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If Wes Anderson made (another) movie about an archaeologist. Great video about how radiocarbon dating works, and lovely to watch youtu.be/xQka8ohWLFo?...

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We Know Exactly Who This Guy Is. Via @thescishow #archeology #History #Anthropology

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This uniquely preserved Late Neolithic flint dagger (2900 BCE) was found in Allensbach at the Lake Constance, southwest #Germany. The blade was made of flint from Monte Baldo, northern #Italy. It was fastened with birch tar in a handle made of elderwood. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺 #archaeology

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Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it. Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps! #EduSky #STEMEd

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22,000-year-old footprints in White Sands reveal the earliest evidence of human transport—suggesting Ice Age people used travois-like sleds to haul supplies. A major discovery in human prehistory! #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #IceAge #History

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Some things never change! A 4,000 year-old Egyptian writing board with the student’s spelling mistakes corrected in red ink by the teacher! 😂 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

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advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹

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Premiering in 45 minutes!!👀

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Maybe this is what you need today 🦉Barred owl spotted on our early morning walk yesterday in the forest.🦉

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We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here! Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺 #ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky

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Sturgeon Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan has discovered a pre-contact settlement dating back 11,000 years. After an archaeologist identified the site, Sturgeon Lake is now focusing on preserving the findings.

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Also, if you're an archaeologist 🏺 who for whatever reason is looking for a conference setting outside the US, the Canadian Archaeological Association annual conference will be held in St. John's, NL, April 30-May 4 2025. Paper submission deadline is Feb. 28 🇨🇦 canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-m...

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We've made the move from twitter to BlueSky! Follow us for updates on our activities, interesting #zooarchaeology related things, and pictures of items from our collection. We're starting off with this rather nice comparison of a domestic dog and a wolf.

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Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell has signed the pledge for Canada. She joins thousands of leaders, artists, activists, Canadians who will resist the gangster in Washington. Have you signed the pledge to stand up for our values? True.North. Strong. Free. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

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The Fascinating History of a Decorated Mesolithic Antler Fragment: It Was an Axe, Then a Harpoon, and Finally an Offering Deposited in a River A recent archaeological study in Sweden has revealed a fascinating discovery that illustrates the reuse of tools in the Mesolithic. It is a richly…

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The Remains of a Copper Age Warrior Found in Germany Still Wear a Wrist Guard for the Bowstring Before the start of construction on the SuedOstLink high-voltage direct current transmission line, the State Department for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt (LDA) in Germany is…

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What do you need to do to get hired as a professor? Research published in @nature.com describes the regional variations based on 314 policies from 190 academic institutions and 218 policies from 58 government agencies (from 121 countries total) 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08422-9

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A #Neolithic rock crystal arrowhead found in the pile-dwelling settlement of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, dating from around 3500 BC. The raw material was not available in the immediate area, but came from the Alps. Rock crystal has been mined in the Swiss Alps since the early Mesolithic. 🧵1/3 🏺

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I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells! Please share! Apply here by March 1: internships.si.edu/opportunity/...

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This beautiful ‘network’ mosaic glass bowl looks modern, yet it’s about 2,250 years old! Made using a technique in which thin threads of twisted glass were spiralled over a convex mould. A wonderful example of the skill of ancient glassmakers! Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 me #Archaeology

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Something lovely for the weekend! Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

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A great day for us ✨ - introducing the MSc Archaeology Science students to our #tephra -tastic world 💥🔍🌋

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New research shows early humans reshaped Europe’s scavenger communities. Large predators like hyenas were displaced, while smaller scavengers thrived near human settlements. #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #Anthropology #Pleistocene

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Gold Scythian neckpiece, found in a royal Kurgan (burial mound). 4th century BC, Pokrov, Ukraine. 🏛️🏺 #Archaeology #Archaeology_Online #The_Pink_Archaeologist #FindsFriday

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'Neanderthals and modern humans: An ancient ?love story' www.thestatesman.com/supplements/...

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Some of us are closer to Neanderthals than others. How Neandertal DNA May Affect the Way We Think DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

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Popular Archaeology collaborates with Wayfaring Walks to visit ancient Etruscan sites in Italy popular-archaeology.com/article/popu...

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Dawn light peaking through the trees during our early morning forest walk. A beautiful Canadian West Coast winter’s day!

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Beloved #toys: a pair of #Roman ivory #dolls with articulated arms and legs found in a tomb of a little #girl from a wealthy family in Emona, Ljubljana/#Slovenia. The majority of the dolls in Roman times were made of less valuable materials such as clay, wood or linen. 🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology

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Herein lies a £5395 package tour around the prehistoric sites of the Dordogne. Would love to be a fly on the cave wall: www.newscientist.com/tours/caves-...

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As a volcanic eruption blotted out the sun in 2,900 BCE, Neolithic people threw engraved stones into ditches to protect themselves from climate change chaos.... phys.org/news/2025-01...

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✨ Bluesky search tips and tricks Add `from:me` to find your own posts Add `to:me` to find replies/posts that mention you Add `since:YYYY-MM-DD` and/or `until:YYYY-MM-DD` to specify a date range Add `domain:theonion.com` to find posts linking to The Onion See more at bsky.social/about/blog/0...

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My first public lecture as a professor--join me on February 3 at 10:30am EST at Stony Brook University or over Zoom--comment below or message me for the Zoom link!

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Mammoth Beef. It's What's For Dinner. Cue to the Aaron Copland music ;-) www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

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From Archaeology and Art x.com/archaeologya... Detail of a snowball fight in a medieval fresco (c. 1400) titled "January," part of the Cycle of the Months series, located in the Torre dell'Aquila (Eagle Tower) at Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento, Italy. Medieval friends enjoying the day. ❄️☃️

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sedaDNA!

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Starter packs are great resources created by community minded folk here to help you find accounts to follow. Here's a searchable directory of them. Thank you to whoever set this up 😊 #StarterPack blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

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A glimpse into #childhood in Roman #Egypt - some wooden action #toys from Karanis: a toy sword, a toy hammer, and a toy weaver's comb. Dating 1st to 4th century AD. Photo: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

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Neither strength nor intelligence: An anthropologist reveals why humans rule the world en.as.com/latest_news/... via @English_AS

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Archaeologists discover ancient tools dating back millions of years YouTube video by CBS News 🚨Very Amazing! - EB www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Zc...

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#archaeobirds 🏺 Lovely!

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🏺🧪 Really honoured to have been asked to comment on some upcoming Indigenous-led work on developing ethical approaches to handling animal remains in a heritage context! This work is going to be so important for future approaches to zooarchaeology. www.science.org/content/arti...

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“[w]e are not witnessing a patriarchy or a matriarchy. What we are seeing is perhaps more interesting—a society in which, in many areas, the question of whether you were a man or a woman did not determine the life you could lead.”

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The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic minds, behaviours and lifestyles www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

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