Currently writing the report for my @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de "Surviving the Crisis Years" grant, centred around our excavations of a LBA-EIA fortress in the Caucasus. It's amazing what we've accomplished in two years--so proud of my team! Photo: @shmills.bsky.social excavating the fortress gate.

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration https://go.nature.com/424grQM

Perhaps the oldest known representation of a bird, carved in mammoth ivory, from Hohle Fels cave, Germany. Aurignacian, about 40,000 years old.

Examples of cranial trauma from Bronze Age Charterhouse Warren, south-west England. At least 37 men, women and children were killed and butchered, their disarticulated remains thrown into a 15m-deep natural shaft. Were they also consumed? #TombTuesday 🆓 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.180

New #ProjectARKK paper out today ✨️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Tabira Gate, Aššur, in Iraq at sunrise yesterday morning..

🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost! Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Priority areas: ‘Responding to anthropogenic change’ ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Colorful beads were very popular in the early #medieval period, particularly during the 6th and 7th century. This necklace was found in the grave of a woman in Donaueschingen-Neudingen. It consists of more than 50 beads made of amber and glass. Dating ca 525-550 AD. 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

We're hiring! Pls RT 🚨 Two Geoarchaeologists needed to join our @uclarchaeology.bsky.social team. 🔸Work for @uclofficial.bsky.social a leading uni 🔸Industry leading pay & conditions. 🔸Diverse projects 🔸Great support Take the next step in your Geoarch career with us Details: shorturl.at/aYDPB 🦣🧪🏺

📢 We are #hiring a #ResearchAssistant/ #Bioinformatician to join the @bbglab.bsky.social at #IRBBarcelona, led by Dr. @nlbigas.bsky.social! Apply by 10 January ➡️ shorturl.at/B0NZI #IRBJobs #Jobs 🧪

Archaeological sites under threat in the Middle East 🏺 www.newarab.com/features/for...

Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...

Our Vienna research hub on Human Evolution & Archaeological Science offers not only a network platform for more 50 PI's, but also great opportunities for supporting pilot studies of its members 🩷 @heasvienna.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social

My lab at OSU is hiring a postdoc in skeletal morphology to start fall 25. Salary is at NIH base pay. Deadline to apply is March 2 2025. osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Great to see the impact the #BABAO #saleofhumanremainstaskforce is having. Shout out to Dr Lauren McIntyre @noddinggoth.bsky.social for laying the issues out so clearly in the interview www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

Great to see BABAO making an impact and maybe some progress on the sale of human remains in the UK. www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age... 🧪🏺⚒️

Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs... #archaeology #anthropology

Enters the "Pantagoniostato Craniosteoforo with Assidiatetero" (1949-50), from the brilliant mind of Italian Anthropologist Sergio Sergi! 💀💀💀 #science #anthropology #bones #skull

We are making progress! #saleofhumanremainstaskforce #BABAO www.bbc.com/news/article...

The commodification of human remains perpetuates a dark legacy of colonialism, exploitation and dehumanisation. We need to see decisive action to end such practices and respectfully repatriate stolen remains to their rightful resting places.

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

📢Are you an early career researcher, interested in how science is communicated, reported, & the evolution of the scientific ecosystem? Applications are open for the Royal Society Publishing Early Career Researcher Advisory Panel. Find out more: ow.ly/MaTk50U71W3 #ECRs

TT Asst. Professor position in Applied-Biological #Anthropology at San Jose State Univ --> jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/54... #AcademicBluesky #Academicjobs

Postdoc opportunity at Aauhus U. with @loopdlupien.bsky.social. If you’re interested in isotopes, biomarkers, paleoclimate, and human evolution, check it out!

There is still time to apply for a funded PhD at UCL but funding deadlines are approaching fast. I am keen to supervise students on Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoecology, ZooMS, stable isotopes, radiocarbon dating projects. Get in touch soon! www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Human remains looted during colonialism are being sold and auctioned online, sometimes disguised or incorporated into modified items. During today's #PMQs I urged the government to take action to ban these depraved sales 👇🏾 youtu.be/xYDO-fppxcM

A tiny enamelled skeleton stands ready with dart and hourglass on a background of hair in this gold mourning slide - this could have been worn on a ribbon. The skeleton is flanked by the initials of the deceased in gold thread. 17th cent. From Holburne Museum #skystorians #mementomori

Great to see the abhorrent practice of selling human remains discussed at PMQ's today. With thanks to @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social for raising it #SaleofHumanRemainsTaskforce www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

If you are a Black UK postgraduate student looking for PhD funding, or know of someone who is, please be aware of the Uni of Glasgow's James McCune Smith scheme. It's open to any subject but obviously I want to flag up Classics/Ancient History to potential applicants! www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

I am offering a 2-year #postdoc position to join me on my MASH Junior project (Moving Toward a Transformative Bioarchaeology of Cremation in the Czech Republic and beyond). Join me in advancing #isotope #mapping and provenance studies in Central Europe! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/286900

A colourful reminder of mortality in this gold ring which has a skull and crossbones shaped bezel, enamelled in white. The skull is bordered by rubies - which look quite a bit more purple here than they do in real life. c.1550-75. From V&A #skystorians #mementomori

This is extremely relevant to my interests! A cache of ca. 20 skulls found in a room at Neolithic Sefertepe, one of the Taş Tepeler (stone hills) sites in the Şanlıurfa region of Türkiye. 🏺 arkeofili.com/sefertepede-...

Started up a bioarch starter pack 🤩 Let me know if you want to be added or have suggestions 😊 #archaeology #bioarchaeology go.bsky.app/N5yfURb

A new Bluesky starter pack listing biological anthropologists. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/CnJLf95

Honoured to work in such a beautiful landscape #ProjectARKK