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acortellnicolau.bsky.social
Stones, numbers and figatells. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Humboldt Fellow.
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I have been waiting to see the results of the ArchaeoRiddle challenge ever since I heard about it at an archaeology conference. Glad to see it's finally published! Also super happy to see an ABM used :) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

(1/9) I’m hiring! Join my ‘Terraform’ ERC project at the University of Malta, looking at the origin, evolution, and impacts of agricultural terracing in the Maltese Islands. Please circulate to anyone you think could be interested. Starting in the summer.

So, after some 3 years of work and the involvement of so many cool kids, this if finally out! This is a joint effort by yours truly, @carigol.bsky.social, Ismael Rodríguez-Palomo, Daniel Hromada, Raphael Kahlenberg, Alexes Mes, Deborah Priss, Peter Yaworsky + www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Led by the one and only @acortellnicolau.bsky.social, the summary paper from the funky Archaeo-riddle project (theia.arch.cam.ac.uk/archaeoriddle) - possibly the first specifically archaeological tactical simulation competition - is now out in J Archaeological Science.

All set for the new term!here the line-up for the next African Archaeology Seminar Series... save the dates🗓👈join us the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at UniCambridge

We are trying to get a really good session (sessions?) organised on integrating ancient biomolecular analysis and archaeological theory, so if you’re someone with thoughts on such matters, even if supremely critical, please submit something, you’d be very welcome!

WE ARE HIRING - TWO RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR 15 MONTHS We are looking for someone who can use their expertise in ancient languages such as Coptic, Syriac, or Middle Persian to investigate late antique / early medieval sources for domestic slavery. Apply here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11...

#Neolithic Conference alert 📣: On May 22-25, 2025, the second Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe takes place in Zadar, Croatia: conference.unizd.hr/ene2025/ Would be delighted to meet all Neolithic archaeologists there!!! 🌞 Please share and distribute!

As of today, I officially ditched #RStudio… it only took me roughly 10 years, 17 attempts, 2 full working days and the unsurmountable full patience of @carigol.bsky.social… there goes my last bit of youth!

Exciting PhD project @Bristol_Uni using #ZooMS to help unlock Somerset Wetlands' hidden biodiversity history! 🧬 Building new reference libraries for aquatic vertebrates (fish, amphibians, wetland birds) Help shape UK wetland restoration through conservation palaeontology 🔬

#Jobalert! I am looking for a #postdoc to join my team in Warsaw for 2 years. The project focuses on Material Religion in #Mesopotamia. You'll be working with Rafał Solecki, two research assistants, and me. The application deadline is coming up soon: 14 Jan wnhs.uksw.edu.pl/.../employme...

🚨JOB ALERT: #PhD #position 🎓opening in my #paleoclimate group #FUBerlin 🇩🇪 looking at #Pliocene climate variability 🌦️in #Europe 🇪🇺! w/ L. Stutenbecker & M. Hinderer #sedimentology #geochemistry #paleoclimatology Deadline: 27.01.25 More ℹ️ www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

We’re hiring predocs at VSE with a start date of summer 2025. Come work with me on industrial policy and industrialization past and present. Not your thing? A number of my wonderful colleagues are also hiring! Listing is here: economics.ubc.ca/news/pre-doc...

PhD position on protein-based sexing at York, Faunal sex-selectivity in ancient hunter-gatherer societies: insights from protein-based sex identification, see further information here www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

2 isotope PhD topics at Durham eligible for funding under Iapetus2 studentship scheme: Archaeobotanical and stable isotope analysis of archival material iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships... Refining dietary interpretation using paired apatite and collagen carbon isotopes iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

What an exciting and relevant project😍!! Deadline: 17 Jan

Our International Max Planck Research School is offering two PhD fellowships, funded by @maxplanck.de & hosted at @mpi-nl.bsky.social, to carry out innovative research projects on language & genetics, & on multimodal language. Application portal closes 6th Jan 2025! 🧪 www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe...

One week left to apply! Join our team to explore the diversity chromatin regulation mechanisms across eukaryotes or to study the genomic basis of cell type microevolution in cnidarians (as part of our #ERCCoG project).

Major JOB ALERT! I and close colleagues have 4 (!) positions open. So if you're looking for a postdoc or PhD, do read on:

*PHD NEWS!* Competitively funded PhD projects [route 1 of the Trees-DLA]. 1. Establishing Limits of late Neanderthal Presence in Britain. @mattpope.bsky.social More info and how to apply: 📲 bit.ly/3BGRMsn

We're hiring! VUW Classics is looking for a generalist and particularly encouraging specialists in Greek history and Roman art and archaeology to apply. Full details here: ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Job alert! In our department here in Vienna. Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genomics! Come and work in the world's most liveable city. Details below 👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

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: 👇

Not one but two job alerts today! Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025 #LocalAndGlobal

Trent University (Canada) invites applications for a tenure track appointment in Forensic Anthropology at the rank of Assistant Professor, cross-appointed between the Department of Forensic Science and the Department of Anthropology www.trentu.ca/humanresourc...

Absolutely *thrilled* to advertise a fully funded PhD studentship WITH stipend thanks to generous London Arts & Humanities AHRC funding! 🎉 🏺 🗃️ You’ll be based at @ics.bsky.social in partnership w/ @bsrome.bsky.social researching the surrounding funerary landscape of Falerii Novi

Looking for a postdoc in use-wear analysis of Pleistocene expedient osseous tools? Check out this offer from the #ERCStG ExOsTech project at #universitébordeaux euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/296676

Senior Research and Innovation Associate University of Leicester - Archaeology and Ancient History #skystorians 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX793/s...

✨ We are hiring! Assistant Professor European/North European Iron Age & Medieval/Renaissance archaeology (500 BC - 1500 AD). Particularly digital methods. Permanent position from Sept 2025 Research & teaching focus Located in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Tenure track to Associate Prof after 6 years

Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :) Link for application: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Applications open for several research positions here in Cambridge including evolutionary genetics, genomics and population genetics. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/