Armando Falcucci
@armandofalcucci.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Fellow @ New York University & @ ICArEHB
Paleolithic | Human Behavior | Lithic Technology | Rstats | 3D analysis.
www.armandofalcucci.com
Paleolithic | Human Behavior | Lithic Technology | Rstats | 3D analysis.
www.armandofalcucci.com
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Unabhängige Innovationen bei der Herstellung von Steinwerkzeugen #archäologie
Unabhängige Innovationen bei der Herstellung von Steinwerkzeugen
Forschende der Universitäten Tübingen und Arizona stellen die Annahme in Frage, dass eine rund 42.000 Jahre alte Schlüsselkultur durch Menschen aus dem Nahen Osten nach Europa kam.
www.archaeologie-online.de
October 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Unabhängige Innovationen bei der Herstellung von Steinwerkzeugen #archäologie
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Thrilled to have won the Student Poster Prize at #ESHE2025! 🏆 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on Lebanese fauna and for all the inspiring conversations throughout the conference!
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thrilled to have won the Student Poster Prize at #ESHE2025! 🏆 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on Lebanese fauna and for all the inspiring conversations throughout the conference!
Reposted by Armando Falcucci
Great talk @armandofalcucci.bsky.social! Impressive depth of data analysis, and I really appreciated the open science approach. Finally, robust evidence that the Ahmarian and Protoaurignacian aren’t directly linked
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
#ESHE2025
Armando Falcucci ‘Convergent technological trajectories in early modern humans across the Mediterranean’
Ahmarian (AH) ancestral to Protoaurignacian (PA)?
Test: quant anal of AH fr Ksar Akil & Al-Ansab 1 & PA: NO evidence of PA ancestry or E-W diffusion signal
Chatelperronian source 😳?
Armando Falcucci ‘Convergent technological trajectories in early modern humans across the Mediterranean’
Ahmarian (AH) ancestral to Protoaurignacian (PA)?
Test: quant anal of AH fr Ksar Akil & Al-Ansab 1 & PA: NO evidence of PA ancestry or E-W diffusion signal
Chatelperronian source 😳?
September 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Great talk @armandofalcucci.bsky.social! Impressive depth of data analysis, and I really appreciated the open science approach. Finally, robust evidence that the Ahmarian and Protoaurignacian aren’t directly linked
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
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🦣🏺
#ESHE2025
Armando Falcucci ‘Convergent technological trajectories in early modern humans across the Mediterranean’
Ahmarian (AH) ancestral to Protoaurignacian (PA)?
Test: quant anal of AH fr Ksar Akil & Al-Ansab 1 & PA: NO evidence of PA ancestry or E-W diffusion signal
Chatelperronian source 😳?
Armando Falcucci ‘Convergent technological trajectories in early modern humans across the Mediterranean’
Ahmarian (AH) ancestral to Protoaurignacian (PA)?
Test: quant anal of AH fr Ksar Akil & Al-Ansab 1 & PA: NO evidence of PA ancestry or E-W diffusion signal
Chatelperronian source 😳?
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🦣🏺
Reposted by Armando Falcucci
Podium talks Day 2 #ESHE2025
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
September 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Podium talks Day 2 #ESHE2025
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4.
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4.
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
The split-based antler point from the Early Aurignacian sequence at Grotta della Cala, southern Italy, provides new insights into Early Upper Paleolithic osseous technology. Read our recently published paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
#Palaeolithic #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
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#Palaeolithic #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
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August 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The split-based antler point from the Early Aurignacian sequence at Grotta della Cala, southern Italy, provides new insights into Early Upper Paleolithic osseous technology. Read our recently published paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
#Palaeolithic #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
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#Palaeolithic #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
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🚨New paper alert!🧪 We explore the #Aurignacian at Grotta della Cala (southern Italy), providing robust evidence of human settlement shortly after the #CampanianIgnimbrite eruption (ca. 40 ka). 1/5 🌋
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @lucdoyon.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social & the University of Siena
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @lucdoyon.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social & the University of Siena
Revisiting the Early Aurignacian in Italy: New insights from Grotta della Cala
Grotta della Cala in southern Italy is a key archaeological site spanning from the Middle Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. In the stratigraphic sequence…
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July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨New paper alert!🧪 We explore the #Aurignacian at Grotta della Cala (southern Italy), providing robust evidence of human settlement shortly after the #CampanianIgnimbrite eruption (ca. 40 ka). 1/5 🌋
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @lucdoyon.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social & the University of Siena
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @lucdoyon.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social & the University of Siena
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New paper led by Annette Oertle out today focusing on our work at Castelcivita in Italy. A pleasure to work with our wonderful Italian colleagues.
@katerinad.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@katerinad.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy
www.nature.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New paper led by Annette Oertle out today focusing on our work at Castelcivita in Italy. A pleasure to work with our wonderful Italian colleagues.
@katerinad.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@katerinad.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Armando Falcucci
Another exciting collaboration led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social now out in Scientific Data! It's hard to underscore how meaningful it is to have data from these four sites excavated by different teams together in a single paper and available for anyone to access! 🏺🦣🧪
#NewPaperAlert: We're delighted to present The Open Aurignacian Project — an open-access 3D database of 2,000+ lithics from four key Italian Paleolithic sites. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #FlintFriday #FossilFriday #3Darchaeology #OpenScience #DigitalHeritage @julienrs.bsky.social 🦣 🏺
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June 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Another exciting collaboration led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social now out in Scientific Data! It's hard to underscore how meaningful it is to have data from these four sites excavated by different teams together in a single paper and available for anyone to access! 🏺🦣🧪
#NewPaperAlert: We're delighted to present The Open Aurignacian Project — an open-access 3D database of 2,000+ lithics from four key Italian Paleolithic sites. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #FlintFriday #FossilFriday #3Darchaeology #OpenScience #DigitalHeritage @julienrs.bsky.social 🦣 🏺
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June 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#NewPaperAlert: We're delighted to present The Open Aurignacian Project — an open-access 3D database of 2,000+ lithics from four key Italian Paleolithic sites. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #FlintFriday #FossilFriday #3Darchaeology #OpenScience #DigitalHeritage @julienrs.bsky.social 🦣 🏺
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A true honor discussing the #Fumane lithic assemblages with Prof. François Bon and many other colleagues from Ferrara, Liège, Pisa, and Toulouse at the #Aurignacian Roundtable in Ferrara.
@umr5608traces.bsky.social @traceolab.bsky.social @gennaijacopo.bsky.social
@umr5608traces.bsky.social @traceolab.bsky.social @gennaijacopo.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A true honor discussing the #Fumane lithic assemblages with Prof. François Bon and many other colleagues from Ferrara, Liège, Pisa, and Toulouse at the #Aurignacian Roundtable in Ferrara.
@umr5608traces.bsky.social @traceolab.bsky.social @gennaijacopo.bsky.social
@umr5608traces.bsky.social @traceolab.bsky.social @gennaijacopo.bsky.social
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🚨New paper alert!🧪 Led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, this paper explores the internal variability of the Protoaurignacian at Riparo Bombrini by analyzing lithic assemblages from layers A2 and A1, and a previously undescribed Early Aurignacian assemblage from layer A0. 1/4 🏺🦣
June 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🚨New paper alert!🧪 Led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, this paper explores the internal variability of the Protoaurignacian at Riparo Bombrini by analyzing lithic assemblages from layers A2 and A1, and a previously undescribed Early Aurignacian assemblage from layer A0. 1/4 🏺🦣
#NewPaperAlert: Our latest research at Riparo Bombrini shows how internal variability in the Protoaurignacian reflects shifting mobility and site-use strategies. 🏺
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
@julienrs.bsky.social
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
@julienrs.bsky.social
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Alps: Lithic technology, raw material procurement, and mobility in the Aurignacian of Riparo Bombrini
Riparo Bombrini is a collapsed rockshelter within the Balzi Rossi site complex, located at the intersection of the Maritime Alps, Northern Apennines, …
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June 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#NewPaperAlert: Our latest research at Riparo Bombrini shows how internal variability in the Protoaurignacian reflects shifting mobility and site-use strategies. 🏺
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
@julienrs.bsky.social
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
@julienrs.bsky.social
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A great opportunity to meet so many inspiring colleagues—thanks to the organizers of the 'Variability within the Aurignacian' session for making it possible! @armandofalcucci.bsky.social @julienrs.bsky.social
Great to see our PhD student Serena Lombardo presenting at the SAA meeting in Denver! Her talk, “Early Upper Paleolithic Technical Behavior at Apidima (Peloponnese, Greece): Technological Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from Cave C,” highlighted our exciting ongoing research at Apidima! Congrats!🤩
April 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A great opportunity to meet so many inspiring colleagues—thanks to the organizers of the 'Variability within the Aurignacian' session for making it possible! @armandofalcucci.bsky.social @julienrs.bsky.social
In preparation for our paper on the Aurignacian from Grotta della Cala (Campania, southern Italy), I am happy to share a large #OpenAccess datasets of high-resolution #3D meshes of #lithics and #bone tools (n = 423): zenodo.org/records/1416... 🏺
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
The Open Aurignacian Project. Volume 3: Grotta della Cala in southern Italy
Overview This repository houses a comprehensive dataset comprising high-resolution 3D meshes of lithic artifacts (n = 420) and bone tools (n = 3). Lithics include cores, blanks (e.g., blades, bladelet...
zenodo.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In preparation for our paper on the Aurignacian from Grotta della Cala (Campania, southern Italy), I am happy to share a large #OpenAccess datasets of high-resolution #3D meshes of #lithics and #bone tools (n = 423): zenodo.org/records/1416... 🏺
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
Happy to give my small contribution to this great OA initiative. Thanks for the trust, @pciarchaeology.bsky.social!
1/3 Many thanks to the 76 reviewers who dedicated time for our free #openaccess initiative in 2024!
42 anonymous reviewers +
@carigol.bsky.social
@davidedelpiano.bsky.social
@ndelsol.bsky.social
@armandofalcucci.bsky.social
@ihuvila.bsky.social
42 anonymous reviewers +
@carigol.bsky.social
@davidedelpiano.bsky.social
@ndelsol.bsky.social
@armandofalcucci.bsky.social
@ihuvila.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy to give my small contribution to this great OA initiative. Thanks for the trust, @pciarchaeology.bsky.social!
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Can we use mere stone flakes to track cultural change?
@hannesrathmann.bsky.social and I test this with simple flake attributes & a newly developed statistical method! All data, methods and code are #openaccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #statistics #openscience
Feedback welcome!
Can we use mere stone flakes to track cultural change?
@hannesrathmann.bsky.social and I test this with simple flake attributes & a newly developed statistical method! All data, methods and code are #openaccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #statistics #openscience
Feedback welcome!
Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change
www.nature.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Can we use mere stone flakes to track cultural change?
@hannesrathmann.bsky.social and I test this with simple flake attributes & a newly developed statistical method! All data, methods and code are #openaccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #statistics #openscience
Feedback welcome!
Can we use mere stone flakes to track cultural change?
@hannesrathmann.bsky.social and I test this with simple flake attributes & a newly developed statistical method! All data, methods and code are #openaccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #statistics #openscience
Feedback welcome!
1/ #NewPaperAlert: Thrilled to finally share our new paper on #Fumane Cave after a long and time-consuming research process! 🏺
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #StoneTools #HumanEvolution #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #StoneTools #HumanEvolution #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Refitting the Context: A Reconsideration of Cultural Change among Early Homo sapiens at Fumane Cave through Blade Break Connections, Spatial Taphonomy, and Lithic Technology - Journal of Paleolithic A...
High-resolution stratigraphic frameworks are crucial for unraveling the biocultural processes behind the dispersals of Homo sapiens across Europe. Detailed technological studies of lithic assemblages ...
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January 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
1/ #NewPaperAlert: Thrilled to finally share our new paper on #Fumane Cave after a long and time-consuming research process! 🏺
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #StoneTools #HumanEvolution #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #StoneTools #HumanEvolution #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Armando Falcucci
🧪 New paper alert! 🏺
Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis.
This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6
Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis.
This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6
View of Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis
paleoanthropology.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM
🧪 New paper alert! 🏺
Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis.
This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6
Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis.
This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6
Reposted by Armando Falcucci
Are you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...
QGIS 4 Archaeology - Course Intro & Installing Software
YouTube video by ArchaeoSquatch
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November 18, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Are you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...
Reposted by Armando Falcucci
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 : A multimethod analysis for tracing Gravettian red ochre provenance at Arene Candide Cave (NW Italy)! Ochre was heavily used during the Gravettian period (31-22 ky ago), both in everyday and ritual contexts, so knowing where people acquired it from is important. 1/3
A multimethod analysis for tracing Gravettian red ochre provenance at Arene Candide Cave (NW Italy)
Arene Candide Cave, a key site for Western Mediterranean prehistory, is famous for the discovery of the richly adorned Mid–Upper Palaeolithic burial of the ‘Young Prince’ and for its use as a burial ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:30 PM
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 : A multimethod analysis for tracing Gravettian red ochre provenance at Arene Candide Cave (NW Italy)! Ochre was heavily used during the Gravettian period (31-22 ky ago), both in everyday and ritual contexts, so knowing where people acquired it from is important. 1/3