Dr Amy Prendergast
@amylprendergast.bsky.social
People-environment interactions | Archaeological science 🐚🔬 | Quaternary Climate Change | Shells | Isotopes | Sclerochronology | Mum | Associate Professor @unimelb via @Cambridge_Uni & @uni_mainz
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November 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺
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Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺
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Calibrating the limpet | SeaFront
Our new study delivers the most extensive calibration to date of <i>Patella caerulea</i> (the Mediterranean limpet) as a recorder of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) across the Central and Eastern Medi...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
Largest dataset on Mg/Ca in shells yet (+100 and over a dozen sites)🐚 Again, we found tightly correlated but shell-specific relationships between temperature and Mg/Ca. Lots of potential for future archaeological studies🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
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Did you know that WAC-10 World Archaeology Congress (next week) is free for students to attend online? Register here: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/
WAC-10 – Darwin 22-28 June 2025
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June 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Did you know that WAC-10 World Archaeology Congress (next week) is free for students to attend online? Register here: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/
Happy to share our new publication which shows the potential of LIBS Mg/Ca mapping to characterise seasonal shellfish foraging practices from Tasmanian limpet shells. 🐚 Led by @fleurking.bsky.social #archsci #sclerochronology @niklashausmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A key to seasonal shellfish exploitation: Elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in Lutruwita (Tasmania) Cellana limpets
The littoral environment has considerable influence on life history traits and patterns of growth in marine molluscs due to changes in water temperatu…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy to share our new publication which shows the potential of LIBS Mg/Ca mapping to characterise seasonal shellfish foraging practices from Tasmanian limpet shells. 🐚 Led by @fleurking.bsky.social #archsci #sclerochronology @niklashausmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge congratulations to Bohao Dong for pressing the submit button on his PhD today!! 🎉🎉🎉 #ProudSupervisor #sclerochronology #GiantClams #unimelb @laura-m-otter.bsky.social @seanulm.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Huge congratulations to Bohao Dong for pressing the submit button on his PhD today!! 🎉🎉🎉 #ProudSupervisor #sclerochronology #GiantClams #unimelb @laura-m-otter.bsky.social @seanulm.bsky.social
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It has been exciting watching this paper go from dreams to reality over the last few years. Congratulations Zuorui Liu (Carl) 🎉
New paper alert! One for the Dinosaur lovers 🦖🦷
Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology
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Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology
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The effectiveness of oxygen isotopes in Spinosaurus tooth dentine for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
Oxygen isotope compositions in tooth dentine of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were investigated as a potential proxy for high-resolution reconstructions of …
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March 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It has been exciting watching this paper go from dreams to reality over the last few years. Congratulations Zuorui Liu (Carl) 🎉
New paper alert! One for the Dinosaur lovers 🦖🦷
Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effectiveness of oxygen isotopes in Spinosaurus tooth dentine for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
Oxygen isotope compositions in tooth dentine of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were investigated as a potential proxy for high-resolution reconstructions of …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
New paper alert! One for the Dinosaur lovers 🦖🦷
Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to Bohao Dong on his PhD completion seminar! 🎉🎉🎉 A phenomenal project advancing the possibilities of giant clam shell sclerochronology. Such a lot of hard work and excellent data has gone into this project. #ProudSupervisor @seanulm.bsky.social @laura-m-otter.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Congratulations to Bohao Dong on his PhD completion seminar! 🎉🎉🎉 A phenomenal project advancing the possibilities of giant clam shell sclerochronology. Such a lot of hard work and excellent data has gone into this project. #ProudSupervisor @seanulm.bsky.social @laura-m-otter.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
Details : Postdoctoral Fellow, Paleoecology : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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March 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
One for the mollusc enthusiasts: Vote for the International mollusc of the year 🐚🐌🦪 The winner will have their complete genome sequenced! As a sclerochronologist I am leaning towards Arctica islandica but of course I always have a soft spot for limpets (Cellana) too! moty.senckenberg.science/en/
Home EN - Mollusc of the Year
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March 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One for the mollusc enthusiasts: Vote for the International mollusc of the year 🐚🐌🦪 The winner will have their complete genome sequenced! As a sclerochronologist I am leaning towards Arctica islandica but of course I always have a soft spot for limpets (Cellana) too! moty.senckenberg.science/en/
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This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...
The Radiocarbon Dating Process - the Journey of a sample
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March 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...
Super proud of our PhD researcher Carl Zuorui Liu for giving an awesome PhD completion seminar today - an amazing journey through space and time showcasing the awesome things we can learn using tooth sclerochronology. Well done Carl! 🦷🦣🔬#SciMelb #ProudSupervisor
March 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Super proud of our PhD researcher Carl Zuorui Liu for giving an awesome PhD completion seminar today - an amazing journey through space and time showcasing the awesome things we can learn using tooth sclerochronology. Well done Carl! 🦷🦣🔬#SciMelb #ProudSupervisor
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ALL RESEARCHERS
❗️Speak up❗️ if you have opinions, critique or ideas on proposed changes to Australian Research Council grants.
Discuss & distill ideas, sure, but to be considered you MUST make a submission ▶️ submit.dese.gov.au/jfe/form/SV_...
It’s EASY!
Answer these questions in the form👇
❗️Speak up❗️ if you have opinions, critique or ideas on proposed changes to Australian Research Council grants.
Discuss & distill ideas, sure, but to be considered you MUST make a submission ▶️ submit.dese.gov.au/jfe/form/SV_...
It’s EASY!
Answer these questions in the form👇
March 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
ALL RESEARCHERS
❗️Speak up❗️ if you have opinions, critique or ideas on proposed changes to Australian Research Council grants.
Discuss & distill ideas, sure, but to be considered you MUST make a submission ▶️ submit.dese.gov.au/jfe/form/SV_...
It’s EASY!
Answer these questions in the form👇
❗️Speak up❗️ if you have opinions, critique or ideas on proposed changes to Australian Research Council grants.
Discuss & distill ideas, sure, but to be considered you MUST make a submission ▶️ submit.dese.gov.au/jfe/form/SV_...
It’s EASY!
Answer these questions in the form👇
Did you know that giant clam shells are excellent high-resolution past climate archives? Check out the first publication from Bohao Dong's PhD! A review of giant clam sclerochronology #ProudSupervisor #palaeoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Advances in giant clam (Tridacnidae spp.) sclerochronology and sclerochemistry as a high-resolution palaeoenvironmental archive
Reconstructions of Quaternary environmental change using high-resolution proxies are important for testing and refining climate models to enable bette…
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January 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Did you know that giant clam shells are excellent high-resolution past climate archives? Check out the first publication from Bohao Dong's PhD! A review of giant clam sclerochronology #ProudSupervisor #palaeoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Did you know that modern-day shells hold clues to life and climates of the past?
To learn more, feel free to check out this latest research paper involving several CIEHF members.
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To learn more, feel free to check out this latest research paper involving several CIEHF members.
ciehf.au/wp-content/u...
December 18, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Did you know that modern-day shells hold clues to life and climates of the past?
To learn more, feel free to check out this latest research paper involving several CIEHF members.
ciehf.au/wp-content/u...
To learn more, feel free to check out this latest research paper involving several CIEHF members.
ciehf.au/wp-content/u...
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2024 has been a rollercoaster of a year, with plenty of highs and lows, but always thankful to be working alongside this awesome team. Can't wait to see what 2025 has in store for the #unimelb sclerochronology team! 🐚
A wonderful end of year lunch with the #unimelb Sclerochronology lab - @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social @osteo-clo.bsky.social, Bohao, and Carl - celebrating our various achievements over the past year… of course with shell themed presents too!! 🐚🐚🐚🎉🥳🎉
December 17, 2024 at 4:39 AM
2024 has been a rollercoaster of a year, with plenty of highs and lows, but always thankful to be working alongside this awesome team. Can't wait to see what 2025 has in store for the #unimelb sclerochronology team! 🐚
A wonderful end of year lunch with the #unimelb Sclerochronology lab - @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social @osteo-clo.bsky.social, Bohao, and Carl - celebrating our various achievements over the past year… of course with shell themed presents too!! 🐚🐚🐚🎉🥳🎉
December 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM
A wonderful end of year lunch with the #unimelb Sclerochronology lab - @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social @osteo-clo.bsky.social, Bohao, and Carl - celebrating our various achievements over the past year… of course with shell themed presents too!! 🐚🐚🐚🎉🥳🎉
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I will be advertising soon for postdoc positions in geoarchaeology and GIS for my Terraform ERC project, starting at the University of Malta in a few months. More information soon, but message me if interested.
December 10, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I will be advertising soon for postdoc positions in geoarchaeology and GIS for my Terraform ERC project, starting at the University of Malta in a few months. More information soon, but message me if interested.
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Who are the pioneers of archaeology?
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
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Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
December 10, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Who are the pioneers of archaeology?
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
Addressing gender bias in our field means rethinking disciplinary history
Join us at WAC-10 for (Re)making History: Exploring the Archaeological Contributions of Women from Past to Present
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
Photo coriniummuseum
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New feed for archaeomalacologists on BlueSky.
🐚 The feed is searching for any posts with the following words: archaeomalacology, sclerochronology, shellfish archaeology, shell archaeology, shell midden, shell bead, shell tool.
Let me know what else I can add :) 🐚
🐚 The feed is searching for any posts with the following words: archaeomalacology, sclerochronology, shellfish archaeology, shell archaeology, shell midden, shell bead, shell tool.
Let me know what else I can add :) 🐚
December 8, 2024 at 6:08 AM
New feed for archaeomalacologists on BlueSky.
🐚 The feed is searching for any posts with the following words: archaeomalacology, sclerochronology, shellfish archaeology, shell archaeology, shell midden, shell bead, shell tool.
Let me know what else I can add :) 🐚
🐚 The feed is searching for any posts with the following words: archaeomalacology, sclerochronology, shellfish archaeology, shell archaeology, shell midden, shell bead, shell tool.
Let me know what else I can add :) 🐚
I am very happy to share my PhD student @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social’s first PhD publication! 🐚🐚🎉🎉
Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives
#sclerochronology #unimelb
#ProudSupervisor
@seanulm.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
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Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives
#sclerochronology #unimelb
#ProudSupervisor
@seanulm.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
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Sclerochronology and oxygen isotope variations in modern Conomurex luhuanus shells: An archive for reconstructing palaeotemperature and shellfish gathering on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
The marine gastropod Conomurex luhuanus is a common component of Holocene archaeological shell deposits in the Western Indo-Pacific region. Oxygen iso…
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December 7, 2024 at 6:46 AM
I am very happy to share my PhD student @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social’s first PhD publication! 🐚🐚🎉🎉
Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives
#sclerochronology #unimelb
#ProudSupervisor
@seanulm.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives
#sclerochronology #unimelb
#ProudSupervisor
@seanulm.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
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Now it’s official I am stoked to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Professor at #unimelb. Thanks heaps to all who have helped and supported me along the way in my academic and professional journey 🎉🐚🔬🌊🤠
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December 6, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Now it’s official I am stoked to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Professor at #unimelb. Thanks heaps to all who have helped and supported me along the way in my academic and professional journey 🎉🐚🔬🌊🤠
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Had a fantastic time presenting at #AAA47 yesterday alongside Nick!
Thank you to everyone who came and had a chat afterwards! Great to see others interested in the potential of freshwater mussels to understand past human-mussel-environment relationships using #sclerochronology & #TEK 🐚
Thank you to everyone who came and had a chat afterwards! Great to see others interested in the potential of freshwater mussels to understand past human-mussel-environment relationships using #sclerochronology & #TEK 🐚
Wonderful joint presentation today at #AAA47 by #unimelb PhD researcher @osteo-clo.bsky.social and First People of the Millewa Mallee River Ranger Nick Harradine on people-mussel-environment relationships weaving #sclerochronology & #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledges
December 4, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Had a fantastic time presenting at #AAA47 yesterday alongside Nick!
Thank you to everyone who came and had a chat afterwards! Great to see others interested in the potential of freshwater mussels to understand past human-mussel-environment relationships using #sclerochronology & #TEK 🐚
Thank you to everyone who came and had a chat afterwards! Great to see others interested in the potential of freshwater mussels to understand past human-mussel-environment relationships using #sclerochronology & #TEK 🐚
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What a wonderful start to #AAA45 in #Gimuy we appreciate you inviting #SINGAustralia to open with an #Indigenous #Genomics panel and thank you @ciehf.bsky.social for sponsoring our session
December 4, 2024 at 4:39 AM
What a wonderful start to #AAA45 in #Gimuy we appreciate you inviting #SINGAustralia to open with an #Indigenous #Genomics panel and thank you @ciehf.bsky.social for sponsoring our session
Wonderful joint presentation today at #AAA47 by #unimelb PhD researcher @osteo-clo.bsky.social and First People of the Millewa Mallee River Ranger Nick Harradine on people-mussel-environment relationships weaving #sclerochronology & #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledges
December 4, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Wonderful joint presentation today at #AAA47 by #unimelb PhD researcher @osteo-clo.bsky.social and First People of the Millewa Mallee River Ranger Nick Harradine on people-mussel-environment relationships weaving #sclerochronology & #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledges