Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
@lorenabecval.bsky.social
Leverhulme EC Fellow & Proleptic Lecturer, Bristol • past human-environment-climate dynamics, radiocarbon dating & archaeological science
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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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Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
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Registration OPEN for Practical Palaeoproteomics Summer School Copenhagen! 🦴🧪
🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st
Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus...
#Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLife
🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st
Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus...
#Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLife
Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences
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January 26, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Registration OPEN for Practical Palaeoproteomics Summer School Copenhagen! 🦴🧪
🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st
Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus...
#Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLife
🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st
Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus...
#Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLife
Come to Chile for some radiocarbon fun! 🇨🇱⚛️👇
Here is the link for submitting your abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
@14cjournal.bsky.social
@14cjournal.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Come to Chile for some radiocarbon fun! 🇨🇱⚛️👇
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Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
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“We cannot assume, that when researchers from the global north and global south are working together, that there is equity. No - we must be purposeful.” - Professor Shadreck Chirikure (FBA) #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
“We cannot assume, that when researchers from the global north and global south are working together, that there is equity. No - we must be purposeful.” - Professor Shadreck Chirikure (FBA) #EquitablePartnerships
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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
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
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
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social
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Cores of turtle scutes (shells) are not an archive I usually analyse! Nice to go back to my marine science roots 😃
We identify a link between changes in turtle scute growth rates and environmental stressors.
I have also made the code for the changepoint analysis public: github.com/MRPHarris/Tu...
We identify a link between changes in turtle scute growth rates and environmental stressors.
I have also made the code for the changepoint analysis public: github.com/MRPHarris/Tu...
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Cores of turtle scutes (shells) are not an archive I usually analyse! Nice to go back to my marine science roots 😃
We identify a link between changes in turtle scute growth rates and environmental stressors.
I have also made the code for the changepoint analysis public: github.com/MRPHarris/Tu...
We identify a link between changes in turtle scute growth rates and environmental stressors.
I have also made the code for the changepoint analysis public: github.com/MRPHarris/Tu...
So happy to announce this new publication on Marine Biology involving 14C & turtle conservation 🔊👇
The work was led by the brilliant R.A.Prof Bethan Linscott (@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social) & included some of the nicest colleagues one could hope for (e.g., @mattrpharris.bsky.social)!
rdcu.be/e1b3t
The work was led by the brilliant R.A.Prof Bethan Linscott (@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social) & included some of the nicest colleagues one could hope for (e.g., @mattrpharris.bsky.social)!
rdcu.be/e1b3t
January 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
So happy to announce this new publication on Marine Biology involving 14C & turtle conservation 🔊👇
The work was led by the brilliant R.A.Prof Bethan Linscott (@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social) & included some of the nicest colleagues one could hope for (e.g., @mattrpharris.bsky.social)!
rdcu.be/e1b3t
The work was led by the brilliant R.A.Prof Bethan Linscott (@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social) & included some of the nicest colleagues one could hope for (e.g., @mattrpharris.bsky.social)!
rdcu.be/e1b3t
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PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...
PhD Studentship in Archaeology at University of Reading
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship in Archaeology Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...
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Thank you to Dr Adam van Casteren (@adamvanc.bsky.social) for a great (& very active) BAARS talk today on human and ape biomechanics 🚶🏾♀️ 🦍!!
Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽
Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thank you to Dr Adam van Casteren (@adamvanc.bsky.social) for a great (& very active) BAARS talk today on human and ape biomechanics 🚶🏾♀️ 🦍!!
Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽
Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽
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What's that? 5 ancient doggy papers in 10 days is too many dogs?
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What's that? 5 ancient doggy papers in 10 days is too many dogs?
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Reposted by Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
📢📢PhD position available!! 📢📢
"Improving future climate prediction through
modelling and data of Earth’s past"
At the University of Bristol, UK.
More details and how to apply:
shorturl.at/wKh2W
..or message me here directly.
"Improving future climate prediction through
modelling and data of Earth’s past"
At the University of Bristol, UK.
More details and how to apply:
shorturl.at/wKh2W
..or message me here directly.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📢📢PhD position available!! 📢📢
"Improving future climate prediction through
modelling and data of Earth’s past"
At the University of Bristol, UK.
More details and how to apply:
shorturl.at/wKh2W
..or message me here directly.
"Improving future climate prediction through
modelling and data of Earth’s past"
At the University of Bristol, UK.
More details and how to apply:
shorturl.at/wKh2W
..or message me here directly.
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Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research www.nature.com/articles/s41... (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Opie and Atkinson conduct a global phylogenetic analysis of 868 cultures and find evidence indicating that cereal grain cultivation, not agricultural surplus, drove state formation. Their findings als...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
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Collections Assistant
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Collections Assistant - 6 posts at University of Oxford
Explore professional service vacancies, like the Collections Assistant - 6 posts role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Collections Assistant
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPO859/c...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPO859/c...
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My department has an opening for a Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage as part of Durham University’s strategic Heritage 360 initiative durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My department has an opening for a Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage as part of Durham University’s strategic Heritage 360 initiative durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Interested in a lab tech career with a particular focus on palaeoecology? Come work with us at @royalholloway.bsky.social !!!
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology)
Full-Time, PermanentApplications are invited for the post of Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology) in the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.The successful applicant will joi...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Interested in a lab tech career with a particular focus on palaeoecology? Come work with us at @royalholloway.bsky.social !!!
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Paper alert 🚨 🔊
Super happy to have been part of this new publication, led by the brilliant Zoë Thomas (@climate-zoe.bsky.social).
Click below to read 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Super happy to have been part of this new publication, led by the brilliant Zoë Thomas (@climate-zoe.bsky.social).
Click below to read 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Westerly wind shifts drove Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude peat growth since the last glacial - Nature Geoscience
Coherent patterns in the initial growth of extratropical peatlands throughout the Southern Hemisphere during the last glacial track changes in the latitudinal position of the southern westerly winds, ...
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Paper alert 🚨 🔊
Super happy to have been part of this new publication, led by the brilliant Zoë Thomas (@climate-zoe.bsky.social).
Click below to read 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Super happy to have been part of this new publication, led by the brilliant Zoë Thomas (@climate-zoe.bsky.social).
Click below to read 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
In beautiful Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia, running a workshop on radiocarbon dating and Bayesian chronological modelling.
Not a bad place to talk isotopes 🌲
Thanks to the organisers, in particular Coni Roa & @fransantanas.bsky.social ❤️
Not a bad place to talk isotopes 🌲
Thanks to the organisers, in particular Coni Roa & @fransantanas.bsky.social ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In beautiful Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia, running a workshop on radiocarbon dating and Bayesian chronological modelling.
Not a bad place to talk isotopes 🌲
Thanks to the organisers, in particular Coni Roa & @fransantanas.bsky.social ❤️
Not a bad place to talk isotopes 🌲
Thanks to the organisers, in particular Coni Roa & @fransantanas.bsky.social ❤️
I have some pretty creative & scary colleagues 🧙🏼♀️🧟♂️
Happy Halloween everybody! 🎃 👻
Happy Halloween everybody! 🎃 👻
On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash).
Spooky stuff!
Spooky stuff!
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I have some pretty creative & scary colleagues 🧙🏼♀️🧟♂️
Happy Halloween everybody! 🎃 👻
Happy Halloween everybody! 🎃 👻
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Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
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October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇
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Here's an opportunity to come and work for us at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social as a tutor in archaeology on a part-time (0.6FTE) and permanent basis. We're looking for anyone with a background from late Prehistory to the medieval period. Deadline: 10 November 2025
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my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here's an opportunity to come and work for us at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social as a tutor in archaeology on a part-time (0.6FTE) and permanent basis. We're looking for anyone with a background from late Prehistory to the medieval period. Deadline: 10 November 2025
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site
Teotônio is a pre-Columbian riverine archaeological site located in southwestern Amazonia, in a region with diverse cultural traditions and linguistic…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
please share!
please share!
Post Doctoral Research Assistant - 1160-25
Thinking of the next step in your career? Take a look at our exciting new role, Post Doctoral Research Assistant based at our Other. Find out more and apply he…
www.lancashire.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
please share!
please share!
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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
👋 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
🔈Happy Friday and pre-weekend news!
Our paper on the chronology and residue analysis of a key Amazonian archaeological site, Teotônio, has just been published in JAS!
Massive congrats to McKenzie and thanks to all the co-authors for their work on this 🙌
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our paper on the chronology and residue analysis of a key Amazonian archaeological site, Teotônio, has just been published in JAS!
Massive congrats to McKenzie and thanks to all the co-authors for their work on this 🙌
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site
Teotônio is a pre-Columbian riverine archaeological site located in southwestern Amazonia, in a region with diverse cultural traditions and linguistic…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔈Happy Friday and pre-weekend news!
Our paper on the chronology and residue analysis of a key Amazonian archaeological site, Teotônio, has just been published in JAS!
Massive congrats to McKenzie and thanks to all the co-authors for their work on this 🙌
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our paper on the chronology and residue analysis of a key Amazonian archaeological site, Teotônio, has just been published in JAS!
Massive congrats to McKenzie and thanks to all the co-authors for their work on this 🙌
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...