Clarissa Dominici
@claridominici.bsky.social
Postdoc at @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social, Burnaby, BC | PhD at #UniSiena - R.U. of Prehistory and Anthropology and #CERIC | #ResidueAnalysis and #Neanderthal pyrotechnology 🔬🔥 #MiddlePalaeolithic and #UpperPalaeolithic
https://shorturl.at/trzZE
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https://shorturl.at/trzZE
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Combining SR-FTIR, SR-LEXRF and PIXE microscopies for residue analysis on Palaeolithic stone artefacts - The European Physical Journal Plus
Residue analysis in the field of Palaeolithic studies represents a powerful source of information, as well as a challenging operation of deduction, based on the interpretation of what remains of organ...
doi.org
📢 Paper alert!! 📢 We explore the combination of #FTIR #LEXRF and #PIXE microscopies for #residueanalysis on #UpperPalaeolithic artefacts from #GrottaPaglicci 🔬💫🎉 #UniSiena #CERIC #ElettraSincrotrone
Read it here ⬇
doi.org/10.1140/epjp...
Read it here ⬇
doi.org/10.1140/epjp...
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
We're still buzzing from the news!
SFU has been named Canada’s number one comprehensive university in the 2026 Maclean’s University Rankings! 🏆
SFU has been named Canada’s number one comprehensive university in the 2026 Maclean’s University Rankings! 🏆
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We're still buzzing from the news!
SFU has been named Canada’s number one comprehensive university in the 2026 Maclean’s University Rankings! 🏆
SFU has been named Canada’s number one comprehensive university in the 2026 Maclean’s University Rankings! 🏆
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Hi! We are the #SFU 𝗣𝗗𝗔 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 for the academic year 2025-2026 and would like to welcome all postdocs for a new year full of professional and social events!
Whether you are an international or a national postdoc, we hope that SFU will feel like home in the coming months! 📚☕🎇
Whether you are an international or a national postdoc, we hope that SFU will feel like home in the coming months! 📚☕🎇
September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hi! We are the #SFU 𝗣𝗗𝗔 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 for the academic year 2025-2026 and would like to welcome all postdocs for a new year full of professional and social events!
Whether you are an international or a national postdoc, we hope that SFU will feel like home in the coming months! 📚☕🎇
Whether you are an international or a national postdoc, we hope that SFU will feel like home in the coming months! 📚☕🎇
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
AWRANA is pleased to announce its student scholarship to support participation in the next AWRANA conference (Pisa)!
📅 Applications open: 1 October – 30 November
📨 Send your application to awrana.international@gmail.com
🏆 Results will be communicated in December.
📅 Applications open: 1 October – 30 November
📨 Send your application to awrana.international@gmail.com
🏆 Results will be communicated in December.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
AWRANA is pleased to announce its student scholarship to support participation in the next AWRANA conference (Pisa)!
📅 Applications open: 1 October – 30 November
📨 Send your application to awrana.international@gmail.com
🏆 Results will be communicated in December.
📅 Applications open: 1 October – 30 November
📨 Send your application to awrana.international@gmail.com
🏆 Results will be communicated in December.
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
This year the Associazione Italiana di Archeozoologia (AIAZ) will sponsor two prizes for best archaeozoology talk and poster at ISBA11 🎉
Fill in this form to be considered!
forms.gle/QvtZGi3xssYP...
#ISBA11 #archsci #aiaz #Archaeozoology
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
Fill in this form to be considered!
forms.gle/QvtZGi3xssYP...
#ISBA11 #archsci #aiaz #Archaeozoology
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This year the Associazione Italiana di Archeozoologia (AIAZ) will sponsor two prizes for best archaeozoology talk and poster at ISBA11 🎉
Fill in this form to be considered!
forms.gle/QvtZGi3xssYP...
#ISBA11 #archsci #aiaz #Archaeozoology
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
Fill in this form to be considered!
forms.gle/QvtZGi3xssYP...
#ISBA11 #archsci #aiaz #Archaeozoology
@archaeobiomics.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
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Get excited for ISBA11! The conference program is now online!
www.isba11.com/programme
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #Archaeology #archaeologist
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
www.isba11.com/programme
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #Archaeology #archaeologist
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Get excited for ISBA11! The conference program is now online!
www.isba11.com/programme
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #Archaeology #archaeologist
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
www.isba11.com/programme
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #Archaeology #archaeologist
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
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Neanderthal had a “crush” on fats. Macronutrient estimation in Middle Paleolithic (Late Mousterian) hunter-gatherers of southern Italy
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Frontiers | Neanderthal had a “crush” on fats. Macronutrient estimation in Middle Paleolithic (Late Mousterian) hunter-gatherers of southern Italy
During the Late Mousterian period Apulia (southeastern Italy) was characterized by frequent and prolonged aridity that could have caused the scarcity of vege...
www.frontiersin.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Neanderthal had a “crush” on fats. Macronutrient estimation in Middle Paleolithic (Late Mousterian) hunter-gatherers of southern Italy
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
𝗔𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗔𝟮𝟲, the 4th edition of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Analysts Conference, will be held from 9 to 12 April 2026 in Pisa 🎉
Main theme: "𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆"
Check the details and submit your contribution here 👇
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-paper…
Main theme: "𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆"
Check the details and submit your contribution here 👇
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-paper…
https://awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-paper…
April 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
𝗔𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗔𝟮𝟲, the 4th edition of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Analysts Conference, will be held from 9 to 12 April 2026 in Pisa 🎉
Main theme: "𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆"
Check the details and submit your contribution here 👇
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-paper…
Main theme: "𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆"
Check the details and submit your contribution here 👇
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-paper…
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
Unlike a solar eclipse, the lunar eclipse this Thursday, March 13 will be visible across Canada. Do you see your city on the list?
If the weather is clear we will be hosting a special Starry Nights at #SFU Trottier Observatory from 8pm to midnight. 🔭
If the weather is clear we will be hosting a special Starry Nights at #SFU Trottier Observatory from 8pm to midnight. 🔭
March 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Unlike a solar eclipse, the lunar eclipse this Thursday, March 13 will be visible across Canada. Do you see your city on the list?
If the weather is clear we will be hosting a special Starry Nights at #SFU Trottier Observatory from 8pm to midnight. 🔭
If the weather is clear we will be hosting a special Starry Nights at #SFU Trottier Observatory from 8pm to midnight. 🔭
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
📢 Job available here at University of Birmingham for a CT scanner experimental officer to run and manage our micro-CT facility! Scanning a range of paleontological, geological and biological samples edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Experimental Officer - CT Scanner - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105393 - Grade 6
You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance within the CoLES CT Scanner Facility. In addition to operating the CT scanner, you will oversee and develop the facility, carry out data proc...
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
📢 Job available here at University of Birmingham for a CT scanner experimental officer to run and manage our micro-CT facility! Scanning a range of paleontological, geological and biological samples edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
We're kicking off Multilingual Week today, with an exciting panel tonight! ⤵️ Happening all week until March 1, we have film screenings, workshops, lectures and more. All events are free & open to everyone. Check out the full schedule: www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw
February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're kicking off Multilingual Week today, with an exciting panel tonight! ⤵️ Happening all week until March 1, we have film screenings, workshops, lectures and more. All events are free & open to everyone. Check out the full schedule: www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
Goodnight from the grey-coated roe deer ghosts of February’s past, still searching for ivy in Angle Wood. Goodnight from Christopher Rushbrook, wondering why people say ‘the sleep of the dead’ when so many of the bastards refuse to rest. Goodnight from Hookland.
February 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Goodnight from the grey-coated roe deer ghosts of February’s past, still searching for ivy in Angle Wood. Goodnight from Christopher Rushbrook, wondering why people say ‘the sleep of the dead’ when so many of the bastards refuse to rest. Goodnight from Hookland.
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
Job available for Full Professor Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) - Indigenous Health and Well-Being at the Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University (RT 🙏🏼 please):
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
Canada Research Chair - Indigenous Health and Well-Being
www.sfu.ca
February 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Job available for Full Professor Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) - Indigenous Health and Well-Being at the Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University (RT 🙏🏼 please):
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
🦴 New #zooarchaeology paper out! Study of the faunal remains of layer 18b, Final #Gravettian, of #GrottaPaglicci!
Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology - #UniSiena
#UpperPalaeolithic
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Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology - #UniSiena
#UpperPalaeolithic
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February 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
🦴 New #zooarchaeology paper out! Study of the faunal remains of layer 18b, Final #Gravettian, of #GrottaPaglicci!
Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology - #UniSiena
#UpperPalaeolithic
🦣🌿🏺
Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology - #UniSiena
#UpperPalaeolithic
🦣🌿🏺
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMS
Three-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week)
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMS
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
The #geoarchaeology team of the #ERCresearch Synergy Grant "𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀" is hiring! Check the information below to join the Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology at the University of Siena!
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
#UniSiena
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euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
Notice of public selection interview for the awarding of 1 research grant (12 months) - Research topic “Sedimentology, soil micromorphology, and lithostratigraphy of Eurasian archaeological sites date...
Notice of public selection upon qualifications and interview for the awarding of 1 research grant –(letter b) – 12 months duration - Scientific Disciplinary Field GEOS-02/B – Scientific Disciplinary G...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
December 16, 2024 at 3:03 PM
The #geoarchaeology team of the #ERCresearch Synergy Grant "𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀" is hiring! Check the information below to join the Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology at the University of Siena!
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
The #geoarchaeology team of the #ERCresearch Synergy Grant "𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀" is hiring! Check the information below to join the Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology at the University of Siena!
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
Notice of public selection interview for the awarding of 1 research grant (12 months) - Research topic “Sedimentology, soil micromorphology, and lithostratigraphy of Eurasian archaeological sites date...
Notice of public selection upon qualifications and interview for the awarding of 1 research grant –(letter b) – 12 months duration - Scientific Disciplinary Field GEOS-02/B – Scientific Disciplinary G...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
December 16, 2024 at 3:03 PM
The #geoarchaeology team of the #ERCresearch Synergy Grant "𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀" is hiring! Check the information below to join the Research Unit of Prehistory and Anthropology at the University of Siena!
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
#UniSiena
🌿⚒🏺🧪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/300156
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Our Special Issue is out, fully #openaccess in PaleoAnthropology! 7 studies integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology, alongside an extensive introduction on challenges/potentials. Guest editors
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴
tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴
tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp
November 19, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Our Special Issue is out, fully #openaccess in PaleoAnthropology! 7 studies integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology, alongside an extensive introduction on challenges/potentials. Guest editors
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴
tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴
tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp
Some pictures from #Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, southern Italy) 2023 & 2024!
#MiddlePalaeolithic #Neanderthal
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#MiddlePalaeolithic #Neanderthal
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November 27, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Some pictures from #Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa, southern Italy) 2023 & 2024!
#MiddlePalaeolithic #Neanderthal
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#MiddlePalaeolithic #Neanderthal
📸🏺🌿
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula 🏺🧪
@tommyhigham.bsky.social , @katerinad.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Disappearance of Neanderthals may pre-date early modern humans in region.
@tommyhigham.bsky.social , @katerinad.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Disappearance of Neanderthals may pre-date early modern humans in region.
September 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula 🏺🧪
@tommyhigham.bsky.social , @katerinad.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Disappearance of Neanderthals may pre-date early modern humans in region.
@tommyhigham.bsky.social , @katerinad.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Disappearance of Neanderthals may pre-date early modern humans in region.
Reposted by Clarissa Dominici
Ancient DNA tells story of toddler from 17 Kya
Young boy (~72 weeks old) had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition
Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Young boy (~72 weeks old) had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition
Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Ancient DNA tells story of toddler from 17 Kya
Young boy (~72 weeks old) had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition
Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Young boy (~72 weeks old) had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition
Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📢 Paper alert!! 📢 We explore the combination of #FTIR #LEXRF and #PIXE microscopies for #residueanalysis on #UpperPalaeolithic artefacts from #GrottaPaglicci 🔬💫🎉 #UniSiena #CERIC #ElettraSincrotrone
Read it here ⬇
doi.org/10.1140/epjp...
Read it here ⬇
doi.org/10.1140/epjp...
Combining SR-FTIR, SR-LEXRF and PIXE microscopies for residue analysis on Palaeolithic stone artefacts - The European Physical Journal Plus
Residue analysis in the field of Palaeolithic studies represents a powerful source of information, as well as a challenging operation of deduction, based on the interpretation of what remains of organ...
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 11:44 PM
📢 Paper alert!! 📢 We explore the combination of #FTIR #LEXRF and #PIXE microscopies for #residueanalysis on #UpperPalaeolithic artefacts from #GrottaPaglicci 🔬💫🎉 #UniSiena #CERIC #ElettraSincrotrone
Read it here ⬇
doi.org/10.1140/epjp...
Read it here ⬇
doi.org/10.1140/epjp...