Jan Turek
@janturek.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Centre for Theoretical Study, Charles University, Prague
Yet another archaeological dream fulfilled! Just visited majestic Mohenjodaro.
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Yet another archaeological dream fulfilled! Just visited majestic Mohenjodaro.
Your contributions to our exciting EAA session are still welcomed!
Join us for the event in Athens.
Join us for the event in Athens.
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Your contributions to our exciting EAA session are still welcomed!
Join us for the event in Athens.
Join us for the event in Athens.
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Und hier gleich noch was für den Terminkalender: In der kommenden Woche öffnet nämlich in der #Berliner James-Simon-Galerie die Ausstellung über den #Göbeklitepe & die anderen #TaşTepelern!
Bin gespannt, welche alten Bekannten mir unter den Exponaten begegnen. 😉
🏺🏛️ www.smb.museum/ausstellunge...
Bin gespannt, welche alten Bekannten mir unter den Exponaten begegnen. 😉
🏺🏛️ www.smb.museum/ausstellunge...
Gebaute Gemeinschaft
Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler und das Leben vor 12.000 Jahren
www.smb.museum
February 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Und hier gleich noch was für den Terminkalender: In der kommenden Woche öffnet nämlich in der #Berliner James-Simon-Galerie die Ausstellung über den #Göbeklitepe & die anderen #TaşTepelern!
Bin gespannt, welche alten Bekannten mir unter den Exponaten begegnen. 😉
🏺🏛️ www.smb.museum/ausstellunge...
Bin gespannt, welche alten Bekannten mir unter den Exponaten begegnen. 😉
🏺🏛️ www.smb.museum/ausstellunge...
My book První Evropané is forthcoming soon 🤎👍
📚 Značka Academia letos slaví šedesátiny, nakladatelství ale v publikačním úsilí nepolevuje.
📖 Celkem 124 nových publikací, za nimiž stojí více než 200 autorů, rozšíří rodinu 28 knižních edic nebo vyjdou samostatně.
🤔 Na jaké počiny byste si měli přichystat místo v knihovnách?
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📖 Celkem 124 nových publikací, za nimiž stojí více než 200 autorů, rozšíří rodinu 28 knižních edic nebo vyjdou samostatně.
🤔 Na jaké počiny byste si měli přichystat místo v knihovnách?
lnkd.in/d_fdT9GV
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 PM
My book První Evropané is forthcoming soon 🤎👍
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From ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, fears of the restless dead coming back to cause mayhem have abounded. 'Killing the Dead' explores the ways bodies were treated around the world to prevent them from coming back 💀
🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM
From ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, fears of the restless dead coming back to cause mayhem have abounded. 'Killing the Dead' explores the ways bodies were treated around the world to prevent them from coming back 💀
🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 in our #NewBookChronicle doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
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New research on the first farmers in Central Germany: The settlement of Eilsleben, Börde district
nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/20/n...
nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/20/n...
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
New research on the first farmers in Central Germany: The settlement of Eilsleben, Börde district
nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/20/n...
nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/20/n...
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In Neolithic Ireland, many monuments were orientated towards the summer solstice sunrise, perhaps to celebrate growth and life #CelebrateLife
Some however, align with the autumn equinox sunrise, the end of the growing cycle. Did they symbolise death?
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Some however, align with the autumn equinox sunrise, the end of the growing cycle. Did they symbolise death?
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
In Neolithic Ireland, many monuments were orientated towards the summer solstice sunrise, perhaps to celebrate growth and life #CelebrateLife
Some however, align with the autumn equinox sunrise, the end of the growing cycle. Did they symbolise death?
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Some however, align with the autumn equinox sunrise, the end of the growing cycle. Did they symbolise death?
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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S archeologem Jiřím A. Svobodou o nové knize Paleolit českých zemí, ve které s týmem odborníků shrnuje dosavadní bádání o nejstarším období lidských dějin na našem území.
👉 https://rspkt.cz/300009964
👉 https://rspkt.cz/300009964
January 19, 2026 at 2:50 PM
S archeologem Jiřím A. Svobodou o nové knize Paleolit českých zemí, ve které s týmem odborníků shrnuje dosavadní bádání o nejstarším období lidských dějin na našem území.
👉 https://rspkt.cz/300009964
👉 https://rspkt.cz/300009964
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For #StandingStoneSunday a #Neolithic human-shaped stela with a necklace and a belt, found in La Serre, Aveyron (#France). The lines on the cheeks are interpreted as facial #tattoos or scars. Dating 3000-2500 BC. In the late neolithic period several cultures living....🧵 1/2
🏺 #archaeology
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🏺 #archaeology
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January 11, 2026 at 8:14 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday a #Neolithic human-shaped stela with a necklace and a belt, found in La Serre, Aveyron (#France). The lines on the cheeks are interpreted as facial #tattoos or scars. Dating 3000-2500 BC. In the late neolithic period several cultures living....🧵 1/2
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
Šumava mountains - snow ❄️ snow everywhere. Cross country right from your doorstep!🤎
January 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Šumava mountains - snow ❄️ snow everywhere. Cross country right from your doorstep!🤎
This carpet comes from Teheran’s Grand Bazaar (بازار بزرگ, Bāzār-e Bozorg). Let’s hope the new freedom for Persian people is coming from the same place! 🤎✌🏼
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This carpet comes from Teheran’s Grand Bazaar (بازار بزرگ, Bāzār-e Bozorg). Let’s hope the new freedom for Persian people is coming from the same place! 🤎✌🏼
This is terrible! The war that the World is ignoring! Even the greatest peace maker Trump is not interested to end 👎🏻! Invisible people, invisible heritage, region urgently seeking for help! 🇸🇩
'They tried to erase our history': Sudan's national heritage is threatened by war
'They tried to erase our history': Sudan's national heritage is threatened by war
'War in Sudan: A Trapped Nation' (5/6) When the country's museum collections fell into the Rapid Support Forces' hands, they became a real weapon in the conflict with the regular army. Some say the aim is to erase and replace Sudanese identity.
www.lemonde.fr
January 9, 2026 at 9:03 AM
This is terrible! The war that the World is ignoring! Even the greatest peace maker Trump is not interested to end 👎🏻! Invisible people, invisible heritage, region urgently seeking for help! 🇸🇩
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#NewgrangeSolstice earlier today 🇮🇪
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#NewgrangeSolstice earlier today 🇮🇪
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
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Cultural transformations followed different regional trajectories, especially in areas of the inner peripheries.
🏺 #archaelogy #Neolithic
🏺 #archaelogy #Neolithic
Check out our new paper exploring why inner peripheries—subtle and often archaeologically underrepresented regions—are essential for complex understanding of major transformations in prehistoric Central Europe
Thanks to all co-authors for the collaboration ( @vaclavhrncir.bsky.social and others)
Thanks to all co-authors for the collaboration ( @vaclavhrncir.bsky.social and others)
Rethinking Key Transformations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Europe: A Radiocarbon Modeling Approach - Journal of Archaeological Research
The past two decades have revolutionized our understanding of European prehistory, shaping new grand narratives focused on core regions with rich archaeological records. These studies suggest that maj...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Cultural transformations followed different regional trajectories, especially in areas of the inner peripheries.
🏺 #archaelogy #Neolithic
🏺 #archaelogy #Neolithic
Just teaching at the new building of the Department of Anthropology of the National Taiwan University 🇹🇼 🤎
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Just teaching at the new building of the Department of Anthropology of the National Taiwan University 🇹🇼 🤎
Read our new paper on Prehistoric migrations in Central Europe, in the current volume of Vesmír! Martin Kuna & Jan Turek
Měnit stanoviště je pro člověka i pro jiné živočichy odvěká potřeba a někdy dokonce nutnost.
Migrace – hlavní téma prosincového Vesmíru.
➡️ obsah čísla: vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
➡️ téma Migrace: vesmir.cz/cz/tema-mesi...
Migrace – hlavní téma prosincového Vesmíru.
➡️ obsah čísla: vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/a...
➡️ téma Migrace: vesmir.cz/cz/tema-mesi...
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Read our new paper on Prehistoric migrations in Central Europe, in the current volume of Vesmír! Martin Kuna & Jan Turek
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📰 >11,000-year-old statues from Şanlıurfa Province, Türkiye hint at death rituals and symbolic expression within #Neolithic communities in southwest Asia
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Discovery of ancient statues rewrites prehistoric human history
Experts say the find sheds light on death rituals in the Neolithic age
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📰 >11,000-year-old statues from Şanlıurfa Province, Türkiye hint at death rituals and symbolic expression within #Neolithic communities in southwest Asia
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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The Perils of Pits: further research at Durrington Walls henge (2021–2025)
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
The Perils of Pits: further research at Durrington Walls henge (2021–2025)
In 2020, a series of large features were identified, set within two arc-like structures, to the north and south of Durrington Walls henge (Gaffney et al. 2020). Based on geophysical survey and borehol...
intarch.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Perils of Pits: further research at Durrington Walls henge (2021–2025)
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
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www.anatolianarchaeology.net/an-amphithea...
Archaeologists have now exposed the entire floor, hewn directly into the limestone, alongside multiple human heads carved into the walls and several seated human statues positioned around the interior
Archaeologists have now exposed the entire floor, hewn directly into the limestone, alongside multiple human heads carved into the walls and several seated human statues positioned around the interior
An amphitheater-like Neolithic structure has been uncovered at Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye - Anatolian Archaeology
A newly uncovered amphitheater-like structure at Karahantepe reveals how early Neolithic communities gathered, performed
www.anatolianarchaeology.net
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
www.anatolianarchaeology.net/an-amphithea...
Archaeologists have now exposed the entire floor, hewn directly into the limestone, alongside multiple human heads carved into the walls and several seated human statues positioned around the interior
Archaeologists have now exposed the entire floor, hewn directly into the limestone, alongside multiple human heads carved into the walls and several seated human statues positioned around the interior
Reposted by Jan Turek
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"Then something went terribly wrong. Vráble and other mass graves across Europe attest to a wave of brutality around 5000 B.C.E., about the same time as hundreds of LBK settlements across the continent abruptly vanished."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Then something went terribly wrong. Vráble and other mass graves across Europe attest to a wave of brutality around 5000 B.C.E., about the same time as hundreds of LBK settlements across the continent abruptly vanished."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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To complete the set, here is Seahenge: an Early Bronze Age timber monument from the Norfolk coast. In contrast to Stonehenge, it was likely a small-scale community gathering locale rather than a place of large-scale ‘elite’ display.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
To complete the set, here is Seahenge: an Early Bronze Age timber monument from the Norfolk coast. In contrast to Stonehenge, it was likely a small-scale community gathering locale rather than a place of large-scale ‘elite’ display.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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🏅 Právě tyto hodnoty podle něj vystihují i práci nových laureátů. Medaile za rozvoj svých oborů převzali matematik Petr Hájek, fyzikové Karel Hrbáček a Ludvík Kunz a archeoložka Natalie Venclová.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🏅 Právě tyto hodnoty podle něj vystihují i práci nových laureátů. Medaile za rozvoj svých oborů převzali matematik Petr Hájek, fyzikové Karel Hrbáček a Ludvík Kunz a archeoložka Natalie Venclová.