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harryfokkens.bsky.social
Em. Professor of European Prehistory at Leiden Universty. Interested in the cultural transformations in the 3rd Millennium BCE
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Came across this today. Bit of clickbait, but quite informatve as far as I know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIKP...

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If you want to know more on this exceptional find, here‘s a recent paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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A 15th century shipwreck found in the waters around Häringe and Landfjärden, about 25 miles south of Stockholm, may be the oldest carvel-built ship in the Baltic region. Photo credit Jim Hansson/Vrak/SMTM. www.vrak.se/en/news/olde...

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To kick of the new year (in case you missed it) we added another batch of full #OpenAccess publications to our ever growing OA list? You can now download all these books for free from our website! sidestone.com/books/

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More and more I start to realize how Hitler came to power back then. And now it happens again. And we are helpless against it, because evil attracks evil and repells and ignores responsibility and consideration.

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Let’s explore the prehistoric landscapes of the Netherlands: enjoy our open access article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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📰 'Nabataeans abroad': underwater archaeologists discover the submerged remains of a Nabataean temple in Roman Italy ~12 miles from Naples! #AntiquityResearch in the news via @archaeologymag.bsky.social https://buff.ly/3XdIMTc

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Future heritage. All these things will dominate the archaeological record too, not just the palaeontological:

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this is how it's done

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I noticed that the dear girl is out in the public again, and this time in association with a news story about a study on the skin colour changes of prehistoric Europeans over time. So here she is, Lola, the Danish birch pitch chewing gum girl.

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Archaeologists from RAAP found a Neolithic shoe print, dating back to c. 3800-2000 BC, at Geestwater in Lisse. The Netherlands. (shoe size 42) www.raap.nl/prehistorisc...

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The #PaperOfTheMonth from Antiquity is 'Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions' by Steinar Solheim et al., available #openaccess! 📚 cup.org/3X7oJpG #antiquity #archaeology @antiquityj.bsky.social

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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Great to hear more about this important bog body discovery especially that tge remains are female which is very unusual in this context. www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...

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The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the largest restitution to date of Benin artifacts looted by the British military in 1897.

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The Festival of Archaeology 2025 is Here! 🏺 We’re thrilled to officially launch this year’s #FestivalOfArchaeology, running from 19th July to the 3rd August 2025, and we can’t wait to explore this year’s theme: Archaeology and Well-being. Find out more 👉 https://buff.ly/3xarIzI

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Happy World Wetlands Day! #WorldWetlandsDay Or maybe, happy former wetland day? Pre-drainage #Fenland and Bronze Age Flag Fen, where thousands of wooden piles enabled people to thrive above a waterlogged environment (once the largest wetland in the British Isles).

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Labret use among Pavlovian peoples 26kya may have caused odd buccal wear of teeth. 🦷🏺🧪

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Our department is looking for a professor in Northwest European Prehistory! Join the #prehistory research group! jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Pr...

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A hoard of 1st c AD gold and silver coins discovered in the Netherlands has its origins in Rome, Britain, and Africa. 🏺🧪 (TIL about the Celtic king Cunobeline!)

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Robbery of Rumanian top prehistoric objects from the Drents Museum at Assen last night. Archeologische topstukken buitgemaakt bij inbraak Drents Museum - nos.nl/l/2553183

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My piece is out! A history of archaeological scholarship on the potential for matrilineal societies in Iron Age Europe.

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Well, now it’s out I have thoughts. For now, I just want to ask… 🏺 #archaeology 🧵 1/

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New paper out by @jbioarch.bsky.social on Legaire Sur (Álava, Spain), a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic transition burial tomb. This period was a time of notable population expansion, technological advancement, as well as social and economic change. Isotopic analysis of 🦷& 🦴tells us more 🧵1/6

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Esther Jasma passed. Writer, poet and dendrochronologist. Ages too soon. Rest in peace Esther.

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« De nouvelles recherches utilisant des modèles climatiques fournissent des informations fascinantes sur la façon dont les conditions environnementales ont influencé l'évolution et la migration des premiers humains ». scitechdaily.com/how-ice-ages...

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www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-... There are many unusual aspects of the large Jelling stone, no other stones from the period resemble it, and it is the first of its kind to combine several unique features.

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🏺 Here's @prehistorian.bsky.social being as usual incisive, brilliant & funny on the reality of Iron Age societies, gender and power: a picture that's been woven through decades of scholarship, with aDNA adding a new thread. (I pop up briefly too, on how we frame female mobility more generally)

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'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii “Archaeologists have discovered a sumptuous private bathhouse - potentially the largest ever found there - complete with hot, warm and cold rooms, exquisite artwork, and a huge plunge pool.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🏺🦣🧪 Fascinating multi-disiplinary work out of Oldupai! A focus on pond ecologies to target prey in hyper-arid environment. And look at the ecosystem spread into Eurasia... Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Clay tablets with cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural remains were uncovered at the Middle Bronze Age (1800 BC) site of Kurd Qaburstan in the Erbil region, northeast Iraq. The study of these new tablets could reveal important details about the city’s connections with its neighbors

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Impressive and interesting study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Last week I was asked by a Dutch popular science magazine (KIJK) to comment on the paper on Roman atmospheric lead pollution and IQ decline. I found several issues, only a few made it to the issue. So, for who is interested: my points are below: 1/5 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Des archéologues ont annoncé la découverte d'un système de tunnels Chinkana (signifiant « labyrinthe »), s'étendant sur plus de 1 750 mètres sous la ville de Cusco, capitale de l’empire Inca www.heritagedaily.com/2025/01/grou...

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'The Neolithic mind is unknowable. We are so like and yet so unlike those people. We can walk within their buildings, pick up their tools, look out over the same water and hills as they once did, and yet how they saw their world, on a deeper level, is beyond us.' 🏺🧪

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‘’Red flags' raised over ancient sea monster pulled from Moroccan mine’ www.livescience.com/animals/exti...

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👇 A blog contribution to the website "Siliceous Plants" by @sarah-thorne14.bsky.social and @juliacooke.bsky.social

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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