Amy Mosig Way
@amymosigway.bsky.social
Archaeologist and lecturer, jointly appointed at the Australian Museum and the University of Sydney
#australianarchaeology #lithictechnology
#australianarchaeology #lithictechnology
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Congratulations @amymosigway.bsky.social and Wayne Brennan on the Nature paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sydney.edu.au @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sydney.edu.au @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Congratulations @amymosigway.bsky.social and Wayne Brennan on the Nature paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sydney.edu.au @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sydney.edu.au @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
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Dargan Shelter at 1073m elevation in the upper Blue Mountains is believed to be the oldest occupied high-altitude site in Australia (occupation first occurred ~20,000 years ago). @amymosigway.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
#australianarchaeology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#australianarchaeology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The earliest evidence of high-elevation ice age occupation in Australia - Nature Human Behaviour
This study reports on excavations of hearths and stone artefacts from 20,000-year-old deposits at Dargan Shelter, which at an elevation of 1,073 m is believed to be the oldest occupied high-altitude s...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dargan Shelter at 1073m elevation in the upper Blue Mountains is believed to be the oldest occupied high-altitude site in Australia (occupation first occurred ~20,000 years ago). @amymosigway.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
#australianarchaeology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#australianarchaeology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New postdoc in Australian archaeology from Sydney University
#auatralianarchaeology #coastalarchaeology #archaeomalacology
#auatralianarchaeology #coastalarchaeology #archaeomalacology
A #USyd postgraduate research scholarship in Archaeology
A scholarship to support a PhD student to undertake research on the coastal archaeology of GunaiKurnai Country (Gippsland, Victoria)
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
A scholarship to support a PhD student to undertake research on the coastal archaeology of GunaiKurnai Country (Gippsland, Victoria)
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coastal Archaeology
www.sydney.edu.au
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
New postdoc in Australian archaeology from Sydney University
#auatralianarchaeology #coastalarchaeology #archaeomalacology
#auatralianarchaeology #coastalarchaeology #archaeomalacology
Are you working on mountain archaeology?
We’d love to hear about your research in our session, Frozen Heights: Recent Advances in High-Altitude Archaeology, at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC10) in Darwin, Australia, from 22–28 June 2025.
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
We’d love to hear about your research in our session, Frozen Heights: Recent Advances in High-Altitude Archaeology, at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC10) in Darwin, Australia, from 22–28 June 2025.
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
February 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Are you working on mountain archaeology?
We’d love to hear about your research in our session, Frozen Heights: Recent Advances in High-Altitude Archaeology, at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC10) in Darwin, Australia, from 22–28 June 2025.
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
We’d love to hear about your research in our session, Frozen Heights: Recent Advances in High-Altitude Archaeology, at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC10) in Darwin, Australia, from 22–28 June 2025.
worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-...
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New evidence of human activity during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has been found on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Charcoal remains and ochre were discovered at a blade site in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley basin, dating back to 29,000-23,000 years ago ...
Human Response to Cold Climate: First Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau During the Last Glacial Maximum
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a hotspot for early human history research, however, there is no evidence of prehistoric human activity on the southern TP…
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January 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
New evidence of human activity during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has been found on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Charcoal remains and ochre were discovered at a blade site in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley basin, dating back to 29,000-23,000 years ago ...
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For #FlintFriday I'm shameless promoting my paper that was published this week in Lithic Technology: "Core Concept: Defining Cores in the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia". doi.org/10.1080/0197...
#AustralianArchaeology #Archaeology 1/5 🏺🧵
#AustralianArchaeology #Archaeology 1/5 🏺🧵
Core Concept: Defining Cores in the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia
One of the biggest impediments to the analysis of cores in the archaeology of Indigenous Australia is the slippery use of terminology. This impairs comparative analyses and limits our ability to ex...
doi.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For #FlintFriday I'm shameless promoting my paper that was published this week in Lithic Technology: "Core Concept: Defining Cores in the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia". doi.org/10.1080/0197...
#AustralianArchaeology #Archaeology 1/5 🏺🧵
#AustralianArchaeology #Archaeology 1/5 🏺🧵
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Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change 🏺🧪
Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social , Hannes Rathmann
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Examines the potential of flake morphology for tracing cultural change
Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social , Hannes Rathmann
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Examines the potential of flake morphology for tracing cultural change
January 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change 🏺🧪
Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social , Hannes Rathmann
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Examines the potential of flake morphology for tracing cultural change
Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social , Hannes Rathmann
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Examines the potential of flake morphology for tracing cultural change
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🏺 Out today, a new #HumanOrigins podcast co-produced by the The Australian Museum, University of Sydney (@amymosigway.bsky.social ), and BreakThru productions, which I was happy to contribute to!
Available on your normal pod platforms
open.spotify.com/show/7w0YSkP...
Available on your normal pod platforms
open.spotify.com/show/7w0YSkP...
December 4, 2024 at 9:07 AM
🏺 Out today, a new #HumanOrigins podcast co-produced by the The Australian Museum, University of Sydney (@amymosigway.bsky.social ), and BreakThru productions, which I was happy to contribute to!
Available on your normal pod platforms
open.spotify.com/show/7w0YSkP...
Available on your normal pod platforms
open.spotify.com/show/7w0YSkP...
@toriherridge.bsky.social fantastic to find an ice age group- please add me!
November 28, 2024 at 10:11 AM
@toriherridge.bsky.social fantastic to find an ice age group- please add me!
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Our latest research with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation is now available doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
Archaeology on the edge: radiocarbon chronologies for Aboriginal cliff-top sites of the Murray River, South Australia | Radiocarbon | Cambridge Core
Archaeology on the edge: radiocarbon chronologies for Aboriginal cliff-top sites of the Murray River, South Australia
doi.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Our latest research with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation is now available doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
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The first people on Tasmania brought fire and forever changed the land.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The first people on Tasmania brought fire and forever changed the land
Study of charcoal and pollen could give Aboriginal advocates of traditional burns “more voice at the table”
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November 18, 2024 at 1:53 AM
The first people on Tasmania brought fire and forever changed the land.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Our new study out in @ScienceAdvances shows human presence in Tasmania at least 41,600 years ago, nearly 2000 years earlier than previously thought, and Aboriginal people burned and used wet forests.
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago
Paleoecological records show that Aboriginal people burned wet forest to first settle in Tasmania 41,600 years ago.
www.science.org
November 17, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Our new study out in @ScienceAdvances shows human presence in Tasmania at least 41,600 years ago, nearly 2000 years earlier than previously thought, and Aboriginal people burned and used wet forests.
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Part of my research has been to identify and describe one of the oldest continuous Aboriginal shell tool traditions identified in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island commencing 46,000 years ago and still in use until the recent past by Thalanyji people.
November 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Part of my research has been to identify and describe one of the oldest continuous Aboriginal shell tool traditions identified in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island commencing 46,000 years ago and still in use until the recent past by Thalanyji people.
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Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived theconversation.com/aboriginal-p... via @theconvo-bot.bsky.social
Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
Pottery made more than 1800 years ago by Aboriginal communities on Jiigurru in the Lizard Island group in the Great Barrier Reef is the oldest ever found in Australia.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived theconversation.com/aboriginal-p... via @theconvo-bot.bsky.social