@shmills
• PhD Bioarchaeology • Gerda Henkel Stiftung Research Scholar with #ProjectARKK • Lecturer in Forensic Archaeology at University of Reading • Member of BABAO's Taskforce Combatting the Sale and Trade of Human Remains • She/her
Currently writing the report for my @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de "Surviving the Crisis Years" grant, centred around our excavations of a LBA-EIA fortress in the Caucasus. It's amazing what we've accomplished in two years--so proud of my team! Photo: @shmills.bsky.social excavating the fortress gate.
Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration
https://go.nature.com/424grQM
Perhaps the oldest known representation of a bird, carved in mammoth ivory, from Hohle Fels cave, Germany. Aurignacian, about 40,000 years old.
Top) perimortem injury to the left posterior of the frontal bone (a), cutmarks can also be seen on the frontal bone (b) and patinated bevel of the internal cranial surface is apparent around the injury (c); middle) cranium with a perforating injury to mid-frontal bone (d), a closer view shows radiating fracture lines (e) and the internal view shows patinated bevel (f).
Examples of cranial trauma from Bronze Age Charterhouse Warren, south-west England. At least 37 men, women and children were killed and butchered, their disarticulated remains thrown into a 15m-deep natural shaft. Were they also consumed? #TombTuesday
🆓 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.180
New #ProjectARKK paper out today ✨️
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Tabira Gate, Aššur, in Iraq at sunrise yesterday morning..
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Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Priority areas:
‘Responding to anthropogenic change’
‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’
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A close-up view of a necklace. The necklace is circular and composed of numerous small, beads strung on a thin, light-colored metal wire. The beads exhibit a variety of shapes and colors, including orange-red amber beads. They are predominantly present at the top sections of the circle. There are also yellow,turquoise, blue, green, and multicoloured beads The arrangement of beads appears uniform, strung in a continuous, circular pattern. The metal wire that holds the beads is visible. The background is a plain, dark gray/black color, drawing attention to the necklace's design and colors.
Colorful beads were very popular in the early #medieval period, particularly during the 6th and 7th century. This necklace was found in the grave of a woman in Donaueschingen-Neudingen. It consists of more than 50 beads made of amber and glass.
Dating ca 525-550 AD. 🧵1/2
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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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Archaeological sites under threat in the Middle East 🏺 www.newarab.com/features/for...
Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...
Our Vienna research hub on Human Evolution & Archaeological Science offers not only a network platform for more 50 PI's, but also great opportunities for supporting pilot studies of its members 🩷 @heasvienna.bsky.social
@oeai.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social
My lab at OSU is hiring a postdoc in skeletal morphology to start fall 25. Salary is at NIH base pay. Deadline to apply is March 2 2025. osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
Great to see the impact the #BABAO #saleofhumanremainstaskforce is having. Shout out to Dr Lauren McIntyre @noddinggoth.bsky.social for laying the issues out so clearly in the interview www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...
Great to see BABAO making an impact and maybe some progress on the sale of human remains in the UK.
www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...
A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age...
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Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe
archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs...
#archaeology #anthropology
Enters the "Pantagoniostato Craniosteoforo with Assidiatetero" (1949-50), from the brilliant mind of Italian Anthropologist Sergio Sergi! 💀💀💀
#science #anthropology #bones #skull
We are making progress! #saleofhumanremainstaskforce #BABAO www.bbc.com/news/article...
The commodification of human remains perpetuates a dark legacy of colonialism, exploitation and dehumanisation.
We need to see decisive action to end such practices and respectfully repatriate stolen remains to their rightful resting places.
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Postdoc opportunity at Aauhus U. with @loopdlupien.bsky.social. If you’re interested in isotopes, biomarkers, paleoclimate, and human evolution, check it out!
There is still time to apply for a funded PhD at UCL but funding deadlines are approaching fast.
I am keen to supervise students on Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoecology, ZooMS, stable isotopes, radiocarbon dating projects. Get in touch soon!
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...
Human remains looted during colonialism are being sold and auctioned online, sometimes disguised or incorporated into modified items.
During today's #PMQs I urged the government to take action to ban these depraved sales 👇🏾
youtu.be/xYDO-fppxcM
An elliptical mourning slide made from gold. The slide is decorated with a tiny skeleton placed on a background of woven hair. The skeleton holds an arrow and a hourglass. A tiny amount of yellow on the hourglass suggests that the sand has run out.
A tiny enamelled skeleton stands ready with dart and hourglass on a background of hair in this gold mourning slide - this could have been worn on a ribbon. The skeleton is flanked by the initials of the deceased in gold thread. 17th cent. From Holburne Museum #skystorians #mementomori
Great to see the abhorrent practice of selling human remains discussed at PMQ's today. With thanks to @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social for raising it #SaleofHumanRemainsTaskforce
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
If you are a Black UK postgraduate student looking for PhD funding, or know of someone who is, please be aware of the Uni of Glasgow's James McCune Smith scheme. It's open to any subject but obviously I want to flag up Classics/Ancient History to potential applicants! www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...