Scott D. Haddow
@sdhaddow.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
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📣 EAA Members 📣
If you haven't signed yet or have been trying to sign today, the original Google form was removed (all data saved, thankfully!)
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September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 EAA Members 📣
If you haven't signed yet or have been trying to sign today, the original Google form was removed (all data saved, thankfully!)
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Here is the NEW LINK: saco.csic.es/apps/forms/s...
If you haven't signed yet or have been trying to sign today, the original Google form was removed (all data saved, thankfully!)
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Here is the NEW LINK: saco.csic.es/apps/forms/s...
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We are starting to move an initiative from concerned EAA members, mainly from Spain… if you are/were and are interested to support it, sign and share!
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Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA
Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are starting to move an initiative from concerned EAA members, mainly from Spain… if you are/were and are interested to support it, sign and share!
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
forms.gle/cTp7BXiUD1qC...
Another aspect of the dystopian future we can look forward to.
A.I. is changing classrooms. We spoke to the co-founder of Alpha Schools about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivating rather than teaching students. nyti.ms/3JHIZub
September 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Another aspect of the dystopian future we can look forward to.
Unintentional collage art on these public noticeboards in Turin.
September 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Unintentional collage art on these public noticeboards in Turin.
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Utterly disappointing decision by @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to reverse this decision, and really gross to see intimidation tactics being instructed for session monitors. Support colleagues who speak up and who refuse to enforce the EAA's instructions. 🏺
BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Utterly disappointing decision by @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to reverse this decision, and really gross to see intimidation tactics being instructed for session monitors. Support colleagues who speak up and who refuse to enforce the EAA's instructions. 🏺
Last photo of Copenhagen before heading to the airport.
July 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Last photo of Copenhagen before heading to the airport.
Last day in Copenhagen. After six years, it's time to start a new adventure in Torino.
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Last day in Copenhagen. After six years, it's time to start a new adventure in Torino.
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‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe. “The hospital was completely full of the wounded and the dead – because the cafe was crowded with women, children and the young. It was not a suspicious or military place.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe
Witnesses describe explosion, flames and smoke plumes as airstrike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into a horror
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe. “The hospital was completely full of the wounded and the dead – because the cafe was crowded with women, children and the young. It was not a suspicious or military place.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Out today! New research on how people create large-scale collectives in the past, and how elites were not a prerequisite to the process. Each chapter provides an authoritative overview of a different part of the world. #archaeology #inequality
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
Understanding Early Large-Scale Collectives: A Global Perspective
This volume brings together perspectives from different parts of the world that showcase the wide variety of practices, institutions, and ideologies that allowed for shared identities and coordinated ...
www.routledge.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Out today! New research on how people create large-scale collectives in the past, and how elites were not a prerequisite to the process. Each chapter provides an authoritative overview of a different part of the world. #archaeology #inequality
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
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"First hand reports from Gaza overnight talk about some of the most intense airstrikes.. one building that was hit in eastern Gaza city, for example, was a former school where hundreds of families were sheltering.. & there said to be several fatalities there"
But Glastonbury!
But Glastonbury!
June 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"First hand reports from Gaza overnight talk about some of the most intense airstrikes.. one building that was hit in eastern Gaza city, for example, was a former school where hundreds of families were sheltering.. & there said to be several fatalities there"
But Glastonbury!
But Glastonbury!
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This is literally exhibit A for why queer joy is so profoundly subversive. Anger is important too. But joy -- "smiling and talking and crying and laughing" -- that's what the fascists want to stamp out. That's the real challenge to their reign.
Alito includes screenshots from the books he thinks parents should be able to bar schools from letting their children read.
June 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is literally exhibit A for why queer joy is so profoundly subversive. Anger is important too. But joy -- "smiling and talking and crying and laughing" -- that's what the fascists want to stamp out. That's the real challenge to their reign.
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Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼
“A Network of Mutualities of Being”: Socio-material Archaeological Networks and Biological Ties at Çatalhöyük - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. Ho...
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June 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Since our big Science paper on female lineages at Çatalhöyük is out now, it seems like a good time to repost our related paper that we published earlier this year on material and biological ties🙂🌼
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🧬In Neolithic Çatalhöyük, family was built on social relations rather than blood ties.
Genetic analysis shows that over time, co-residents were no longer genetic relatives. Female subadults were buried with 5x more grave goods.
🔍A surprising story of Neolithic social life.
Genetic analysis shows that over time, co-residents were no longer genetic relatives. Female subadults were buried with 5x more grave goods.
🔍A surprising story of Neolithic social life.
June 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🧬In Neolithic Çatalhöyük, family was built on social relations rather than blood ties.
Genetic analysis shows that over time, co-residents were no longer genetic relatives. Female subadults were buried with 5x more grave goods.
🔍A surprising story of Neolithic social life.
Genetic analysis shows that over time, co-residents were no longer genetic relatives. Female subadults were buried with 5x more grave goods.
🔍A surprising story of Neolithic social life.
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BREAKING: DR Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning point’ after years of war aje.io/3n0wrv
June 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
BREAKING: DR Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning point’ after years of war aje.io/3n0wrv
We also published a second paper on the spread of farming from Anatolia into SE Europe. Our results challenge the assumption that cultural entities frequently correspond to genetically homogeneous populations. Pots don’t equal people! 🏺
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Out-of-Anatolia: Cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean
West Anatolia has been a crucial yet elusive element in the Neolithic expansion from the Fertile Crescent to Europe. In this work, we describe the changing genetic and cultural landscapes of early Hol...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
We also published a second paper on the spread of farming from Anatolia into SE Europe. Our results challenge the assumption that cultural entities frequently correspond to genetically homogeneous populations. Pots don’t equal people! 🏺
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This paper has been in the works for many years and today it's finally out!
"Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük" 🏺
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük" 🏺
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...
www.science.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This paper has been in the works for many years and today it's finally out!
"Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük" 🏺
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük" 🏺
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I don't rock out as much as I used to, but I'm currently obsessed with this song and the accompanying video (midlife crisis perhaps?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1reS...
Water From Your Eyes - "Life Signs" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Water From Your Eyes
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June 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I don't rock out as much as I used to, but I'm currently obsessed with this song and the accompanying video (midlife crisis perhaps?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1reS...
Happy to have played a minor role in this new study, which developed a multi-method approach to the reconstruction of parasite diversity in past populations 🏺
journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Sedimentary ancient DNA as part of a multimethod paleoparasitology approach reveals temporal trends in human parasitic burden in the Roman period
Author summary A multimethod approach in paleoparasitology, combining microscopy, ELISA and aDNA, provides a more complete reconstruction of past parasite diversity. Applying this multimethod approach...
journals.plos.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy to have played a minor role in this new study, which developed a multi-method approach to the reconstruction of parasite diversity in past populations 🏺
journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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Excited to share my new #OpenAccess paper in Archaeometry, part of a great Special Issue! 🔬🌾
What can lithics tell us about early food production?
Insights into Neolithic harvesting practices and cultural change in SW Asia.
📖 buff.ly/9mDIJGb
#Neolithic #Archaeology #Lithics #Use-wear #Confocal
What can lithics tell us about early food production?
Insights into Neolithic harvesting practices and cultural change in SW Asia.
📖 buff.ly/9mDIJGb
#Neolithic #Archaeology #Lithics #Use-wear #Confocal
June 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Excited to share my new #OpenAccess paper in Archaeometry, part of a great Special Issue! 🔬🌾
What can lithics tell us about early food production?
Insights into Neolithic harvesting practices and cultural change in SW Asia.
📖 buff.ly/9mDIJGb
#Neolithic #Archaeology #Lithics #Use-wear #Confocal
What can lithics tell us about early food production?
Insights into Neolithic harvesting practices and cultural change in SW Asia.
📖 buff.ly/9mDIJGb
#Neolithic #Archaeology #Lithics #Use-wear #Confocal
Still one of the funkiest basslines of all time. Rest in Power Sly Stone www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9v...
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO
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June 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Still one of the funkiest basslines of all time. Rest in Power Sly Stone www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9v...
Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has passed away.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in pictures
The Brazilian photographer has died at 81, leaving behind a career filled with striking images taken around the world. ‘Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, hum...
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has passed away.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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"First aid trucks enter Gaza for nearly 3 months".
The actual amount of aid let in is negligible but it does its job of giving Israels allies cover while Israel gets on with its plan to completely wipe out Gaza (as Israels finance minister openly declared yesterday).
The actual amount of aid let in is negligible but it does its job of giving Israels allies cover while Israel gets on with its plan to completely wipe out Gaza (as Israels finance minister openly declared yesterday).
May 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"First aid trucks enter Gaza for nearly 3 months".
The actual amount of aid let in is negligible but it does its job of giving Israels allies cover while Israel gets on with its plan to completely wipe out Gaza (as Israels finance minister openly declared yesterday).
The actual amount of aid let in is negligible but it does its job of giving Israels allies cover while Israel gets on with its plan to completely wipe out Gaza (as Israels finance minister openly declared yesterday).
I remember being being very disappointed when I visited Père Lachaise in 1995 and the bust wasn't there. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
Jim Morrison’s long-lost graveside bust turns up during French police search
Police make chance find of sculpture that adorned Doors singer’s Paris grave until its 1988 disappearance
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May 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I remember being being very disappointed when I visited Père Lachaise in 1995 and the bust wasn't there. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...