Mikkel Nørtoft
mikkelnortoft.bsky.social
Mikkel Nørtoft
@mikkelnortoft.bsky.social
Postdoc in archaeology at UCPH/CAU Kiel. Into prehistoric wealth, inequality, migrations, resource networks, language, textiles, quantitative stuff, archaeogaming, etc.
Rebecca Bristow and I had a great experience on Zeenat Haroon's Let's Dig Deeper podcast talking about AI in archaeology recorded in May but out today 🙂
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AI and Archaeology | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In this episode of Let's Dig Deeper, we're talking all things AI and archaeology!To help me learn more, I've invited Rebecca Bristow (PhD-student at UCPH) and Mikkel Nørtoft (Postdoc at UCPH) into the...
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September 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our paper on our new archaeological DIY video game (created by me) with freely conversing characters is accepted for publication in Advances in Archaeological Practice 2025, and they let me share it while they do layout etc. Check it at www.academia.edu/143177364. Big thanks to @saa-aap.bsky.social
Gamifying the past: embodied LLMs in DIY archaeological video games
Accepted for 2025 publication in Advances in Archaeological Practice, please cite as: Nørtoft, Mikkel; Hofmann, Daniela; Iversen, Rune. “Gamifying the past: embodied LLMs in DIY archaeological video g...
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July 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
For my DFF project "Unearthing Social Echelons", this weekend in Kiel, I and Martin Furholt held the seminar
"Holistic approaches to Prehistoric Wealth and Inequality".
21 presentations from researchers in 7 countries.
Thanks to all participants, co-organizers, and DFF for making this happen.
June 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here's our new preprint about our Emerging Researchers Network (ERN) in the UCPH School of Archaeology fostering a culture of mutual ECR support within and across institutes and faculties, breaking down structural barriers, our deeds, vision, and future plans.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Emerging Researchers Network (ERN) of the University of Copenhagen School of Archaeology
PDF | The Emerging Researchers Network (ERN) was established in 2023 as an extension of the University of Copenhagen's School of Archaeology (SoA),... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
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January 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Reposted by Mikkel Nørtoft
The Durotriges

An Iron Age people with women at the centre of power, kinship and land ownership

A great report on our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research project by @spoke32.bsky.social in @science.org 😊👍

www.science.org/content/arti...
Part of ancient Britain was a woman’s world, burials reveal
2000-year-old graves suggest women wielded as much—and sometimes more—power than men in some Celtic tribes
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January 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM