Camilla Mazzucato
@camillamazzucato.bsky.social
Archaeology of prehistoric Southwest Asia. Network Science and material culture. Kinship studies, multispecies archaeology and anthropology. Currently postdoctoral researcher with AviArch@UniTO.
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“A Network of Mutualities of Being”: Socio-material Archaeological Networks and Biological Ties at Çatalhöyük - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. Ho...
link.springer.com
Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼
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The almost full moon (waxing gibbous 94.5%) on Monday evening.
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The almost full moon (waxing gibbous 94.5%) on Monday evening.
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super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
AviArch is hiring! archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif... 🦆🦢🪺🐦🏺
September 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
AviArch is hiring! archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif... 🦆🦢🪺🐦🏺
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Thank you to everyone who has read and shared our story about the allegations the President of the #EAA supported a campaign pressuring the Executive Board to reverse its Gaza vote.
There is now a #WatchingBrief video with a discussion putting the story in context.
Please Like Share and Subscribe.
There is now a #WatchingBrief video with a discussion putting the story in context.
Please Like Share and Subscribe.
EAA President (allegedly) Orchestrated Campaign Against EAA Board!
YouTube video by The Watching Brief
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thank you to everyone who has read and shared our story about the allegations the President of the #EAA supported a campaign pressuring the Executive Board to reverse its Gaza vote.
There is now a #WatchingBrief video with a discussion putting the story in context.
Please Like Share and Subscribe.
There is now a #WatchingBrief video with a discussion putting the story in context.
Please Like Share and Subscribe.
Reposted by Camilla Mazzucato
We are starting to move an initiative from concerned EAA members, mainly from Spain… if you are/were and are interested to support it, sign and share!
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA
Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...
forms.gle
September 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are starting to move an initiative from concerned EAA members, mainly from Spain… if you are/were and are interested to support it, sign and share!
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
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European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) executive has made some very poor & shameful decisions
There is an ongoing Israeli state-sponsored genocide in Gaza, at least 60,000 have been killed, all 12 universities have been destroyed, most heritage sites ruined, libraries razed.
Where is EAA?
There is an ongoing Israeli state-sponsored genocide in Gaza, at least 60,000 have been killed, all 12 universities have been destroyed, most heritage sites ruined, libraries razed.
Where is EAA?
EAA IN CRISIS AFTER GAZA POLICY U-TURN
The BBC’s political satire “The Thick of It” coined a term for a self inflicted public relations disaster, which only gets worse, an Omnishambles. Now the leading representative o…
thepipeline.info
September 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) executive has made some very poor & shameful decisions
There is an ongoing Israeli state-sponsored genocide in Gaza, at least 60,000 have been killed, all 12 universities have been destroyed, most heritage sites ruined, libraries razed.
Where is EAA?
There is an ongoing Israeli state-sponsored genocide in Gaza, at least 60,000 have been killed, all 12 universities have been destroyed, most heritage sites ruined, libraries razed.
Where is EAA?
In light of the EAA board’s recent decision, I will no longer be presenting at the conference. I cannot in good conscience support or contribute to an event under these circumstances. I stand in solidarity with Palestinian people. 🏺#EAA2025 blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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…
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In light of the EAA board’s recent decision, I will no longer be presenting at the conference. I cannot in good conscience support or contribute to an event under these circumstances. I stand in solidarity with Palestinian people. 🏺#EAA2025 blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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🚨An asbolute disgrace on the part of the EAA!
"Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity"
cc @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
"Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity"
cc @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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…
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨An asbolute disgrace on the part of the EAA!
"Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity"
cc @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
"Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity"
cc @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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Final #SINGSábme lecture given by Dr. Betsy Nelson (SMU anthropology and #SINGCanada). Co-authored by me but it's mostly her work: "Decolonizing Paleogenomics and Pathogens: Indigenous led Science and the Power of Storytelling."
August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Final #SINGSábme lecture given by Dr. Betsy Nelson (SMU anthropology and #SINGCanada). Co-authored by me but it's mostly her work: "Decolonizing Paleogenomics and Pathogens: Indigenous led Science and the Power of Storytelling."
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In just under 3 weeks, we look forward to welcoming researchers from 40 countries in Turin, Italy for ISBA11
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #ISBAconference #archaeologicalconference #Turin
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #ISBAconference #archaeologicalconference #Turin
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
In just under 3 weeks, we look forward to welcoming researchers from 40 countries in Turin, Italy for ISBA11
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #ISBAconference #archaeologicalconference #Turin
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #ISBAconference #archaeologicalconference #Turin
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
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Since this was published, another month passed.
arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
Hunger That Defeats Language
“The hunger I’m experiencing now is not what I imagined. It’s not what you imagine, dear reader. It’s not just an empty feeling in your stomach. It’s a numbness that s…
arablit.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Since this was published, another month passed.
arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼
“A Network of Mutualities of Being”: Socio-material Archaeological Networks and Biological Ties at Çatalhöyük - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. Ho...
link.springer.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼
After many years this is out now, many congratulations to everybody!
Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...
www.science.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
After many years this is out now, many congratulations to everybody!
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Just out! we challenge the long-standing tradition of defining Upper Paleolithic cultures primarily through stone tool artefacts. Instead, we turn to personal ornaments to explore cultural identities during the past shorturl.at/8mxKe @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
Multivariate analyses of Aurignacian and Gravettian personal ornaments support cultural continuity in the Early Upper Palaeolithic
Traditionally, lithic artefacts have served as the principal proxy for the definition of archaeological cultures in the Upper Paleolithic. However, the culture-historical framework in use, constructed...
shorturl.at
June 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just out! we challenge the long-standing tradition of defining Upper Paleolithic cultures primarily through stone tool artefacts. Instead, we turn to personal ornaments to explore cultural identities during the past shorturl.at/8mxKe @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...
Help Gazan students to complete their university degrees
The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...
gogetfunding.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...
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📣 Register now for 'Digitisation and fingerwork'
5 May, St John's College
buff.ly/VBW3sWY
Join Tim Ingold (Aberdeen) and the Textile-Digital network for a discussion about preserving millenia-old manual skills for future generations in the light of raising digitisation
5 May, St John's College
buff.ly/VBW3sWY
Join Tim Ingold (Aberdeen) and the Textile-Digital network for a discussion about preserving millenia-old manual skills for future generations in the light of raising digitisation
Digitisation and fingerwork - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
📣 Register now for 'Digitisation and fingerwork'
5 May, St John's College
buff.ly/VBW3sWY
Join Tim Ingold (Aberdeen) and the Textile-Digital network for a discussion about preserving millenia-old manual skills for future generations in the light of raising digitisation
5 May, St John's College
buff.ly/VBW3sWY
Join Tim Ingold (Aberdeen) and the Textile-Digital network for a discussion about preserving millenia-old manual skills for future generations in the light of raising digitisation
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We are pleased to announce that the early bird registration deadline has been extended to May 7th!
www.isba11.com/registration/
#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
www.isba11.com/registration/
#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We are pleased to announce that the early bird registration deadline has been extended to May 7th!
www.isba11.com/registration/
#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
www.isba11.com/registration/
#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
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Oh my goodness.
What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde
The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Oh my goodness.
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NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Reposted by Camilla Mazzucato
Reposted by Camilla Mazzucato
Simon Hoyte's report on the Baka, their forests and the impacts of conservation and development.
For the Baka : "They believe the ultimate way to achieve joy is through sharing. Elders told us: "If the forest is shared properly, everyone will live well.""
phys.org/news/2025-03...
For the Baka : "They believe the ultimate way to achieve joy is through sharing. Elders told us: "If the forest is shared properly, everyone will live well.""
phys.org/news/2025-03...
Cameroon's Baka people say they are part of the forest: That's why they look after it
The Congo Basin's hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest.
phys.org
March 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Simon Hoyte's report on the Baka, their forests and the impacts of conservation and development.
For the Baka : "They believe the ultimate way to achieve joy is through sharing. Elders told us: "If the forest is shared properly, everyone will live well.""
phys.org/news/2025-03...
For the Baka : "They believe the ultimate way to achieve joy is through sharing. Elders told us: "If the forest is shared properly, everyone will live well.""
phys.org/news/2025-03...
"Ancient genetics offers a new suite of data about past people and their worlds, but it is just one source among many that must be tested, twined together and teased apart to make sense of the complexhuman practices that ultimately created the archaeological record." Great work and conclusions!
"Social and Genetic Relations in Neolithic Ireland: Re-evaluating Kinship"
A major contribution to debates on Neolithic kinship, genetic relatedness & monuments like Newgrange. Led by Dr Neil Carlin & Dr Jessica Smyth at UCD Archaeology & international team
Cambridge Arch J
doi.org/10.1017/S095...
A major contribution to debates on Neolithic kinship, genetic relatedness & monuments like Newgrange. Led by Dr Neil Carlin & Dr Jessica Smyth at UCD Archaeology & international team
Cambridge Arch J
doi.org/10.1017/S095...
April 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Ancient genetics offers a new suite of data about past people and their worlds, but it is just one source among many that must be tested, twined together and teased apart to make sense of the complexhuman practices that ultimately created the archaeological record." Great work and conclusions!
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🧪1/2 Here’s a sample of words flagged by US agencies for restriction/avoidance, according to government documents as Trump seeks to purge the federal government of progressive initiatives. Archaeology has never been so disruptive! shorturl.at/dka55 #sciencenotsilence @standupforscience.bsky.social
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🧪1/2 Here’s a sample of words flagged by US agencies for restriction/avoidance, according to government documents as Trump seeks to purge the federal government of progressive initiatives. Archaeology has never been so disruptive! shorturl.at/dka55 #sciencenotsilence @standupforscience.bsky.social