Mark
@bioarchmark.bsky.social
Forensic anthropologist and Bioarchaeologist interested in stable isotopes, aDNA, and paleopathology; 🏳️🌈 ; views are mine
New clues to the 'nailed head ritual' uncovered in Spain - Popular Science
February 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New clues to the 'nailed head ritual' uncovered in Spain - Popular Science
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The excavation, conducted from June to November last year, confirmed that the graves were created in May and June 1757, during the Prussian invasion of the Czech lands. Artefacts like uniform remnants, buttons, buckles, and ammunition point to this period.
The excavation, conducted from June to November last year, confirmed that the graves were created in May and June 1757, during the Prussian invasion of the Czech lands. Artefacts like uniform remnants, buttons, buckles, and ammunition point to this period.
Mass grave from Seven Years’ War unearthed at Prague’s Břevnov Monastery
Archaeologists in Prague have uncovered one of Europe's largest mass burial sites from the Seven Years' War. The discovery was made in the courtyard of Břevnov Monastery.
english.radio.cz
January 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The excavation, conducted from June to November last year, confirmed that the graves were created in May and June 1757, during the Prussian invasion of the Czech lands. Artefacts like uniform remnants, buttons, buckles, and ammunition point to this period.
The excavation, conducted from June to November last year, confirmed that the graves were created in May and June 1757, during the Prussian invasion of the Czech lands. Artefacts like uniform remnants, buttons, buckles, and ammunition point to this period.
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🏺 Massive new isotope database drops! NARIA (North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes) just launched with 28k+ measurements spanning 12,000 years of human history across North America 🗺️
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NARIA - Communities - Pandora
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January 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🏺 Massive new isotope database drops! NARIA (North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes) just launched with 28k+ measurements spanning 12,000 years of human history across North America 🗺️
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The 16th century burial regalia were found wrapped in newspaper dated Sept 1939 and squirreled away in a wall under a staircase in the Vilnius Cathedral's crypt. 🏺🧪
Medieval crowns of Eastern European royalty hidden in cathedral wall since World War II finally recovered
A cache of precious metal regalia recently discovered in a Lithuanian cathedral sheds light on medieval royalty.
www.livescience.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The 16th century burial regalia were found wrapped in newspaper dated Sept 1939 and squirreled away in a wall under a staircase in the Vilnius Cathedral's crypt. 🏺🧪
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In slightly belated (although no less exciting news) I have a new #bioarchaeology publication with Hunter Gatherer Research!
"Fragmentary and dispersed: Preadult personhood and social memory in a Southeast Asian forager cemetery" - doi.org/10.3828/hgr....
"Fragmentary and dispersed: Preadult personhood and social memory in a Southeast Asian forager cemetery" - doi.org/10.3828/hgr....
Fragmentary and dispersed: Preadult personhood and social memory in a Southeast Asian forager cemetery: Hunter Gatherer Research: Vol 0, No 0
Bioarchaeological analyses of preadults provide a wealth of information about past
lifeways and social structures, including aspects of personhood. However, studies
of personhood and childhood in arch...
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December 31, 2024 at 12:54 AM
In slightly belated (although no less exciting news) I have a new #bioarchaeology publication with Hunter Gatherer Research!
"Fragmentary and dispersed: Preadult personhood and social memory in a Southeast Asian forager cemetery" - doi.org/10.3828/hgr....
"Fragmentary and dispersed: Preadult personhood and social memory in a Southeast Asian forager cemetery" - doi.org/10.3828/hgr....
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Archaeological evidence suggests Herodotus was not exaggerating his description of a “royal” Scythian burial. 🏺🧪
Archaeologists have found dozens more sacrificed horses in 2,800-year-old burial in Siberia that's eerily similar to Scythian graves
The sacrifices could be an early form of a Scythian burial tradition that lasted for hundreds of years.
www.livescience.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Archaeological evidence suggests Herodotus was not exaggerating his description of a “royal” Scythian burial. 🏺🧪
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It's a debate that's raged for more than 500 years: Where did syphilis, first reported in Europe in 1494, originate? DNA from ancient bones, analyzed by @jrockdrigo.bsky.social and colleagues, may help close the case. @science.org
Syphilis microbe circulated in the Americas thousands of years before European contact
But ancient DNA from bony lesions suggests original bacterial strains may not have spread sexually
www.science.org
December 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
It's a debate that's raged for more than 500 years: Where did syphilis, first reported in Europe in 1494, originate? DNA from ancient bones, analyzed by @jrockdrigo.bsky.social and colleagues, may help close the case. @science.org
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NEW Analysis of over 3000 human bones from Charterhouse Warren, England, indicates they were massacred, butchered, and likely partly consumed by enemies as a means to dehumanise them, questioning the idea that Early Bronze Age Britain was peaceful.
#AntiquityThread 1/18 🧵
#AntiquityThread 1/18 🧵
December 16, 2024 at 10:57 AM
NEW Analysis of over 3000 human bones from Charterhouse Warren, England, indicates they were massacred, butchered, and likely partly consumed by enemies as a means to dehumanise them, questioning the idea that Early Bronze Age Britain was peaceful.
#AntiquityThread 1/18 🧵
#AntiquityThread 1/18 🧵
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Archaeologists used GPR to identify the probable location of a cemetery for people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson on the grounds of The Hermitage plantation. 🧪🏺
Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, enslaved hundreds of people. Archaeologists have discovered where 28 of them were buried.
www.livescience.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Archaeologists used GPR to identify the probable location of a cemetery for people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson on the grounds of The Hermitage plantation. 🧪🏺
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Just in time for the holiday season🎄: "The Archaeology of Cannibalism"! A new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 🏺
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The Archaeology of Cannibalism: a Review of the Taphonomic Traits Associated with Survival and Ritualistic Cannibalism - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Taphonomic studies of osteoarchaeological human assemblages have mainly focused on establishing recognisable markers that allow us to discriminate between humanly induced modifications from natural ca...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Just in time for the holiday season🎄: "The Archaeology of Cannibalism"! A new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 🏺
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New paper using 7,000 burial records to track population changes in Iron Age Norway. Shows 75% population decline after 536/540 CE volcanic winter! Viking Age recovery linked to warmer climate, agricultural advances & trade networks. 🌋📊 #Archaeology #ClimateHistory #Viking
doi.org/10.1080/0029...
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The Impact Of The 6th Century Crisis – Exploring Burials as a Proxy For Population Dynamics in Iron Age Scandinavia
This study examines population dynamics in South Norway during the Iron Age, focusing on the mid-6th century crisis and its aftermath. Analysis of nearly 7,000 dated burials reveals a substantial d...
doi.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:56 PM
New paper using 7,000 burial records to track population changes in Iron Age Norway. Shows 75% population decline after 536/540 CE volcanic winter! Viking Age recovery linked to warmer climate, agricultural advances & trade networks. 🌋📊 #Archaeology #ClimateHistory #Viking
doi.org/10.1080/0029...
doi.org/10.1080/0029...
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My amazing colleague and friend Becky Gowland gave a public talk recently. Check it out youtu.be/Bnml0j-6_aM?... #childhood #bioarchaeology #osteoarchaeology
Joan Pye Lecture 2024: "Life In Roman Britain: A View From The Skeleton" with Rebecca Gowland
YouTube video by Cotswold Archaeology
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November 28, 2024 at 8:17 PM
My amazing colleague and friend Becky Gowland gave a public talk recently. Check it out youtu.be/Bnml0j-6_aM?... #childhood #bioarchaeology #osteoarchaeology