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Forensic anthropologist and Bioarchaeologist interested in stable isotopes, aDNA, and paleopathology; 🏳️‍🌈 ; views are mine
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New clues to the 'nailed head ritual' uncovered in Spain - Popular Science

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english.radio.cz/mass-grave-s... The excavation, conducted from June to November last year, confirmed that the graves were created in May and June 1757, during the Prussian invasion of the Czech lands. Artefacts like uniform remnants, buttons, buckles, and ammunition point to this period.

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🏺 Massive new isotope database drops! NARIA (North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes) just launched with 28k+ measurements spanning 12,000 years of human history across North America 🗺️ pandoradata.earth/organization...

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The 16th century burial regalia were found wrapped in newspaper dated Sept 1939 and squirreled away in a wall under a staircase in the Vilnius Cathedral's crypt. 🏺🧪

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In slightly belated (although no less exciting news) I have a new #bioarchaeology publication with Hunter Gatherer Research! "Fragmentary and dispersed: Preadult personhood and social memory in a Southeast Asian forager cemetery" - doi.org/10.3828/hgr....

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www.livescience.com/archaeology/... 🏺🧪

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Archaeological evidence suggests Herodotus was not exaggerating his description of a “royal” Scythian burial. 🏺🧪

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It's a debate that's raged for more than 500 years: Where did syphilis, first reported in Europe in 1494, originate? DNA from ancient bones, analyzed by @jrockdrigo.bsky.social and colleagues, may help close the case. @science.org

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NEW Analysis of over 3000 human bones from Charterhouse Warren, England, indicates they were massacred, butchered, and likely partly consumed by enemies as a means to dehumanise them, questioning the idea that Early Bronze Age Britain was peaceful. #AntiquityThread 1/18 🧵

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Archaeologists used GPR to identify the probable location of a cemetery for people who were enslaved by Andrew Jackson on the grounds of The Hermitage plantation. 🧪🏺

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Just in time for the holiday season🎄: "The Archaeology of Cannibalism"! A new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 🏺 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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New paper using 7,000 burial records to track population changes in Iron Age Norway. Shows 75% population decline after 536/540 CE volcanic winter! Viking Age recovery linked to warmer climate, agricultural advances & trade networks. 🌋📊 #Archaeology #ClimateHistory #Viking doi.org/10.1080/0029...

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My amazing colleague and friend Becky Gowland gave a public talk recently. Check it out youtu.be/Bnml0j-6_aM?... #childhood #bioarchaeology #osteoarchaeology

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