Now online in Topics in Cognitive Science!
Work lead by the late Kristian Tylén and now carried on by Izzy Wisher. Was fabulous to be invited to work with these great people on this collection.
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🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Repo...
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EXCITING TIMES! ARCHE's COE "ARC Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research" has made the cut! Looking forward to 7 years of research and collaboration with fabulous people from across the Global South!
PhD Scholarships and Post Docs to come!
www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
Black text on white background under a square blue icon on the top left. Screenshot of tweet from the ARC saying they’ll announce outcomes of Centres of Excellence on Tuesday 9th Dec. 2025.
ARC says they’ll announce Centres of Excellence outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 9th Dec).
This is more than 2 months late, most likely due to the new security checking requirements for ARC grants. Centres of Excellence grants also need to have been approved by the Minister.
New paper alert -- and excited about this one!
Our recent work on the bone technology of Dynastic Egypt identified the first instances of a simple bone whistle at Amarna. Read here:
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Ever wondered what the Palaeolithic sounded like? When did music and language begin? Here’s the podcast for you!
Had a great time being part of this project:
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WAC-10 is all go with many colleagues from everywhere!
Looks like weaving is off the cards for today….
The best part of reseach
Appreciating the focus on the reality for staff, who are not at fault for this marketised deathspiral and have fought it every step of the way, and universities as a public good. Not a transaction about individual students' future pay cheque, but a good that serves us all.
(Guess what my pet project is at the moment 🔎🤓)
I have just recently discovered that very little work has actually been done on Egyptian material culture… and especially if it’s not made of something shiny!
Two more days to apply - deadline is Jan 15th!
Paola Villa, former Professor at @univbordeaux.bsky.social. Her meticulous critiques and dedication to archaeology made every work session a masterclass, leaving a legacy of trust, learning, and inspiration www.nature.com/articles/s41... @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social
Spent two weeks with the Amarna Project looking at fabulous archaeology with great people 🤩
Spears tipped with a multitude of 🦴 human bone 🦴 bipoints! In the Vanuatu National Cultural Centre
Reconstructing the chaine operatoire of Rochia bangles — Lapita tech in Vanuatu! In publication soon!
Back in the office…. “Downloading 1 of 739 emails”
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Who were the first humans? How did we evolve? We tackle these big questions for young minds on
@ABCscience 'Imagine this' podcast for kids out tomorrow 20 Dec!
Talking #archaeology #HumanEvolution
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Read about the 40,000 year long “Shell-beading traditions at Asitau Kuru (Timor-Leste)” out today!
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Cartoon-style infographic illustrating the importance of archaeological find contexts and emphasising that undocumented unsystematic excavations would destroy this context and lose important information telling archaeologists much more about the past than retrieved objects alone.
Why #ContextMatters (not only, but particularly) in #archaeology 🏺:
An archaeological artifact without its documented find context is … like an image ripped from a book (and the rest of the pages torn into shreds): something nice to look at, but missing the actual story about it.
Orange volume of bone and tooth tech! Everything you ever wanted to know about Indigenous Australian items but were afraid to ask…
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