Harry Fokkens
@harryfokkens.bsky.social
Em. Professor of European Prehistory at Leiden Universty.
Interested in the cultural transformations in the 3rd Millennium BCE
Interested in the cultural transformations in the 3rd Millennium BCE
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Excited that my volume on the Early Bronze Age coffined burial from Tetney is now published open access by @antiquaries.bsky.social! Now everyone can read about this amazing find dated to 2032 BC and containing an amazing array of environmental and artefactual data.
library.oapen.org/viewer/web/v...
library.oapen.org/viewer/web/v...
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Excited that my volume on the Early Bronze Age coffined burial from Tetney is now published open access by @antiquaries.bsky.social! Now everyone can read about this amazing find dated to 2032 BC and containing an amazing array of environmental and artefactual data.
library.oapen.org/viewer/web/v...
library.oapen.org/viewer/web/v...
"We find that although women and men are similarly likely to fill self-selected leadership roles, women are less frequently asked to fill invited roles by their peers, particularly when men serve as organizers."
Not surprising, but still .....
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Not surprising, but still .....
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gender Inclusion and Representation in the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Gender Inclusion and Representation in the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
www.cambridge.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 AM
"We find that although women and men are similarly likely to fill self-selected leadership roles, women are less frequently asked to fill invited roles by their peers, particularly when men serve as organizers."
Not surprising, but still .....
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Not surprising, but still .....
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
"This study presents the earliest direct and robust evidence for the construction and use of desert kites, based on integrated radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of three kites from a single chain in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, southeastern Jordan."
Late PPNB!
Late PPNB!
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 AM
"This study presents the earliest direct and robust evidence for the construction and use of desert kites, based on integrated radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of three kites from a single chain in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, southeastern Jordan."
Late PPNB!
Late PPNB!
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Ja und wer jetzt doch noch mehr über #Arier, #Aliens und #Atlantis hören (und dabei gemütlich ein Pint schlürfen) möchte, hat übrigens nächste Woche im Berliner "Gift" Gelegenheit dazu:
👽 www.brewing-minds.com/event/aryans...
👽 www.brewing-minds.com/event/aryans...
January 30, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Ja und wer jetzt doch noch mehr über #Arier, #Aliens und #Atlantis hören (und dabei gemütlich ein Pint schlürfen) möchte, hat übrigens nächste Woche im Berliner "Gift" Gelegenheit dazu:
👽 www.brewing-minds.com/event/aryans...
👽 www.brewing-minds.com/event/aryans...
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Counting down...2 weeks from today!
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
The QR-code provides the link to all further information, incl. online link.
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
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Safe the date!
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...
January 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Counting down...2 weeks from today!
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
The QR-code provides the link to all further information, incl. online link.
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
The QR-code provides the link to all further information, incl. online link.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
What a brave thing to do!
Even if it's completely legal, they must fear harrassment.
Even if it's completely legal, they must fear harrassment.
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 7:36 AM
What a brave thing to do!
Even if it's completely legal, they must fear harrassment.
Even if it's completely legal, they must fear harrassment.
They are exporting these MAGA gestapo to Italy now. A reason to boycat the winter games.
Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië - nos.nl/l/2599886
Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië - nos.nl/l/2599886
Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië
De immigratiedienst raakte in opspraak vanwege hardhandige optredens tegen migranten en de dood van twee mensen in de stad Minneapolis.
nos.nl
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 PM
They are exporting these MAGA gestapo to Italy now. A reason to boycat the winter games.
Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië - nos.nl/l/2599886
Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië - nos.nl/l/2599886
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If you need some listening while you shovel snow, or just a break from the weekend's harsh news, I'm on "The Sunday Daily," a new @nytimes.com podcast, talking about Neanderthals and other humans with Michael Barbaro & Franz Lidz www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/p...
The Sunday Daily: We Underestimated the Neanderthal
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
If you need some listening while you shovel snow, or just a break from the weekend's harsh news, I'm on "The Sunday Daily," a new @nytimes.com podcast, talking about Neanderthals and other humans with Michael Barbaro & Franz Lidz www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/p...
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They argue it would be unlikely in this case that Yersinia pestis could have been responsible for significant population declines that are suggested for this period based on summed radiocarbon date probabilities and forest regrowth.
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
They argue it would be unlikely in this case that Yersinia pestis could have been responsible for significant population declines that are suggested for this period based on summed radiocarbon date probabilities and forest regrowth.
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Interesting perspective on Yersinia pestis in late 4th/early 3rd Millennium BC Europe - that it was likely to have been in caused by consumption of infected meat and manifested as enteritis before in some cases developing into deadly septacaemia.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Interesting perspective on Yersinia pestis in late 4th/early 3rd Millennium BC Europe - that it was likely to have been in caused by consumption of infected meat and manifested as enteritis before in some cases developing into deadly septacaemia.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Commentary on Seersholm Et al.: Yersinia pestis Infection Is Not Synonymous With Deadly Plague in Neolithic Scandinavia
Objectives
Emerging genomic evidence has identified ancestral strains of Yersinia pestis in ancient human populations, which has sparked debates about its pathogenic role in later Neolithic societie.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Interesting perspective on Yersinia pestis in late 4th/early 3rd Millennium BC Europe - that it was likely to have been in caused by consumption of infected meat and manifested as enteritis before in some cases developing into deadly septacaemia.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Interesting perspective on Yersinia pestis in late 4th/early 3rd Millennium BC Europe - that it was likely to have been in caused by consumption of infected meat and manifested as enteritis before in some cases developing into deadly septacaemia.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 'LBK outpost of Eilsleben: hunter-farmer encounters in the borderlands of Early Neolithic Central Europe' - Laura Dietrich et al.
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
10/10
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doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
10/10
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LBK outpost of Eilsleben: hunter-farmer encounters in the borderlands of Early Neolithic Central Europe | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
LBK outpost of Eilsleben: hunter-farmer encounters in the borderlands of Early Neolithic Central Europe
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 'LBK outpost of Eilsleben: hunter-farmer encounters in the borderlands of Early Neolithic Central Europe' - Laura Dietrich et al.
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
10/10
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doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
10/10
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This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.
Italy uncovers ancient basilica designed by the ‘father of architecture’ Vitruvius
ground.news/article/ital...
ground.news/article/ital...
Italy uncovers ancient basilica designed by the ‘father of architecture’ Vitruvius
Mayor calls archeological find in the central Italian city of Fano the ‘discovery of the century’.
ground.news
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Italy uncovers ancient basilica designed by the ‘father of architecture’ Vitruvius
ground.news/article/ital...
ground.news/article/ital...
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Ook in Nederland kan het: De @rug.nl in 2030 los van Big Tech. No #microsoft et al @linuxkernel.bsky.social @libreoffice.bsky.social #surfdrive
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De RUG in 2030 los van Big Tech: hoe Nolda Tipping-Griffioen de beweging binnen de RUG is gestart richting digitale autonomie
Nolda Tipping-Griffioen is initiatiefnemer van de nieuwe ambitie van de RUG: zij willen in 2030 los zijn van Big Tech [1]. In december 2025 sprak ik…
community-edtech.npuls.nl
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Ook in Nederland kan het: De @rug.nl in 2030 los van Big Tech. No #microsoft et al @linuxkernel.bsky.social @libreoffice.bsky.social #surfdrive
community-edtech.npuls.nl/groups/view/...
community-edtech.npuls.nl/groups/view/...
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Research in Antiquity last year explored how tin from Britain shaped the European and Mediterranean Bronze Age. Now, excavations at St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall have found evidence for tin trading ports. The authors write about it in the latest #AntiquityBlog
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Research in Antiquity last year explored how tin from Britain shaped the European and Mediterranean Bronze Age. Now, excavations at St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall have found evidence for tin trading ports. The authors write about it in the latest #AntiquityBlog
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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I've received my invitation from @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to vote in the special election stemming from our petition to increase democratic processes in the society and stand with Palestine's colleagues.
If you're a 2025 or 2026 member, please open the email and take the time to vote.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I've received my invitation from @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to vote in the special election stemming from our petition to increase democratic processes in the society and stand with Palestine's colleagues.
If you're a 2025 or 2026 member, please open the email and take the time to vote.
If you're a 2025 or 2026 member, please open the email and take the time to vote.