📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS). An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today. 🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...

So often I went from Berlin to #GöbekliTepe in the past 20 years or so - but finally the Tepe is coming to Berlin! 😉 🏺 www.trtworld.com/article/a7e6...

Komplexe Baugeschichte eines 6.000 Jahre alten Monuments #archäologie

"He saw the state of the industry as it evolved out of the auteur-driven New Hollywood of the 1960s and 1970s and into the bombs, brawn, and boobs of the 1980s." He "envisioned a better cinematic world," and he set out to build it. The great @sonnybunch.bsky.social on Redford's legacy.

When I did my degree twenty five years ago I was taught that big Neolithic longhouses were where the important people lived: the Big Man/Chief of the tribe theory. Another idea has been 'feasting halls', or maybe communal homes where folk lived together. Now, the idea of grain surplus and storage. 🏺

4,500-Year-Old Idols Discovered at Tavşanlı Höyük #archaeology #news #history #bronzeage #anatolia www.archaeologs.com/n/4500-year-...

Ancient bevelled rim bowls from fourth millennium BC Iraqi Kurdistan were likely used to distribute large quantities of stew, suggesting the earliest state institutions were formed based on their ability to provision food to labourers. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Excavation of Neolithic long barrow and Early Medieval round barrow (Muszkowice forest) with exciting discovery of a Funnel Beaker Neolithic pit containing large fragments of ceramic pots, daub, burned bones and flint fakes. Possible it was a sacrificial pit at the western end of the long barrow.

Teď není čas, aby o naší budoucnosti rozhodovaly strany, které hazardují s bezpečností a obranou země a lísají se k agresorovi.

NEW As the first farmers expanded across Central Europe c. 5500–4900 BC, they built large cemeteries. Radiocarbon dates suggest cemetery burial was in fact a relatively short-lived practice, reflecting the dynamic social changes of the Early Neolithic. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Antiquity Prize! They discovered an unknown Neolithic society in Morocco, revealing the importance of North Africa in the emergence of complex societies in the Mediterranean. Our interview with two of the authors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB5T...

Today marks the start of the main (in-person) part of our summer school on the topic of the Anthropocene: The Contemporary World from a Transdisciplinary Perspective. This time, it will be held entirely in English. #ctssummerschool

Just excavating an Early Medieval round barrow connected with a Neolithic long barrow in the Muszkowice forest in Lower Silesia. Found scattered fragments of cremated bones, prehistoric and medieval pottery, iron ring and a ceramic spindlewhorl.To be continued…

Neolithic Traces Unearthed at Mendik Tepe, Believed to Be Older Than Göbeklitepe #archaeology #news #neolithic #gobeklitepe #mendiktepe www.archaeologs.com/n/neolithic-...

Two female miners and a newborn found in a Neolithic mining shaft. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

C'est le lundi de la rentrée, c'est double ration de violence ! 🪓 À Achenheim, 6 squelettes fracturés et des trophées de guerre révèlent un massacre collectif il y a 6 200 ans. Une nouvelle étude montre que les victimes sont des prisonniers de guerre venus d'ailleurs. Explications en GIF ⬇️

📰 Analysis of a cow jawbone from Stonehenge finds it originated in Wales, the same region the monument's iconic bluestones were quarried, adding to evidence for connections across Neolithic southern Britain. 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2025/08/neol...

An 8,000-Year-Old Male Figurine with a Fox Pelt Found at Ulucak Mound #archaeology #news #izmir #ulucakmound #neolithic #prehistoric www.archaeologs.com/n/an-8000-ye...

The Corded Ware (2900-2500 BC) female burial excavated last week at Račiněves in North Bohemia was of higher social status, as evidenced by the ring ditch with traces of palisade construction and gender specific female set of ornaments made of shell, perforated dog/wolf teeth and a copper spiral.

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Today, 57 years ago, Soviet/Russian imperialists invaded my country and brutally crushed our desire for freedom and democracy. Sadly, dictatorships do not change their vile methods, and even today they are attacking once again. Support Ukraine! 🇺🇦DOWN with Putin!☠️

It's out! 😀 THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE 2025.1 Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend. @barbarahorejs.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1688...

Research continues at two archaeological sites below Mount Říp. One is featured in this article, the other we visited yesterday to collect samples for studying the formation of Chernozem soils and the construction of mound. Photos from the field + article here: ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...

Just finishing excavation of the Corded Ware tomb with a ring ditch. Adult women was buried on her left side, head oriented to east. The burial assemblage consists of 3 vessels, a flint sickle blade, shell beads, perforated dog/wolf teeth and a copper spiral. Successful dig. Thanks TEAM! 🤎

A piece on LiveScience on recent archaeological excavations in advance of the construction of the SuedOstLink direct power line through Saxony-Anhalt- Corded Ware Culture burials with evidence for richly adorned pouches. Great work by the colleagues in the field! www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Why by children? Any evidence for that? 😳

#FindsFriday! Pottery vessel with five handles and remnants of a string, found in a Neolithic well in Altscherbitz, Saxony, dating 5100-5000 BC. Multiple intact vessels have been discovered within the well. They may have been intentionally placed there ...🧵 1/2 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

#FolkloreThursday henges and other prehistoric circular monuments feature prominently in British and Irish folklore, but where did they come from? 🏺 #Archaeology New radiocarbon dates shed light on the 'beginning of the circle' Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Mysterious Neolithic rituals. Over 5,000-year-old sacrificial pits of the Salzmünde culture discovered near Gerstewitz, Saxony-Anhalt. More information: idw-online.de/de/news856263 #archaeology

Just excavating Late Neolithic or Late Bronze Age barrow with a ring ditch in Račiněves, nést The mythical Mount Říp. To be continued…🤎

This year's garden fruit harvest is exceptional; even the cornel bush, which usually has only a few cherries, provided a rich yield of Cornelian cherries. Enough for a compote drink in the Armenian style!🍒🍷🤎

At last I can hold our new book in my own hands! Thanks Oxbow Books! www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857202...

100 let od objevu Věstonické venuše věnujeme hlavní téma letního dvojčísla umění. Mají k němu co říci nejen kunsthistorici, ale také třeba evoluční biologové nebo neurovědci... vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...

Mesolithic remains from the site of Le Plasker, part of the Carnac megalithic landscape, France #MesolithicMonday 🏺 Neolithic standing stones were constructed on the remains of a Mesolithic hut, indicating the complex has its origins much earlier than expected. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

This #NationalKittenDay, check out this paw-some map 😼 Wildcats migrated into Europe ~10,000 years ago, pre-dating the continent's first farmers. This suggests that, true to form, these curious cats came independently, without human influence. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Outstanding Corded Ware Culture burials with animal tooth-decorated bags discovered near Krauschwitz, Saxony-Anhalt. #Archaeology More information: idw-online.de/de/news855272

📰 Prehistoric arrowhead found embedded in a human rib from the Bronze Age Pyrenees, providing rare direct evidence for violence 4000 years ago #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2025/07/preh...

Extremely rich cherry harvest: over 7 kg!🍒And still plenty left on tree for birds 🐦 ! 🤎 🇨🇿

Aboriginal shell midden. Just north of Darwin. 7meters tall. Could be thousands years old!

The Dlouhé Dvory Neolithic long barrow presented today at the10th World Archaeological Congress in Darwin 🇦🇺👍

The 10th World Archaeological Congress started today in Darwin. Happy to be with so many friends 🤎🦘🇦🇺

Birthday in Kakadu Park, wonderful!

Majestic ULURU 🦘🇦🇺🦘

The magic Uluru changing colour throughout the day. Truly sacred place 🇦🇺🦘🖤💛❤️🦘👍

On this June 4th, wishing for a world with more people willing to stand in front of the tanks, and less who are willing to drive them.

Burial mounds across the central Netherlands, indicating ones that were already known (black) and those recently discovered during the Heritage Quest project (red & orange). Volunteers helped double the number of known barrows! 🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... #Archaeology 🏺

Across Portugal, a few prehistoric megalithic tombs were transformed into chapels. They still serve as places of worship today. 🕊️ A peaceful Sunday reminder that some ground has always been holy. 🎥Come visit them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1R... #Megaliths #AncientArchitecture #SacredSites