Mark Altaweel

Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · 2d

Our in-review preprint on the origin of sands used in the foundation of the Ishtar temple at Assur can be found here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Results show sands came from near Assur along the Zagros-Lower Zab but suggesting southern Mesopotamian influence in the cult of Ishtar.

The Sand Deposit underneath the Ishtar Temple in Assur, Iraq: Origin and Implications for the Foundation of the Goddess’s Cult and Sanctuary

This study presents the first-ever systematic mineralogical investigation of sands from an archaeological context in Iraq, establishing a methodological precede

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · 14d

Nice to see this book out: heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/view.... We have a chapter on population and wages in the 1st mill. BCE-1st mill CE in the Near East where we demonstrate wages mostly declined during this time and converged to similar wages across the Near East for unskilled labour.

Economies of the Edge | Heidelberg University Publishing

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Our new work demonstrates the relationship between increased moisture and the beginning of urbanism in Mesopotamia: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Early urbanism in Mesopotamia coincided with increased moisture between 6500 to 5500 years BP

Climate change is thought to have played a significant role in the rise and demise of complex Mesopotamian societies throughout the mid- to late Holoc…

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Paul Zimmerman @paulczimmerman.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hot off the presses! Here’s a new article that I co-authored with my Lagash Archaeological Project colleagues on a geoarchaeological study of what we believe to be evidence of hydrological warfare in the Third Millennium BCE.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Flooding of Lagash (Iraq): Evidence for Urban Destruction Under Lugalzagesi, the King of Uruk and Umma

High-resolution remote sensing, magnetometry, and trench stratigraphy identify a significant flood event at Lagash (modern Tell al-Hiba) during the late Early Dynastic period (ca. 2400–2350 BC). Sate...

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Feb 19

Five Philip Leverhulme Prizes are available for extraordinary researchers in Archaeology. Deadline 14 May 2025 https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-leverhulme-prizes

Screenshot of webpage describing the Philip Leverhulme Prize

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Shai Gordin @shgordin.bsky.social · Mar 14

Call for papers: new Nature HSS collection! articles on computational analysis of #western-asia from when writing emerged c. 3500 BCE till 1500CE! #DANES @geophilologist.bsky.social @maltaweel.bsky.social

www.nature.com/collections/...

From bits of history to bytes of data: AI and the study of the ancient Near East

This Collection aims at examining the computational and digital study of “greater Western Asia” and its epistemological implications.

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Jun 24

Job in Ireland for a Geomatics expert: www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/pre...

European Dynamics - View CfT Workspace

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are advertising a lab manager post at UCL's IoA, details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Apr 27

Here is a two-year teaching cover at UCL Institute of Archaeology, with a focus on Quantitative Approaches and European Archaeology:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Apr 22

The National Heritage Science Forum is holding a poster session on July 10th showcasing areas related to heritage and science-based methods as applied to heritage. For those interested, see: www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/2...

Posters | National Heritage Science Forum

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚨 3rd Job Advert of the Week 🚨

Applications for a full-time (36.5 hours per week) Research Fellow @ucl.ac.uk IoA within the @erc.europa.eu Synergy project ‘MEDGREENREV: Re-thinking the “Green Revolution” in the Medieval Western Mediterranean (6th-16th centuries).

📲 bit.ly/4lso8t3

Deadline 2nd May

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Mar 17

Dear all, please see this call for papers I am involved with. If you are interested, please consider submitting.

Shai Gordin @shgordin.bsky.social · Mar 14

Call for papers: new Nature HSS collection! articles on computational analysis of #western-asia from when writing emerged c. 3500 BCE till 1500CE! #DANES @geophilologist.bsky.social @maltaweel.bsky.social

www.nature.com/collections/...

From bits of history to bytes of data: AI and the study of the ancient Near East

This Collection aims at examining the computational and digital study of “greater Western Asia” and its epistemological implications.

www.nature.com

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Mar 13

New palaeoclimate results from Iraq, where we demonstrate that the mid-Holocene was ancient Mesopotamia's wettest period during the Holocene, at about the time urbanism first began: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mid-Holocene hydroclimatic optimum recorded in a stalagmite from Shalaii Cave, northern Iraq

In Mesopotamia, climate is regarded as an important contributing factor to major socio-cultural transformations. However, the scarcity of Holocene pal…

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · Mar 10

New research by an international team of researchers incl. Prof Nick Barton & Dr Stacy Carolin suggests that the #Sahara experienced wetter conditions during the African Humid Period between 8700-4300 years ago!
Remember, 'c' for 'ceiling' and 'g' for ground! #Caves scitechdaily.com/ancient-cave...

Ancient Cave Discovery Reveals That 8,000 Years Ago, the Sahara Was Green

Analysis of Moroccan stalagmites reveals that the Sahara received increased rainfall between 8,700 and 4,300 years ago, supporting early herding societies. This rainfall, likely driven by tropical plu...

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Mar 3

NEW Eridu is traditionally considered the earliest city in southern #Mesopotamia. Discovery of thousands of irrigation canals in the Eridu region provides a rare direct example of intense agricultural management in ancient Mesopotamia.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 <span class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#Archaeology

Map of the Eridu region, reconstructing the irrigation canal network in relation to the ancient Euphrates riverbed and the archaeological sites of the Eridu region. The base map is a Corona satellite image.

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Mar 2

Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

No second state visit for Trump

Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Feb 24

More jobs :)

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Feb 19

Five Philip Leverhulme Prizes are available for extraordinary researchers in Archaeology. Deadline 14 May 2025 https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-leverhulme-prizes

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Feb 14

Another job! This one as a two year research fellow in paleobot for the ERC DREAM project I am happily advising on: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Feb 14

Website for the project, about state institutional capacity, is now also up: www.origins-project.com

Home page

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Mark Altaweel @maltaweel.bsky.social · Feb 14

Sever post-doc possibilities for Mesopotamia archaeologists and with expertise in the region based in Bologna for a project I am involved with: www.origins-project.com/open-positions

Open Positions

Postdoc in Archeology of Bronze Age Mesopotamia

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚨 Research Fellow in #Archaeobotany Job Klaxon 🚨

All info here on the @ucl.ac.uk jobs page:

📲 bit.ly/ABOTRF25

📆 Deadline 25th February 2025

Applications are now being sought for a Research Fellow to support the ERC-awarded and UKRI-underwritten project DREAM

#LocalAndGlobal

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Chiara Bonacchi @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 LECTURER IN HERITAGE 🚨 DEADLINE 26 FEB 2025🚨 We are hiring a *Lecturer in Heritage* (1 year, FT), on a 40(research)-40(teaching)-20(admin) contract. The post holder will work in @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social & @uoe-sps.bsky.social! Info: shorturl.at/PjRRs

Lecturer in Heritage at The University of Edinburgh

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Heritage at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Claudia Glatz @claudiaglatz.bsky.social · Jan 28

Just published and available open access here: www.sidestone.com/books/place-...

#archaeology

Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities @ Sidestone Press

This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs o...

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jan 19

Let's face it, everyone in universities older than c57-58 is going to go. If you get offered a year's salary on light taxes to stop and your lump sum and pension is due in just 5 or 6 years, you would. So a whole cohort and generation will unplug, to everyone's loss. www.ft.com/content/77f7...

Severance spending at top UK universities surges

FT analysis shows drop-off in overseas enrolments pushed redundancy payouts up by more than a fifth in 2024

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · Jan 16

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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Kathryn Weber-Boer @kowb.bsky.social · Jan 9

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Drone mapping unveils 3,000-year-old fortress, reshaping ancient history

A Cranfield University, UK, academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3,000-year-old 'mega fortress' in the Caucasus mountains.

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Christina Tsouparopoulou @christinatsoup.bsky.social · Jan 8

#Jobalert! I am looking for a #postdoc to join my team in Warsaw for 2 years. The project focuses on Material Religion in #Mesopotamia. You'll be working with Rafał Solecki, two research assistants, and me. The application deadline is coming up soon: 14 Jan wnhs.uksw.edu.pl/.../employme...

Employment of Post-doctoral researcher – Wydział Nauk Historycznych UKSW

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 17

Join a great team! UCL Archaeology South East @archsoutheast.bsky.social are looking for a Geoarchaeologist...…! Deadline 5 January 2025. JD here: Https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=29558

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · Dec 4

We're hiring! Pls RT 🚨
Two Geoarchaeologists needed to join our @uclarchaeology.bsky.social team.
🔸Work for @uclofficial.bsky.social a leading uni
🔸Industry leading pay & conditions.
🔸Diverse projects
🔸Great support
Take the next step in your Geoarch career with us
Details: shorturl.at/aYDPB
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Two archaeologists in hi vis clothing, crouching excavating in a pit stepped down to 3m below ground level. Small white flags mark the position of artefacts. Beyond is metal fencing and field of green maize leaves.

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