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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 2d

Lolland’s Lost Landscapes 👏. It started in 2022 with two inspiring network meetings, organised by Daniel Gross from Museum Lolland-Falster with funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and resulted in this paper 👨‍🌾🐟🌊:

Roy van Beek @royvanbeek.bsky.social · 4d

Proud to have been part of an international research team to investigate the fascinating landscape history of Lolland (Denmark), and what we can learn from it. This is the paper we wrote:

doi.org/10.1080/0142...

Lolland’s changing landscapes: insights from long-term interactions between people and the environment

Many parts of Europe are today facing a wide range of societal and environmental challenges that demand a high degree of resilience and adaptability. Archaeology has an important role to play by pr...

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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 6d

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Cluster of Excellence ROOTS @clusterroots.bsky.social · 6d

You are an early-career scientist interested in social and environmental processes in the past? For our second phase, we are offering 5 positions for postdocs and 9 positions for doctoral students.

Apply now!

All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 9d

The research is carried out in cooperation with Luc Amkreutz of the National Museum of Antiquities, Ingelise Stuijts and Jesper Olsen of Aarhus AMS.

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 9d

The new radiocarbon dates will allow to test earlier hypotheses about the age of the site and how long it was in use, strengthen the ongoing analysis of the wood and charcoal data and pave the way for a final site report.

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 9d

Good news! The Foundation for Anthropology and Prehistory in the Netherlands (SNMAP) has provided a grant for new radiocarbon dates from the prehistoric wetland site of Bergschenhoek, a site excavated by the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in 1978. With @prehistoryrmo.bsky.social

Desk with archive folders and drawings of wooden artefacts (copyrigth National Museum of Antiquities)

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 19d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

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Zooarchaeology Lab Sheffield @zooarchlabsheff.bsky.social · 22d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEv... For decades we've worked to enhance the Sheffield Zooarch Lab & to see years of dedication destroyed by corporate executives who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing is heart breaking @watchingbrief.bsky.social #savesheffieldarchaeology

The destruction of the Zooarch laboratories in Sheffield

YouTube video by Sheffield Zooarchaeology Lab

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 23d

Tart with quince and star-anise!

Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · 26d

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Petr Kuneš @petrkunes.bsky.social · Sep 12

Two very successful PhD defences in #paleorudolph lab. Amanda Mateo Beneito explored multi proxy climate reconstruction and it's effect on vegetation dynamics. Kristýna Hošková paved new avenues in phytolith analysis and its use in environment reconstruction. Both with cum laude, congratulations!

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Natalie Ahlstrand @natalieahlstrand.bsky.social · Sep 15

A wonderful opportunity for a fully funded #PhD position in collections-based research at Natural History Musuem Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social

Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾

#globalchange #eco-evo

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research

employment.ku.dk

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · Sep 14

Second call for papers for the International Workshop of African Archaeobotany: sites.google.com/view/iwaa202...

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Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 Calling all archaeologists! 📣
***This call requires 10% of EAA members to sign***
🍉🍉🍉
EAA members: sign and share widely (you'll need your membership number)
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Not an EAA member? Please share widely around your networks!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA

Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, has been awarded the Christiane & Jean Guilaine Prize 2025 👏📢🏆@ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @Academie_IBL bit.ly/3JT5egH

Professor Amy Bogaard awarded the prestigious Christiane and Jean Guilaine Prize 2025

www.arch.ox.ac.uk

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Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · Sep 5

IMPORTANT NEWS re. 14th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies...

ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon.

Please share!!

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ALT: a picture of a minion holding a megaphone with the words breaking news below him

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · Sep 2

Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

BTC Call for Action – EAA

URGENT ARCHAEOLOGISTS: YOUR EAA PARTICIPATION Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoing genocide of the population of Ga…

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Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss.

www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - Research Ireland

The Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and manag...

www.researchireland.ie

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Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interested in doing a PhD on hunter-gatherer archaeology with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social ? Main source of funding is Research Ireland scholarships - see below. Call opens 11 Sept, deadline 23 Oct. Contact me to discuss potential projects. Please share!

www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme - Research Ireland

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and mana...

www.researchireland.ie

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Aoife Daly @dendro-aoife.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just a little reminder. Our Special Issue 'Dendrochronology and Knowledge of the Human Past'. Several papers online, and more being reviewed. But we decided to extend the paper submission deadline to the end of the year. Looking forward to your paper (detail from Ringsaker, photo: Aoife Daly).

Close-up view of one of the sculpture components from an altarpiece at Ringsaker Church, Norway. The carved surface also has a guild stamp, in the form of a hand, known from 17th century works from Antwerp.

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Association for Environmental Archaeology @envarch.bsky.social · Sep 2

The AEA conference 'Life on the Edge: Exploring Resilience and Adaptations to Challenging Environments', in Stavanger, Norway, is open for registration

Early bird registration closes 15/09/25
Visit www.letsreg.com/no/register/... #environmentalarchaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany #palynology

AEA Stavanger 2025 - 45th Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology

We would like to welcome you to the 45th conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, held this year in Stavanger, Norway. We are excited to be bringing this conference to Norway ...

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canancakirlar.bsky.social @canancakirlar.bsky.social · Aug 31

Deadline approaching. Apply by September 15.

canancakirlar.bsky.social @canancakirlar.bsky.social · Jul 21

❗️we are looking for a phd candidate. Fully-funded phd (4-year salary, ca 5% teaching, rest research in project zuiderzee multispecies, inclusive seascape heritage, marine ecology, archaeology, stakeholder engagement, history, geography)

www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

@agricolaschool.bsky.social

Vacatures bij de RUG

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Aug 30

“‘She uncovered the social experience of women in science’ — the lab assistants who never became managers, the geologists poring over data in government offices while their male peers were doing fieldwork, those who despite their advanced degrees didn’t get hired or promoted, or who were sidelined…”

Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · Aug 30

Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · Aug 28

A great project at #Moesgaard. This article focuses on the project, the site, sea level change and dendrochronology. There is more on the way 🌳🌲⬛◼️◾ #Mesolithic #Maglemose #Archaeobotany

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Aug 28

📰 Underwater #archaeology in Denmark uncovers an 8,500-year-old Mesolithic coastal settlement, swallowed by rising sea levels

#ArchaeologyNews via @the-independent.com

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Settlement swallowed by rising sea levels discovered after 8,500 years

Animal bones and stone tools have been uncovered by divers so far

www.independent.co.uk

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Welmoed Out @welmoedo.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks 🙂🌳 Here you can see examples of how we use data of modern trees to analyse archaeological case studies (or request via ResearchGate): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Identification of woodland management by analysis of roundwood age and diameter: Neolithic case studies

It is often presumed that woodland management, i.e. pollarding and coppicing, was practised in prehistory, but the precise beginning and the details o…

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