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

On September 17, our colleague Stefan Schreiber will give a talk at the Leibniz Institute for #Resilience #Research. 🎤 “Wider die Panarchie: Archäologische Gedanken zur #Resilienz zwischen heterogenen Sozialformen” #Archaeology 📅 17.09.2025 | 18:00 💻 Online lecture More info: lir-mainz.de/mrg

We are at it! Fieldschool 2025 at Kapellenberg started this morning. Great team! 💪 @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @challengesjgu.bsky.social

Bericht von Andreas Ludwig (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) zur Tagung "Dinge-Erzähen-Werte", Kooperation mit @zfl-berlin.bsky.social, @leizarchaeology.bsky.social, DASA Dortmund und @ecchronoi.bsky.social.

Auch @thw.de-Präsidentin Sabine Lackner und in Begleitung des Ministers die neue Leiterin der @diplo.de-Abteilung Kultur und Gesellschaft Christina Beinhoff informierten sich über das #KulturGutRetter​-Projekt der drei Partner DAI, THW und @leizarchaeology.bsky.social.

Its high time! Kapellenberg 2025! Clearing the trench from last year. Start next Monday, 1 September 25. @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

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...

🚨 New in August! Our latest LEIZA Publications volume takes you to the Bronze Age: Bronze Age River Finds from the Rhine between Speyer and Worms by Lothar Sperber 📖 Free to read: doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #BronzeAge #OpenAccess

Thousands of ancient bronze offerings… deliberately smashed. Why? We’re on a mission to find out – and now we have 3 more years to do it. 💪 #leizarchaeology #archaeology #research #olympia

Save the date! 📌📅 12.-14.11.2025: LEIZA in Mainz, Germany, will host an international conference focusing on a period in the Mediterranean region characterised by numerous conflicts & immense dynamism: the second half of the 2nd and the 1st century BCE. Further information will follow shortly.

LEIZA Publications – our new book series! Discover cutting-edge #archaeology: monographs, edited volumes & conference proceedings – #openaccess on Propylaeum. Bridging archaeology with other disciplines to better understand human behavior & social systems across time and space. 👉 bit.ly/46HeeyC

The Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz/Frankfurt has successfully wrapped up its second funding phase – and continues as a key hub for #ByzantineStudies beyond 2025. What has been achieved, what’s next – and why #Byzantium is more relevant to Europe today than ever before? Read now! #Archaeology

One week from today: @leizarchaeology.bsky.social goes present with @prif.org

www.leiza.de/aktuelles/na... @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Two weeks from today - What can history teach us? Presented by Stefan Kroll from @prif.org at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social :

#Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago. Groundbreaking discovery by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and the LDA in Saxony reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals: idw-online.de/de/news854632 #archaeology #paleolithic #prehistory

Im Rahmen der LFV-Tagung "Dinge - Erzählen - Werte" des Research Lab "Materialität und Medialität" hatten wir heute die Möglichkeit, einen Einblick in die neuen Räume des @leizarchaeology.bsky.social zu bekommen. Wir sind gespannt auf die entstehende Dauerausstellung und das weitere Tagungsprogramm!

Three weeks from today: Stefan Kroll from @prif.org will talk at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social about what we can learn from the Cold War experience, to help understand the Russian-Ukrainian conflict today - "What can history teach us?" (hybrid lecture in German, follow QR-code for link)

KOSTENFREIE TICKETS SICHERN: Aufführung "KLANG. RAUM. GRENZEN" am 6.7.2025 - Kooperationsprojekt von Studierenden der Theaterwissenschaft & der Hochschule für Musik der #UniMainz im @leizarchaeology.bsky.social mit Förderung der Landeszentrale für polit. Bildung RLP 👉 www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

📅 On June 24, we’ll be at #mainzedZWEI25 in Mainz: “DATENLESE – What we know about data and what it knows about us.” Talks, networking & a Wikidata session for everyone working with data. As a mainzed member, we’re in! 📍Akademie der Wissenschaften Mainz Info & registration: bit.ly/4ldjoGW

🔁 The Wijze van het Wad series continues — this time featuring our colleague Ruth Blankenfeldt. In Ep. 3, she explores how people lived in the #WaddenSea region during the #MiddleAges, asking big questions and helping to paint a broader picture of human life in the tidal landscape. 🌊 bit.ly/3ZyrvFF

Our latest review explores the role of machine learning in use-wear analysis, highlighting its potential and providing recommendations for key challenges and limitations. journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.... @icarehb.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social

Just out! Our first publication on the use-wear analysis of quartzite tools from the MSA sequence at Rhafas Cave, Morocco! @icarehb.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 Conference: „Dinge – Erzählen – Werte“ How do objects tell stories and shape cultural values? Join us to explore new interdisciplinary approaches to storytelling with things – in museums, media, literature & more. 📍 June 25–27, 2025 | LEIZA Mainz 🔗 bit.ly/4knFRAS #Narration #Museums #Research

Streaming tip: A new Frisian docuseries on the #WaddenSea just launched! 🌊 Wijze van het Wad (The Wisdom of the Wadden Sea) blends stunning visuals with Frisian, Dutch & some German. Ep. 3 (June 15) features LEIZA’s Ruth Blankenfeldt on medieval salt peat mining! #archaeology npo.nl/start/serie/...

Steinzeitliche Megastrukturen als bislang kaum bekanntes kulturelles #Menschheitserbe am Ostseegrund? Das Projekt #SEASCAPE unter @ostseeforschung.bsky.social-Leitung geht dieser Frage nach. Mit dabei: @leizarchaeology.bsky.social , @uni-kiel.de, Universität Rostock. Mehr Info: tinyurl.com/6bvh7e8t

#Conference | June 19–20, 2025 Linking Worlds: Baltic–Black Sea Exchange via Western Ukraine & Eastern Poland (9th–11th c.) 📍LEIZA, Mainz 💻 Hybrid event Explore overlooked #medieval trade routes, cutting-edge #archaeology & urgent #heritage issues. 🔗 More info: www.leiza.de/linking-worlds

Still a while ahead, but maybe safe the date already (evening lecture in German) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social : www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

Off to Mainz and @leizarchaeology.bsky.social for an exciting conference on Byzantine Early Medieval #Anatolia 600-900 CE presenting a paper entitled: "Towards an Archaeology of Crisis: #Amorium and the Anatolian Plateau between the 7th and 9th Century"

Ever wanted to pick the brain of a real scientist? Now’s your chance! Join Book a Scientist and enjoy a personal 1:1 conversation with an expert from the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de — totally free! 📅 When? Tuesday, June 3, 2025 ⏱ Duration? 25 minutes per session 💰 Cost? Absolutely FREE! 🧵 Thread 1/3

Double success for Kiel University: The Clusters of Excellence 'Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation' (PMI) and 'ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies' @clusterroots.bsky.social will be funded for another seven years!

Doppelsieg für die #UniKiel: Die Exzellenzcluster „Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation“ (PMI) und „ROOTS – Konnektivität von Gesellschaft, Umwelt und Kultur in vergangenen Welten“ @clusterroots.bsky.social#UniKielwerden weitere sieben Jahre gefördert!