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Nicola Scheyhing M.A.
@prehistoryteller.bsky.social
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Prehistoric Archaeologist 🏺& Museum 🏛enthusiast. Came for the adventure, stayed for the stories. PrehiStoryteller/VorGeschichtserzählerin. she/her.
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Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · Nov 14
So here’s me:
Hi, I’m Nicola. I’m a prehistoric archaeologist, museums person, tourism expert, cat mom, alternative music connoisseur, and professional nagger. My not so secret super power is to lower room temp by mustering people disapproving (honestly I am just incredible short-sighted).
Me, a middle aged white woman with reddish hair updo and glasses wearing a black dress with flowers sitting in a library with a bright red floor.
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katharv.bsky.social
🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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anestudieswue.bsky.social
🏺📝Stellenausschreibung (50%, 2 Jahre) in #WissKomm für unser Projekt "Zeig mir die Hauptstadt der Hethiter!". Aufgabe: Entwicklung von Smartphone-Touren für Boğazköy-Ḫattuša. Bewerbung bis 22.2.2026. #academic #job

www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 AM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
Ok, well… now that the cat is out of the sack, as we say in German… www.himmelsscheibe-erleben.de/arche-nebra/...

#Archäojob 🏺#Stellenanzeige
Koordinierung Himmelswege & Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Sonderpräsentationen: Arche Nebra
www.himmelsscheibe-erleben.de
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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jaimealmansa.bsky.social
So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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cjfrieman.bsky.social
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.
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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kayth.bsky.social
Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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jensnotroff.com
Reminder.
Variation of the Simpsons-"Don’t Make Me Tap the Sign" meme: A cartoon bus driver at the wheel with caption "DON’T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN." - Below, a finger pointing to a sign explaining: "Hunter-Gatherer is not a cultural classification, but describes a subsistence mode."
January 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
🏺 Fantasic work by our colleagues from @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social and the army of volunteers: Roman marching camps found. Plural. Not one, but likely THREE!!!
oliverdietrich.bsky.social Dr. Oliver Dietrich @oliverdietrich.bsky.social · 19d
First Roman marching camps discovered in Saxony-Anhalt prove Roman advances in the 3rd century AD. #archaeology

idw-online.de/de/news864361
Roman coins recovered during the systematic survey of the marching camps using metal detectors. They were minted under the emperors Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD), Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD), and Caracalla (211-217 AD).
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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tinelinen.bsky.social
The #EAA @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social already closed its comment drop box <24h after the meeting finished. It was already limited to comment on one point on the agenda only, so I'm going to send the remainder of my comments to them per email. This feels like short sighted gagging... #concernedEAA
January 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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zenakamash.bsky.social
Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏
In spite of the Safe Space Policy being clearly stated at the beginning of the meeting, Prof. XXXXX targeted me by name, calling for my resignation from my position as Editor of the society's journal. Furthermore, his misuse of my title, referring to me as "Miss Kamash", felt deliberately demeaning. This intimidating behaviour explicitly contravenes the EAA Safe Space Policy. Although he was muted, for which I was grateful, I experienced a panic attack following his comments and did not feel safe to speak for the remainder of the meeting. This was further compounded by not only Prof. XXXXX being allowed to remain in the online meeting, but also being invited to take the floor again after the break. This gives me strong concerns about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy. On a broader point about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy, I also note that members whose position aligned with that of Concerned EAA were repeatedly and persistently accused of anti-Semitism throughout the meeting. This is a serious accusation that should not be levelled without due care and evidentiary support. Its use as a blanket accusation seems to have been designed with the explicit aim of silencing and intimidating members aligned with Concerned EAA, which again contravenes the Safe Space Policy and should have been dealt with more robustly during the meeting.
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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zenakamash.bsky.social
Ahead of tomorrow's EAA Special Meeting, my first EJA editorial has just been published. I reflect briefly on the events around last year's conference & offer some recommendations from the European Society for Black & Allied Archaeologists about receiving feedback with grace
doi.org/10.1017/eaa....
Editorial | European Journal of Archaeology | Cambridge Core
Editorial
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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alomshaha.bsky.social
Instead of everybody making the same joke about the FIFA Peace Prize, maybe we could boycott the World Cup?
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
Hey 🏺colleagues working in SW Asia: I am searching for contacts to museums with prehistory on display in the region, and struggle to find some online.
Who could help me with contacts to the Iraq National Museum, Lebanon National Museum, and/or National Museums in Syria?
December 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
About 45 of my faculty mates went to see Indiana Jones and the chrystal skull together. We absolutely dominated audience, laughing about totally different stuff than everybody else.
Afterwards we left together, walking through Tübingen chanting the title melody.
cjfrieman.bsky.social Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · Dec 12
Midnight showing of the original tomb raider in a cinema empty except for my friends.
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Dec 12
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?

Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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isisnaucratis.bsky.social
🚨IOF STEALING HERITAGE
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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claireboardman.bsky.social
👀 Postdoctoral position in radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies @auarcher.bsky.social

international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdoctoral position in radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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suegreaney.bsky.social
Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
PhD funding | PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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divyampersaud.com
Exactly seven months ago, we started this giving circle with seven friends in Gaza—six families, a team helping fifteen more, and the idea of sustained survival support that protects their dignity.

Click "weekly" on a coffee to join two hundred members. Keep hope alive: chuffed.org/project/hope...
A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle". Text: We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep tehir families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. More than ever, they need our sustainable support. Click weekly to join: https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
I feel you, sorrowful dog of Arae Flaviae.
Almost one year I saw this depressive good boy at Hidden Länd exhibition in Stuttgart. 🏺
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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lemoustier.bsky.social
Re: gen- #AI, I don't actually know if I've ever seen an accurate archaeological image made this way that wasn't the work of many hours to remove all the errors/misrepresentations, or so impressionistic that it doesn't communicate anything except 'vibes'.
kevinmarks.com Kevin Marks @kevinmarks.com · Oct 22
45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue.
31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems – missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions.
20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information.

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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curtisdozier.bsky.social
More publication news: "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by @drhelenroche.bsky.social and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/abusing-a...
Cover of Abusing Antiquity? volume showing Athena (?) portrayed in the style of Attic red-figure painting holding a sign that says "you will not replace our Classics" and a shield with Pepe the frog on it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
I promised more photos from our vacation to Malta, so for #StandingStoneSunday today: we did a short trip to Gozo to visit Gigantjia. The best known megalithic structure on the smaller island, it’s also the one on the archipelago who is preserved with the highest walls (husband for scale). 🏺
A structure build from roughly worked stone slabs several meters high standing in an agricultural landscape under a dramatic cloudy sky. There is a walkway in the foreground and the sea visible in the far back several kilometres away. An information display by Heritage Malta held in red and white with three horizontal sections, first text in Maltese, then two images: the left one showing a photo of a niche with an half round layout made by a wall of rough smaller stones, flanked by two large megalithic stealae and with a raised floor. On the right side a drawing of the layout of the whole side, consisting of two different alignment of rooms, both consisting of a clover shaped room connected to an oval second ante room. Text below in English says: in front of you a little raised floor separates the room from the rest of the area creating a distinct space. Early records suggests that here considerable quantities of pottery shirts and animal burns were found in a layer of soil and ash. Could this mean that animals or meat were used in rituals? To your left a table like arrangement of large stone blocks, possibly an altar, decorates a central niche. In a wall constructed by roughly worked, smaller cal sit stones, one deliberately more yellow coloured sandstone on the lowest level stands out. In front of it, too small upright standing stones seem to flank it. Another explanationary display as possible in the front of it. Image of the central structure from outside. The construction made from large, car seat slaps is clearly visible, and the upper layers are showing a slight bent that implies a narrowing of the row of stones to create a ceiling construction. A man is standing in the foreground, acting as a scale. The structure is visibly more than double his height.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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jensnotroff.com
Remember, remember the 9th of November. #OnThisDay in German #history🗃️:

1918: Kaiser dethroned, #WeimarRepublic proclaimed.

1923: Hitler's #BeerHallPutsch coup d'état in Munich fails.

1938: #Kristallnacht. Anti-Jewish Pogroms, synagogues burning.

1989: #BerlinWall falls.
Photo of Philipp Scheidemann proclaiming the Republic from a window of the Reichstag building on 9 November 1918. Photo of Munich's Marienplatz during the failed Beer Hall Putsch: In the foreground to the right men in Stahlhelm and Swastika brassard on a small truck. Photo showing the interior view of the destroyed synagogue in Berlin's Fasanenstrasse following the pogrom in November 1938. Photo of a lot of people standing in front and atop the Berlin Wall. Prominently in the close background: the Brandenburg Gate.
November 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
What we do for „the art“: got up at 5:50 to wait two hours in line for tickets for the Hypogeum. I tried to get some online ten weeks ago, and they have been sold out, so the pricey last minute ones are my only chance. Fingers crossed, I’m third in line already.
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
prehistoryteller.bsky.social
I‘m currently on a short vacation in Malta, and we visited the National Museum of Archaeology today. While the exhibition about the Neolithic temples is the star of the show, I also loved the comics contextualising the later periods presentation. 🏺
A comic with two panels. The first shows a human with a cart standing inbetween cart lines. The second shows the same situation from above. The figure asks oh no, which way do I go now? A one panel comic showing a metal and a pottery workshop. A young boy tells his father: Dad, I think I’d rather learn pottery than metal as a trade… there are two fire extinguisher under the image. True comic side-by-side: the first shows a man with a schnauzer, glasses and a hat. He looks at a ceramic vessel, and says: his funerary urns, metal… at all indicates that this was a bronze age cemetery. The second comic has three panels : the first shows an adult from behind watching a child play. Second panel shows a broken ceramic pot. The third shows the angry face of the adult, saying that was your dad grandfather in the urn. Now what are we going to bury? A three panel comic, showing in the first image the bird view of a settlement, as well as a person standing on a path leading towards a fortified settlement with a wall made from rough stone. The Second Image shows two people standing in between circular huts. The third image shows several people digging out pits on a plane.
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM