REVERSEACTION Project
@reverseaction.bsky.social
Reverse engineering collective action: complex technologies in stateless societies. An archaeological project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant
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Hello world, we are @reverseaction.bsky.social, an ERC-funded project on #archaeology, #science, #technology, #crafts, #luxury… and #collectiveaction. Allow us to introduce our project. And maybe you can follow and repost? 👀🥼
1/5 📊✨ #WorldStatsDay meets Ancient Pottery!
Did you know REVERSEACTION uses statistics to study archaeological materials?
Our recent paper in #OpenArchaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño, #Colombia, by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers using:
Did you know REVERSEACTION uses statistics to study archaeological materials?
Our recent paper in #OpenArchaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño, #Colombia, by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers using:
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
1/5 📊✨ #WorldStatsDay meets Ancient Pottery!
Did you know REVERSEACTION uses statistics to study archaeological materials?
Our recent paper in #OpenArchaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño, #Colombia, by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers using:
Did you know REVERSEACTION uses statistics to study archaeological materials?
Our recent paper in #OpenArchaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño, #Colombia, by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers using:
We are HIRING 🎉 REVERSEACTION are seeking a Research Assistant in Archaeometallurgy
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🗓️Applications close May 30th 2025
➡️More info available at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186/
#archaeologicalscience #archaeology #colombia #metallurgy #archaeometallurgy #materialsscience
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🗓️Applications close May 30th 2025
➡️More info available at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186/
#archaeologicalscience #archaeology #colombia #metallurgy #archaeometallurgy #materialsscience
Research Assistant in Archaeometallurgy (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant in Archaeometallurgy (Fixed Term) in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.
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May 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are HIRING 🎉 REVERSEACTION are seeking a Research Assistant in Archaeometallurgy
PLEASE SHARE
🗓️Applications close May 30th 2025
➡️More info available at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186/
#archaeologicalscience #archaeology #colombia #metallurgy #archaeometallurgy #materialsscience
PLEASE SHARE
🗓️Applications close May 30th 2025
➡️More info available at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186/
#archaeologicalscience #archaeology #colombia #metallurgy #archaeometallurgy #materialsscience
@justalittleroo.bsky.social would like you all to know that she was also there supporting her team from the side-lines (she got fomo and booked a holiday) and as such we have fixed the first photo accordingly #archaeologistoffduty #stillinamuseum
April 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@justalittleroo.bsky.social would like you all to know that she was also there supporting her team from the side-lines (she got fomo and booked a holiday) and as such we have fixed the first photo accordingly #archaeologistoffduty #stillinamuseum
In March, Lina María Campos Quintero, @jasminevieri.bsky.social, and Marcos Martinón-Torres participated in a workshop about #earlymetallurgy from Mexico to #Colombia, in San José, #CostaRica 1/
April 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In March, Lina María Campos Quintero, @jasminevieri.bsky.social, and Marcos Martinón-Torres participated in a workshop about #earlymetallurgy from Mexico to #Colombia, in San José, #CostaRica 1/
📢 New #OpenAccess publication in Open Archaeology 📢 We present the first comparative tech analysis of painted Pre-Hispanic ceramics from #Nariño, #Colombia, combining #GMM of 3D models, #pXRF, #Raman, and #SEM
Read here ➡️
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Disentangling Technological Traditions: Comparative Analysis of Chaînes Opératoires of Painted Pre-Hispanic Ceramics From Nariño, Colombia
Occurring throughout the Americas, ceramics with negative decoration have been variously used as archaeological markers of chronology, provenance, ethnic affiliation, or cultural interaction. In the h...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 New #OpenAccess publication in Open Archaeology 📢 We present the first comparative tech analysis of painted Pre-Hispanic ceramics from #Nariño, #Colombia, combining #GMM of 3D models, #pXRF, #Raman, and #SEM
Read here ➡️
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Read here ➡️
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
PAID #INTERNSHIP for undergrads, with free accommodation in #Cambridge!
Projects in:
- Animal #SocialScience
- Physical Activity #Research
- #Archaeology
- #CognitiveScience
- Social Research
Please #SHARE & help us reach more individuals and HE Departments #wideningparticipation #scicomm
Projects in:
- Animal #SocialScience
- Physical Activity #Research
- #Archaeology
- #CognitiveScience
- Social Research
Please #SHARE & help us reach more individuals and HE Departments #wideningparticipation #scicomm
February 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
PAID #INTERNSHIP for undergrads, with free accommodation in #Cambridge!
Projects in:
- Animal #SocialScience
- Physical Activity #Research
- #Archaeology
- #CognitiveScience
- Social Research
Please #SHARE & help us reach more individuals and HE Departments #wideningparticipation #scicomm
Projects in:
- Animal #SocialScience
- Physical Activity #Research
- #Archaeology
- #CognitiveScience
- Social Research
Please #SHARE & help us reach more individuals and HE Departments #wideningparticipation #scicomm
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Thinking about postgrad research in the humanities and social sciences but not sure it’s for you?
Apply for our paid research experience internships by Friday 28 Feb to spend your summer with our incredible research community bit.ly/3PqhpRB
Join the @reverseaction.bsky.social team!
Apply for our paid research experience internships by Friday 28 Feb to spend your summer with our incredible research community bit.ly/3PqhpRB
Join the @reverseaction.bsky.social team!
February 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thinking about postgrad research in the humanities and social sciences but not sure it’s for you?
Apply for our paid research experience internships by Friday 28 Feb to spend your summer with our incredible research community bit.ly/3PqhpRB
Join the @reverseaction.bsky.social team!
Apply for our paid research experience internships by Friday 28 Feb to spend your summer with our incredible research community bit.ly/3PqhpRB
Join the @reverseaction.bsky.social team!
Preparing some resin-embedded ceramic samples for SEM-EDS analysis 🧐 for a full post on why we do this kind of analysis on ceramics scroll down our page 👀
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #sampleprep
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January 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Preparing some resin-embedded ceramic samples for SEM-EDS analysis 🧐 for a full post on why we do this kind of analysis on ceramics scroll down our page 👀
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #sampleprep
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#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #sampleprep
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Happy New Year from REVERSEACTION who have been back in the labs already, preparing polished blocks for the SEM! These blocks contain small fragments of Nariño vessels (from already broken sherds) and we hope to investigate the clay fabric 💪 (1/3)
#ArchaeologicalScience #archaeology
#ArchaeologicalScience #archaeology
January 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Happy New Year from REVERSEACTION who have been back in the labs already, preparing polished blocks for the SEM! These blocks contain small fragments of Nariño vessels (from already broken sherds) and we hope to investigate the clay fabric 💪 (1/3)
#ArchaeologicalScience #archaeology
#ArchaeologicalScience #archaeology
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December 12, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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All of the data and code are fully reproducible and publicly available on a dedicated repository: github.com/jmkvieri/BBLoP
Funded by AHRC, ERC (@reverseaction.bsky.social), and the Osk. Huttunen foundation.
Funded by AHRC, ERC (@reverseaction.bsky.social), and the Osk. Huttunen foundation.
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
All of the data and code are fully reproducible and publicly available on a dedicated repository: github.com/jmkvieri/BBLoP
Funded by AHRC, ERC (@reverseaction.bsky.social), and the Osk. Huttunen foundation.
Funded by AHRC, ERC (@reverseaction.bsky.social), and the Osk. Huttunen foundation.
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6️⃣The new modelling tools are readily applicable beyond archaeometallurgy, e.g, to compositional studies on ceramics or glass, or even to modelling the variability of diets in isotopic studies
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
6️⃣The new modelling tools are readily applicable beyond archaeometallurgy, e.g, to compositional studies on ceramics or glass, or even to modelling the variability of diets in isotopic studies
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5️⃣The new tools were applied to the study of Muisca goldwork from pre-Hispanic Colombia (AD 600-1600). The findings suggest the intra-regional circulation of imported gold, with people pooling metals from a variety of geological sources for communal festivities.
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
5️⃣The new tools were applied to the study of Muisca goldwork from pre-Hispanic Colombia (AD 600-1600). The findings suggest the intra-regional circulation of imported gold, with people pooling metals from a variety of geological sources for communal festivities.
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4️⃣Hierarchical (multilevel) model specifications can simultaneously consider both local and regional patterns in past craft production activities, whilst also accounting for sampling uncertainty. Think of it as zooming in and out on the past!
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
4️⃣Hierarchical (multilevel) model specifications can simultaneously consider both local and regional patterns in past craft production activities, whilst also accounting for sampling uncertainty. Think of it as zooming in and out on the past!
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3️⃣Variability in dispersion can tell us about behavioural factors in the past—like centralised control over resources or local improvisation. For example:
High dispersion ➡️ decentralised or improvised production
Low dispersion ➡️ more standardised practices
High dispersion ➡️ decentralised or improvised production
Low dispersion ➡️ more standardised practices
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
3️⃣Variability in dispersion can tell us about behavioural factors in the past—like centralised control over resources or local improvisation. For example:
High dispersion ➡️ decentralised or improvised production
Low dispersion ➡️ more standardised practices
High dispersion ➡️ decentralised or improvised production
Low dispersion ➡️ more standardised practices
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2️⃣Compositional averages are often used to identify the desired performance characteristics of materials or in reconstructing artefact provenance.
But what if compositional dispersions are just as revealing?
We move beyond averages in explicitly defining 4 main sources of compositional variability
But what if compositional dispersions are just as revealing?
We move beyond averages in explicitly defining 4 main sources of compositional variability
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
2️⃣Compositional averages are often used to identify the desired performance characteristics of materials or in reconstructing artefact provenance.
But what if compositional dispersions are just as revealing?
We move beyond averages in explicitly defining 4 main sources of compositional variability
But what if compositional dispersions are just as revealing?
We move beyond averages in explicitly defining 4 main sources of compositional variability
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1️⃣Compositional data are often skewed and heteroskedastic, making them challenging to model.
Traditional approaches within archaeology, such as simple linear regression on log-transformed data, can make numerically impossible predictions.
Beta regression is shown to be a more robust alternative
Traditional approaches within archaeology, such as simple linear regression on log-transformed data, can make numerically impossible predictions.
Beta regression is shown to be a more robust alternative
December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
1️⃣Compositional data are often skewed and heteroskedastic, making them challenging to model.
Traditional approaches within archaeology, such as simple linear regression on log-transformed data, can make numerically impossible predictions.
Beta regression is shown to be a more robust alternative
Traditional approaches within archaeology, such as simple linear regression on log-transformed data, can make numerically impossible predictions.
Beta regression is shown to be a more robust alternative
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New paper out in JAS on beta regression models of compositional variability in craft production studies!
Huge thanks to co-authors @ercrema.bsky.social, María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Juanita Sáenz Samper and @martinontorres.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Key takeaways: 👇
Huge thanks to co-authors @ercrema.bsky.social, María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Juanita Sáenz Samper and @martinontorres.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Key takeaways: 👇
Beyond baselines of performance: Beta regression models of compositional variability in craft production studies
Chemical analyses of archaeological artefacts are often used for provenance studies and for assessing whether specific performance characteristics wer…
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December 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
New paper out in JAS on beta regression models of compositional variability in craft production studies!
Huge thanks to co-authors @ercrema.bsky.social, María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Juanita Sáenz Samper and @martinontorres.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Key takeaways: 👇
Huge thanks to co-authors @ercrema.bsky.social, María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Juanita Sáenz Samper and @martinontorres.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Key takeaways: 👇
Congratulations to our Research Assistant Rosie @justalittleroo.bsky.social for winning the Early Career Archaeologist and Dissemination or Presentation Awards at the 2024 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards! 🎉
December 4, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Congratulations to our Research Assistant Rosie @justalittleroo.bsky.social for winning the Early Career Archaeologist and Dissemination or Presentation Awards at the 2024 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards! 🎉
Wishing our Research Assistant @justalittleroo.bsky.social the best of luck tomorrow at the 2024 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards. Everyone here at REVERSEACTION is super proud! ✨
And finally...
✨ Early Career Archaeologist
Celebrate the rising stars in archaeology! Meet the talented nominees 👉 youtu.be/ELyJkc-kECY?...
✨ Early Career Archaeologist
Celebrate the rising stars in archaeology! Meet the talented nominees 👉 youtu.be/ELyJkc-kECY?...
November 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Wishing our Research Assistant @justalittleroo.bsky.social the best of luck tomorrow at the 2024 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards. Everyone here at REVERSEACTION is super proud! ✨
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@noxon.bsky.social hello! Myself and @kateklesner.bsky.social of @reverseaction.bsky.social are currently working with 3D structured light scanning & geometric morphometrics 🙋♀️
November 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
@noxon.bsky.social hello! Myself and @kateklesner.bsky.social of @reverseaction.bsky.social are currently working with 3D structured light scanning & geometric morphometrics 🙋♀️
Hello world, we are @reverseaction.bsky.social, an ERC-funded project on #archaeology, #science, #technology, #crafts, #luxury… and #collectiveaction. Allow us to introduce our project. And maybe you can follow and repost? 👀🥼
November 18, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Hello world, we are @reverseaction.bsky.social, an ERC-funded project on #archaeology, #science, #technology, #crafts, #luxury… and #collectiveaction. Allow us to introduce our project. And maybe you can follow and repost? 👀🥼