Welcome to 2026! ICAZ social media is launching our new Facebook and Instagram pages, along with continuing our Bluesky account. Follow us for international zooarchaology news, 'meet your fellow ICAZ members', interactive content, conference information, and much more! #icaz #zooarch

Great time at #ASWA in Munich! Presented my poster on the zooarch findings from one of my PhD sites 🦣🏺 Nice discussions, inspiring talks, and (as always) wonderful people. Grateful for the connections and insights! 🧪 @icaz-news.bsky.social #zooarchaeology

It's #FaunaFriday! Share fun pictures of your fieldwork - bonus points if it involves posing with a cool bone! 🦴

This #PromoWednesday let's take a different approach. What are some good #Zooarchaeology programmes for students/PhDs? Advertise them here!

Registration is open for the ICAZ Stable Isotopes Working Group meetup! Please join us in Reading on 25th-28th of June - signup and more info is available using the following link: zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-... @icaz-news.bsky.social #archaeobirds #animalhistory #zooarchaeology #archaeology

🚨 Submissions wanted for #ZooarchaeologyIntro 🚨 We are taking entries on a rolling basis - no deadline! Send a blurb of max 1500 characters about your... 🧑‍🔬 career path 🦴 project 📜 paper 📣 outreach Email to: icaz.social.media[at]gmail.com to be featured!

It's #FaunaFriday - and we're keeping that one for now. Tell us what obstacles you are facing right now: whether scientific or institutional. Perhaps someone here can help you out!

🚨 Submissions wanted for #ZooarchaeologyIntro 🚨 We want to highlight the diversity, knowledge & impact of #Zooarchaeology. Send a blurb of max 1500 characters about your... 🧑‍🔬 career path 🦴 project 📜 paper 📣 outreach Email to: icaz.social.media[at]gmail.com to be featured!

🔊 Keeping #PromoWednesday until we receive enough contributions for #ZooarchaeologyIntro. Advertise your job vacancies, latest publication, fun outreach activities, and more!

This might be our last #FaunaFriday! Tell us what your dream find is in #Zooarchaeology - and if you already have found it, share a picture 📸

⚠️There's two days left to submit abstracts for this years #ICAZ-AGPM meeting. We're looking forward to welcoming you here in Copenhagen in October! @icaz-news.bsky.social.

This week, we decided to steal a meme from The Anthropology Department on X. Feel free to still promote your latest work!

While I rethink social media strategies, I am asking you one last time for what YOU want this account to be. All ideas are welcome!

And also keeping #FaunaFriday for now. This week, tell us what you are working on - extra love if you also attach a picture of you/your work! 😍

🚨Contributions for our newsletter wanted🚨 We are looking for... 🔬 lab news 🔎 methods insights 🤔 reflections on ICAZ history & development 👥 conference reports 💸 jobs, fellowships & grants 📣 conferences/events 🧑‍🔬 committee news 🌍 work group updates Deadline 15 May, email: ICAZnewsletter[at]gmail.com

🔊 Keeping #PromoWednesday for now. Advertise your job vacancies, latest publication, fun outreach activities, and more!

This Monday, it's time for something different. I want to make the ICAZ account more interactive and fun. What are things you would like to see? 👩‍🔬 Zooarchaeologist spotlights 📰 Threads on new published research 🤪 Memes, jokes, and sass Please let me know!

A&K #7 - This week we're moving outside of Europe to highlight this remarkable compendium of Neotropical Zooarchaeology, edited by our wonderful Argentinian colleagues Mariana Mondini, Sebastián Muñoz and Pablo Fernández link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

📣 SAVE THE DATE 📣 REMRA is hosting its first multidisciplinary conference 'Northern Narratives' on 11-13 June. Registration will open soon, so make sure to add the dates in your calendar! @insuhi.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social

🚨Deadline is now extended to the 16th of May❤️ Plenty of time to get your abstract in to join the @paastacommunity.bsky.social conference in Turin this August!

This #FaunaFriday, let's focus on community. What are things you love about the #Zooarchaeology community, and what are things that need improvement?

This #PromoWednesday, let's focus on early career researchers. And let's narrow it down to people who are on their first - third position post PhD! What are you working on? 🧑‍🔬

Continuing #AnimalFact Monday! Share some cool animal (osteology) facts with us 🦴

It's #FaunaFriday! With conference season soon upon us, why don't you tell us what you are planning on presenting and where you want to go! 🚂

It's #PromoWednesday! This week, let's focus on students from undergraduate to PhD level. Tell us what you are working on, what your thesis is on, or just introduce yourselves. We want to get to know the next generation of zooarchaeologists ❤️

This #FaunaFriday, introduce yourself along with your favourite animal (and why).

It's #PromoWednesday again! Share your latest research, advertise that upcoming conference or job, or tell us what outreach you have planned!

Abstracts are due on 30 April for the @paastacommunity.bsky.social conference happening in Turin (26 August), so still enough time to submit something!

Still continuing with #AnimalFact Monday. Share your favourite facts about animal biology, ecology, osteology, whatever!

This #FaunaFriday share with us WHY you became a zooarchaeologist? 🤔

It's #PromoWednesday and you know the drill! 📰

Introducing #AnimalFact Monday as an experiment. Share some cool animal (bone) facts with us!

#FaunaFriday again! It's been a while since we last saw your pets, so please share stories and pictures!

A&K #3 - Our latest instalment discusses the introduction of the domestic horse to Ireland, using modern technology (radiocarbon measurements) to tackle an age old question - when did the horse first appear? Find it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @icaz-news.bsky.social

It's #PromoWednesday, so share your latest articles, project updates, and vacancies!

One last #WeirdBone Monday before we move to a different Monday topic next week! Share strange bones, the weirder, the better! 🦴

It's #FaunaFriday! Let's talk about your favourite #Megafauna today. Share cool facts, interesting articles, or your ongoing projects 🦣

@icaz-news.bsky.social Don´t miss this! On archaeozoology / zooarchaeology, ICAZ, and radical solidarity www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdTv... An interview with Prof. dr Laszlo Bartosiewicz, conducted by dr Ivana Živaljević

oar.onroerenderfgoed.be/.../RELM/20/... It's great to see the book dedicated to our fantastic colleagues An Lentacker and Anton Ervynck, who have done so much for #zooarchaeology, published thanks to the efforts of Bea De Cupere et al. @icaz-news.bsky.social @zooarchlabsheff.bsky.social

This #PromoWednesday, share your PhD thesis with us! It is often joked that only your supervisors/committee will read your thesis, so let's change that 😀

We are pausing #WeirdBone Monday since it does not seem to be popular. Would you be interested in exchanging it with... 🧑‍🔬 Member profiles 📜 Focus on a paper 🦴 Animal facts 🤔 Something else Let us know in the comments

It's #FaunaFriday again! This week, let's focus on #Birds. What are some cool articles about birds in #Archaeology? Or do you have some wonderful bird bone facts or pictures to share with us? We want it all! 🐦 🦅 🐤

This #PromoWednesday, share job vacancies for whatever position could be relevant for someone active in #Zooarchaeology: PhDs, post-docs, technician, lecturer, collection manager, etc. 📜

The next ICAZ-AGPM meeting (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics) will take place 14-17 October 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark 🐘🐐🦈🦜 Abstract are due 25 April! More info: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

It's #WeirdBone Monday again! Are we still enjoying this feature? 🦴 YES - give this post a like 😠 NO - give us a comment, and if you can, tell us what you would prefer!

We're happy to see the ICAZ 2nd Medieval Period Working Group Conference published a wonderful article providing 🤔 insights into the conference, 🗣️ key discussions, and 🦴 the fascinating research presented Read it here: bioarcheo.hypotheses.org/3698.

Happy #Holi to those who celebrate! Share your pictures here (although please don't throw colours on your pets/animals - the colours can be toxic for them) 💃

This #PromoWednesday, make a small advertisement for yourself and post it here! Hopefully, this will make it easier for potential collaborators to know your skills and reach out to you 🤞

It's #WeirdBone Monday.... you know the drill! 🦴 😵‍💫

It's #InternationalWomenDay! This day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of #Women. What are some cool cases you know showcasing this important role of women in #Archaeology? Preferably with a relation to animals!