Emily Hallinan
@eshallinan.bsky.social
Archaeologist, postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB, Portugal. Human evolution, lithic technology, Nubian, Levallois, arid environments, North and South Africa
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October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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We’re losing so many legends in archaeology. Here is a lovely tribute to Tony Marks, who died in August. He was incredibly encouraging to me, and supported our work revisiting the Nubian technology he first characterised. He will be missed.
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Anthony E. Marks (1938-2025) - ICArEHB
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) at the University of Algarve received with profound sadness the news of the passing of Anthony E. Marks on Augus...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We’re losing so many legends in archaeology. Here is a lovely tribute to Tony Marks, who died in August. He was incredibly encouraging to me, and supported our work revisiting the Nubian technology he first characterised. He will be missed.
www.icarehb.com/portfolio/in...
www.icarehb.com/portfolio/in...
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Today was the ceremony for new fellows at the #BritishAcademy - it was wonderful 🤩. I am thrilled and so grateful to the colleagues who nominated me, elected me, and the many colleagues, students, friends, our kids & family, & specially Rob 😍 who have so enriched my life and career ❤️
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today was the ceremony for new fellows at the #BritishAcademy - it was wonderful 🤩. I am thrilled and so grateful to the colleagues who nominated me, elected me, and the many colleagues, students, friends, our kids & family, & specially Rob 😍 who have so enriched my life and career ❤️
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🔥 Next #LEXA Seminar!
Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times.
🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times.
🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🔥 Next #LEXA Seminar!
Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times.
🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times.
🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online
🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us today for Session 8 in room 0.5 for talks on archaeology outreach and education in Africa, with a “show and tell” of outreach materials 4-5pm #SAfA2025
July 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Join us today for Session 8 in room 0.5 for talks on archaeology outreach and education in Africa, with a “show and tell” of outreach materials 4-5pm #SAfA2025
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Thanks to everyone who presented, attended the talks and joined discussions and dinner of our #SAfA2025 session on open air sites. We had a great day of inspiring inputs - there is lots of connections and lots to expect from arid open air archaeology in southern Africa in the next years 💪🇿🇦🇧🇼🇳🇦
July 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Thanks to everyone who presented, attended the talks and joined discussions and dinner of our #SAfA2025 session on open air sites. We had a great day of inspiring inputs - there is lots of connections and lots to expect from arid open air archaeology in southern Africa in the next years 💪🇿🇦🇧🇼🇳🇦
Day 1 of #SAfA and first day in my new permanent role as Principal Researcher in African Stone Age archaeology at ICArEHB.
Looking forward to seeing lots of friends and colleagues in Faro this week!
Looking forward to seeing lots of friends and colleagues in Faro this week!
July 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Day 1 of #SAfA and first day in my new permanent role as Principal Researcher in African Stone Age archaeology at ICArEHB.
Looking forward to seeing lots of friends and colleagues in Faro this week!
Looking forward to seeing lots of friends and colleagues in Faro this week!
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Please be aware of the new timing for #SAfA session 28 on Tuesday (tomorrow!) safa2025.icarehb.com/safa_session....
@eshallinan.bsky.social et al. will lead a short tribute to the recently passed Garth Sampson at 10.45. @sallieburrough.bsky.social will then introduce the session (1/2)...
@eshallinan.bsky.social et al. will lead a short tribute to the recently passed Garth Sampson at 10.45. @sallieburrough.bsky.social will then introduce the session (1/2)...
28. Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions – SAfA 2025
The Kalahari basin is the largest semi-desert in southern Africa. Despite the lack of caves and rockshelters in most parts, vast amounts of artefacts can be found on the surface in many areas of the…
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July 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Please be aware of the new timing for #SAfA session 28 on Tuesday (tomorrow!) safa2025.icarehb.com/safa_session....
@eshallinan.bsky.social et al. will lead a short tribute to the recently passed Garth Sampson at 10.45. @sallieburrough.bsky.social will then introduce the session (1/2)...
@eshallinan.bsky.social et al. will lead a short tribute to the recently passed Garth Sampson at 10.45. @sallieburrough.bsky.social will then introduce the session (1/2)...
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Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
July 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
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Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.
ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project “
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July 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.
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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...
Sad to learn that C. Garth Sampson has passed away. He was a kind and encouraging man; as Janette Deacon commented, Garth "made an outstanding contribution to the Stone Age archaeology of the Karoo and southern Africa and will long be remembered." We are standing on the shoulders of these giants
July 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Sad to learn that C. Garth Sampson has passed away. He was a kind and encouraging man; as Janette Deacon commented, Garth "made an outstanding contribution to the Stone Age archaeology of the Karoo and southern Africa and will long be remembered." We are standing on the shoulders of these giants
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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
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11am (UK/Lisbon time) to hear from @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and @tansybranscombe.bsky.social in the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths
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June 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11am (UK/Lisbon time) to hear from @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and @tansybranscombe.bsky.social in the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths
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Other global conferences should follow this lead - especially to be more accessible to African and Global South students
Did you know that WAC-10 World Archaeology Congress (next week) is free for students to attend online? Register here: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/
WAC-10 – Darwin 22-28 June 2025
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June 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Other global conferences should follow this lead - especially to be more accessible to African and Global South students
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.
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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.
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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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.
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Hello everyone,
I’m pleased to share with you my first research article, conducted in collaboration with B. Gravina, X. Muth, M. Villaeys, and J.G. Bordes, and published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social!
🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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I’m pleased to share with you my first research article, conducted in collaboration with B. Gravina, X. Muth, M. Villaeys, and J.G. Bordes, and published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social!
🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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May 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hello everyone,
I’m pleased to share with you my first research article, conducted in collaboration with B. Gravina, X. Muth, M. Villaeys, and J.G. Bordes, and published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social!
🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
1/4
I’m pleased to share with you my first research article, conducted in collaboration with B. Gravina, X. Muth, M. Villaeys, and J.G. Bordes, and published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social!
🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
1/4
I’m delighted to make my first Recommendation for PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social of Julien Looten @julienlooten.bsky.social and colleagues’ clear method and potential of RTI for lithic illustration
1/3 New recommendation: J. Looten, B. Gravina, X. Muth, M. Villaeys, J.G. Bordes (2025) Towards a more robust representation of lithic industries in archaeology: a critical review of traditional approaches and modern techniques. v4 recommended by @PCI_Archaeology doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... 🏺🧪
May 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I’m delighted to make my first Recommendation for PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social of Julien Looten @julienlooten.bsky.social and colleagues’ clear method and potential of RTI for lithic illustration
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Exciting start to 2nd day of #HumanEvo25 - @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social talk on “Beyond out of Africa”, mobility of HGs oc the Nile Valley badin in the late Pleistocene 🥰
April 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Exciting start to 2nd day of #HumanEvo25 - @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social talk on “Beyond out of Africa”, mobility of HGs oc the Nile Valley badin in the late Pleistocene 🥰
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#Nubian #Levallois #MSA
If you haven’t read our article on the spatial distribution of Nubian Levallois cores @eshallinan.bsky.social , check out our recent poster from the Hugo Obermaier Society 2025 conference, hosted by @icarehb.bsky.social in Portugal:
osamawi.github.io/Nubian-Leval...
If you haven’t read our article on the spatial distribution of Nubian Levallois cores @eshallinan.bsky.social , check out our recent poster from the Hugo Obermaier Society 2025 conference, hosted by @icarehb.bsky.social in Portugal:
osamawi.github.io/Nubian-Leval...
Nubian Levallois
Can spatial analyses capture Middle Palaeolithic environmental adaptation? A case study of Nubian Levallois cores.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#Nubian #Levallois #MSA
If you haven’t read our article on the spatial distribution of Nubian Levallois cores @eshallinan.bsky.social , check out our recent poster from the Hugo Obermaier Society 2025 conference, hosted by @icarehb.bsky.social in Portugal:
osamawi.github.io/Nubian-Leval...
If you haven’t read our article on the spatial distribution of Nubian Levallois cores @eshallinan.bsky.social , check out our recent poster from the Hugo Obermaier Society 2025 conference, hosted by @icarehb.bsky.social in Portugal:
osamawi.github.io/Nubian-Leval...
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What an amazing evening!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Science Sip – it was a fantastic night of archaeology, conversations, and connection 🍻🧠
Here are a few snapshots from the event 📸
Stay tuned for our next one in the Autumn! 🍂
#PublicArchaeology #FaroEvents
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Science Sip – it was a fantastic night of archaeology, conversations, and connection 🍻🧠
Here are a few snapshots from the event 📸
Stay tuned for our next one in the Autumn! 🍂
#PublicArchaeology #FaroEvents
April 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What an amazing evening!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Science Sip – it was a fantastic night of archaeology, conversations, and connection 🍻🧠
Here are a few snapshots from the event 📸
Stay tuned for our next one in the Autumn! 🍂
#PublicArchaeology #FaroEvents
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Science Sip – it was a fantastic night of archaeology, conversations, and connection 🍻🧠
Here are a few snapshots from the event 📸
Stay tuned for our next one in the Autumn! 🍂
#PublicArchaeology #FaroEvents
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How Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire During the Coldest Era in History. Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire.
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
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How Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire During the Coldest Era in History
Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire.
www.discovermagazine.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
How Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire During the Coldest Era in History. Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire.
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
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📢 Great thread ⬇️ on the fascinating results about population history in the Nile Valley through 3D dental analyse‼️ Congrats @nclsmartin.bsky.social for his impressive work within this great international collaboration ❕️
#Prehistory #Africa #Anthropology
@pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
#Prehistory #Africa #Anthropology
@pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
🚨14.000 years of population history revealed!🚨
What happened to the late prehistoric populations in the Nile Valley?
Our new study uncovers major migrations, population replacement and regional mobility at the Neolithic transition!
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
What happened to the late prehistoric populations in the Nile Valley?
Our new study uncovers major migrations, population replacement and regional mobility at the Neolithic transition!
1/7🧵 👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Enamel–dentine junction morphology reveals population replacement and mobility in the late prehistoric Middle Nile Valley | PNAS
Transitions from foraging to food-production represent a worldwide turning point in
recent human history. In the Middle Nile Valley this cultural s...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📢 Great thread ⬇️ on the fascinating results about population history in the Nile Valley through 3D dental analyse‼️ Congrats @nclsmartin.bsky.social for his impressive work within this great international collaboration ❕️
#Prehistory #Africa #Anthropology
@pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
#Prehistory #Africa #Anthropology
@pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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Tracing the elusive fire use during the LGM: check out our paper lead by @wcmurph.bsky.social on fire features at Korman' 9 in Ukraine. @philipnigst.bsky.social @marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social with open access provided by @icarehb.bsky.social
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Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine
The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka bp), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource str...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Tracing the elusive fire use during the LGM: check out our paper lead by @wcmurph.bsky.social on fire features at Korman' 9 in Ukraine. @philipnigst.bsky.social @marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social with open access provided by @icarehb.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....