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Alessandra Varalli
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PhD - anthropology - stable isotopes - diet - mobility - subsistence strategies - agricultural practices - prehistory @CNRS.fr @LAMPEA_officiel @univ-amu.fr
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Excited to present our poster on anthropological, paleopathological and stable isotope analysis from Kuwait at #ICAANE! 🦷🦴🧪
Come find us and let's talk isotopes! #anthropology #isotopes #Kuwait
June 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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archaeorg.bsky.social
⚠️ #PhD opportunity⚠️ If you are interested in #Archaeology and #Pastoralism, ERC-project CAMP offers a fully-funded PhD position in UPF (Barcelona) to study plant microremains and geochemical signatures in pastoral contexts. Apply by July 10th! More info. below 👇🏼
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/346669
HUM-PIPF-2025-02 ERC-Funded PhD position on (Re)Constructing the Archaeology of Mobile Pastoralism (CAMP) Bringing the site level into long-term pastoral narratives
One ERC-Funded PhD position on (Re)Constructing the Archaeology of Mobile Pastoralism (CAMP) Bringing the site level into long-term pastoral narratives
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June 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
alevara19.bsky.social
Giving a talk today on diet & isotopes at the Musée Archeos, part of the Cuisiner les restes exhibition (7 Dec–6 July).🦴🦷🍽️
How can ancient food habits be uncovered through science? Come find out! #archaeology #isotopes #diet #CuisinerLesRestes @LAMPEA_officiel @CNRS
May 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🚨New publication! Our article "Reassessment of Northern Kuwait Bay’s Dry-Stone Tombs: Insights into #Architecture #BurialPractices and #Socio-EconomicDynamics" is now out!🏺🦴So glad to have worked with a great team led by @tara-steimer 🔗 archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.ph... #BronzeAge #NearEast
Reassessment of Northern Kuwait Bay’s Dry-Stone Tombs: Insights into Architecture, Burial Practices, and Socio-Economic Dynamics | Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East – Archaeologic...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
alevara19.bsky.social
📣 Save the date!
🗓 23 May | Douai
Workshop on prehistoric diet in the framework of the exhibition "Cuisiner les restes – 2 000 ans d'alimentation avant notre ère" 🍽️
Talks on isotopes, archaeobotany, archaeology, ethnography & more.
See you there! #Archaeology #Isotopes #Prehistory
April 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I just uploaded the first version of {{exactplot}} to github.com/const-ae/exa... 🎉

It produces figures with consistent font size, Latex labels, and millimeter-perfect layouting. It's an alternative to patchwork with less elegant syntax but much more flexibility.

#rstats
Plot produced with exactplot xp_compose_plots( xp_text("Welcome to \\texttt{exactplot} with \\LaTeX{} support", x = 1, y = 2, fontsize = xp$fontsize_large, fontface = "bold"), xp_text("A) Flipper length vs.\\ beak size", x = 1, y = 8), xp_plot(scatter_plot, x = 0, y = 12, width = 80, height = 40), xp_text("B) Beak sizes", x = 84, y = 8), xp_plot(beak_lengths, x = 82, y = 12, width = 58, height = 40), xp_text(density_formula, x = 99, y = 12, fontsize = xp$fontsize_small), width = 140, height = 52, keep_tex_file = FALSE, filename = "example.pdf" )
February 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Today my new paper was published in Plos One. High-resolution Neolithic life history reconstructions using Incremental dentine, bone collagen, and multi-enamel sampling! I'm really pleased with this one

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain
Megalithism has been repetitively tied to specialised herding economies in Iberia, particularly in the mountainous areas of the Basque Country. Legaire Sur, in the uplands of Álava region, is a recent...
journals.plos.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM