Katharina Fuchs
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Katharina Fuchs
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Head of the Human Osteology Laboratory, Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology @ Kiel University
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Finally online: @neolithicbodies.bsky.social project! Follow for more information on the mysterious #LBK site of Vráble-Vel’ke Lehemy, where dozens of headless skeletons where found in a ditch… perhaps we find some skulls this summer?
@uni-kiel.de @dfg.de #archaeology #neolithic #humanosteology
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So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...
Uralter Müll zeigt, wie Steinzeitbauern erstmals lernten, mit Abfall zu leben
nachrichten.idw-online.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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#Settlement area, economy, and #headlessbodies in the ditch – #Vráble is undoubtedly one of the most exceptional #LBK sites. However, without our partners, the specialists at the #SlovakAcademyOfSciences, it would have remained hidden forever… 🇸🇰
archeol.sav.sk/index.php/en/
#researchacrossboarders
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A fascinating article by @andrewcurry.com @science.org!
🔬....we hope to find out soon whether 'killings/massacres' actually happened in Vráble or whether ritual practices took place here–skull removal and decapitation are different procedures... 💀👀 stay tuned!
@uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.

“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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You are an early-career scientist interested in social and environmental processes in the past? For our second phase, we are offering 5 positions for postdocs and 9 positions for doctoral students.

Apply now!

All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Now, this sounds like a really fascinating cross-cultural study on the role #alcohol (and its consumption) may have had on the evolution of complex human #societies:

🍺🏺 www.mpg.de/25055517/071... via @maxplanck.de
Alcohol and the rise of complex societies
A cross-cultural study reveals how the consumption of wine and beer facilitated the evolution of human societies
www.mpg.de
July 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Curious what’s happening at our excavations at the mysterious #LBK site #Vráble? Follow our instagram account for daily updates from the field! ⛏️🏺🦴🕵🏼 ⛅️

www.instagram.com/neolithicbod...

#archaeology #bioarchaeology #neolithic #science #archaeologistslife #wherearetheskulls
July 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Finally online: @neolithicbodies.bsky.social project! Follow for more information on the mysterious #LBK site of Vráble-Vel’ke Lehemy, where dozens of headless skeletons where found in a ditch… perhaps we find some skulls this summer?
@uni-kiel.de @dfg.de #archaeology #neolithic #humanosteology
July 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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There is a lot going on here but these results are wonderful (even if I find some of the archaeologists’ comments problematic). Here are a few notes to be followed up with a blog post at “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives” 1/
Stone Age farmers’ households passed from mother to daughter
Moms and daughters were at the center of the family in ancient Çatalhöyük, ancient DNA and archaeological evidence suggest
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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“the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria,thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.”
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
www.reuters.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Interested in the #archaeology of conflict? Check out our #ConflictArchaeology collection, with #OpenAccess content such as:

Iraq's most famous early Islamic conquest site
Arrowheads from the Tollense Valley
Destruction of Ukrainian heritage

& more! 🏺
buff.ly/jusFBa7
May 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Research into the links between humans, the environment and culture in past worlds continues! We thank the reviewers and the Excellence Commission for the positive decision on #ROOTS2. www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
@dfg.de @uni-kiel.de #excellencestrategy 🏺
ROOTS receives funding for second phase
German Excellence Commission approves up to 60 million euros for Kiel research on humans and the environment in the past.
www.uni-kiel.de
May 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Double success for Kiel University: The Clusters of Excellence 'Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation' (PMI) and 'ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies' @clusterroots.bsky.social will be funded for another seven years!
Kiel University in the Excellence Strategy: Success for the two Kiel clusters PMI and ROOTS
The German Research Foundation announced which collaborative research projects will receive funding for the next seven years as Clusters of Excellence.
www.uni-kiel.de
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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📢 We're hiring!
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.

📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L

#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4
May 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Milestone in the #ExcellenceStrategy: From 19–22 May the Excellence Commission reviews 98 proposals for Clusters of Excellence & selects projects for funding. Announcement live on 22 May via our youtube channel, our social media, DFG's & @wissenschaftsrat.de websites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2M...
The Excellence Strategy
YouTube video by DFG bewegt
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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#Milliardär*innen drücken sich mal wieder erfolgreich darum, ihren gerechten Beitrag zu zahlen.

Wir fordern:
👉 #Steuerprivilegien bei der #Erbschaftsteuer abschaffen!
May 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Preprint on long-distant kinship structures, mating networks and cultural expressions in #Neolithic Germany published by @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social scientists! #aDNA #paleogenetics #megaliths #gallerygraves
Long-distance kinship in megalithic Europe
Across Neolithic Europe, megalithic monuments – including stone circles and gallery graves – were constructed by early farming communities, representing a supra-regional cultural phenomenon1. The coll...
www.researchsquare.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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"Every way that we try to put a strict, solid line of demarcation on biological sex, there are people who fall outside of those lines," Estabrook said. 🏺🧪
How do archaeologists figure out the sex of a skeleton?
Archaeologists can estimate a person's sex with 95% accuracy, but many experts are focused on what can be learned about humans outside the male/female gender binary.
www.livescience.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I am offering two 4-year PhD positions (fully funded) and a 57 month combined post-doc / project manager position as part of my NWO-Vici grant, which starts in September.
May 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Höcke zur Hochstufung: "Mit welchen scheinheiligen (..) Mitteln hier eine Partei verboten werden soll (..) weil sie den Bonzen des gegenwärtigen Systems gefährlich wurde. (..) weil die Wahrheit eben den Inhabern der gegenwärtigen Republik gefährlich und unbequem ist."

Spaß, das war Goebbels 1928
May 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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AfD "gesichert rechtsextrem": Das könnte lustig werden für alle Beamten in der verfassungsfeindlichen Partei. Staatstreue und so. "Beamte stehen zu ihrem Dienstherrn in einem öffentlich-rechtlichen Dienst- und Treueverhältnis": das gilt für diese Staatsfeinde gerade nicht!
May 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Was bewegt Menschen dazu, Körperspender*in zu werden? Und was bedeutet es für Medizinstudierende, im Präpariersaal zu lernen? Antworten gibt die Reportage „Lernen an Leichen“, für die @zeit.de einen Kurs des Anatomischen Instituts der #UniKiel begleitet hat:
Körperspende: Das sieht sonst nur, wer Medizin studiert
Im Präpariersaal zergliedern Medizinstudierende Leichen. Wir haben sie monatelang begleitet: von der Angst vorm ersten Schnitt bis zum Begräbnis ihres Körperspenders.
www.zeit.de
May 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM