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Francisca Santana Sagredo
@fransantanas.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist, National Geographic Explorer. Interested in isotope analysis, organic residue analysis, radiocarbon dating, human osteology and Andean archaeology.
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Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!

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February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Here is the link for submitting your abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

@14cjournal.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Last chance to join the best, in-person stable isotope ecology course there is - The Survivors Guide to Stable Isotope Ecology! We have a great selection of instructors, a phenomenal venue and time to discuss your work 1:1 amongst lectures and data tutorials www.exedramc.com/courses/surv...
Survivor’s Guide to Stable Isotope Ecology – EXEDRA Mediterranean Center
22nd – 29th March 2026
www.exedramc.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
We’ve been awarded a National Geography Society - Enduring Impacts Grant to study Camelids in the Atacama Desert.
Following an inter and trans disciplinary approach, we will contribute supporting camelid herding in the Atacama 🦙.
We are very excited, happy and thankful about the news !
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Second Circular- Radiocarbon and Diet & CLARa (Santiago - July 2026).
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Our new paper on human and camelid coprolites from the Atacama Desert 💩🦙 using archaeobotanical evidence

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Archaeobotanical evidence from coprolite analysis: Interactions between humans, camelids, and plants at Iluga Túmulos (Atacama Desert, Chile)
Inspired by a non-anthropocentric and relational approach, as well as by social bioarchaeology and other ontologies, this study presents the results o…
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January 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Nuestro trabajo en Mocha, liderado por Claudio Wande ha sido publicado esta semana en Frontiers for Environmental Archaeology. Agradecemos a la Comunidad de Mocha por recibirnos ⛰️☀️💜.
Frontiers | Two pucaras, one community and a territory: local trajectories and duality in precordillera settlements of Tarapacá, Atacama Desert, Late Intermediate and Late Periods (AD 1250–1450)
The phenomenon of pucaras has been studied from different perspectives in the South-Central Andes. These settlements, developed during the Late Intermediate ...
www.frontiersin.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
El próximo miércoles 5 de noviembre contaremos con la charla del Prof. Oliver Craig, quien viene directamente desde la Universidad de York (Inglaterra) a visitarnos. Nos hablará sobre sus investigaciones de dieta y culinaria mediante análisis biomoleculares en arqueología.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Latin American Radiocarbon Conference will be held in Santiago de Chile from the 8-10 of July, 2026. The conference will be hosted by the Universidad Católica de Chile.
We are looking forward to seeing you next year !
@14cjournal.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:

4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July

Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷

Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!

@fransantanas.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The 4th edition of the Radiocarbon and Diet Conference will be held at Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago-Chile on the 6th-8th of July 2026. Save the date !
#radiocarbon #diet #santiago2026
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville interrupted a red-carpet interview with a plea to stop Israel’s military assault on Gaza City. Bonneville was speaking to ITV News ⤵️
September 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Exactly !!
your periodic reminder that “archaeology isn’t political” is a political statement
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
If we as a field cannot stand together to reject the use of our work as part of a genocidal complex, if we cannot stand up against our colleagues who are directly complicit or at the very least trying to whitewash the reputations of their complicit institutions, then our field has learned nothing.
September 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sofía Minniti from Universidad Católica de Chile presenting her poster on palaeoparasitology in the Atacama Desert at #ISBA2025
@isba11.bsky.social 🪱
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Sebastián Lopez from Universidad Católica de Chile, presenting isotope results on ancient crops from
the Atacama Desert at #ISBA2025. This includes archaeological popcorn!🍿⚛️
August 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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ISBA11 starts tomorrow, and we have just one question for you... are you ready for it?

#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #turin #Archaeology #Italy #conference #AreYouReady
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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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
August 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Our Special Issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America, with @lorenabecval.bsky.social, is finally out !! Thanks @archaeometry.bsky.social !!
Out now, the special issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America! The eight papers featured in this issue underscore the methodological diversity and interdisciplinary approaches that characterize archaeological science in Latin America.

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July 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excellent work by my friends Darío Ramírez, María José Herrera and colleagues. If you are interested in palaeopathology, this paper is a must read!
4,000-year-old Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from Chile reveal long establishment of Hansen’s disease in the Americas - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Recovery of ancient Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes in 4,000-year-old human remains from Chile demonstrates that this causal agent of Hansen’s disease has a long history in the Americas, predating ...
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🍝Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be next week Wednesday 02 July at 15:00 CET! 🍝

@mirandaevans.bsky.social will be presenting "The Proteomics of Pottery: What can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?"

As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Interested in Archaeological Science in Latin America?

@fransantanas.bsky.social and I edited a @archaeometry.bsky.social issue on this topic.

Thanks to the journal/@chirikure.bsky.social for the opportunity & the amazing authors who contributed!

Check out the intro 👇

doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
Archaeological science in Latin America
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
En este V Taller de Arqueología e Isótopos contaremos con la Dra. Lorena Becerra-Valdivia quién dictará un workshop grautito sobre modelamiento bayesiano y radiocarno en Oxcal! 😃⚛️.
Pronto se abrirán las inscripciones. Ojo que los cupos son limitados !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
V Taller de Arqueología e Isótopos en el Sur de Sudamérica !
Deadline para envío de resúmenes este 30 de junio!!

ciep.cl/inicio/arque...
Arqueología e Isótopos – Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia CIEP
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June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM