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#Archaeologist🏺, got a hat (no whip though). Once known as "Yunus" among Bedouins. Demanding a revival of the venerable profession of the #ExpeditionPainter👨‍🎨.

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Alright, one more. Because the big fancy stuff is cool and all, but sometimes it's the small thing which really take your breath.

Like … how about some #Neanderthal #fingerprint on an at least 80,000 y/p inconspicuous lump birch bark pitch? 🤯😉
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Being an archaeologist in a museum - and other diseases of the mind:

I'll confess. Rather then going to eat something I spent the workshop's lunch break looking at old things in @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social. 🤷🏻‍♂️

(Warning: High chance of more exhibition photos coming. 😬)
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Na gut, dann heute also @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social. 👋😉
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Na, wer bekommt sie noch alle zusammen - die #SiebenWeltwunder der #Antike?

Wieviele davon stehen eigentlich noch? Und warum überhaupt ausgerechnet sieben? 🤔

Klären wir alles. In dieser Folge des #Galileo​-Podcasts "20 Minuten Wissen":

🎧 galileopodcast.podigee.io/27-20-minute...
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The more of these other #TasTepeler sites in SE #Türkiye is coming to light, the more fascinating the early #Neolithic of the region gets:

arkeonews.net/a-stunning-t...

Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc, emphasized ribs already hinting at death, but there's more ... 🏺💀
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Na, wer bekommt sie noch alle zusammen - die #SiebenWeltwunder der #Antike?

Wieviele davon stehen eigentlich noch? Und warum überhaupt ausgerechnet sieben? 🤔

Klären wir alles. In dieser Folge des #Galileo​-Podcasts "20 Minuten Wissen":

🎧 galileopodcast.podigee.io/27-20-minute...
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉

Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).

I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Last year‘s Archaeological Conference of Central Germany was on „A Stone Age History of Clothing“. We had the honour to welcome great colleagues to Halle - roughly one year later, the proceedings are hot off the press!

Soon available also in OA on books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/c...
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...
Uralter Müll zeigt, wie Steinzeitbauern erstmals lernten, mit Abfall zu leben
nachrichten.idw-online.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Oha, womöglich werden einfache Erklärungen komplexen Situationen gar nicht gerecht - und wir führen die ganze Zeit Scheindebatten? 😲🙄

www.deutschlandatlas.bund.de/DE/Home/home...
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Nach dem erfolgreichen Auftakt im Mai am #Madrid_DAI hat #Istanbul_DAI die internationale Konferenzreihe zu "City and Micro-region in the Ancient Mediterranean (and Beyond)" Ende Oktober fortgesetzt.

Einen Kurzbericht zu den Diskussion gibt es hier:

🏺 www.dainst.org/newsroom/cit...
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Oh, this was quite the inspirational Sunday reading. Brilliant! And highly recommended!
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#SketchbookSunday Throwback-Nachtrag: Gerade beim Durchblättern erinnert, dass es im Tagebuch ja auch noch die kolorierte Skizze gibt, die andeutet wie sehr die Vegetation entweder seit CDFs Tagen zugenommen hat oder ihm - was ich nicht übelnehmen könnte - beim skizzieren schlicht egal war.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Wie wurden wir eigentlich sesshaft? Und vor allem: Warum?

Hat der BR2 #Radiowissen​-Podcast gefragt - und u.a. Ian Hodder, @evarosenstock.bsky.social, @pdufaigh.bsky.social sowie yours truly haben geantwortet, wie die Lebensweise entstand, die unsere Welt bis heute prägt:

www.br.de/mediathek/po...
Wie die Menschen sesshaft wurden - Geschichte einer sanften Revolution - Radiowissen | BR Podcast
Wie wurden die Menschen sesshaft? Und vor allem: Warum? Denn das Zusammenleben in größeren Gruppen bedeutete zunächst einmal vor allem eins: Probleme. Wie entstand also die Lebensweise, die unsere Wel...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Although the rest of the Neanderthal's skeleton appeared to be adapted to the cold, his nose was not."

Ouch. Only known intact #Neanderthal inner #nose bones suggest it didn't evolve to withstand harsh climates:

👃🏺 www.livescience.com/archaeology/... by @killgrove.bsky.social via @livescience.com
'Perfectly preserved' Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn't evolve to warm air
An analysis of the only intact Neanderthal inner nose bones known to exist reveals that our ancient cousins' enormous noses did not evolve to withstand harsh climates.
www.livescience.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"We are simply gaming. This ... this *is* #archaeogaming!"
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Über die Entliminalisierung liminaler Orte.
Berlin hat viel Platz, zumindest auf seinen Friedhöfen. Einige Flächen werden deshalb anders genutzt - gewollt oder ungewollt. Einzelne Gebiete verwildern, Joggende, Spaziergänger:innen und Hundebesitzer:innen freuen sich darüber. Ein Friedhofsbesuch in Steglitz.
Gassigehen, Traurigsein und Partymachen
Berlin hat viel Platz, zumindest auf seinen Friedhöfen. Einige Flächen werden deshalb anders genutzt - gewollt oder ungewollt. Einzelne Gebiete verwildern, Jogger, Spaziergänger und Hundebesitzer freu...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Still can't believe y'all missed out on such a visionary #Lego Idea (not mine though)! 😲😉
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Hugely important new data here, I need time to digest it (🙃), but this kind of detailed contextual work is EXACTLY what we need to avoid stereotypes that #Neanderthal body processing & cannibalism were simply "brutal massacres"
Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖

Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!

We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.

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Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Twelve historical artefacts - originally collected in the 1920s by Germany's then-envoy to #Ethiopia Franz Weiss and his wife Hedwig -, including crowns, shields and paintings, have been formally returned after more than 100 years:

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ethiopia receives 12 historic artefacts held in Germany for 100 years
Ethiopia has welcomed the return as part of a broader push to repatriate items of national significance.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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So sieht das einzig richtige Gespräch mit Faschisten aus - heute vor 80 Jahren begann der Nürnberger Prozess
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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2023 bot die Entdeckung eines durch Dacheinsturz versiegelten Raums in #Selinunt die einmalige Möglichkeit, das Alltagsleben in der griechischen Stadt zu rekonstruieren.

In Zusammenarbeit mit #3DStoa entstand eine virtuelle Rekonstruktion des Befundes:

publications.dainst.org/journals/FdAI
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just when you thought this story couldn't get any better, you get ... 12,000 y/o #Natufian #fingerprints! 🤩🏺
📸👇The fingerprint of the #Natufian young adult/adult female who meticulously modeled the clay figurine of a woman and a goose 12,000 years ago in Nahal Ein Gev II.
Details in @pnas.org
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Three years after its announcement, @unesco.org has launched the "Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects", a digital project (funded by Saudi Arabia) presenting #looted objects as 3D models:

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/u... via
@theartnewspaper.bsky.social
Unesco’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects goes live
The digital project, which was funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, presents looted objects in 3D form
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No way this whole #Neolithic research stuff will ever get boring. Just look at this fantastic little clay #figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II (modern Israel), conveying a 12,000 years old #Natufian story …

🏺 phys.org/news/2025-11...
The woman and the goose: A 12,000-year-old glimpse into prehistoric belief
A 12,000-year-old clay figurine unearthed in northern Israel, depicting a woman and a goose, is the earliest known human-animal interaction figurine. Found at the Late Natufian site of Nahal Ein Gev I...
phys.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM