Tara Steimer-Herbet
@tara-steimer.bsky.social
I am an archaeologist specialized in the ancient Near East. Currently, I am a Senior lecturer at University of Geneva. My common thread is megalithic societies. I also carry out fieldwork in Lebanon (MEG-A) and Jordan (DPI-SKY)
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Rendez-vous sur Twitch pour notre prochain direct consacré aux mégalithes
Mercredi 27 août 2025 à 18h30, Sciences et Avenir vous donne rendez-vous sur sa chaîne Twitch et sur YouTube Live pour une émission spéciale consacrée aux mégalithes.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A little semantic battle over megalithism! Enjoy your reading www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Megalithic architecture in the Levant: broader perspectives for defining what we are talking about
The phenomenon of funerary megalithic architecture in the Levant presents a variety of building techniques and morphologies characteristic of the region. This diversity brings inherent complexity i...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A little semantic battle over megalithism! Enjoy your reading www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔍 Presented at #ICAANE2025: three years of excavations at Menjez, northern Lebanon, as part of the MEG-A project. Preliminary results & possible scenarios for this megalithic community at the turn of the 4th millennium BCE. #archaeology #MEGA #Lebanon #UNIGE
June 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🔍 Presented at #ICAANE2025: three years of excavations at Menjez, northern Lebanon, as part of the MEG-A project. Preliminary results & possible scenarios for this megalithic community at the turn of the 4th millennium BCE. #archaeology #MEGA #Lebanon #UNIGE
@meryl-dfs.bsky.social gave a great talk at the 14th ICAANE in Lyon! Focused on the megaliths of Menjez (Lebanon) and cultural practices in Akkar (5th–3rd mill. BCE). A detailed geoarchaeological look at their symbolism and materiality.
June 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@meryl-dfs.bsky.social gave a great talk at the 14th ICAANE in Lyon! Focused on the megaliths of Menjez (Lebanon) and cultural practices in Akkar (5th–3rd mill. BCE). A detailed geoarchaeological look at their symbolism and materiality.
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Israël viole le cessez-le-feu et bombarde à 6 reprises la banlieue sud de Beyrouth ce soir.
Israel hits south Beirut after targeting ‘underground Hezbollah drone sites’
Israel hits south Beirut after targeting ‘underground Hezbollah drone sites’
Three airstrikes on southern suburbs follow evacuation warning and resulting exodus from Hezbollah stronghold
At least three Israeli airstrikes have hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, after the military said it would target what it described as underground Hezbollah drone factories.
Plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the Lebanese capital, shortly after huge numbers of people had fled the area, clogging the roads with traffic. Continue reading...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Israël viole le cessez-le-feu et bombarde à 6 reprises la banlieue sud de Beyrouth ce soir.
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Six Français sont à bord du Madleen de la Flottille de la liberté qui veut rompre le blocus de #Gaza assiégée et martyrisée. La précédente tentative a subi une attaque de drones israéliens. Cette initiative de la société civile doit être soutenue le plus largement possible.
June 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Six Français sont à bord du Madleen de la Flottille de la liberté qui veut rompre le blocus de #Gaza assiégée et martyrisée. La précédente tentative a subi une attaque de drones israéliens. Cette initiative de la société civile doit être soutenue le plus largement possible.
The latest, happy reading 🥰https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323544
South Arabia’s prehistoric monument landscape shows social resilience to climate change
In arid regions across northern Africa, Asia and Arabia, ancient pastoralists constructed small-scale stone monuments of varying form, construction, placement, age, and function. Classification studie...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The latest, happy reading 🥰https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323544
Thrilled to see our exhibition reach Beirut!
Launched in Geneva back in October 2020, this collective journey was made possible by the amazing teamwork of @flocousseau.bsky.social, Marie Besse, Martine Piguet, Thomas Thibout, and the students of the Faculty of Science (UNIGE - Geneva)
Launched in Geneva back in October 2020, this collective journey was made possible by the amazing teamwork of @flocousseau.bsky.social, Marie Besse, Martine Piguet, Thomas Thibout, and the students of the Faculty of Science (UNIGE - Geneva)
May 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled to see our exhibition reach Beirut!
Launched in Geneva back in October 2020, this collective journey was made possible by the amazing teamwork of @flocousseau.bsky.social, Marie Besse, Martine Piguet, Thomas Thibout, and the students of the Faculty of Science (UNIGE - Geneva)
Launched in Geneva back in October 2020, this collective journey was made possible by the amazing teamwork of @flocousseau.bsky.social, Marie Besse, Martine Piguet, Thomas Thibout, and the students of the Faculty of Science (UNIGE - Geneva)
After two very interesting missions in 2017 and 2019 with students from the Geneva Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology to al-Subiyah in Kuwait I am happy to be able to publish our results! Thanks to all colleagues @unige
🚨New publication! Our article "Reassessment of Northern Kuwait Bay’s Dry-Stone Tombs: Insights into #Architecture #BurialPractices and #Socio-EconomicDynamics" is now out!🏺🦴So glad to have worked with a great team led by @tara-steimer 🔗 archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.ph... #BronzeAge #NearEast
Reassessment of Northern Kuwait Bay’s Dry-Stone Tombs: Insights into Architecture, Burial Practices, and Socio-Economic Dynamics
| Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East – Archaeologic...
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May 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
After two very interesting missions in 2017 and 2019 with students from the Geneva Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology to al-Subiyah in Kuwait I am happy to be able to publish our results! Thanks to all colleagues @unige
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🚨 Archéologie préventive en danger !
Un amendement au projet de loi « simplification de la vie économique » prévoit de supprimer l’obligation de fouilles sur les projets dits « d’intérêt majeur ».
📉 Moins de diagnostics, plus de destructions.
👷♀️ Archéologues précarisé·es, science ignorée.
FNAC-FSU
Un amendement au projet de loi « simplification de la vie économique » prévoit de supprimer l’obligation de fouilles sur les projets dits « d’intérêt majeur ».
📉 Moins de diagnostics, plus de destructions.
👷♀️ Archéologues précarisé·es, science ignorée.
FNAC-FSU
April 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚨 Archéologie préventive en danger !
Un amendement au projet de loi « simplification de la vie économique » prévoit de supprimer l’obligation de fouilles sur les projets dits « d’intérêt majeur ».
📉 Moins de diagnostics, plus de destructions.
👷♀️ Archéologues précarisé·es, science ignorée.
FNAC-FSU
Un amendement au projet de loi « simplification de la vie économique » prévoit de supprimer l’obligation de fouilles sur les projets dits « d’intérêt majeur ».
📉 Moins de diagnostics, plus de destructions.
👷♀️ Archéologues précarisé·es, science ignorée.
FNAC-FSU
🎥 Discover the new documentary: Guardians of the Past of Menjez – The Megaliths of Lebanon Revealed
We warmly thank the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for funding our research project MEG-A since January 2022
We warmly thank the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for funding our research project MEG-A since January 2022
🔎 Unravel prehistoric secrets ! 🕵️♂️ Our new documentary ‘The Guardians of Menjez's Past’ is available online today!
🎞 Explore the archaeological research and conservation efforts carried out on these thousand-year-old stone structures.
✨ Watch it now and spread the word!
🔗 youtu.be/r_wFmgaU_Xg
🎞 Explore the archaeological research and conservation efforts carried out on these thousand-year-old stone structures.
✨ Watch it now and spread the word!
🔗 youtu.be/r_wFmgaU_Xg
Les gardiens du passé de Menjez - Les mégalithes du Liban révélés
YouTube video by SciencEscape
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March 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎥 Discover the new documentary: Guardians of the Past of Menjez – The Megaliths of Lebanon Revealed
We warmly thank the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for funding our research project MEG-A since January 2022
We warmly thank the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for funding our research project MEG-A since January 2022
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Primitiva Bueno Ramírez est une archéologue espagnole, professeure de préhistoire à l'université d'Alcalá (@uahes.bsky.social). Elle est professeure invitée à l'Univ. Toulouse Jean Jaurès.
Deux séminaires sont organisés autour de sa venue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Deux séminaires sont organisés autour de sa venue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
March 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Primitiva Bueno Ramírez est une archéologue espagnole, professeure de préhistoire à l'université d'Alcalá (@uahes.bsky.social). Elle est professeure invitée à l'Univ. Toulouse Jean Jaurès.
Deux séminaires sont organisés autour de sa venue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Deux séminaires sont organisés autour de sa venue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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#StandUpForScience
La liberté dans les mondes de la Culture et de la Science est attaquée. Don't look up!
www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/i...
La liberté dans les mondes de la Culture et de la Science est attaquée. Don't look up!
www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/i...
BD : censure "à la trump" au ministère de l'Education - Par Daniel Schneidermann | Arrêt sur images
La critique média en toute indépendance : enquêtes, analyses, chroniques et émissions.
www.arretsurimages.net
March 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#StandUpForScience
La liberté dans les mondes de la Culture et de la Science est attaquée. Don't look up!
www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/i...
La liberté dans les mondes de la Culture et de la Science est attaquée. Don't look up!
www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/i...
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Great new paper on cairns in northern Arabia. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Great new paper on cairns in northern Arabia. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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L' @inrap.fr vient de mettre en ligne les communications de son dernier séminaire scientifique et technique sur les datations absolues en archéologie
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Datations « absolues » en archéologie
Huitième séminaire scientifique et technique organisé par l’Inrap, en partenariat avec le Laboratoire de Mesure du Carbone 14 (LMC14), plateforme nationale rattachée au Laboratoire des Sciences du Cli...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
L' @inrap.fr vient de mettre en ligne les communications de son dernier séminaire scientifique et technique sur les datations absolues en archéologie
sstinrap.hypotheses.org/datations-ab...
sstinrap.hypotheses.org/datations-ab...
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Have you heard about the Levantine Ceramics Project? LCP is an open-access, interactive website and digital publication, sponsored by ASOR, for the study of Levantine pottery from the Neolithic era (c. 5500 B.C.E.) until today. Check it out here: buff.ly/4ggumZg
The Levantine Ceramics Project
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January 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Have you heard about the Levantine Ceramics Project? LCP is an open-access, interactive website and digital publication, sponsored by ASOR, for the study of Levantine pottery from the Neolithic era (c. 5500 B.C.E.) until today. Check it out here: buff.ly/4ggumZg
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Excited to share our first message here! 📢 Announcing our 2nd Seminar on Seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory & Methods in Archaeological Research.
Join us in the lab in April 🔬
Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4...
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
Join us in the lab in April 🔬
Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4...
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Excited to share our first message here! 📢 Announcing our 2nd Seminar on Seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory & Methods in Archaeological Research.
Join us in the lab in April 🔬
Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4...
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
Join us in the lab in April 🔬
Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4...
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
27-28 mars à Lyon une rencontre enrichissante entre archéologues travaillant au Liban. Cet événement, organisé par Jwana Chahoud et Zuzanna Wygnanska, offre une belle occasion d'échanger sur les dernières découvertes et méthodologies déployées dans les projets en cours
January 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
27-28 mars à Lyon une rencontre enrichissante entre archéologues travaillant au Liban. Cet événement, organisé par Jwana Chahoud et Zuzanna Wygnanska, offre une belle occasion d'échanger sur les dernières découvertes et méthodologies déployées dans les projets en cours
Thank you @defours_meryl, we're trying everything we can to date the construction of the dolmens in the Levant. This year's digs in #Jordan have been prolific, with bones, charcoals and artefacts @sciences_UNIGE
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January 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thank you @defours_meryl, we're trying everything we can to date the construction of the dolmens in the Levant. This year's digs in #Jordan have been prolific, with bones, charcoals and artefacts @sciences_UNIGE
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We are delighted to announce the publication of Antoine Caminada's article on the distribution of dolmens west of Irbid. Most of the sites mentioned have disappeared since the survey's in 2005 @unige @mariebesse3 #Science #Dolmen #Jordan #Archaeology
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are delighted to announce the publication of Antoine Caminada's article on the distribution of dolmens west of Irbid. Most of the sites mentioned have disappeared since the survey's in 2005 @unige @mariebesse3 #Science #Dolmen #Jordan #Archaeology
How fortunate we are to be able to excavate these #megalithic tombs at Kufr Yuba in #Jordan. Despite much looting, we have enough information about the occupants and the construction techniques of the megalith builders @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE
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January 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How fortunate we are to be able to excavate these #megalithic tombs at Kufr Yuba in #Jordan. Despite much looting, we have enough information about the occupants and the construction techniques of the megalith builders @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE
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x.com/josruiflo/stat…
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM