INASIA_ERC
@inasia-erc.bsky.social
INASIA is an @ERC_Research CoG (2025-2030) which aims to trace the earliest Anatomical Modern Humans migration to Central Asia and their interactions with Neanderthals. Housed at @UniWarszawski
https://inasia.uw.edu.pl/
https://inasia.uw.edu.pl/
Two more weeks for sending the applications in one of the vacancies in the ERC funded INASIA project.
Check who we are looking for and join the team:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
Check who we are looking for and join the team:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Two more weeks for sending the applications in one of the vacancies in the ERC funded INASIA project.
Check who we are looking for and join the team:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
Check who we are looking for and join the team:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We're looking for researchers to join the INASIA project.
If you're an archaeologist specializing in Stone Age research adept in advanced digital, geospatial, and analytical methods, you may want to join us as ERC-POSTDOC-FIELD: www.euraxess.pl/jobs/383000
If you're an archaeologist specializing in Stone Age research adept in advanced digital, geospatial, and analytical methods, you may want to join us as ERC-POSTDOC-FIELD: www.euraxess.pl/jobs/383000
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We're looking for researchers to join the INASIA project.
If you're an archaeologist specializing in Stone Age research adept in advanced digital, geospatial, and analytical methods, you may want to join us as ERC-POSTDOC-FIELD: www.euraxess.pl/jobs/383000
If you're an archaeologist specializing in Stone Age research adept in advanced digital, geospatial, and analytical methods, you may want to join us as ERC-POSTDOC-FIELD: www.euraxess.pl/jobs/383000
Reposted by INASIA_ERC
4-year postdoc position in INASIA ERC project for a lithic specialist who would like to join our Central Asian research group at @UniWarszawski
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
4-year postdoc position in INASIA ERC project for a lithic specialist who would like to join our Central Asian research group at @UniWarszawski
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
with her/his expertise in lithic technology studies. Application deadline 30.11.2025. Find out more here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
ERC-Postdoc-ECO
We're looking for a detail-oriented researcher specializing in geochemical and biochemical analyses of sediments and artefacts.
Check this and other open positions in the INASIA project at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
And join us for an info session: forms.gle/s6WxXdnZKUxr...
We're looking for a detail-oriented researcher specializing in geochemical and biochemical analyses of sediments and artefacts.
Check this and other open positions in the INASIA project at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
And join us for an info session: forms.gle/s6WxXdnZKUxr...
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ERC-Postdoc-ECO
We're looking for a detail-oriented researcher specializing in geochemical and biochemical analyses of sediments and artefacts.
Check this and other open positions in the INASIA project at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
And join us for an info session: forms.gle/s6WxXdnZKUxr...
We're looking for a detail-oriented researcher specializing in geochemical and biochemical analyses of sediments and artefacts.
Check this and other open positions in the INASIA project at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
And join us for an info session: forms.gle/s6WxXdnZKUxr...
One position for a PhD student open in the ERC INASIA project.
If you're an early-career archaeologist who'd like to specialize in lithic raw material studies in Central Asia, this job may be right for you!
Check the details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/382457
If you're an early-career archaeologist who'd like to specialize in lithic raw material studies in Central Asia, this job may be right for you!
Check the details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/382457
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One position for a PhD student open in the ERC INASIA project.
If you're an early-career archaeologist who'd like to specialize in lithic raw material studies in Central Asia, this job may be right for you!
Check the details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/382457
If you're an early-career archaeologist who'd like to specialize in lithic raw material studies in Central Asia, this job may be right for you!
Check the details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/382457
ERC Postdoc FIELDWORK is another vacancy in the INASIA project. Learn more about the position and apply here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ERC Postdoc FIELDWORK is another vacancy in the INASIA project. Learn more about the position and apply here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
Join us for a webinar on 14th November discussing research opportunities within the INASIA project:
forms.gle/Yje3d7571hU9...
forms.gle/Yje3d7571hU9...
INASIA ERC hiring - information session
Register to the webinar presenting the opportunities for joining the team of the INASIA project.
The webinar will take place on 14th November 2025, at 14:00 CET
During the webinar, the Principal Inve...
forms.gle
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Join us for a webinar on 14th November discussing research opportunities within the INASIA project:
forms.gle/Yje3d7571hU9...
forms.gle/Yje3d7571hU9...
Are you an archeologist with experience in surface or excavation research at Middle Palaeolithic sites?
This position may be for you:
ERC Postdoc ARCHEO
- one of our vacancies in the INASIA project.
Learn about the role and join our team starting March 1st 2026!
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
This position may be for you:
ERC Postdoc ARCHEO
- one of our vacancies in the INASIA project.
Learn about the role and join our team starting March 1st 2026!
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Are you an archeologist with experience in surface or excavation research at Middle Palaeolithic sites?
This position may be for you:
ERC Postdoc ARCHEO
- one of our vacancies in the INASIA project.
Learn about the role and join our team starting March 1st 2026!
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
This position may be for you:
ERC Postdoc ARCHEO
- one of our vacancies in the INASIA project.
Learn about the role and join our team starting March 1st 2026!
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We are hiring!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We are hiring!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
Five open positions for researchers in the INASIA project. We are looking for 4 postdocs and a doctoral candidate to join our team starting March 2026.
Check out the details at: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
We'll be holding an info session soon, stay tuned and spread the word!
On 7th & 8th October INASIA project team members met for two intensive days at Warsaw University to strategize and plan project's activities following the feedback from the 1st excavation season.
Meet the team: inasia.uw.edu.pl/team/
Meet the team: inasia.uw.edu.pl/team/
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On 7th & 8th October INASIA project team members met for two intensive days at Warsaw University to strategize and plan project's activities following the feedback from the 1st excavation season.
Meet the team: inasia.uw.edu.pl/team/
Meet the team: inasia.uw.edu.pl/team/
As part of the INASIA project an iterdisciplinary laboratory for archeological analyses will be set up in Tashkent. Read more about this huge endeavor in the account from the project inauguration featuring the official signing of the lab agreement: inasia.uw.edu.pl/setting-up-a...
fot. Miron Bogacki
fot. Miron Bogacki
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As part of the INASIA project an iterdisciplinary laboratory for archeological analyses will be set up in Tashkent. Read more about this huge endeavor in the account from the project inauguration featuring the official signing of the lab agreement: inasia.uw.edu.pl/setting-up-a...
fot. Miron Bogacki
fot. Miron Bogacki
Check out the photo summary of the August 2025 expedition to Uzbekistan by the ERC INASIA team:
1) inasia.uw.edu.pl/start-of-the...
2) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
3) inasia.uw.edu.pl/most-remote-...
4) inasia.uw.edu.pl/uzbekhydroge...
5) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
1) inasia.uw.edu.pl/start-of-the...
2) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
3) inasia.uw.edu.pl/most-remote-...
4) inasia.uw.edu.pl/uzbekhydroge...
5) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Check out the photo summary of the August 2025 expedition to Uzbekistan by the ERC INASIA team:
1) inasia.uw.edu.pl/start-of-the...
2) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
3) inasia.uw.edu.pl/most-remote-...
4) inasia.uw.edu.pl/uzbekhydroge...
5) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
1) inasia.uw.edu.pl/start-of-the...
2) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
3) inasia.uw.edu.pl/most-remote-...
4) inasia.uw.edu.pl/uzbekhydroge...
5) inasia.uw.edu.pl/darvazalik-c...
Learn more about the INASIA project on its website: inasia.uw.edu.pl
There:
- a list of palaeolithic sites in Central Asia,
- project publications,
- communication & dissemination activities,
- bios of the project team,
- all project related news in the form of blog entries.
There:
- a list of palaeolithic sites in Central Asia,
- project publications,
- communication & dissemination activities,
- bios of the project team,
- all project related news in the form of blog entries.
August 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Learn more about the INASIA project on its website: inasia.uw.edu.pl
There:
- a list of palaeolithic sites in Central Asia,
- project publications,
- communication & dissemination activities,
- bios of the project team,
- all project related news in the form of blog entries.
There:
- a list of palaeolithic sites in Central Asia,
- project publications,
- communication & dissemination activities,
- bios of the project team,
- all project related news in the form of blog entries.
To get to Pleistocene layers,we always need to go through the Holocene ones. Would be a pity not to use such an opportunity. Within the project we also study the Holocene traces of human occupation in Central Asia caves.
#Archaeology #ERC #HumanHistory #CentralAsia #CaveArchaeology #Fieldwork
#Archaeology #ERC #HumanHistory #CentralAsia #CaveArchaeology #Fieldwork
July 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
To get to Pleistocene layers,we always need to go through the Holocene ones. Would be a pity not to use such an opportunity. Within the project we also study the Holocene traces of human occupation in Central Asia caves.
#Archaeology #ERC #HumanHistory #CentralAsia #CaveArchaeology #Fieldwork
#Archaeology #ERC #HumanHistory #CentralAsia #CaveArchaeology #Fieldwork
To find new sites we use three approaches.
One of them is searching through published speleological and archaeological reports. It’s not an easy task to geolocalize caves based on very general descriptions. It can be a lot of fun though.
One of them is searching through published speleological and archaeological reports. It’s not an easy task to geolocalize caves based on very general descriptions. It can be a lot of fun though.
July 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To find new sites we use three approaches.
One of them is searching through published speleological and archaeological reports. It’s not an easy task to geolocalize caves based on very general descriptions. It can be a lot of fun though.
One of them is searching through published speleological and archaeological reports. It’s not an easy task to geolocalize caves based on very general descriptions. It can be a lot of fun though.
Another approach to discover new cave sites is analyzing social media, blogs, vlogs, and photo galleries shared by local hikers. These often feature undocumented caves. If we can geolocate the photo — sometimes a challenge — we pack our gear and investigate on site.
#ERC_research #ERC #HorizonEurope
#ERC_research #ERC #HorizonEurope
July 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Another approach to discover new cave sites is analyzing social media, blogs, vlogs, and photo galleries shared by local hikers. These often feature undocumented caves. If we can geolocate the photo — sometimes a challenge — we pack our gear and investigate on site.
#ERC_research #ERC #HorizonEurope
#ERC_research #ERC #HorizonEurope
And here the day comes one needs to close the trench. Let's hope we find the spot intact the next season.
Kiik Kamar- we will definitely keep on coming back here!
#erc #horizoneurope #universityofwarsaw #uniwersytetwarszawski #archeology
Kiik Kamar- we will definitely keep on coming back here!
#erc #horizoneurope #universityofwarsaw #uniwersytetwarszawski #archeology
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
And here the day comes one needs to close the trench. Let's hope we find the spot intact the next season.
Kiik Kamar- we will definitely keep on coming back here!
#erc #horizoneurope #universityofwarsaw #uniwersytetwarszawski #archeology
Kiik Kamar- we will definitely keep on coming back here!
#erc #horizoneurope #universityofwarsaw #uniwersytetwarszawski #archeology
When you uncover new archaeological horizons with bones, combustion structures and MP blades the only thing you can do is… dance!
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
July 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
When you uncover new archaeological horizons with bones, combustion structures and MP blades the only thing you can do is… dance!
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
#ERCResearch #HorizonEU #ERC #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #HumanHistory #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Fieldwork
The crucial element in cave archaeology is wet sieving and flotation of sediments. Check our story of each and every bucket of sediment excavated in the cave. Down the rope, on the donkeys, then by a UAZ car, through the sieves up to the lab for sorting.
video by @hermano
music by RoyaltyFreeMusic
video by @hermano
music by RoyaltyFreeMusic
July 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The crucial element in cave archaeology is wet sieving and flotation of sediments. Check our story of each and every bucket of sediment excavated in the cave. Down the rope, on the donkeys, then by a UAZ car, through the sieves up to the lab for sorting.
video by @hermano
music by RoyaltyFreeMusic
video by @hermano
music by RoyaltyFreeMusic
We’ve conducted a raw material survey walking along riverbeds and searching for suitable knapping raw material. Guess what can happen when the only available raw material is quarzite? And all the surriounding rocks are made of quarzite and granite. Analyses of these will be a great challenge.
#erc
#erc
July 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We’ve conducted a raw material survey walking along riverbeds and searching for suitable knapping raw material. Guess what can happen when the only available raw material is quarzite? And all the surriounding rocks are made of quarzite and granite. Analyses of these will be a great challenge.
#erc
#erc
Visited Sipantash - one of Uzbekistan’s rare painted rock art sites. ~800 stencils, geometrics, animals, solar signs under stunning stone formations. Once sacred: rituals, sacrifices, even a fertility slide for pregnant women. Ancient magic meets wild geology. What a place!
June 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Visited Sipantash - one of Uzbekistan’s rare painted rock art sites. ~800 stencils, geometrics, animals, solar signs under stunning stone formations. Once sacred: rituals, sacrifices, even a fertility slide for pregnant women. Ancient magic meets wild geology. What a place!
Each bag of sediment gets an inventory no. and is slid down a rope. Two donkeys carry bags further to the UAZ car. The car brings them to the wet-sieving and flotation station.
This is the very first fieldwork in UZBK with a complete wet sieving of excavated sediments - c. 50-100 bags of 10-12/day.
This is the very first fieldwork in UZBK with a complete wet sieving of excavated sediments - c. 50-100 bags of 10-12/day.
June 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Each bag of sediment gets an inventory no. and is slid down a rope. Two donkeys carry bags further to the UAZ car. The car brings them to the wet-sieving and flotation station.
This is the very first fieldwork in UZBK with a complete wet sieving of excavated sediments - c. 50-100 bags of 10-12/day.
This is the very first fieldwork in UZBK with a complete wet sieving of excavated sediments - c. 50-100 bags of 10-12/day.
INASIA_ERC project led by
@malgorzatakot.bsky.social
June 2025 expedition - The Kiik Kamar cave excavations in Uzbekistan
videos by @hermano
music by FreeGroove via Pixabay
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
@malgorzatakot.bsky.social
June 2025 expedition - The Kiik Kamar cave excavations in Uzbekistan
videos by @hermano
music by FreeGroove via Pixabay
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
June 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
INASIA_ERC project led by
@malgorzatakot.bsky.social
June 2025 expedition - The Kiik Kamar cave excavations in Uzbekistan
videos by @hermano
music by FreeGroove via Pixabay
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
@malgorzatakot.bsky.social
June 2025 expedition - The Kiik Kamar cave excavations in Uzbekistan
videos by @hermano
music by FreeGroove via Pixabay
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
June 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We've started the excavations.
The topmost layers consist of thick fumier. We're openning bigger suface in order to avoid contamination of recent charcoals in Pleistocene sediments.
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
The topmost layers consist of thick fumier. We're openning bigger suface in order to avoid contamination of recent charcoals in Pleistocene sediments.
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
June 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We've started the excavations.
The topmost layers consist of thick fumier. We're openning bigger suface in order to avoid contamination of recent charcoals in Pleistocene sediments.
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope
The topmost layers consist of thick fumier. We're openning bigger suface in order to avoid contamination of recent charcoals in Pleistocene sediments.
#ERC #archeology #research #HorizonEurope