Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and restful holidays ✨ Thank you for the inspiring exchange and your engagement across our different formats throughout the year. We’re taking a short social media break and will be back on 12 January. #LEIZArchaeology

We are delighted to share some great news: our #HorsepowerProject was awarded second prize yesterday at the annual Mongolian Archaeology conference in Ulaanbaatar — selected from 90 projects. More Info about the project: www.horsepowerproject.org #LEIZArchaeology #archaeology #bronzeage

Out now & #openaccess: Werther, Lukas: Der Karlsgraben und die Anfänge des Kanalbaus in Europa. Künstliche Wasserwege in Antike und Mittelalter, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications). Vol. 1: doi.org/10.11588/pro... Vol. 2: doi.org/10.11588/pro... #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology

🔥New paper out now in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports🔥 The team used a combination of innovative methods to analyse various 15,800-year-old engraved stone plaquettes to investigate hand preferences of individual engravers. Read now 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🤝 Research connects across borders. The National Museum of History of Ukraine and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) strengthen their partnership to advance cultural heritage research – from Kyivan Rus’ to Byzantium. More Info: idw-online.de/de/news863683 #leizarchaeology #archaeology

New blog post by Matt on some of his preliminary dissertation work! “Seasonal Oyster Collection by Gullah/Geechee Communities of the American Southeast through Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)” seafront-project.com/post/seasona...

🔥New paper out now in Journal of Human Evolution🔥 Grăunceanu (Romania) with an estimated age >1.95 Ma is not an archaeological site! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social Read now 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Where does human #resilience come from? And how can #archaeology help us understand it? Sebastian Kretz spoke with Alexandra W. Busch (LEIZA) and Klaus Lieb (LIR) for Leibniz Magazine. Read more (in German): www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel... #Research @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

Out now & #openaccess: Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8). doi.org/10.11588/pro... #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies

Today marks the release of the second volume in the series "Theoriedenken in der Archäologie". Beginning with this volume, the series is co-published by @agtida.bsky.social & LEIZA. doi.org/10.11588/pro... #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #Theory

Big news from the Leibniz Association! Alexandra W. Busch, Director General of @leizarchaeology.bsky.social, has been elected Vice President. She brings extensive experience in leadership, research management, and connecting research with society.

I am very happy to see this published! Congratulations 🥳 to Okopi Ade, it was a pleasure to have you in our lab at @tracer-leiza.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social We all learned a lot

Archaeomalacological Dream Team! 🐚 @isazooarch.bsky.social @niklashausmann.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @leizafriends.bsky.social @psuanthro.bsky.social

The #LandscapesofConflict conference is underway. Until Friday, international experts are exploring how conflicts have shaped landscapes and human–environment interactions for more than 6,000 years. A deep-time perspective on a pressing global issue. #LEIZArchaeology #ConflictArchaeology #Research

Das LEIZA vergibt eine Masterarbeit zu partizipativen Museumsformaten mit Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung. Interviews, Workshop-Begleitung & qualitative Auswertung. Honorar: 4.000 €. Bewerbung bis 30.11.2025. Mehr Infos im nächsten Post und hier: go.leiza.de/Masterarbeit

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Kleiner Report in der aktuellen AiD 6/2025, 46-47: "Warum Krieg? Ein Blick in die Vergangenheit" Das Heft ist natürlich auch sonst interessant!☝️ @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @kerstinphofmann.bsky.social (Hinter Bezahlwand) www.herder.de/wbg-magazine...

#LEIZA @leizarchaeology.bsky.social im Morgennebel 🤍🩶

Im September haben @thw.de, @leizarchaeology.bsky.social & DAI zum 2. Mal bei der Stationsausbildung der Cultural Heritage Response Unit #CHRU ehrenamtliche Teammitglieder ausgebildet. Das Team von @zdfde.bsky.social #aspekte hat das Projekt #KulturGutRetter begleitet: www.zdf.de/play/reporta...

HUMAN ROOTS AWARD 2025 🏆 The Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution @paleomonrepos.bsky.social, part of the LEIZA, proudly honours Professor John D. Speth (University of Michigan, USA) with this year’s international HUMAN ROOTS AWARD! 🌍✨ #researchaward #archaeology

Beim Tag der #Archäologie in Schleswig-Holstein hält Harald Lübke vom Schleswiger Standort des @leizarchaeology.bsky.social #LEIZA den Festvortrag über seine Forschungen zum #Mesolithikum im Duvenseer Moor:

📣 Einladung zum Vortrag: „Zwischen Jordan und Euphrat: Forschungen zu Überlebensstrategien vorzeitlicher Bevölkerungen in den Wüsten Nordarabiens“ 🗓️ 06.11.2025 | ⏰ 16:15 Uhr 🎙️ Stefan Smith @leizarchaeology.bsky.social 📍 Residenz, Seminarraum der Bibliothek Wir freuen uns auf euer Kommen!

seafront-project.com/post/calibra... Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

New paper out! 🎉 We explore how deep learning (CNNs) can classify polish on experimental flint tools based on contact material and use intensity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Don’t miss the #lecture by Anzhelika Kolesnychenko on 4 November at LEIZA. It's part of a public #lectureseries featuring at-risk scholars from #Ukraine, organised by the Leibniz Research Network Eastern Europe in cooperation with SCIENCE AT RISK. 📄 Check out the flyer for all upcoming dates!

Join us in Mainz for Landscapes of #Conflict: Archaeological Perspectives from #Prehistory to the #MiddleAges — an international #conference exploring how conflict and peace shaped human–environment interactions through time. 📅 26–28 Nov 2025 | 🏛️ LEIZA, Mainz www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

And...one week from today! Come in person or tune in @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Join us on Nov 4, 2025 at 6 PM for Anzhelika Kolesnychenko’s #talk “Social networks shaping the pathways of #Odesa #archaeology.” 📍LEIZA, Mainz | 🎥 Live: “Science at risk” YouTube More Information: www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

Out now: Hier das Programm der Mainzer Vorträge zur Römischen Archäologie (MaVRA), einer Kooperation zwischen dem #LEIZA und dem Akademie-Projekt Disiecta Membra (Klassische Archäologie der #UniMainz). Alle sind eingeladen! #archaeology @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Wie schützt man #Kulturerbe, wenn jede Minute zählt? Die Cultural Heritage Response Unit #CHRU wächst weiter, mit klarer Mission: #Kulturgut​-Fachleute & @thw.de-Einsatzkräfte arbeiten Hand in Hand, um die Lücke zwischen Katastrophen- & #Kulturgutschutz zu schließen. www.dainst.org/newsroom/fro...

TORF, a new DFG-sponsored Research Unit, investigates the drowned coastal landscape of medieval #NorthFrisia / Interdisciplinary project by #UniMainz, @uni-kiel.de, @leizarchaeology.bsky.social, ALSH, and NIhK is funded by @dfg.de 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/torf-a-new-d... #DFG #Geography #Archaeology

Don’t miss Prof. Albert Hafner’s lecture on prehistoric lakeshore life in the Alps & Balkans! 📅 Thu, Oct 30 · 18:00 📍 LEIZA Mainz + online #Archaeology #LEIZArchaeology #lecture #research

Forschungsgruppe "TORF" untersucht untergegangene Küstenlandschaft des mittelalterlichen Nordfrieslands: Eine neue Forschungsgruppe untersucht, wie Menschen im Mittelalter am nordfriesischen Wattenmeer (Schleswig-Holstein) gelebt und dabei die Küstenlandschaft massiv umgestaltet haben.… #archäologie

New Study in @natcomms.nature.com reveals: #BronzeAge herders in Mongolia shared land for 500 yrs but stayed genetically distinct, with different burial customs. Study, among others, by our colleague @ubrosseder.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social & @unibonn.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We’re excited to be part of the new #DFG research group TORF, investigating the lost coastal landscapes of medieval #NorthFrisia! This collaborative project with @unimainz.bsky.social, @uni-kiel.de, @leizarchaeology.bsky.social ALSH, and NIhK is funded by @dfg.de. #Archaeology #Geography

Neue Ausbildungsrunde der #KulturGutRetter Vom 22. bis 24.09. fand die 2. Stationsausbildung der Cultural Heritage Response Unit #CHRU statt. Gemeinsam haben @thw.de, DAI & @leizarchaeology.bsky.social rund 60 Ehrenamtliche ausgebildet, um Kulturgüter im Katastrophenfall gemeinsam zu schützen.

#Archäologie #Steinzeit Neues über die Grabungen am Kapellenberg von Detlef Gronenborn @dgron.bsky.social vom @leizarchaeology.bsky.social in der @faznet.bsky.social FAZ! share.google/0pdDWWEGXhxn...

Kap25 Day 14: Measuring and drawing of trench profiles. Rounding up, as last day in the field... @archaeo-fk.bsky.social and the team achieved a lot! #hessenARCHÄOLOGIE at its best and @unimainz.bsky.social credit points well deserved!!! 👏👏👏 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Kap25 day 11: Good progress despite 🌦️. Pits and huge postholes underneath erosion layers of mound. What is this all about? 🧐 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social @challengesjgu.bsky.social

Bei der Vortragsreihe #VoicesForClimate der @unimainz.bsky.social ist wieder das #LEIZA @leizarchaeology.bsky.social dabei: mit @niklashausmann.bsky.social ! 😃 Hört euch alle Vorträge an (sie sind hybrid), es lohnt sich! @geschichtsadmin.bsky.social @sci-ffert.bsky.social

Stronger together for #reseaech #communicarion! Five Leibniz Institutes from Rhineland-Palatinate are joining forces at the Science Fair #Mainz – with the support of the Ministry of Science and Health RLP.

😍 Auch der berühmte Sohn der Stadt Mainz Johannes Gutenberg ist Fan des Wissenschaftsmarkts in Mainz 😍 Hier präsentieren sich an diesem Wochenende auch die fünf Institute der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de aus Rheinland-Pfalz. #wissen #forschung #leibniz #mainzerwissenschaftsmarkt #WIMA2025

Kap25 Day 10: Close to closing of week 2. As said before, we are stunned by what came up! 😀 @archaeo-fk.bsky.social and the magnificiant team deserve a relaxing weekend. I myself will search the literature for burial monument architecture during 5th and 4th millennia in western Europe...

The 23rd International Congress on the #HistoryofGlass in #Mainz has come to an end – with inspiring talks, global perspectives, and a unique exchange among experts from over 30 countries. #LEIZArchaeology #glassresearch

Kap25 Day 9: It gets ever more exciting as the rains reveal more and more features underneath the mound's erosion layers. That's what we wanted! @archaeo-fk.bsky.social 🤩💦 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Kap25 Day 8: Back to the shovel after the rains. No damage, fortunately! @archaeo-fk.bsky.social and the team expect to complete the section in the forefront within the next days. Btw, did I mention before that they are doing an excellent job? ☝️👍 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Kap25 Day 6: Rain on our parade...🌧️😕 But @archaeo-fk.bsky.social and the team are doing a magnificant job! More and more unexpected features are popping up! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

KAP25 Day 5: Odd features at the top of the mound?! Is it a multi-component structure? We do have Middle Neolithic ceramics...Fascinating 🤨 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Day 3 at KAP25. The team already achieved a lot! And the original architecure of the mound is getting clearer! @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @challengesjgu.bsky.social

After 37 years, we bid farewell to Dr. Ronald Bockius as he sails into retirement. 🛶 Pioneer of #AncientSeafaring, passionate researcher & inspiring colleague – Ronald shaped Mainz #archaeology and far beyond. 🌊 May the next chapter bring joy, new adventures & time on the water! #LEIZArchaeology