórficos con forma de figuras en cuclillas. Estos dados de plata funcionan de forma muy similar a los dados convencionales, con sus distintas caras numeradas del 1 al 6 con puntos rojos. Siglos I-II d. C., Museo Británico

Today I'll be mostly decorating "en Barbotine' #AncientBluesky 🏺Soon to be heading for our online shop potted-history.co.uk.

Es gibt in Neuwied einen ehrenamtlich betriebenen Bürgerbus, mit dem man Donnerstags auch zum etwas entlegen in wunderschöner Natur liegenden #Museum @paleomonrepos.bsky.social des @leizarchaeology.bsky.social fahren kann! #We❤️Ehrenamt #LEIZA

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

Don’t miss the #lecture by Anzhelika Kolesnychenko on 4 November at LEIZA. It's part of a public #lectureseries featuring at-risk scholars from #Ukraine, organised by the Leibniz Research Network Eastern Europe in cooperation with SCIENCE AT RISK. 📄 Check out the flyer for all upcoming dates!

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...

And...one week from today! Come in person or tune in @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

#Museum Was für tolle Nachrichten! Hier mehr dazu: www.ndr.de/kultur/natur...

Two weeks from today: Another exciting lecture on a timely topic at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

📌 “VULCI E IL SUO TERRITORIO. 50 anni dopo” XXXI Convegno di Studi Etruschi e Italici Un grande evento per l’archeologia, con una protagonista d’eccezione: VULCI! 🌟 Vulci Cityscape con Mariachiara Franceschini e Paul Pasieka partecipa con 3 interventi 👇

Die @unileipzig.bsky.social, @maxplanck.de & @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social bauen ihre Zusammenarbeit in Forschung & Lehre aus: 5 gemeinsame Professuren & geplanter Master-Studiengang f. evolutionäre Anthropologie an der Fakultät f. #Lebenswissenschaften der Uni Leipzig. www.eva.mpg.de/de/presse/ak...

'Im Museum' #FotoVorschlag (Bitte keine zeitgenössische Kunst.)

Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death. In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2

Join us on Nov 4, 2025 at 6 PM for Anzhelika Kolesnychenko’s #talk “Social networks shaping the pathways of #Odesa #archaeology.” 📍LEIZA, Mainz | 🎥 Live: “Science at risk” YouTube More Information: www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

Heute findet die Herbsttagung der Fachgruppe Archäologische Museen des Deutschen Museumsbundes im Landesmuseum Württemberg statt. Das Thema ist für alle relevant: Drittmittel, Sponsoring und Fundraising. Wir freuen uns sehr auf den Austausch mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus ganz Deutschland.

A warm welcome to @klassarch-jgumainz.bsky.social and @ppasieka.bsky.social here on Bluesky! 💙 Follow them for more #Archaeology from #Mainz! (And enjoy their new lecture series in cooperation with @leizarchaeology.bsky.social!)

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth. Carved in wood, painted. Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC. 📷 Royal Ontario Museum 🏺