Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen
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Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen
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GACT is a multidisciplinary LeibnizScience Campus in Tübingen that brings together scientists with the goal of using ancient DNA recovered from archaeological deposits to investigate human interaction with, and impact on, past (cave) ecosystems.
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GACT is a multidisciplinary LeibnizScience Campus in and a cooperation between:
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Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
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New publication is out: Our visiting researcher Greta Brancaleoni and GACT member Susan Mentzer were working together on samples from Sel'Ungur Cave
doi.org/10.1002/gea.....
Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan
Agropastoralism has been a widespread subsistence strategy in Central Asia from prehistory to the present. While significant research has aimed at understanding past agropastoral communities in the r...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Read more about what our PhD Ani Hristonova is working on in her dissertation: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/aktuelles/up...
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
GACT has now a "Hiwi" (research assistant). Welcome to the team @joe-mezza.bsky.social! 😀 More about Joe: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/news/this-is...
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our visiting researcher Nihan D. Dagtas is a PhD candidate in Tel Aviv and at the moment in Tübingen. She is working on a field kit designed to accelerate the screening of sediment samples for ancient DNA, facilitating more informed and efficient sampling. We wish you every success!
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today our doctoral student Jens Grammer presented his GACT project, which deals with the phosphorus cycle in cave sediments, at the annual conference of the Soil Science Society in Tübingen.

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September 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our team is currently in Serbia, working closely with our Serbian colleagues from the team of the University of Belgrade. Together, we are sampling the cave sites Mala Balanica, Velika Balanica, and Pešturina for ancient DNA and micromorphological analysis.

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Serbia sampling trip
The team is on a field trip to Serbia!
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August 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Ist das #Müll oder kann das weg? Wenn Sibylle Wolf in den Höhlen der Schwäbischen Alb unterwegs ist, fällt ihre Antwort eindeutig aus. Sie ist Archäologin bei @sgn.one im @leibnizcampusgact.bsky.social und gräbt im Alltagsmüll unserer Ahnen.

👉 Zur Reportage: www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...
July 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Last Monday, a group of GACT members and students from the course “Archaeology and Ecology of Caves – the Swabian Jura Sites” visited Charlottenhöhle in the Lone Valley. Read more in our news.
July 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Today we are having our 2nd GACT workshop in Tübingen.
By the way: Did you already read our latest publication?
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June 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Armelle Ballian is our latest GACT member. She is a geochemist and paleoclimatologist with a focus on regional and global paleoclimate and environmental change. Read more: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/aktuelles/me...
June 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
GACT is supporting the DIG Conference 2025 with a keynote. Today Vera Aldeias will speak on “Bridging Disciplines: Geoarchaeology's role on Excavation Strategies and Biomolecular Analysis” at 16:45 in the Pfleghofsaal, Tübingen.

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May 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
GACT is a multidisciplinary LeibnizScience Campus in and a cooperation between:
@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
@sgn.one
@unituebingen.bsky.social
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our first visiting researcher published a book about paleoparasitology. The publication is partially supported by his GACT project. Congratulations Nemanja!
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MPI for Biology Tübingen
May 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen is featured in the special exhibition at the URMU (Museum of Prehistory Blaubeuren). Titled “SCHAU! Mammut und Höhlenlöwe vom Vogelherd”, the exhibition showcases Ice Age figurines and runs from May 16, 2025, to March 1, 2026.
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
GACT is happy to welcome two new associated members to the team: Dr. Ewa Dutkiewicz and Andrei Balarie. Both are working in Serbian cave sites. Read more: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/aktuelles/tw...
May 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Dr. Milan Varsadiya joined the GeoGenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen (GACT) in March as a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler, Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold, Jun. Prof. Dr. Cosimo Posth, Prof. Dr. Christopher Miller, and Dr. Susan M. Mentzer.
April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Last Friday we were in the field and shooted some videos for our sampling protocol: How do I take samples for different scientific questions? For example, without contaminating it with modern DNA. We will make everything available soon!
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
As part of the GACT visiting research program, Dr. Greta Brancaleoni from the Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, is studying dung-rich deposits, exploring the interactions between humans and their surrounding environments. More information on our website!
April 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yesterday we presented GACT at the Senckenberg audit. And had a nice view over Frankfurt.
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM