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Andrea Zupancich
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Exploring human-plant interactions in #prehistory | Stone tools & dental calculus | South West Asia, Europe & Africa #use-wear #residues #microscopy 🌾🔬
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science.org
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
A shorthair domestic cat gazes upward.
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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tanjaweyandt.bsky.social
🥑 What’s your favorite brain food—and why does it matter?
Discover how tiny nutrients shaped human evolution and still power #memory, #learning, and #MentalHealth today.
📖 Free chapter until Dec 26:
👉 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#BrainHealth #Nutrition #Evolution
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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In Ardeche for the 11th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped & Ground Stone Industries of the Near East presenting the the results on the use of ground stone tools to process pulses at Kharaysin (Jordan) 🌱🔬 @iphes-cerca.bsky.social @csic.es #archaeology #usewear #neolithic
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Ninna nanna..
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Ninnananna di Trilussa recitata da Gigi Proietti
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November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
NEW Finds from 13,200–10,700 cal BC Eşek Deresi Cave in the Central Taurus Mountains 🇹🇷
The material culture shares features from both Central Anatolia and the Levant, indicating Epipalaeolithic connections via the Taurus Mountains.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
a) Groundstone tools; b) in situ groundstones (ophiolite); c) marine shells; d) bone tools; e) stone pendant; f) stone object (possibly a figurine); g) incised stone (images from the Eşek Deresi Cave Photo Archive).
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Reposted by Andrea Zupancich
luckytran.com
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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New exciting experiments have just began at @chewlabluc.bsky.social
🌾🔬🦷 #experimental #archaeology #plants #teeth #usewear
September 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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blacktrowel.bsky.social
📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats

Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.

Archaeologists:
Cancel membership | Speak up | Share

Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

#EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats
Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…
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September 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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chewlabluc.bsky.social
Let’s go Neolithic!
Two people sitting by a granite millstone, ready to grind seeds. A man using a sandstone millstone to grind seeds.
September 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🪨🌿What can a stone tool tell us about human–plant relationships in prehistory?
Join Dr Andrea Zupancich at the next free @ICArEHB LEXA Seminar to explore groundstone artifacts, food practices & cultural traditions.
2nd of September at 2pm
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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tomosproffitt.bsky.social
Calling all palaeolithic archaeologists. Come and work with me on a really exciting new survey and excavation project in Uganda: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/348570
INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
International tender to recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral initial level researcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Palaeolithic Archaeology or related areas, under the research project “ERC ...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
June 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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fionapichon.bsky.social
Excited to share my new #OpenAccess paper in Archaeometry, part of a great Special Issue! 🔬🌾
What can lithics tell us about early food production?
Insights into Neolithic harvesting practices and cultural change in SW Asia.
📖 buff.ly/9mDIJGb
#Neolithic #Archaeology #Lithics #Use-wear #Confocal
June 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Reposted by Andrea Zupancich
bioanth.bsky.social
Researchers challenge long-held assumptions about the origins of domestication
A special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B takes a bold step toward redefining one of the most debated concepts in biology and the social sciences: domestication. Titled "Shi...
phys.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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antiquity.ac.uk
These are some lovely flint figurines made ~9,000-years-ago by #Neolithic people at Kharaysin, 🇯🇴

Their variation could mean that each figurine is depicting a different person 🏺 AncientBluesky

🔗 from 2020 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
40 pieces of flint, shaped to resemble the outlines of humans, each with varying proportions.
April 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Excited to share our first message here! 📢 Announcing our 2nd Seminar on Seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory & Methods in Archaeological Research.
Join us in the lab in April 🔬

Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4...
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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fionapichon.bsky.social
✨💡 Shining light on dark matter… but plot twist: it’s about obsidian, not astrophysics! Thanks to confocal microscopy and 3D texture analysis, we are unlocking the hidden stories of use-wear on experimental obsidian tools 🧐🔬
👀 Have a look here #OpenAccess link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Interested in quantitative methods applied to functional analyses of stone tools? Our results of the application of confocal microscopy and #3D surface texture analysis for the study of ground stone tools use have just been published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory rdcu.be/d891N
February 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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fionapichon.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess paper: when did cereal agriculture adopt low harvesting?🧐 Our study traces the shift from high to low cereal cutting between 11,000 and 6,000 cal BC in SW Asia—a gradual yet transformative process that shaped the Mediterranean #agriculture 🌾🔬 #archaeology #usewear #confocal @csic.es
January 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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🌟Exciting News🌟 We are thrilled to announce that we are organizing a session on obsidian diffusion, technology and use at the 31st EAA Annual Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 (3-6 Sept. 2025)
#Obsidian #TechnoTypology #UseWear #LithicStudies #Diffusion
An informative poster detailing a session at a conference focusing on the study of obsidian in archaeology. The text emphasizes the significance of lithic industries in understanding past societies, highlighting obsidian as a key material for toolmaking in regions with volcanic rocks. It outlines the session’s aim to unite researchers specializing in various analytical methods, including technological, typological, and functional analyses of obsidian. Key themes include core reduction techniques, tool typology, experimental archaeology, use-wear studies, data standardization, and the material’s procurement and circulation. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and broaden perspectives in lithic studies.
December 24, 2024 at 10:04 AM