EcoArch has a web page: www.ecoarch-project.org. We will fill in content there over the next 6 years on our activities. Check in from time to time if you want to see what we are up to!

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

New postdoctoral position adverstised in ancient sedimentary DNA and palaeoecology: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Head Engineer in ancient DNA (298943) | University of Oslo Job title: Head Engineer in ancient DNA (298943), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Head engineer position advertised in ancient DNA lab at the University of Oslo associated with the EcoArch project: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

The Khovaling Loess Plateau as a window into Early Paleolithic human–environment interactions in Central Asia Loess–paleosol sequences in southern Tajikistan offer a valuable yet underexplored archive for reconstructing early human–environment interactions acr…

Little is known of the earliest hominins who crossed Central Asia. Over the last four years, a team on which I am a PI has been working to understand how our ancestors survived in their environments. This paper is the summary of my PhD student Aljasil Chirakkal's thesis. Proud of him!

EcoArch seeks proposals from colleagues based in Africa or Arabia interested in conducting research on human-climate-landscape interactions over the last 6000 years. We will fund up to €10,000 for projects that articulate with our core interests. Deadline 15 March 2026. nettskjema.no/a/587630

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...

Geochemical records from loess sediments provide insights into early hominin influence on the landscape in the Khovaling region of Southern Tajikistan, Central Asia This study presents a multi‑proxy investigation of loess–paleosol sequences from the Khovaling Loess Plateau (KLP) in Southern Tajikistan to explore l…

This study demonstrates that Early Paleolithic hominins of Central Asia preferentially occupied ecologically stable, pedogenically developed zones during interglacial phases, contributing to localized fire regimes and shaping their landscapes. 🇹🇯🔥🌱

Project Manager (291237) | University of Oslo Job title: Project Manager (291237), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Project manager position to be filled by March 1 at the Culture History Museum of the University of Oslo. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Donate to Support the African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF), organized by Jacques Aymeric-Nsangou Africa is the cradle of humankind, where our species first ev… Jacques Aymeric-Nsangou needs your support for Support the African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF)

Friends, please consider contributing to this initiative to give African scholars opportunities to date archaeological sites they work on. This is organised by the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
gofund.me/2324ee20a

Episodic settlement and mound formation context at Cubalel and Siwré sites, Middle Senegal River Recent analysis of sediments recovered in 1991 at the sites of Cubalel and Siwré in the Middle Senegal River Valley have revealed new insights into th…

Article alert! I analysed sediments using d13C and d15N stable isotopes excavated in 1991 by Susan and Rod McIntosh to better understand early agropastoral settlement dynamics and ecologies in the Middle Senegal River Valley. Open access publication. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

More than EUR 30 million in ERC grants to UiO researchers - University of Oslo Four UiO researchers across three projects have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). They will study snow in extreme environments, the use of AI to create syntheti...

University of Oslo comes out big in the 2025 ERC Synergy competition. #UiO #EcoArch #ERCSyG

ERC Synergy Grants to fund 66 teams tackling major scientific challenges How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Gr...

EcoArch is officially up and running. Over the next 6 years, we will investigate and model landscape change in the Afrotropics thanks to an ERC Synergy Grant. Follow us for exciting developments to come! @erc.europa.eu
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📣 Meet the new ERC Synergy Grant awardees!

Sixty-six research teams have been selected for funding, bringing together 239 scientists. Congratulations to all!

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#EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

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

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Two Postdoc Positions-Centre of Excellence for The World in the Viking Age - Uppsala University Two Postdoc Positions-Centre of Excellence for The World in the Viking Age, Department of Archaeology, Ancient History & Conservation, Uppsala University

Two new postdoctoral positions are now open at WIVA. The positions will focus on the material culture of trade (500-1100 CE).

Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st)

The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).

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Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

Postdoc position opening to undertake interdisciplinary research using modern and sediment-hosted ancient DNA, funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project at Adelaide University.

Would love to hear Dan Rather on the show any week.

Position open! Feel free to circulate! 📢 Applications are open until September 10th! ⬇️

Azykh 1

Azykh 2

Excavations underway in Azykh 1

Micromorphology sample from Azykh 2

Azykh Cave fieldwork (second trip of the year) is my contribution to Fieldwork Friday.

Happy to announce that a book I co-edited with @a-beyin.bsky.social won the best book award at the 2025 Society of Africanist Archaeologists conference in Faro, Portugal. Thanks to all of the contributors to the project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project “

Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.

Fieldwork in Mnaraeka and Kiuleule, Tanzania. Chasing the Early and Middle Stone Ages in alluvial fans dating to >240 to 20 ka.

Fieldwork at Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. The CAUCUS project will be providing absolute ages and environmental context for the occupations there (probably >1 million years).

Gearing up for fieldwork in Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. We are going to focus on geochronology and environmental reconstruction at this amazing site. @loopdlupien.bsky.social

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Cuts to Newcastle's outstanding archaeology program? No way. Please sign this petition to resist the defunding.

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Pit without finds = worthless pit? Investigating a Roman military camp from Caesar's Gallic Wars (58 – 51 BC) near Hermeskeil (Germany). This is one of the rare instances of published non-results for biomarkers. Not all good data validate your hypothesis!
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3-year postdoc on a great project.