Detlef Gronenborn

Guter Überblick über die globalen ripple effects des Konfliktes!

The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2021–25 was 9.2% higher than in 2016–20. This was the biggest increase in global arms flows since 2011–15.

New SIPRI fact sheet out now ➡️ bit.ly/40pTOWJ

#ArmsTransfers #GlobalArmsTrade #ArmsData #SIPRI #Peace

The first ‘AI societies’ are taking shape: how human-like are they? Scientists are studying forms of ‘social’ interactions between artificial-intelligence agents. Will they find a fresh form of sociology, or merely a sophisticated mime act?

Could this be a glimpse into a future of the past?!
👀And into the past of a future?! ☹️😀

The first ‘AI societies’ are taking shape: how human-like are they? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Klimaforschende wenden sich an die deutsche Politik: Drei-Grad-Grenze könnte schon um 2050 erreicht werden; Klimaanpassung beschleunigen. Klimaforschende sehen für Deutschland eine Zunahme des Risikos extremer Wetterereignisse und die Notwendigkeit, Maßnahmen in der Klimaanpassung schnell zu verstärken.

Look! Another climate diagram with the Osman et al temp curve ! Looks much like ours @leizarchaeology.bsky.social . Just, we would not use the term "human civilisation" any more, and certainly not just for the Holocene. Compare:
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www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...

Four challenges for usable/applied archaeologies Here, we respond to the useful comments from Kerr and Isendahl by clarifying four core elements of our argument. We frame these as four challenges for the future of usable archaeologies and hope they prove helpful in refining how archaeology might contribute meaningfully to contemporary global issues.

Check out the responses 👇 2/2

Christian Isendahl ➡️ doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

@sarahkerr.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

& the authors' final response: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

A space at the table? Global challenges and contemporary archaeology as plural transdisciplinary design for the future In this debate article, the authors argue that archaeologists seeking practical relevance must start with a critical, expanded understanding of the contemporary, including how communities, stakeholders and complex policy structures operate to navigate unfolding socioecological crises.

NEW Archaeologists often claim they can contribute to modern 'global challenges' such as climate change, but rarely get a space at the policymaking table

The latest #AntiquityDebate proposes an approach to ensure archaeology's relevance and impact 🏺 #Archaeology 1/2

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Just noticed a notable uptick on my annual 2026 projection in the climate dashboard: dashboard.theclimate...

Thought it might be a bug, but it turns out that the ENSO plume model was just updated with a much higher likelihood for El Nino development: iri.columbia.edu/our...

Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method could preserve research data for millennia with minimal storage costs.

Specifically noted: cultural heritage! So have a look 👀

Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wir müssen reden! Über Pseudoarchäologie und die ideologische Aneignung von Vergangenheit | L.I.S.A. Wissenschaftsportal Gerda Henkel Stiftung Die Antike boomt. Unter prominenten Silicon Valley-Pionieren und Tech-Milliardären jedenfalls ist eine Begeisterung für griechisch-römische Geschichte verbreitet, mit der sie zusehends zu einer reichw...

Wenn wieder Traditionslinien von Athen nach Rom & in die Gegenwart gezogen werden, um eine "westliche Zivilisation" heraufzubeschwören, die es zu bewahren gilt - welches Athen, welches Rom ist da gemeint? Kleisthenes oder Kritias, Cicero oder Caligula?

lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...

New Version out 😀

Diagram: Pleistocene-Holocene-Anthropocene 2025 (2026)

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With updated data ☝️. For teaching, public lectures etc etc...

Brought to you by @leizarchaeology.bsky.social research focus "Human-Environment Interactions"

@niklashausmann.bsky.social

„Diese Bilder formen ein Geschichtsbild, das eine KI festgelegt hat“ Was tun, wenn historische Bilder fehlen? Terra X History setzt nun auf KI-generierte Szenen. Ein Schritt, den Historikerin Sabrina Alber in ihrem Gastbeitrag als verantwortungslos kritisiert: Solche B...

Was, wenn historische Bilder fehlen? #TerraXHistory setzt inzwischen auf #KI​-Szenen.

Historikerin Sabrina Alber übt im @wisskomm.de​-Gastbeitrag berechtigte Kritik: Solche Bilder verstärken Stereotype und verzerren historische Darstellungen.

www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/diese-bilder...

EAZ 59 (1) cover. Photo: A. Azizi.

EAZ 59 (1) cover. Photo: A. Azizi.

Photo: A. Azizi.

Photo: O.P. Singh.

📚 #EAZ 59 (1) is now available online 📢
The issue focuses on collaborative archaeologies and ethnoarchaeological practice and includes case studies from #Canada, #India and #Morocco
www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...
#archaeology #anthropology #ethnography #research #heritage #Indigenous

An overview on pre-state farming societies:
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Nigerian troops repel coordinated Islamist attacks in Borno, military says Nigerian troops have repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist militants on two military bases in Borno state, leaving an unspecified number of soldiers dead, the army said on Monday, in some of the fiercest clashes reported in the northeast this year.

Nigerian troops repel coordinated Islamist attacks in Borno, military says reut.rs/4rhpjhp

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.

Nature research paper: Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion

go.nature.com/4qrzoqP

In einer simplen Grafik kann man die Klimafolgen von Treibhausgasen zeigen. Negieren ist das Schlimmste was wir machen können:

@leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Building community Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago

There's a great new archaeological exhibition at #Berlin​'s James-Simon-Gallery just opened, showing our finds from #GöbekliTepe and other #TasTepeler sites never before seen outside Urfa officially opened tonight - and it's spectacularly well worth the visit:

www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...

Silver Beyond Empire @ Sidestone Press Power and prestige in Europe during the first millennium AD were predominantly expressed in two portable materials: silver and gold. These precious metals underpinned the emergence of early Medieval k...

Out now #openaccess 🔓
"Silver Beyond Empire", ed. by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Martin Goldberg & our colleague Andreas Rau, explores how silver shaped power and prestige from late Rome to early medieval Europe—featuring new research and key UK hoards.

doi.org/10.59641/k1n...
#Archaeology

The Original Affluent Society? Lessons from 60-Years of "Man the Hunter" Research To mark the 60th anniversary of the 1966 'Man the Hunter' symposium, On Humans is proud to publish the first-ever podcast interview with Richard B. Lee.

A new podcast interview by @ilarimakela.bsky.social with Richard B. Lee about Man the Hunter! Should be fascinating.

onhumans.substack.com/p/the-origin...

Remains of buildings with curvilinear walls and interior pillars.

NEW Excavation at Pre-Pottery Neolithic (c. 8800–7500 BC) Gre Fılla, in the Upper Tigris region of modern Türkiye, finds architectural diversity and evolution over time, reflecting the development of social complexity in prehistoric Western Asia.

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

2 days from now:

@rschulting.bsky.social at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Use the QR-code to get all the necessary information, also for online link. Lecture will be in English!

A litte more than one week until Rick @rschulting.bsky.social will perform at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social !
BTW lecture is on Dirty Thursday! 💥🥳🍻
So do prepare for some raw Mainz ethnology!

A winter day at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Social dynamics in past societies Archeology provides ample data on social dynamics from diverse sources and across a wide range of societal contexts. Moreover, archeology does provide…

Published off the beaten #archaeology path:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Bending the curve of agricultural expansion offers a new era for biodiversity and climate Abstract. A defining feature of humanity through the Holocene has been our inexorable expansion of agriculture. This increased the supply of provisioning s

And a glimpse into the past and possible futures of agriculture:

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The biosphere in the Anthropocene Abstract. Earth’s biosphere is in a period of rapid change, resulting from anthropogenic pressures such as climate change, habitat loss and species translo

Excellent overview on the current debate ☝️👍:

royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Counting down...2 weeks from today!

@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
The QR-code provides the link to all further information, incl. online link.

Ten years after: The AC is back!

"Badesalz"-Comedian Gerd Knebel ist tot Er starb nach einer Krebserkrankung im Alter von 72 Jahren im Kreise seiner Familie.

"Badesalz"-Comedian Gerd Knebel ist tot #Komiker #Tod #Krebs

Kuznets at -7000: Is there a really long-term relationship between growth and inequality? We use archaeological data on house sizes to generate estimates for economic inequality and economic growth from the Early Holocene to about the first…

Growth and Inequality in pre-state to early state societies. Good read!!! 👍📈
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...