Lucas Proctor
@archbot44.bsky.social
Environmental archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist | SW Asia, drylands, fuel, and farming | Co-PI of the HERDS in Oman Project | Posts = my own views | send plant pics
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Lucas Proctor
@archbot44.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello! 👋🏻 I’m an environmental archaeologist who studies the many ways people have successfully adapted to life in drylands over the last 10000 years. I specialize in the analysis of plant remains, fuel resources and subsistence strategies using paleoethnobotany. My research is mostly in 🇴🇲 🇮🇶 and 🇹🇷 🏺
Nearly finished with the 2025 field campaign at Gird-i Surezha. Lots of excellent sample collection this year
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nearly finished with the 2025 field campaign at Gird-i Surezha. Lots of excellent sample collection this year
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NEW The newly-discovered large Neolithic site of Al-Khashbah, Oman, was occupied repeatedly over 1000 years, revealing how mobile hunter-herder communities in south-eastern Arabia adapted to climate change over time.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
March 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
NEW The newly-discovered large Neolithic site of Al-Khashbah, Oman, was occupied repeatedly over 1000 years, revealing how mobile hunter-herder communities in south-eastern Arabia adapted to climate change over time.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 Today is the last day to submit (though there’s normally an extension) to the #Archaeology of #Mesopotamia session for the 2025 @asor-research.bsky.social annual Meeting in Boston/hybrid online. If you work on archaeology in #Iraq, please consider submitting an abstract!
March 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🏺 Today is the last day to submit (though there’s normally an extension) to the #Archaeology of #Mesopotamia session for the 2025 @asor-research.bsky.social annual Meeting in Boston/hybrid online. If you work on archaeology in #Iraq, please consider submitting an abstract!
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Working on Syrian archaeology or cultural heritage? Submit an abstract for @asor-research.bsky.social's annual meeting in the Archaeology of Syria session! Abstracts due March 15. Papers can be virtual or in-person, and scholarships are available for registration fees.
www.asor.org/am/2025/call...
www.asor.org/am/2025/call...
2025 CALL FOR PAPERS—ASOR Annual Meeting - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
ASOR invites paper and workshop presentation proposals for the hybrid 2025 Annual Meeting, November 19-22. #ASOR25
www.asor.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Working on Syrian archaeology or cultural heritage? Submit an abstract for @asor-research.bsky.social's annual meeting in the Archaeology of Syria session! Abstracts due March 15. Papers can be virtual or in-person, and scholarships are available for registration fees.
www.asor.org/am/2025/call...
www.asor.org/am/2025/call...
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I’m in ! 🤩 Let’s read about this wonderfull site in Al-Khashbah, lithics, goats and the massive amount of charcoal we have 🪵🔥
@pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social @archbot44.bsky.social
@archaeoman.bsky.social
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🏺🧪📃New paper is out from the HERDS project! 🪨🐑🥬🇴🇲 @pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social @archbot44.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Exploring Neolithic resilience and mobility in the Omani interior at Al-Khashbah KHS-A
www.cambridge.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’m in ! 🤩 Let’s read about this wonderfull site in Al-Khashbah, lithics, goats and the massive amount of charcoal we have 🪵🔥
@pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social @archbot44.bsky.social
@archaeoman.bsky.social
@pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social @archbot44.bsky.social
@archaeoman.bsky.social
🏺🧪🚨Our first publication on work on the KHS-A Neolithic site in 🇴🇲 is out now in @antiquityj.bsky.social! Check out our amazing Neolithic site and some of the early results from the HERDS team
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
March 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🏺🧪🚨Our first publication on work on the KHS-A Neolithic site in 🇴🇲 is out now in @antiquityj.bsky.social! Check out our amazing Neolithic site and some of the early results from the HERDS team
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Protestors gathered on the steps of the Utah State Capitol at noon Monday as part of another nationwide #50501 demonstration condemning the actions of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and urging Democratic leaders to fight back.
(Photos by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)
(Photos by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)
February 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Protestors gathered on the steps of the Utah State Capitol at noon Monday as part of another nationwide #50501 demonstration condemning the actions of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and urging Democratic leaders to fight back.
(Photos by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)
(Photos by Tribune photographer Trent Nelson)
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🚨New Article!🚨 🧪🏺 Just published by in Open Access by the UmWeltWandel team: A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman. Open Quaternary. doi.org/10.5334/oq.153
A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman | Open Quaternary
Open Quaternary is a fully open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, publishing contributions that consider the changing environment of the Quaternary as well as the development of humanity.The...
doi.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨New Article!🚨 🧪🏺 Just published by in Open Access by the UmWeltWandel team: A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman. Open Quaternary. doi.org/10.5334/oq.153
🚨New Article!🚨 🧪🏺 Just published by in Open Access by the UmWeltWandel team: A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman. Open Quaternary. doi.org/10.5334/oq.153
A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman | Open Quaternary
Open Quaternary is a fully open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, publishing contributions that consider the changing environment of the Quaternary as well as the development of humanity.The...
doi.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨New Article!🚨 🧪🏺 Just published by in Open Access by the UmWeltWandel team: A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman. Open Quaternary. doi.org/10.5334/oq.153
Check out the first results from the RLIIM project. I’m thrilled to be a part of this project, working on a fascinating topic with an incredible team of fellow early career scholars. Watch this space, big things are on their way!! 🏺🧪
🚨New excavation results!🚨 🏺
Our first results from excavations at Qach Rresh in Iraqi Kurdistan are published! QR is a site founded in the rural core of the Assyria at the empire's height (c. 700 BCE). It was likely used for administering rural production.
OA link: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
Our first results from excavations at Qach Rresh in Iraqi Kurdistan are published! QR is a site founded in the rural core of the Assyria at the empire's height (c. 700 BCE). It was likely used for administering rural production.
OA link: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
January 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Check out the first results from the RLIIM project. I’m thrilled to be a part of this project, working on a fascinating topic with an incredible team of fellow early career scholars. Watch this space, big things are on their way!! 🏺🧪
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🏺👩🎓Do you like seals? Interested in a #PhD position in #Germany?
Then, the KIŠIB project at the Institute of Near Eastern #Archaeology at LMU Munich has a job offer for you.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...
Then, the KIŠIB project at the Institute of Near Eastern #Archaeology at LMU Munich has a job offer for you.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...
Doctoral Researcher (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
January 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🏺👩🎓Do you like seals? Interested in a #PhD position in #Germany?
Then, the KIŠIB project at the Institute of Near Eastern #Archaeology at LMU Munich has a job offer for you.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...
Then, the KIŠIB project at the Institute of Near Eastern #Archaeology at LMU Munich has a job offer for you.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...
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Maybe you're looking for something a little different in your #archaeology🏺 #heritage or #history feeds? Why not give people working in Arabia a follow with this starter pack? There's like dozens of us!
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Arabian Archaeology, Heritage, and History
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January 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Maybe you're looking for something a little different in your #archaeology🏺 #heritage or #history feeds? Why not give people working in Arabia a follow with this starter pack? There's like dozens of us!
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BUCKEYEEEEES WINNNN!!
January 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
BUCKEYEEEEES WINNNN!!
Maybe you're looking for something a little different in your #archaeology🏺 #heritage or #history feeds? Why not give people working in Arabia a follow with this starter pack? There's like dozens of us!
go.bsky.app/UxWJ326
go.bsky.app/UxWJ326
Arabian Archaeology, Heritage, and History
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
January 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Maybe you're looking for something a little different in your #archaeology🏺 #heritage or #history feeds? Why not give people working in Arabia a follow with this starter pack? There's like dozens of us!
go.bsky.app/UxWJ326
go.bsky.app/UxWJ326
Dang it, I always forget the:🏺🧪
It was great to present the results from the first season of the HERDS project at the incredible new Oman Across the Ages Museum!
omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/11...
omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/11...
January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Dang it, I always forget the:🏺🧪
It was great to present the results from the first season of the HERDS project at the incredible new Oman Across the Ages Museum!
omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/11...
omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/11...
January 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It was great to present the results from the first season of the HERDS project at the incredible new Oman Across the Ages Museum!
omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/11...
omannews.gov.om/topics/ar/11...
Merry Christmas 🎄 from the HERDS Team in Oman 🇴🇲
December 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Merry Christmas 🎄 from the HERDS Team in Oman 🇴🇲
A short diversion for Glühwein and Raclette in Zürich on our way to 🇴🇲 for the inaugural HERDS field campaign
December 9, 2024 at 5:22 AM
A short diversion for Glühwein and Raclette in Zürich on our way to 🇴🇲 for the inaugural HERDS field campaign
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My co-authors (Gabe Hrynick and Amy Fox) and I found that after the arrival of maize c. 1,000 years ago, houses became larger and more varied in shape in New England, but stayed the same in the Canadian maritimes where there was no maize. 🧪🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 4, 2024 at 9:38 PM
My co-authors (Gabe Hrynick and Amy Fox) and I found that after the arrival of maize c. 1,000 years ago, houses became larger and more varied in shape in New England, but stayed the same in the Canadian maritimes where there was no maize. 🧪🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Dear archaeobotanists!,
On behalf of the initiative “Ethics in Archaeobotany”, I invite you to complete a questionnaire on this topic. 🌾🌱🍇🫒🪵📝
Our objective is to gather first-hand data about ethical issues that arise in our subfield. 1/6
On behalf of the initiative “Ethics in Archaeobotany”, I invite you to complete a questionnaire on this topic. 🌾🌱🍇🫒🪵📝
Our objective is to gather first-hand data about ethical issues that arise in our subfield. 1/6
December 3, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Dear archaeobotanists!,
On behalf of the initiative “Ethics in Archaeobotany”, I invite you to complete a questionnaire on this topic. 🌾🌱🍇🫒🪵📝
Our objective is to gather first-hand data about ethical issues that arise in our subfield. 1/6
On behalf of the initiative “Ethics in Archaeobotany”, I invite you to complete a questionnaire on this topic. 🌾🌱🍇🫒🪵📝
Our objective is to gather first-hand data about ethical issues that arise in our subfield. 1/6
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Fieldwork is a go! In a little over a week, @pi-hisoka.bsky.social and I will be starting our new HERDS iN Oman Project, investigating #Neolithic subsistence and mobility! This work is supported by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social and the @antiquaries.bsky.social Watch this space!
November 28, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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Fieldwork is a go! In a little over a week, @pi-hisoka.bsky.social and I will be starting our new HERDS iN Oman Project, investigating #Neolithic subsistence and mobility! This work is supported by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social and the @antiquaries.bsky.social Watch this space!
November 28, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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Fieldwork is a go! In a little over a week, @pi-hisoka.bsky.social and I will be starting our new HERDS iN Oman Project, investigating #Neolithic subsistence and mobility! This work is supported by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social and the @antiquaries.bsky.social Watch this space!
November 28, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Fieldwork is a go! In a little over a week, @pi-hisoka.bsky.social and I will be starting our new HERDS iN Oman Project, investigating #Neolithic subsistence and mobility! This work is supported by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social and the @antiquaries.bsky.social Watch this space!
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The way I screamed the first time I saw this meme and realized..
I own two copies of that book. 🧪🏺
I own two copies of that book. 🧪🏺
November 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
The way I screamed the first time I saw this meme and realized..
I own two copies of that book. 🧪🏺
I own two copies of that book. 🧪🏺