Emanuele Cancellieri
@emanucanc.bsky.social
Stone Age archaeologist
Pinned
BREATHE
BREATHE aims to contribute a new understanding of cultural and behavioral traits of North African early modern humans through the archaeological record of the central and northern Sahara
The project'...
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Proudly introduce BREATHE, a project investigating late Quaternary human behavior in the Sahara. Funded by #HorizonEurope - ERA Postdoctoral Fellowships, BREATHE is based at the University of Algarve’s fabulous #ICArEHB and partnered with #Sapienza University of Rome.
Hot off the press! Led by Olivier Scancarello, in collaboration with amazing colleagues and institutions in Tunisia, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
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Differential Taphonomic Behavior of Flint Types: Experimental Insights and Implications for the Middle Stone Age Assemblages of Wadi Lazalim in the Northern Sahara (Kebili, Tunisia) - Journal of Archa...
Several syn and post-depositional processes are responsible for different degrees of site and assemblage formation and disturbance. Understanding the processes that lead to archaeological site formati...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hot off the press! Led by Olivier Scancarello, in collaboration with amazing colleagues and institutions in Tunisia, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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#Oman #MSA
New paper is OUT!
We trace how Dhofar’s MSA shifts from Nubian Levallois cores to the miniaturized Mudayyan industry—highlighting changing technologies along the southern dispersal route out of Africa. @arduq.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper is OUT!
We trace how Dhofar’s MSA shifts from Nubian Levallois cores to the miniaturized Mudayyan industry—highlighting changing technologies along the southern dispersal route out of Africa. @arduq.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Lithic Miniaturization and Technological Innovation on the Southern Dispersal Route Out of Africa - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Over the past fifteen years, the Dhofar Archaeological Project has mapped 272 Middle Stone Age/Middle Palaeolithic sites in southern Oman, each exhibiting some extent of Nubian Levallois technology. T...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#Oman #MSA
New paper is OUT!
We trace how Dhofar’s MSA shifts from Nubian Levallois cores to the miniaturized Mudayyan industry—highlighting changing technologies along the southern dispersal route out of Africa. @arduq.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper is OUT!
We trace how Dhofar’s MSA shifts from Nubian Levallois cores to the miniaturized Mudayyan industry—highlighting changing technologies along the southern dispersal route out of Africa. @arduq.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Emanuele Cancellieri
🔍 What’s it like to be an early-career archaeologist in Africa? Degsew Mekonnen, Osman Khaleel, Humphrey Nyambiya & Nompumelelo Maringa explore challenges from funding gaps to limited mentoring.
🔗 doi.org/10.32028/exn...
#Archaeology #Africa #ICArEHB #EarlyCareerResearchers #ExNovoJournal
🔗 doi.org/10.32028/exn...
#Archaeology #Africa #ICArEHB #EarlyCareerResearchers #ExNovoJournal
Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's Journey in Africa
| Ex Novo: Journal of Archaeology
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November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🔍 What’s it like to be an early-career archaeologist in Africa? Degsew Mekonnen, Osman Khaleel, Humphrey Nyambiya & Nompumelelo Maringa explore challenges from funding gaps to limited mentoring.
🔗 doi.org/10.32028/exn...
#Archaeology #Africa #ICArEHB #EarlyCareerResearchers #ExNovoJournal
🔗 doi.org/10.32028/exn...
#Archaeology #Africa #ICArEHB #EarlyCareerResearchers #ExNovoJournal
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Happy to share with you the new paper on taphonomy in arid environments in collaboration with my friend and colleague @roccoro.bsky.social. Check it out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Shelters and bones: Site-specific archaeofaunal taphonomy for identifying formation processes in Saharan Holocene rock shelters - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
This study investigates natural syn- and post-depositional processes affecting terrestrial mammal bones from the Takarkori rock shelter in the hyper-arid Tadrart Acacus massif, south-western Libya. Th...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy to share with you the new paper on taphonomy in arid environments in collaboration with my friend and colleague @roccoro.bsky.social. Check it out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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👣 What can ancient #footprints tell us about #movement, #behaviour, and #technology in #prehistory?
Join us for the next #LEXA seminar, exploring traces and early #transport innovations.
🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕑 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online via #Zoom
🔗 icarehb.com/lexa
Join us for the next #LEXA seminar, exploring traces and early #transport innovations.
🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕑 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online via #Zoom
🔗 icarehb.com/lexa
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
👣 What can ancient #footprints tell us about #movement, #behaviour, and #technology in #prehistory?
Join us for the next #LEXA seminar, exploring traces and early #transport innovations.
🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕑 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online via #Zoom
🔗 icarehb.com/lexa
Join us for the next #LEXA seminar, exploring traces and early #transport innovations.
🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕑 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online via #Zoom
🔗 icarehb.com/lexa
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#ICArEHB PhD candidate Osama Samawi explores ancient innovation in his new blog post “Stone Tools on Repeat” with @ACORJordan 🪨
Discover how #Neolithic communities at Tell Abu Suwwan reused stone flakes as cores — early #sustainability in #Archaeology!
👉 publications.acorjordan.org/2025/10/17/s...
Discover how #Neolithic communities at Tell Abu Suwwan reused stone flakes as cores — early #sustainability in #Archaeology!
👉 publications.acorjordan.org/2025/10/17/s...
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#ICArEHB PhD candidate Osama Samawi explores ancient innovation in his new blog post “Stone Tools on Repeat” with @ACORJordan 🪨
Discover how #Neolithic communities at Tell Abu Suwwan reused stone flakes as cores — early #sustainability in #Archaeology!
👉 publications.acorjordan.org/2025/10/17/s...
Discover how #Neolithic communities at Tell Abu Suwwan reused stone flakes as cores — early #sustainability in #Archaeology!
👉 publications.acorjordan.org/2025/10/17/s...
Reposted by Emanuele Cancellieri
💡 How to ID archaeological bones in resin?A team of researchers, including ICArEHB members Paul Goldberg, Shannon McPherron, William Chase Murphree, and Vera Aldeias explore new paleoproteomics methods.
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#Archaeology #Paleoproteomics #ICArEHB
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#Archaeology #Paleoproteomics #ICArEHB
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
💡 How to ID archaeological bones in resin?A team of researchers, including ICArEHB members Paul Goldberg, Shannon McPherron, William Chase Murphree, and Vera Aldeias explore new paleoproteomics methods.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
#Archaeology #Paleoproteomics #ICArEHB
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#Archaeology #Paleoproteomics #ICArEHB
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#ICArEHB PhD student Osama Samawi co-organised the “Paleolithic Jordan: The State of the Art” #workshop in Athens during #ICHAJ16, discussing the #Paleolithic record of #Jordan and fostering collaboration in #Archaeology and #HumanEvolution.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#ICArEHB PhD student Osama Samawi co-organised the “Paleolithic Jordan: The State of the Art” #workshop in Athens during #ICHAJ16, discussing the #Paleolithic record of #Jordan and fostering collaboration in #Archaeology and #HumanEvolution.
👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Happy and honoured to share this paper with @ercrema.bsky.social about pottery in Early Holocene Africa! Check out more in the thread!
⚠️Paper Alert!⚠️
Excited to share this paper with @roccoro.bsky.social where we examined whether ceramic technology in Saharan Africa was the result of a single or multiple episodes of innovation & diffusion
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Excited to share this paper with @roccoro.bsky.social where we examined whether ceramic technology in Saharan Africa was the result of a single or multiple episodes of innovation & diffusion
rdcu.be/eJi3g
Bayesian analyses of radiocarbon dates suggest multiple origins of ceramic technology in Early Holocene Africa
Nature Communications - Several possible points of origin have been proposed for the spread of ceramic technology in Saharan Africa between 11–10,000 years ago. Here, the authors...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy and honoured to share this paper with @ercrema.bsky.social about pottery in Early Holocene Africa! Check out more in the thread!
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The ERC Project MATRIX explores one of the big questions in our past: how Neanderthals disappeared as modern humans spread across Europe. Meet the team behind it and learn more about our research on sediments, ancient DNA, proteins, lipids & human evolution
👉 matrix.icarehb.com
👉 matrix.icarehb.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The ERC Project MATRIX explores one of the big questions in our past: how Neanderthals disappeared as modern humans spread across Europe. Meet the team behind it and learn more about our research on sediments, ancient DNA, proteins, lipids & human evolution
👉 matrix.icarehb.com
👉 matrix.icarehb.com
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🌍Fieldwork, Communities, and Conflicts in Northestern Africa
Join us in the next LPNEA workshop on 29-30 Sept in Bracciano and online! To register, scan the QR code or write an email to neafrica[at]gmail[.]com
Very much looking forward to it!
Join us in the next LPNEA workshop on 29-30 Sept in Bracciano and online! To register, scan the QR code or write an email to neafrica[at]gmail[.]com
Very much looking forward to it!
September 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌍Fieldwork, Communities, and Conflicts in Northestern Africa
Join us in the next LPNEA workshop on 29-30 Sept in Bracciano and online! To register, scan the QR code or write an email to neafrica[at]gmail[.]com
Very much looking forward to it!
Join us in the next LPNEA workshop on 29-30 Sept in Bracciano and online! To register, scan the QR code or write an email to neafrica[at]gmail[.]com
Very much looking forward to it!
Reposted by Emanuele Cancellieri
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Researchers have noticed striking similarities between the Uan Muhuggiag child and Egyptian mummification practices. Both cultures placed their dead in fetal positions, used ostrich eggshell beads as jewelry and removed internal organs to prevent decay.
Researchers have noticed striking similarities between the Uan Muhuggiag child and Egyptian mummification practices. Both cultures placed their dead in fetal positions, used ostrich eggshell beads as jewelry and removed internal organs to prevent decay.
Africa's Oldest Mummy Is a Toddler Who Died 5,400 Years Ago, Nearly a Millennium Before the Egyptians Started Mummifying Their Dead
Libya's civil war has placed the Uan Muhuggiag mummy at risk. But negotiations are underway to transport the rare artifact from Libya to Rome, where it will undergo restoration and scientific analysis
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September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/afri...
Researchers have noticed striking similarities between the Uan Muhuggiag child and Egyptian mummification practices. Both cultures placed their dead in fetal positions, used ostrich eggshell beads as jewelry and removed internal organs to prevent decay.
Researchers have noticed striking similarities between the Uan Muhuggiag child and Egyptian mummification practices. Both cultures placed their dead in fetal positions, used ostrich eggshell beads as jewelry and removed internal organs to prevent decay.
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Call for Papers!!!
We are holding a session for Early Career Researchers-Innovations in Isotope Analysis 👩🏻🔬 at 2026 SAA’s.
Please feel free to share or reach out for submission details if you are interested in joining our session!
We are holding a session for Early Career Researchers-Innovations in Isotope Analysis 👩🏻🔬 at 2026 SAA’s.
Please feel free to share or reach out for submission details if you are interested in joining our session!
August 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Call for Papers!!!
We are holding a session for Early Career Researchers-Innovations in Isotope Analysis 👩🏻🔬 at 2026 SAA’s.
Please feel free to share or reach out for submission details if you are interested in joining our session!
We are holding a session for Early Career Researchers-Innovations in Isotope Analysis 👩🏻🔬 at 2026 SAA’s.
Please feel free to share or reach out for submission details if you are interested in joining our session!
Reposted by Emanuele Cancellieri
#SAfA2025 kicks off today in #Faro, #Portugal!
Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.
Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.
July 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#SAfA2025 kicks off today in #Faro, #Portugal!
Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.
Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.
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The Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) conference in Faro, Portugal begins tomorrow! To celebrate the occasion, we've put together a collection of articles on #AfricanArchaeology and they will all be *absolutely free* for the duration of the event 🏺
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July 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) conference in Faro, Portugal begins tomorrow! To celebrate the occasion, we've put together a collection of articles on #AfricanArchaeology and they will all be *absolutely free* for the duration of the event 🏺
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Emanuele Cancellieri
🐰🔥 Excited to share our new paper from the #snackormenu project: we have developed an experimental protocol to accurately diagnose rabbit cooking and processing methods. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s108... #Zooarchaeology #Taphonomy #Archaeology @icarehb.bsky.social @uv.es
Experimental Protocol for Cooking Rabbits and its Archaeological Implications - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Small prey such as rabbits are present in Middle Paleolithic and are abundant in the diet of Upper Paleolithic human groups in southwestern Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Several archaeo...
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July 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🐰🔥 Excited to share our new paper from the #snackormenu project: we have developed an experimental protocol to accurately diagnose rabbit cooking and processing methods. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s108... #Zooarchaeology #Taphonomy #Archaeology @icarehb.bsky.social @uv.es
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Studying or working abroad comes with many challenges but also great opportunities. What can help early-career researchers navigate this journey? Check out my answer (and those of other researchers) in this @science.org piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NextGenSci
Supporting scientists who study and work abroad
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July 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Studying or working abroad comes with many challenges but also great opportunities. What can help early-career researchers navigate this journey? Check out my answer (and those of other researchers) in this @science.org piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NextGenSci
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Postdoc in Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology
Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB!
Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...
Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB!
Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...
July 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Postdoc in Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology
Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB!
Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...
Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB!
Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...
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Calling all palaeolithic archaeologists. Come and work with me on a really exciting new survey and excavation project in Uganda: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/348570
INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
International tender to recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral initial level researcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Palaeolithic Archaeology or related areas, under the research project “ERC ...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
June 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Calling all palaeolithic archaeologists. Come and work with me on a really exciting new survey and excavation project in Uganda: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/348570
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Are you a graduate student thinking about career paths outside academia? Come listen to me and @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social talk about working in publishing at the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths seminar 📚
We're excited to announce the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths conversation, with Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social, who now work at @natecoevo.nature.com and @barpublishing.bsky.social.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
June 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Are you a graduate student thinking about career paths outside academia? Come listen to me and @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social talk about working in publishing at the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths seminar 📚
Reposted by Emanuele Cancellieri
We're excited to announce the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths conversation, with Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social, who now work at @natecoevo.nature.com and @barpublishing.bsky.social.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We're excited to announce the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths conversation, with Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social, who now work at @natecoevo.nature.com and @barpublishing.bsky.social.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
Proudly introduce BREATHE, a project investigating late Quaternary human behavior in the Sahara. Funded by #HorizonEurope - ERA Postdoctoral Fellowships, BREATHE is based at the University of Algarve’s fabulous #ICArEHB and partnered with #Sapienza University of Rome.
BREATHE
BREATHE aims to contribute a new understanding of cultural and behavioral traits of North African early modern humans through the archaeological record of the central and northern Sahara
The project'...
sites.google.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Proudly introduce BREATHE, a project investigating late Quaternary human behavior in the Sahara. Funded by #HorizonEurope - ERA Postdoctoral Fellowships, BREATHE is based at the University of Algarve’s fabulous #ICArEHB and partnered with #Sapienza University of Rome.