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During the Corona lock-down I made my first electric guitar from scratch. I was very proud of it (have made two others since). There were some major flaws in it though. In the last months, I have taken it back to my workbench and redid some things. Now it plays well, and I am again happy with it.

When did people in northern Europe first adopt animal husbandry? #NationalFarmAnimalsDay 🏺 #Archaeology Isotope analysis of animal remains from Swifterbant 🇳🇱 suggests livestock management was practised in the Dutch wetlands over 200 years earlier than expected. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Spent a lovely week back home in the Netherlands for the #Transformations conference in Groningen @rug.nl - learning a lot about the meso-neo transition and chatting about birch tar of course! 🧬

Interesting first day of the ‘Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic’ conference in Groningen @rug.nl focusing both on wetland indigenous transformations as well as the more settled Neolithic and strong landscape and ecological perspectives!

On my way to Groningen: The “Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic“ conference starts there tomorrow morning. Really looking forward to it!

Four-year fully funded PhD! The project is based on Campus Gotland (Visby), and would be suitable for students in archaeology, bioarchaeology, forensic archaeology or palaeoanthropology who have the necessary technical background. Application window closes on 27th April. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Interested in #archaeology and the #Mesolithic - #Neolithic transition? You can still register for the Transformations conference taking place in Groningen April 7-10 weleer.nl/transformati... Organized by @hanshuisman.bsky.social at @rug.nl

There is a growing awareness that sediments are not only the “dirt” that needs to be dug out of a site, but that they are fundamental parts of the archaeological record. Archaeological soil micromorphology is at the forefront of this research and so our work at ERC MatrixStG.

🦷 Curious about what prehistoric teeth can reveal about diet and daily life in Meso-Neolithic Iberia? Develop your #PhD with #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026. 🔗 More info: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #Archaeology #Research #Prehistory #ScienceCareers #PhDLife

The programme for the conference on Transformations during the #Mesolithic and #Neolithic is online! Great presentations on “Dynamics vs. Continuity“, “Use of space”, ”Migration and identity“ and “Subsistence and diet”. Early bird registration closes March 1st. www.weleer.nl/t_programme....

Een internationaal team @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social en LUMC publiceerde hun onderzoek in #Nature Terwijl elders in Europa grote migratiestromen en snelle genetische veranderingen plaatsvonden, bleef de prehistorische bevolking in de Lage Landen opmerkelijk stabiel.

Proud that after five years of careful analysis and discussion our paper "Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion" has now been published.

📢⚠️2 years post-doc @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social in #Paleoanthropology ⚠️📢 ⬇️ "Postdoctoral fellowship in #biology and #taphonomy of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic human fossils from the South-West of France" ⬇️ Apply now ➡️ Dr. Maureille ([email protected]; +33540008936)

Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution at the University of Tübingen: uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11/03/2026

Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating. Apply below now! careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...

Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...

📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST. The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions. www.ugent.be/en/work/scie... Deadline: 23 February 2026

Archeologen hebben in De #Lionserpolder boven #Jorwert in Friesland een door middeleeuwse terpbewoners gemaakte 240 meter lange #schervenlaag aangetroffen. Waarom ze dat deden, is een raadsel. /1 lc.nl/friesland/le...

Uit #onderzoek van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (#RCE) van 203 bronzen #voorwerpen uit de #bronstijd blijkt dat het metaal erin uit heel Europa afkomstig was, van Spanje tot Slowakije aan toe. Eerst kwamen de voorwerpen hier via-via door ruilen terecht. /1 www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

My lab has a PhD position open! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Its still winter.

bbc.com/news/article... Mick Abrahams, founder of Jethro Tull - one of my favorite bands - passed away. RIP! But #BBC: The first JT album was not “This way” but “This was”.

With a team if the Cultural Heritage Agency, just won the first Dutch archaeology Pubquiz in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden

De muntvondst van #Buggenum met het verhaal erachter is niet alleen in het Limburgs Museum Venlo te bezichtigen, maar ook in de docu op L1 te zien, en collega’s Martijn Bink en Jan Roymans houden er op 19/12 een lezing over op het Romeinensymposium v/d VU Amsterdam www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOmQ...

Last call! The deadline for submitting abstracts for the April 7-10 2026 Groningen conference on Transformations during the #Mesolithic and #Neolithic is approaching fast! Make sure your contribution reaches us in time! www.weleer.nl/transformati...

In het #LimburgsMuseum in Venlo is dinsdag de enorme #Romeinse muntschat gepresenteerd die in 2023 in #Buggenum werd gevonden. Het gaat om 4000 bronzen en koperen muntjes. De vondst krijgt een permanente plek in het Limburgs Museum. www.l1nieuws.nl/amp/nieuws/3...

Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea! Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...

PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...

Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

#Palaeoproteomics of Middle and Late Pleistocene hominin fossils and associated zooarchaeological assemblages from Central Eurasia with @fridowelker.bsky.social! Postdoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli... Research Assistant: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Waiting for the start.. I’ll be singing in a project choir tonight: Mozart’s requiem. The hall is filling up..

With the last two quinces, I am trying out a new quince tarte tatin recipe that starts with a Calvados- flambe session. Oooh!

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

Changes in crop cultivation and farming practices in the Rhineland (Germany) between the 6th and early 4th millennium BCE! Das ist ja supergeil! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Another round of quince-processing. 10 pots of quince/compote. At least 7 kilos to go. Any favourite recipes out there?

Batch #2: Five quinces became 7 pots of chutney.

Begin september hebben archeologen van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (#RCE) en archeologen en studenten #archeologie van de Universiteit #Leiden het Romeinse #marskamp van #Leuvenum (Ermelo) onderzocht. /1 www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/actueel/nieu...

Our quince tree has a bumper crop of > 40, weighing some 400 gr. each. Now making jelly of the first batch.

PhD Studentship alert! I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia. Details in the link below! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Another day of fieldwork at the Ermelo temporary Roman camp. This is an oven feature that was located using geophysics and augerings.

Fieldwork!

Interested in doing a PhD on hunter-gatherer archaeology with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social ? Main source of funding is Research Ireland scholarships - see below. Call opens 11 Sept, deadline 23 Oct. Contact me to discuss potential projects. Please share! www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

Deadline approaching. Apply by September 15.

Interessant achtergrondartikel over het deze zomer afgesloten #archeologisch onderzoek naar het scheepswrak van een #waterschip bij #Zeewolde. www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/d...

Op 1 september start in #Cuijck in Noord-Brabant #archeologisch onderzoek naar de #Romeinse #kade aan de Maas. Dit is nodig omdat de resten steeds meer aangetast raakten. Een subsidie van de RCE maakte het onderzoek mogelijk. www.omroeplvc.nl/nieuws/27-8-...

Ben jij archeoloog of erfgoeddeskundige met een passie voor het vak, die graag meedenkt over vraagstukken over archeologie en erfgoed in de #RO? Dan komen we graag met jou in contact! RAAP heeft een #vacature voor een #beleidsadviseur archeologie en cultuurhistorie: www.raap.nl/documents/va...

RAAP heeft een mooie #vacature voor een KNA-archeoloog MA die aan de slag gaat met archeologisch veldwerk in Noord-Nederland. Kom jij het team van RAAP in Drachten versterken? Kijk voor meer info op: www.raap.nl/documents/va... #archeologie #proefsleuven #opgraving #begeleiding #hiring

I made something. A small drop-lead folding table with side decoration and doweled breadboards. Maple and walnut, treated with oil and wax.