Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
BB-LAB was established in 2021 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel by @christophe-fire.bsky.social to increase the synergy between bioarchaeological researchers in Brussels and beyond! Based at @amgc-vub.bsky.social
Celebrating the start of the academic year with our @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social friends 🥼😎🎓🔥☀️
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Celebrating the start of the academic year with our @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social friends 🥼😎🎓🔥☀️
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
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🗣️ New paper! 🗣️
The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇
The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me
September 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🗣️ New paper! 🗣️
The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇
The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇
We are on our way to @isba11.bsky.social 🚅 Ready for a week of archaeology and science
🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕
🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕
August 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are on our way to @isba11.bsky.social 🚅 Ready for a week of archaeology and science
🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕
🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕
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Our bioavailable strontium baseline for Corsica is out! ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranges from 0.7075 to 0.7169 and was established from 245 plant & soil leachate samples from 125 sites.
Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY
and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw
Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY
and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw
August 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our bioavailable strontium baseline for Corsica is out! ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranges from 0.7075 to 0.7169 and was established from 245 plant & soil leachate samples from 125 sites.
Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY
and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw
Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY
and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw
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Prepping for the Phytolith Morphometry Workshop at #IMPR2025 in Barcelona this July!
We’ll dive into the some hands-on 3D modelling of phytoliths.
👉 For scholars attending the IMPR, please feel free to attend the workshop by registering before May 31!
We’ll dive into the some hands-on 3D modelling of phytoliths.
👉 For scholars attending the IMPR, please feel free to attend the workshop by registering before May 31!
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Prepping for the Phytolith Morphometry Workshop at #IMPR2025 in Barcelona this July!
We’ll dive into the some hands-on 3D modelling of phytoliths.
👉 For scholars attending the IMPR, please feel free to attend the workshop by registering before May 31!
We’ll dive into the some hands-on 3D modelling of phytoliths.
👉 For scholars attending the IMPR, please feel free to attend the workshop by registering before May 31!
📣 Data, data, data 📣
The BBLAB crew spent the day compiling our isotope data in the @isoarch.bsky.social version 3.0 database! Thanks @isotopistrachel.bsky.social & @tloeffelmann.bsky.social for teaching us the ropes 🧗🏻♀️
#openaccessdata #archaeology #fairandcare
The BBLAB crew spent the day compiling our isotope data in the @isoarch.bsky.social version 3.0 database! Thanks @isotopistrachel.bsky.social & @tloeffelmann.bsky.social for teaching us the ropes 🧗🏻♀️
#openaccessdata #archaeology #fairandcare
May 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📣 Data, data, data 📣
The BBLAB crew spent the day compiling our isotope data in the @isoarch.bsky.social version 3.0 database! Thanks @isotopistrachel.bsky.social & @tloeffelmann.bsky.social for teaching us the ropes 🧗🏻♀️
#openaccessdata #archaeology #fairandcare
The BBLAB crew spent the day compiling our isotope data in the @isoarch.bsky.social version 3.0 database! Thanks @isotopistrachel.bsky.social & @tloeffelmann.bsky.social for teaching us the ropes 🧗🏻♀️
#openaccessdata #archaeology #fairandcare
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🔷 Join us on Friday (online)! 🔷
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@open-phytoliths.bsky.social
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@open-phytoliths.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🔷 Join us on Friday (online)! 🔷
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@open-phytoliths.bsky.social
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@open-phytoliths.bsky.social
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📢 New paper alert! 📢
I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)
I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)
Reconstructing Life Histories: New Insights Into Cremation Practices, Mobility, and Food Consumption Patterns Through Isotope and Infrared Analyses of Petrous Parts and Teeth
This graph shows the strontium results of the individuals from Herstal, Belgium.
doi.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📢 New paper alert! 📢
I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)
I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)
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Paper Alert 🔥
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzX5,rVDBnN…
April 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Paper Alert 🔥
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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🌿 I’m excited to be speaking at the upcoming Open Research Meeting.
Join us to discuss how we can share phytolith images more openly within the community.
🗓️ 9 May, 16:00–17:00 UTC+1
💻 Online
🔗 Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us to discuss how we can share phytolith images more openly within the community.
🗓️ 9 May, 16:00–17:00 UTC+1
💻 Online
🔗 Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🌿 I’m excited to be speaking at the upcoming Open Research Meeting.
Join us to discuss how we can share phytolith images more openly within the community.
🗓️ 9 May, 16:00–17:00 UTC+1
💻 Online
🔗 Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us to discuss how we can share phytolith images more openly within the community.
🗓️ 9 May, 16:00–17:00 UTC+1
💻 Online
🔗 Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Received a tour at the excavations of the (first) castle of the counts of Flanders in Ypres today! A very exciting find regarding the earliest history of the city, and for my research on the city's earliest city-dwellers... 🏰 @amgc-vub.bsky.social @shoc-vub.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Received a tour at the excavations of the (first) castle of the counts of Flanders in Ypres today! A very exciting find regarding the earliest history of the city, and for my research on the city's earliest city-dwellers... 🏰 @amgc-vub.bsky.social @shoc-vub.bsky.social
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The LOCO project is looking for 2 PhDs and 2 Post-docs in (bio-)archaeology, history, geochemistry, and digital humanities. This joint project between VUB, KUL, and UGent looks at the mobility of people, materials, and ideas in the Low Countries. Apply before 30 April 2025 😀
April 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The LOCO project is looking for 2 PhDs and 2 Post-docs in (bio-)archaeology, history, geochemistry, and digital humanities. This joint project between VUB, KUL, and UGent looks at the mobility of people, materials, and ideas in the Low Countries. Apply before 30 April 2025 😀
Join us in Belgium! Two PhD and two postdocs are available on the LOCO project. Its a great opportunity to work with a large interdisciplinary team examining the mobility of people, materials and ideas 💡
The LOCO project is looking for 2 PhDs and 2 Post-docs in (bio-)archaeology, history, geochemistry, and digital humanities. This joint project between VUB, KUL, and UGent looks at the mobility of people, materials, and ideas in the Low Countries. Apply before 30 April 2025 😀
April 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Join us in Belgium! Two PhD and two postdocs are available on the LOCO project. Its a great opportunity to work with a large interdisciplinary team examining the mobility of people, materials and ideas 💡
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Last Friday I had the pleasure to give a talk at the @ulbruxelles.bsky.social on radiocarbon dating in archaeology.
Thanks to Alicia Van Ham-Meert, Yaël Antonaros and Kristin Bartik for the invitation! Lovely to catch up with you all, @christophe-fire.bsky.social, & @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social 🙏💙
Thanks to Alicia Van Ham-Meert, Yaël Antonaros and Kristin Bartik for the invitation! Lovely to catch up with you all, @christophe-fire.bsky.social, & @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social 🙏💙
April 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Last Friday I had the pleasure to give a talk at the @ulbruxelles.bsky.social on radiocarbon dating in archaeology.
Thanks to Alicia Van Ham-Meert, Yaël Antonaros and Kristin Bartik for the invitation! Lovely to catch up with you all, @christophe-fire.bsky.social, & @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social 🙏💙
Thanks to Alicia Van Ham-Meert, Yaël Antonaros and Kristin Bartik for the invitation! Lovely to catch up with you all, @christophe-fire.bsky.social, & @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social 🙏💙
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🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline’ by R. Hermans et al. is now #free for a limited time 1/7
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@rosaliehermans.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@caestromberg.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@rosaliehermans.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@caestromberg.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline’ by R. Hermans et al. is now #free for a limited time 1/7
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@rosaliehermans.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@caestromberg.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@rosaliehermans.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@caestromberg.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
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🌿🏺This study lays the foundation for refining NW Europe's phytolith reference database. With more data, we can better reconstruct ancient environments and human-plant interactions. (7/7)
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@stromberglab.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
#AoBpapers
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@stromberglab.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
#AoBpapers
Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline
AbstractBackground and Aims. The absence of a modern plant-based ‘dicotyledon’ phytolith reference baseline impedes the accurate interpretation of fossil p
doi.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🌿🏺This study lays the foundation for refining NW Europe's phytolith reference database. With more data, we can better reconstruct ancient environments and human-plant interactions. (7/7)
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@stromberglab.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
#AoBpapers
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@stromberglab.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
#AoBpapers
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It was hard work…what can I say…..🤣
📞 Ypres calling! Special delivery📦🚚
Barbara, Martijn, and Charlotte visited the BAAC depot last Friday and collected the first batch of skeletons from the Sint-Maarten parish in Ypres🦴
But who were these medieval city-dwellers, and where did they come from..?🧪💀
Like for part 2?🤔
#Sr&O #osteology
Barbara, Martijn, and Charlotte visited the BAAC depot last Friday and collected the first batch of skeletons from the Sint-Maarten parish in Ypres🦴
But who were these medieval city-dwellers, and where did they come from..?🧪💀
Like for part 2?🤔
#Sr&O #osteology
March 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It was hard work…what can I say…..🤣
📞 Ypres calling! Special delivery📦🚚
Barbara, Martijn, and Charlotte visited the BAAC depot last Friday and collected the first batch of skeletons from the Sint-Maarten parish in Ypres🦴
But who were these medieval city-dwellers, and where did they come from..?🧪💀
Like for part 2?🤔
#Sr&O #osteology
Barbara, Martijn, and Charlotte visited the BAAC depot last Friday and collected the first batch of skeletons from the Sint-Maarten parish in Ypres🦴
But who were these medieval city-dwellers, and where did they come from..?🧪💀
Like for part 2?🤔
#Sr&O #osteology
March 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📞 Ypres calling! Special delivery📦🚚
Barbara, Martijn, and Charlotte visited the BAAC depot last Friday and collected the first batch of skeletons from the Sint-Maarten parish in Ypres🦴
But who were these medieval city-dwellers, and where did they come from..?🧪💀
Like for part 2?🤔
#Sr&O #osteology
Barbara, Martijn, and Charlotte visited the BAAC depot last Friday and collected the first batch of skeletons from the Sint-Maarten parish in Ypres🦴
But who were these medieval city-dwellers, and where did they come from..?🧪💀
Like for part 2?🤔
#Sr&O #osteology
Great work by @rosaliehermans.bsky.social and team on developing an expanded baseline for NW Europe 🌱🔬🔥
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline
AbstractBackground and Aims. The absence of a modern plant-based ‘dicotyledon’ phytolith reference baseline impedes the accurate interpretation of fossil p
academic.oup.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Great work by @rosaliehermans.bsky.social and team on developing an expanded baseline for NW Europe 🌱🔬🔥
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline
AbstractBackground and Aims. The absence of a modern plant-based ‘dicotyledon’ phytolith reference baseline impedes the accurate interpretation of fossil p
academic.oup.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
This multiproxy analysis of the large Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg urnfield uncovered social networks! Local mobility and preferential land use was seen and nonadults & women were enjoying different diets than men! 🔥🦴🌿🍖
Let’s explore the prehistoric landscapes of the Netherlands: enjoy our open access article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lively landscapes: Sex- and age-related differences in diet and land use characterising a Late Bronze-Early Iron Age community from Tilburg, the Netherlands
The Late Bronze-Early Iron Age (LBA-EIA)urnfield of Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg yielded 229 cremation graves with various features.This large cemetery is a …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This multiproxy analysis of the large Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg urnfield uncovered social networks! Local mobility and preferential land use was seen and nonadults & women were enjoying different diets than men! 🔥🦴🌿🍖
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Let’s explore the prehistoric landscapes of the Netherlands: enjoy our open access article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lively landscapes: Sex- and age-related differences in diet and land use characterising a Late Bronze-Early Iron Age community from Tilburg, the Netherlands
The Late Bronze-Early Iron Age (LBA-EIA)urnfield of Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg yielded 229 cremation graves with various features.This large cemetery is a …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Let’s explore the prehistoric landscapes of the Netherlands: enjoy our open access article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
BBLAB has so much to celebrate! 🎉 @christophe-fire.bsky.social's 10-year milestone at VUB and his recent PhD Supervisor Prize, plus the arrival of new members set the stage for an exciting 2025. Here’s to a year filled with research, isotopes and collaboration!
February 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BBLAB has so much to celebrate! 🎉 @christophe-fire.bsky.social's 10-year milestone at VUB and his recent PhD Supervisor Prize, plus the arrival of new members set the stage for an exciting 2025. Here’s to a year filled with research, isotopes and collaboration!
Welcoming our newest postdoc Dr Danaé Guiserix with a morning of mass spec training!
@isotopistrachel.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@toothdetective.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@isotopistrachel.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@toothdetective.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Welcoming our newest postdoc Dr Danaé Guiserix with a morning of mass spec training!
@isotopistrachel.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@toothdetective.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@isotopistrachel.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@toothdetective.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social