Ioannis (Yannis) Chatzikonstantinou
@chatzikon.bsky.social
PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology and Osteoarchaeology. Exploring Minoan and ancient greek funerary practices, human bones, experimental archaeology, analytical methods, and cremations.
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Happy to welcome once again @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social lab in Thessaloniki!
This weekend our team traveled to Thessaloniki to celebrate the end of the #TEFRA project with two days of exciting conferences! 🔥🔥
May 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Happy to welcome once again @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social lab in Thessaloniki!
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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...
The Annual Meeting of the Belgian School at Athens
@christophe-fire.bsky.social will talk about “Mobility and funerary practices in Prehistoric Greece through the lens of isotope research”.
The cover shows the Pre- and Proto-palatial tholos tomb cemetery of Koumasa, Crete.
@christophe-fire.bsky.social will talk about “Mobility and funerary practices in Prehistoric Greece through the lens of isotope research”.
The cover shows the Pre- and Proto-palatial tholos tomb cemetery of Koumasa, Crete.
April 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Annual Meeting of the Belgian School at Athens
@christophe-fire.bsky.social will talk about “Mobility and funerary practices in Prehistoric Greece through the lens of isotope research”.
The cover shows the Pre- and Proto-palatial tholos tomb cemetery of Koumasa, Crete.
@christophe-fire.bsky.social will talk about “Mobility and funerary practices in Prehistoric Greece through the lens of isotope research”.
The cover shows the Pre- and Proto-palatial tholos tomb cemetery of Koumasa, Crete.
Οur open access paper «Experimental insights into different funerary burning conditions on Crete island, Greece» is now available in JAS: Reports
If you investigate cremations, have a look to the different burning dynamics that can affect a burning event
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you investigate cremations, have a look to the different burning dynamics that can affect a burning event
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Οur open access paper «Experimental insights into different funerary burning conditions on Crete island, Greece» is now available in JAS: Reports
If you investigate cremations, have a look to the different burning dynamics that can affect a burning event
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you investigate cremations, have a look to the different burning dynamics that can affect a burning event
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The best team! Happy celebrations BB-Lab!
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 8:04 PM
The best team! Happy celebrations BB-Lab!
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New paper out by @jbioarch.bsky.social on Legaire Sur (Álava, Spain), a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic transition burial tomb. This period was a time of notable population expansion, technological advancement, as well as social and economic change.
Isotopic analysis of 🦷& 🦴tells us more 🧵1/6
Isotopic analysis of 🦷& 🦴tells us more 🧵1/6
Today my new paper was published in Plos One. High-resolution Neolithic life history reconstructions using Incremental dentine, bone collagen, and multi-enamel sampling! I'm really pleased with this one
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@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social
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@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social
Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain
Megalithism has been repetitively tied to specialised herding economies in Iberia, particularly in the mountainous areas of the Basque Country. Legaire Sur, in the uplands of Álava region, is a recent...
journals.plos.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New paper out by @jbioarch.bsky.social on Legaire Sur (Álava, Spain), a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic transition burial tomb. This period was a time of notable population expansion, technological advancement, as well as social and economic change.
Isotopic analysis of 🦷& 🦴tells us more 🧵1/6
Isotopic analysis of 🦷& 🦴tells us more 🧵1/6
If you are interested in #cremations and especially the study of burnt bones, this paper may be useful for your research. 💀 🔥
In this paper, we present the guidelines we have been using when dealing with burned human remains . 🥼
Aegis vol. 29 Louvain, Belgium.
In this paper, we present the guidelines we have been using when dealing with burned human remains . 🥼
Aegis vol. 29 Louvain, Belgium.
January 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you are interested in #cremations and especially the study of burnt bones, this paper may be useful for your research. 💀 🔥
In this paper, we present the guidelines we have been using when dealing with burned human remains . 🥼
Aegis vol. 29 Louvain, Belgium.
In this paper, we present the guidelines we have been using when dealing with burned human remains . 🥼
Aegis vol. 29 Louvain, Belgium.
ARCHAEOZOOMS volume, combining archaeological theory and method, has reached the end of its first six-month period of availability, with over 1000 electronic downloads from 44 countries (!) worldwide. A free of charge copy can be obtained through the link doi.org/10.11588/pro...
December 17, 2024 at 11:24 AM
ARCHAEOZOOMS volume, combining archaeological theory and method, has reached the end of its first six-month period of availability, with over 1000 electronic downloads from 44 countries (!) worldwide. A free of charge copy can be obtained through the link doi.org/10.11588/pro...
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The first Belgium’s strontium isoscape is out now!
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!
Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!
Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001
December 11, 2024 at 8:40 AM
The first Belgium’s strontium isoscape is out now!
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!
Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!
Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001
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New BB-LAB paper out 👍🏻 Marta Hlad and the team identified and characterised patterns in cremation analysis practices through an online survey of those working on cremated human remains 👇
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation
Osteological data, such as biological sex, constitute a base for research in paleodemography and palaeopathology, as well as for understanding past socio-cultural practices. Despite extensive research...
journals.plos.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
New BB-LAB paper out 👍🏻 Marta Hlad and the team identified and characterised patterns in cremation analysis practices through an online survey of those working on cremated human remains 👇
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Last poster before my PhD defence. From the conference of Fitch Lab at the @BSAthens dedicated to archaeological science in Greece. The poster presented some of the final outcomes from the interdisciplinary research conducted on the human remains from Prepalatial Koumasa Tholos Tomb B on Crete.
December 2, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Last poster before my PhD defence. From the conference of Fitch Lab at the @BSAthens dedicated to archaeological science in Greece. The poster presented some of the final outcomes from the interdisciplinary research conducted on the human remains from Prepalatial Koumasa Tholos Tomb B on Crete.
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We are looking forward to welcoming @christophe-fire.bsky.social from @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
to #HEASVienna as part of the #HEASSeminar in #ArchaeologicalScience next Monday.
Registration for online and in-person participation is on our website 🔗 👇
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
HEAS Seminar Series - Archaeological Science - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Archaeological Science, Christophe Snoeck from Vrije Universiteit Brussel will give a talk on ‚Behind the scenes of isotope bioarchaeology – new developments and ...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:42 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming @christophe-fire.bsky.social from @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
to #HEASVienna as part of the #HEASSeminar in #ArchaeologicalScience next Monday.
Registration for online and in-person participation is on our website 🔗 👇
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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Hello, we are the Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab, a team based at VUB researching archaeological mobility, diet, health, cremation conditions, plants, animals and more from all around the 🌍 and from the Neolithic to the present. 🦴⚱️🔥🦷🗺👩🔬
Follow us and our team here:
go.bsky.app/Cg378Ev
Follow us and our team here:
go.bsky.app/Cg378Ev
November 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Hello, we are the Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab, a team based at VUB researching archaeological mobility, diet, health, cremation conditions, plants, animals and more from all around the 🌍 and from the Neolithic to the present. 🦴⚱️🔥🦷🗺👩🔬
Follow us and our team here:
go.bsky.app/Cg378Ev
Follow us and our team here:
go.bsky.app/Cg378Ev