Hannah Moots
@mootspoints.bsky.social
Archaeology and Ancient DNA 🧬
Mobility in the Iron Age and Roman Mediterranean 🏺
Human-Environment Interactions 🌱 🦣
Postdoct @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
https://mootspoints.blogspot.com/
Mobility in the Iron Age and Roman Mediterranean 🏺
Human-Environment Interactions 🌱 🦣
Postdoct @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
https://mootspoints.blogspot.com/
How time, climate, and storage shape DNA survival in herbarium specimens - and why plants from the tropics face tougher odds 🌿🧬
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
How time, climate, and storage shape DNA survival in herbarium specimens - and why plants from the tropics face tougher odds 🌿🧬
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Can confirm, the Parco degli Acquedotti is stunning on the ground as well - and within biking distance from Rome🏺
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
August 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Can confirm, the Parco degli Acquedotti is stunning on the ground as well - and within biking distance from Rome🏺
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
Interested in archaeological theory, ancient DNA, and the Roman Mediterranean? 🏺🧬
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
August 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Interested in archaeological theory, ancient DNA, and the Roman Mediterranean? 🏺🧬
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
Rapid speciation of lemmings over the last 35,000 years - coinciding with geographic isolation during the last glacial maximum 🧊 @cpgsthlm.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Rapid speciation of lemmings over the last 35,000 years - coinciding with geographic isolation during the last glacial maximum 🧊 @cpgsthlm.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Evidence for ivory-working and knapping for tools by Pleistocene hominins 400,000 years ago at Medzhibozh A, Ukraine! doi.org/10.1002/oa.3...
June 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Evidence for ivory-working and knapping for tools by Pleistocene hominins 400,000 years ago at Medzhibozh A, Ukraine! doi.org/10.1002/oa.3...
Here's a sample of the syllabus. And I should say, most of the articles I assign are ones I think are constructive/positive examples of ethical and equitable research practice - just in case anyone sees their article there and wonders why!
May 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Here's a sample of the syllabus. And I should say, most of the articles I assign are ones I think are constructive/positive examples of ethical and equitable research practice - just in case anyone sees their article there and wonders why!
Interested in learning more about this new research on Late Pleistocene climate change & horse mobility patterns? If you’re in the Stockholm area, one of the authors will be giving a free, public lecture for all ages (kids are very welcome!) on May 30th at 10 am
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Interested in learning more about this new research on Late Pleistocene climate change & horse mobility patterns? If you’re in the Stockholm area, one of the authors will be giving a free, public lecture for all ages (kids are very welcome!) on May 30th at 10 am
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The authors suggest that Romans spread chestnut trees due to their fast regrowth for fortress and infrastructure building
May 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The authors suggest that Romans spread chestnut trees due to their fast regrowth for fortress and infrastructure building
Had a great time speaking w/ Anthony Kaldellis about studying the people of ancient Rome using archaeogenetics and allied disciplines. At Isola Sacra, the necropolis for Rome’s primary port, genetic ancestry and mobility isotopes tell *very* different, but complementary, stories
April 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Had a great time speaking w/ Anthony Kaldellis about studying the people of ancient Rome using archaeogenetics and allied disciplines. At Isola Sacra, the necropolis for Rome’s primary port, genetic ancestry and mobility isotopes tell *very* different, but complementary, stories
Cherry blossoms of Stockholm, in different lighting 🌸
April 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Cherry blossoms of Stockholm, in different lighting 🌸
Journalist Peter Gwin has written two wonderful articles for National Geographic about the site and the people who lived there www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
April 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Journalist Peter Gwin has written two wonderful articles for National Geographic about the site and the people who lived there www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
A green-stone ax and crocodile scute (dermal bone) from Gobero, an archaeological site in Niger, inhabited in the mid-Holocene, when the central Sahara was a series of interconnected lakes. #FieldworkFriday #archaeology #GreenSahara 📸 by me
April 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A green-stone ax and crocodile scute (dermal bone) from Gobero, an archaeological site in Niger, inhabited in the mid-Holocene, when the central Sahara was a series of interconnected lakes. #FieldworkFriday #archaeology #GreenSahara 📸 by me
In particular, we observed close connections between Italy Sardinia,and North Africa, in all directions. This might not sound so surprising, given their proximity, but often the expansion of Greek- and Phoenician-speaking city-states are the focus of discussions on Iron Age mobility
April 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In particular, we observed close connections between Italy Sardinia,and North Africa, in all directions. This might not sound so surprising, given their proximity, but often the expansion of Greek- and Phoenician-speaking city-states are the focus of discussions on Iron Age mobility
@theguardian.com Why not take more critical approach to the reconstruction? One question that jumps to mind is why didn't the artist take more cues from the Mycenean depictions of themselves, such as the fresco below, also featured in your story. #AncientBlueSky
April 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@theguardian.com Why not take more critical approach to the reconstruction? One question that jumps to mind is why didn't the artist take more cues from the Mycenean depictions of themselves, such as the fresco below, also featured in your story. #AncientBlueSky
Nighttime in the central courtyard of Diocletian’s Palace in Split, Croatia 📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
April 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nighttime in the central courtyard of Diocletian’s Palace in Split, Croatia 📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
Yes, I was super lucky! I got to travel to Türkiye to conduct research in an ancient DNA lab there, and then stayed a week after to visit places. Here's a picture of the Library of Celsus at Ephesus that I mentioned
March 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yes, I was super lucky! I got to travel to Türkiye to conduct research in an ancient DNA lab there, and then stayed a week after to visit places. Here's a picture of the Library of Celsus at Ephesus that I mentioned
In honor of spring, a duck from the site of Ephesus, Türkiye #MosaicMonday 📸 May 2022
March 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In honor of spring, a duck from the site of Ephesus, Türkiye #MosaicMonday 📸 May 2022
We even quoted Broodbank's book in our conclusions!
March 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We even quoted Broodbank's book in our conclusions!
This book - The Making of the Middle Sea - was a formative resource for our work on mobility in the Carthaginian and Etruscan Mediterranean. So it was truly a delightful surprise to see this summary of our work in the newly revised edition!
March 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This book - The Making of the Middle Sea - was a formative resource for our work on mobility in the Carthaginian and Etruscan Mediterranean. So it was truly a delightful surprise to see this summary of our work in the newly revised edition!
The history of the site is itself dates back much earlier, including associations with the Phrygian goddess Cybele. the region is famous for its hot springs and mineral waters, making a health and healing center for millennia
📸s from May 2022
📸s from May 2022
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The history of the site is itself dates back much earlier, including associations with the Phrygian goddess Cybele. the region is famous for its hot springs and mineral waters, making a health and healing center for millennia
📸s from May 2022
📸s from May 2022
The amphitheater at #Hierapolis, Türkiye, built in the Roman-period, around 60 CE #WorldTheatreDay
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The amphitheater at #Hierapolis, Türkiye, built in the Roman-period, around 60 CE #WorldTheatreDay
March 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
One of the many nautical mosaics at #OstiaAntica - this one showing Amphitrite/Salacia riding a hippocampus and surrounded by other spirits and creatures of the sea 🌊
#MosaicMonday 📸 by me
#MosaicMonday 📸 by me
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
One of the many nautical mosaics at #OstiaAntica - this one showing Amphitrite/Salacia riding a hippocampus and surrounded by other spirits and creatures of the sea 🌊
#MosaicMonday 📸 by me
#MosaicMonday 📸 by me
New paper on the wonderful array of pigments - some preserved in their original containers - used at #Pompeii 🏺
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New paper on the wonderful array of pigments - some preserved in their original containers - used at #Pompeii 🏺
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...