Wow congratulations! And well deserved!

Summary chart showing mean and standard deviation of carbon and nitrogen isotope values from Swifterbant compared to human and faunal values from the Mesolithic site of Hardinxveld. One group of cows and sheep at Swifterbant displays a diet similar to humans and dogs, suggesting they were being managed by humans.

When did people in northern Europe first adopt animal husbandry? #NationalFarmAnimalsDay 🏺 #Archaeology

Isotope analysis of animal remains from Swifterbant 🇳🇱 suggests livestock management was practised in the Dutch wetlands over 200 years earlier than expected.

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Spent a lovely week back home in the Netherlands for the #Transformations conference in Groningen @rug.nl - learning a lot about the meso-neo transition and chatting about birch tar of course! 🧬

Interesting first day of the ‘Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic’ conference in Groningen @rug.nl focusing both on wetland indigenous transformations as well as the more settled Neolithic and strong landscape and ecological perspectives!

Digital board announcing train to Groningen.

On my way to Groningen: The “Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic“ conference starts there tomorrow morning. Really looking forward to it!

Four-year fully funded PhD! The project is based on Campus Gotland (Visby), and would be suitable for students in archaeology, bioarchaeology, forensic archaeology or palaeoanthropology who have the necessary technical background. Application window closes on 27th April.

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Interested in #archaeology and the #Mesolithic - #Neolithic transition? You can still register for the Transformations conference taking place in Groningen April 7-10 weleer.nl/transformati... Organized by @hanshuisman.bsky.social at @rug.nl

There is a growing awareness that sediments are not only the “dirt” that needs to be dug out of a site, but that they are fundamental parts of the archaeological record.

Archaeological soil micromorphology is at the forefront of this research and so our work at ERC MatrixStG.

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April 7-10 in Groningen (NL).

The programme for the conference on Transformations during the #Mesolithic and #Neolithic is online! Great presentations on “Dynamics vs. Continuity“, “Use of space”, ”Migration and identity“ and “Subsistence and diet”.
Early bird registration closes March 1st.
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Other sessions in this programme are “Dynamics versus continuity“, “Use of space” and “Subsistence and diet”. Early-bird subscription is still open!

One of the authors on this paper, Eveline Altena, will give a key-note on the “Neolithic transition from a genetic perspective (..)” on the “Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic“ conference, April 7-10 in Groningen (Session “Migration and Identity”).

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DNA-studie onthult opmerkelijke stabiliteit prehistorische bevolking Lage Landen De prehistorische bewoners van de Lage Landen volgden duizenden jaren hun eigen koers in vergelijking met de rest van Europa. De uitzonderlijke regio speelde later juist een sleutelrol in ingrijpende ...

Een internationaal team @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social en LUMC publiceerde hun onderzoek in #Nature Terwijl elders in Europa grote migratiestromen en snelle genetische veranderingen plaatsvonden, bleef de prehistorische bevolking in de Lage Landen opmerkelijk stabiel.

Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion - Nature A distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry persisted 3,000 years later than in most European regions, contributing to later Lower Rhine–Meuse Bell Beaker users.

Proud that after five years of careful analysis and discussion our paper "Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion" has now been published.

📢⚠️2 years post-doc @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social in #Paleoanthropology ⚠️📢
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Apply now ➡️ Dr. Maureille (bruno.maureille@u-bordeaux.fr; +33540008936)

Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution at the University of Tübingen:

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Application deadline: 11/03/2026

Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!

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Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...

Doctoraatsbursaal

📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.

The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.

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Deadline: 23 February 2026

Merkwaardige archeologische vondsten in Friese polder Archeologen deden unieke vondsten in de Lionserpolder bij Jorwert. Ze stuitten op sporen van een beroemde watersnoodramp, een merkwaardige potschervenlaag en sloten uit de Romeinse tijd.

Archeologen hebben in De #Lionserpolder boven #Jorwert in Friesland een door middeleeuwse terpbewoners gemaakte 240 meter lange #schervenlaag aangetroffen. Waarom ze dat deden, is een raadsel. /1
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Achter het brons in de Nederlandse bodem gaat een Europees netwerk schuil Archeologie: In Nederland zijn een paar duizend voorwerpen uit de Bronstijd gevonden. Waar kwamen de grondstoffen daarvoor vandaan? Om dat te ontdekken is een boor nodig.

Uit #onderzoek van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (#RCE) van 203 bronzen #voorwerpen uit de #bronstijd blijkt dat het metaal erin uit heel Europa afkomstig was, van Spanje tot Slowakije aan toe. Eerst kwamen de voorwerpen hier via-via door ruilen terecht. /1
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Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Geochemistry (293027) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Geochemistry (293027), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026

My lab has a PhD position open! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Its still winter.

De muntvondst van Buggenum | Limburg Doc YouTube video by L1

That also goes for coin hoards. See:

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(If you don’t speak Dutch or Limburgs, the block-lift and scans are c. 6:00 - 9:00).

Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams dies aged 82 Lead singer Ian Anderson says Mick Abrahams was "vitally important" to the band's early line-up.

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Mick Abrahams, founder of Jethro Tull - one of my favorite bands - passed away. RIP!

But #BBC: The first JT album was not “This way” but “This was”.

Five colleagues celebrating the win

The prize: Goldish trowel in podzol profile with archaeologesque finds embedded.

With a team if the Cultural Heritage Agency, just won the first Dutch archaeology Pubquiz in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden

De muntvondst van #Buggenum met het verhaal erachter is niet alleen in het Limburgs Museum Venlo te bezichtigen, maar ook in de docu op L1 te zien, en collega’s Martijn Bink en Jan Roymans houden er op 19/12 een lezing over op het Romeinensymposium v/d VU Amsterdam www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOmQ...

Last call! The deadline for submitting abstracts for the April 7-10 2026 Groningen conference on Transformations during the #Mesolithic and #Neolithic is approaching fast! Make sure your contribution reaches us in time!

www.weleer.nl/transformati...

In het #LimburgsMuseum in Venlo is dinsdag de enorme #Romeinse muntschat gepresenteerd die in 2023 in #Buggenum werd gevonden. Het gaat om 4000 bronzen en koperen muntjes. De vondst krijgt een permanente plek in het Limburgs Museum.
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