Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥
@dussel.bsky.social
Does Pleistocene Archaeology @ Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/gerrit-dusseldorp#tab-1
Cricket | Natural history
Cricket | Natural history
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So why can't we do this with detecting?
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Many new UK drone users must take theory test for outdoor use
The Civil Aviation Authority reckons up to half a million people in the UK may be impacted by its new requirements.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
So why can't we do this with detecting?
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My thoughts on the APPAG detecting report and an update on donations...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
The APPAG Detecting Inquiry and an update on donations.
By Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Hello again folks. Hope you all had a nice break? A few things have happened since the last blog, so I thought I…
bigbookoftorcs.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My thoughts on the APPAG detecting report and an update on donations...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
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Je kunt haar wel degelijk verwijten geen zelfspot te hebben en daarbovenop dat ze niet begrijpt wat zelfspot is.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Je kunt haar wel degelijk verwijten geen zelfspot te hebben en daarbovenop dat ze niet begrijpt wat zelfspot is.
Archaeology can determine what _actually_ happened on battlefields. But all the other archaeologies are more interesting.
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Archaeology can determine what _actually_ happened on battlefields. But all the other archaeologies are more interesting.
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Our @bes-cascade.bsky.social survey of ecologists asked which socio-political changes might be most effective in the biodiversity & climate crises
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our @bes-cascade.bsky.social survey of ecologists asked which socio-political changes might be most effective in the biodiversity & climate crises
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
After the British navy combatting scurvy with lime juice, it seems in WWII the British army went one better!
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
After the British navy combatting scurvy with lime juice, it seems in WWII the British army went one better!
To govern well is to anticipate. The Rijksmuseum establishing facilities and at the same time helping the Dutch get used to their new capital!
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Rijksmuseum krijgt dependance in Eindhoven
Chipmachinefabrikant ASML gaat flink investeren in het museum.
nos.nl
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
To govern well is to anticipate. The Rijksmuseum establishing facilities and at the same time helping the Dutch get used to their new capital!
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
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All archaeologists should be aware of how our discipline is being used in Palestine right now 🏺
Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
All archaeologists should be aware of how our discipline is being used in Palestine right now 🏺
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𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝘇𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗸?
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
Verleden verteld | Onderzoek op de tempel - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Conservator Daniël Soliman en onderzoekers Aris Politopoulos en Walter Crist gaan het dak op van de Egyptische tempel in het museum.
www.rmo.nl
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝘇𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗸?
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
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Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu ook dat de slachtoffers vrouwen en kinderen konden zijn: 'Dit lijkt in ieder geval één geval van een vrij kille selectie van de makkelijkst buit te maken individuen', vertelt archeoloog @dussel.bsky.social
Neanderthalers aten vrouwen en kinderen
Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Dat werd in 2016 ontdekt door botten die werden gevonden in de grot van Goyet, in de buurt van het Belgische Namen. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu ook dat…
www.vpro.nl
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu ook dat de slachtoffers vrouwen en kinderen konden zijn: 'Dit lijkt in ieder geval één geval van een vrij kille selectie van de makkelijkst buit te maken individuen', vertelt archeoloog @dussel.bsky.social
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Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in Nature. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. go.nature.com/4oKHAS4 🏺 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in Nature. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. go.nature.com/4oKHAS4 🏺 🧪
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Angry Academics in Amsterdam, hoping the next government may put a stop to the systematic destruction of higher education in the Netherlands.
#WOinActie
#WOinActie
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Angry Academics in Amsterdam, hoping the next government may put a stop to the systematic destruction of higher education in the Netherlands.
#WOinActie
#WOinActie
I was asked to explain recent analyses of Neanderthal cannibalism at Goyet Cave on Dutch radio earlier today.
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/o...
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/o...
Neanderthalers aten vrouwen en kinderen
Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Dat bleek uit onderzoek dat werd gedaan op botten die werden gevonden in de grot van Goyet, in de buurt van het Belgische Namen. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu o...
www.nporadio1.nl
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I was asked to explain recent analyses of Neanderthal cannibalism at Goyet Cave on Dutch radio earlier today.
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/o...
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/o...
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Om 10u00 @ovt-vpro.bsky.social de documentaire Two Plus Two Is Five over het gedachtegoed van George Orwell, Russisch gas in Europa, Neanderthalers aten vrouwen en kinderen, Marine-vrouwen en meer
@thomasheij.bsky.social
@dussel.bsky.social @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
@thomasheij.bsky.social
@dussel.bsky.social @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
OVT 7 december 2025
Deze week draait de nieuwe documentaire Two Plus Two Is Fiveover het gedachtegoed van George Orwell in de bioscopen. George Orwell, een pseudoniem van de Britse auteur Eric Arthur Blair, is inmiddels ...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Om 10u00 @ovt-vpro.bsky.social de documentaire Two Plus Two Is Five over het gedachtegoed van George Orwell, Russisch gas in Europa, Neanderthalers aten vrouwen en kinderen, Marine-vrouwen en meer
@thomasheij.bsky.social
@dussel.bsky.social @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
@thomasheij.bsky.social
@dussel.bsky.social @nporadio1.bsky.social
www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...
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This is not true.
These are the figures for England and Wales (where the 1996 Treasure Act and subsequent amendments apply).
It's a complete mess.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
These are the figures for England and Wales (where the 1996 Treasure Act and subsequent amendments apply).
It's a complete mess.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is not true.
These are the figures for England and Wales (where the 1996 Treasure Act and subsequent amendments apply).
It's a complete mess.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
These are the figures for England and Wales (where the 1996 Treasure Act and subsequent amendments apply).
It's a complete mess.
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
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Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - Nature
The genomes of 28 ancient southern African individuals dated to between 10,200 and 150 years before present offer insights into the evolution of Homo sapiens.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Go watch it and share to fight these bastards. It's both funny and exposes these liars
They claim to be pro free speech and then work to cancel me for no reason other than they don't like my critique. They're petty hypocrites Link to video here: youtu.be/oFOFSuHHGzs
They claim to be pro free speech and then work to cancel me for no reason other than they don't like my critique. They're petty hypocrites Link to video here: youtu.be/oFOFSuHHGzs
The Hawara Hoax: Joe Rogan's UFO in the Egyptian Labyrinth⁉️ Debunking UnchartedX
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Go watch it and share to fight these bastards. It's both funny and exposes these liars
They claim to be pro free speech and then work to cancel me for no reason other than they don't like my critique. They're petty hypocrites Link to video here: youtu.be/oFOFSuHHGzs
They claim to be pro free speech and then work to cancel me for no reason other than they don't like my critique. They're petty hypocrites Link to video here: youtu.be/oFOFSuHHGzs
Sleeping on his side may be the least of this guy's problems.
Also: AI pictures are just so ugly. Do people actually click on these things?
Also: AI pictures are just so ugly. Do people actually click on these things?
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sleeping on his side may be the least of this guy's problems.
Also: AI pictures are just so ugly. Do people actually click on these things?
Also: AI pictures are just so ugly. Do people actually click on these things?
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Appros of nothing, The Sussex mammoth Map www.google.com/maps/d/edit?... 🦣🏺
Sussex Ice Age Map - Google My Maps
Mapping Pleistocene Sites and Neanderthal Artefacts in Sussex
www.google.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Appros of nothing, The Sussex mammoth Map www.google.com/maps/d/edit?... 🦣🏺
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Mediterranean soils can distort ancient plant oil residues, causing decades of olive oil identifications to be wrong. New experiments show how soil chemistry reshapes archaeological interpretations. #Archaeochemistry #Archaeology #Mediterranean #Science www.anthropology.net/p/when-soil-...
When Soil Lies: How Mediterranean Chemistry Distorted Decades of Ancient Olive Oil Claims
New experimental work shows that archaeologists have been misreading the molecular fingerprints of ancient oils for years, reshaping how we understand food, trade, and daily life
www.anthropology.net
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mediterranean soils can distort ancient plant oil residues, causing decades of olive oil identifications to be wrong. New experiments show how soil chemistry reshapes archaeological interpretations. #Archaeochemistry #Archaeology #Mediterranean #Science www.anthropology.net/p/when-soil-...
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This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This must be the awesomest animal in the history of life.
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This must be the awesomest animal in the history of life.
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The sun can safely explode right now. Earth has peaked 55 million years ago.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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7th October 2025
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
www.noonans.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
7th October 2025
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
289 Detected Iron Age coins.
"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."
AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
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In 2022, archaeologists at @uni-kiel.de's @neolithicbodies.bsky.social found 34 decapitated skeletons piled in a space the size of a parking spot. In the 3 years since, they’ve found 50 more. The mass grave is evidence for the collapse of the 1st pan-European culture 7,000 years ago. @science.org 🏺💀
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In 2022, archaeologists at @uni-kiel.de's @neolithicbodies.bsky.social found 34 decapitated skeletons piled in a space the size of a parking spot. In the 3 years since, they’ve found 50 more. The mass grave is evidence for the collapse of the 1st pan-European culture 7,000 years ago. @science.org 🏺💀