Currently in Leiden for a lecture and symposium and it is so pretty here❤️ #Leiden

Crazy, they really went everywhere huh? #AprilFools

Evidence for European presence in the Americas in ad 1021 Nature - Precise dating of wooden artefacts at a Norse settlement in Newfoundland establishes that the Norse were in the Americas in ad 1021.

We aim to advance the new field of exact-year radiocarbon dating 📈⭐
It was exactly this method that allowed researchers at Groningen to show that the Norse were present in the Americas in the year 1021 CE (rdcu.be/faqmG) (1/6)

Resolving challenges in the development of a protocol for δ18O determinations on tree-ring cellulose Tree rings can provide annual records of environmental and climatic conditions. These records can be obtained through the physical characteristics of tree rings or the isotopic composition of their...

In our project's first publication, we describe some of the difficulties associated with oxygen-18 analysis 🔬 with pyrolysis-IRMS and explore the use of multiple organic reference materials to calibrate the results. (5/6)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Close up of tree rings under a microscope

Trees are like nature's archives. The annual growth rings of trees 🪵 capture many tree-environment interactions ☀️🌲 that are unique to a particular place and time 🗒️ (1/6)

#IsotopeAnalysis
#StableIsotopes
#Palaeoenvironment
#Chronology
#Dendrochronology
#TreeRingDating
#Archaeotrees
#Dendro

Photo of two sheep with brown wool walking on a sandy beach amongst seaweed

North Ronaldsay's sheep are renowned for their unusual diet of seaweed—but their eating habits aren't a new phenomenon 🐏

By analysing over 100 Neolithic sheep teeth, archaeologists have shown that sheep in Orkney were grazing on seaweed over 4,500 years ago: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...

The British Museum posted Al slop and quietly deleted it. Here's what it was and why it matters.

#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history

We’re thrilled to launch the BlueSky page for CONTACT
🧪We are using radiocarbon, isotopes, DNA & historical analysis to map the timeline of Norse expansion into North America. Follow along!
A 5-year ERC-funded project @rug.nl
#Norse #Archaeology #NorthAtlantic #Research

New year, new samples, and maybe even new results🤔

Christmas soda on desk

Bringing Norwegian Jul to the dutch office🎄

This is gorgeous!

Stumbled upon Santa Pola fortress on holiday. Originally built to defend against pirates, but is today a free museum🏰

Also love The man in the well which had been there for a bit longer I believe. And ofcourse their archaeological floor which takes you through the history of the region through objects⚔️

Went to the «Sea Ivories» exhibit at the University museum in Trondheim🦭🐘 Always been one of my favourite museums to visit✨

Some pictures from this spring’s fieldwork in collaboration with the Greenland National Museum & Archives and their Response project✨ Incredible landscapes and sights everywhere. Truly an unforgettable experience😄 #NorseArchaeology #Greenland #Fieldwork

Arkeolog/rådgiver - fast stilling (270106) | Finnmark fylkeskommune (FFK) Stillingstittel: Arkeolog/rådgiver - fast stilling (270106), Arbeidsgiver: Finnmark fylkeskommune (FFK), Søknadsfrist: mandag 6. januar 2025

Want to try your hand in #Archeology in the most extreme conditions. The County Council of Finnmark (entire county is north of the Arctic Circle), are hiring.

www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

Had a wonderful visit to the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology last week! 💚⚔️

Icelandic manuscript featuring an illuminated initial S and a ship on a turbulent sea.

📢Job alert! Postdoc (History) on Norse links with North America at the Arctic Centre of @unigroningen.bsky.social - part of the CONTACT ERC project (1.0 FTE, 12 months with expected 1.5 year extension, deadline 31 December)

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

CONTACT (Chronologies of the Norse TransAtlantic Colonies & Terretories) Is a multi-faceted ERC-funded research project based at the University of Groningen and the University of Copenhagen.

Exciting Post-doc opportunity! Become a part of the CONTACT project. A research project with the goal to understand the timing, nature, and geographic extent of European incursions into North America prior to Columbus.

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