Jan Turek
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Archaeologist, Centre for Theoretical Study, Charles University, Prague
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Liebe Sudeten Heimatverbundene! Herzlich willkommen in eurer alten Heimat! Ihr fehlt uns! „Wir wünschen euch eine schöne Zeit in Brünn.“ Nicht nur die tschechischen Archäologen.“ “Dear Sudeten friends! A warm welcome to your old homeland! We miss you! We wish you a wonderful time in Brno!
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Kristina Killgrove
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A new analysis at the Plain of Jars reveals a missing piece in an ancient funerary ritual. 🏺🧪
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1,200-year-old giant 'death jar' in Laos contains generations of human skeletons
Excavation of a large stone vessel from the mysterious Laos Plain of Jars has confirmed its use in an ancient funerary tradition.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-200-year-old-giant-death-jar-in-laos-contains-generations-of-human-skeletons
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Corded Ware organic materials! We’re missing so much in the archaeological evidence from Central Europe…
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Read the review, get the book! 🤎👍
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Harry Fokkens
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6,000-Year-Old Tombs in Toledo Reveal Inland Iberia’s Oldest Known Monumental Necropolis - Arkeonews
A 6,000-year-old megalithic necropolis discovered at Valdelasilla in Toledo is rewriting the origins of monumental burial traditions in
https://arkeonews.net/6000-year-old-tombs-in-toledo-reveal-inland-iberias-oldest-known-monumental-necropolis/
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This is the Ife Head, a medieval Yoruba brass head found in 1938 in Ife (Nigeria). When the British Museum acquired it in 1939, it caused a huge uproar, because it is a beautifully carved naturalistic bust, but scholars didnt want to believe it was made by African people.
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The LBK started the tradition of community cemeteries in Central Europe 🤎
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This long barrow reconstruction seems rather accurate! 🤎👍
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Kevin Wilbraham
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One of the three Folkton Drums that were discovered during the late 19th century at Folkton, near Filey in East Yorkshire. The drums were associated with a child’s burial, and date to around 3000 BC. Their exact use is unknown. 📸 My own.
#FindsFriday
#Folkton
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Center for Theoretical Study
18 days ago
📢 Join us for the workshop "Forgetting, Disappearance, and Material Loss" 🗓️ May 20, 2026 | 📍 AKC, Prague An open CTS project workshop (OP JAK) on memory, material culture, and the tensions between preservation and loss. All welcome! ⬇️ Program in poster
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Lord Juiblex
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Love this skull.
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Support the contuing struggle for Georgian democracy!✌🏼🇬🇪🇪🇺✌🏼🤎
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Yes! Indiana Jones beating Nazis since 1936! 🤎👍
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This is a great example of the high status woman in European prehistory. We organise the EAA session on the topic of Prominent Women Burials in Prehistory. Come to participate in Athens this late August!
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Antiquity Journal
23 days ago
Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 'Building tombs and entombing the dead as technologies of descent and affinity in Neolithic northern Scotland' - Vicki Cummings, Chris Fowler, Iñigo Olalde, Sarah Cuthbert and David Reich
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Building tombs and entombing the dead as technologies of descent and affinity in Neolithic northern Scotland | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
When grounded within relevant archaeological contexts, ancient DNA analysis can provide critical insights into prehistoric human populations. This is demonstrated in this article, where the authors examine the genetic relatedness of individuals whose remains were placed in five Neolithic tombs in Caithness and Orkney, northern Scotland. The results reveal a web of biological ties that, the authors argue, suggests sustained contact between these communities beyond the onset of the Neolithic and shared understandings of kinship, including descent and a sense of affinity, but emerging local differences in how kinship was materialised through monumental architecture.
https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10291
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Antiquity Journal
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For
#InternationalJazzDay
, check out trumpet player and archaeologist Miquel López-Garcia playing a shell trumpet from Neolithic Catalonia 🎺 They were likely used for long-distance communication, but could have also functioned as musical instruments. 🆓
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Dr. Oliver Dietrich
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Neolithic fur production. A 7,000-year-old pit with beaver remains discovered near Alsleben in Saxony-Anhalt
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Thanks CTS! 🤎
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Enjoy reading my new book! 🤎👍🤎
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My new book on the Archaeology of the Origins of European Identity was released today! Yippee 🤎👍🤎
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Becky Wallower
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#SundayStonework
#StoneworkSunday
#Neolithic
owl-faced idol 4300-4000 BC from chamber tomb excavated 1968 in Arnesano near Lecce, Puglia. 🏺 It has similarities w examples found in Cyprus + in Crete. Buried w ceramics associated w cult of Diana. in MArTA - Taranto arch museum
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Center for Theoretical Study
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Zítra na semináři
#ctvrtkycts
promluví Zuzana Harmáčková (Ústav výzkumu globální změny AVČR) na téma "Scénáře budoucího vývoje jako nástroje strategického uvažování v antropocénu". Čtvrtek 23.4. 10-12h v seminárce CTS nebo online na
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Celebrating the anniversary of the Eternal City! 🤎👍🤎
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Center for Theoretical Study
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📢 Join us for the course “Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in Transdisciplinary Perspective”! ⏳ Registration extended to April 30 — apply soon! 🔗
www.anthropocene.cz/en/micro-cre
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Our colleagues Petr Pokorný & Petr Šída were awarded the Czech Literary prize MAGNESIA LITERA 2026 in category Popular Scince. For their Environmental Archaeology book Hinterland. Congratulations CTS! ✌🏼🤎✌🏼
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Condolences on the Velvet Revolution hero departure. 🤎 😢😔✌🏼
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Archaeologists found a 6,200-year-old megastructure in Romania linked to the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Much larger than nearby homes, it likely served a communal or elite function, but its exact purpose remains unknown
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Archaeologists Unearthed a 6,200-Year-Old Megastructure. Its Purpose Is Still a Mystery.
The structure is only the sixth of its kind to ever be found.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71005353/6200-year-old-megastructure/
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Harry Fokkens
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Orthodox Easter Sunday in Prague 🤎 Happy Воскрес! Слава Україн! 🇺🇦 Героям славa! 🤎✌🏼
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The intensive weekend course of Archaeology of Domestication for students of Faculty of Natural Sciences at Charles University in Prague is over now. Thanks folks for your attention. See you this autumn for the Archaeology of Death! 🤎👍
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Let’s get rid of them all! Democratic way! ✌🏼🤎✌🏼
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Welcome back Hungary 🇭🇺 🇪🇺 🤎✌🏼
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Hungarian victory! The end of 16 years of collaboration with Russian imperialism! 🤎✌🏼🇭🇺✌🏼🇪🇺
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I hope and pray for you Hungary. Get that fucker out.
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Let’s support Georgian movement for democracy. Putin hands off Georgia! 🇬🇪🤎✌🏼
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Let’s welcome democracy returning to Hungary! 🇭🇺 🤎🤞
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Casemate Academic
about 2 months ago
This study sheds new light on this question with an innovative approach to ceramics. Ceramics bear traces of the production techniques which potters learned and applied to create them. 💻: https://tinyurl.com/2sfhnuyx
#Ceramics
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Antiquity Journal
about 2 months ago
Arrowheads from the 13th-century-BC conflict in the Tollense Valley 🇩🇪 Variation in their forms suggest some of the combatants came from many kilometres away, adding to evidence for a clash between local and incoming groups. 🔗 from 2024 🆓
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Happy Easter Barrow! 🤎
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Dr. Karen Carr
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Things Iran was doing in the Stone Age:
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Antiquity Journal
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Revova Kurgan 3 is a monumental structure in Ukraine's North Pontic Steppe. Originally an Eneolithic ritual site, it was used as a burial mound by the Bronze Age Yamna culture. Does this reuse of sacred spaces indicate cultural continuity?
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Well done Czech team ! 🇨🇿 ✌🏼🤎
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The Czech football team qualified for the World Cup after 20 years! 🇨🇿✌🏼🤎
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Česko - Dánsko 2:2, na pen. 3:1. Letná vybuchla nadšením, Česko jede na MS!
Sledovali jste online přenos z utkání druhého kola baráže o postup na fotbalové mistrovství světa mezi Českem a Dánskem.
https://sport.aktualne.cz/fotbal/cesko-dansko-po-dramatu-s-iry-jdou-cesi-na-finalni-krok-k-ms-tentokrat-na-letne/r~aaa292dc30f01c85001225429b2b37ba/
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Antiquity Journal
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The spread of rice farming across 1st millennium BC Japan. Introduced by migrant farmers from the Korean peninsula, the grain caused a population boom. Variation in growth rate indicates diverse interactions between farmers and foragers. 🔗 from 2024 🆓
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Anti-Reform
about 2 months ago
"Dear people of the UK, when you go to vote on May 7th, just before you write the X in the box, count to 10 and think about what's happening in America. A quick recap below:" via The Daily Scar at Facebook
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The good Americans! 🤎✌🏼
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Jonathan Last
about 2 months ago
"Forgetful people who allow their timepiece to go on without making the sixty minute jump will find themselves behind everybody else" - so remember tonight's important "move", folks! (From May 1916, when summer time first came in)
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The Corded Ware barrows in Lusatia! 🤎👍
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Dutch model of the Beaker beer 🍺 ! 🤞🍻🤞Cheers! 🤎
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