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  1. Incredible talk for those interested in #ceramics, #archaeology (specifically provenance analysis), #WildClay, #MataOrtiz #pottery & culture and/or #IndigenousArt. If you’re interested in receiving a summary of the presentation, I’m happy to email it to you. There may also be a recording available. (See upthread for details & link.)

  2. Two Ice Age skeletons from Sulawesi show teeth ground into deep grooves by decades of sucking raw betel nuts, no lime needed. It pushes the record of human drug use back to 25,000 years ago, long before farming. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology anthropology.net/p/betel-nut-s

  3. 2,000-year-old Roman lead fishing weights reveal how people fished in ancient Spain

    Ancient Mellaria in southern Spain was known for mining, but nearby rivers also helped support daily life. A new study of 17 lead fishing weights points to small-scale river fishing as part of the local economy. The objects were found during excavations at the Mellaria site near Fuente Obejuna, Córdoba...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

    Follow @archaeology
    #archaeology #fishing #romanempire

  4. Researchers have discovered evidence that early human foragers on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi habitually consumed betel nuts for their psychoactive properties up to 25,000 years ago.
    #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #Biochemistry #Pharmacology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/09/arch0910260

  5. DNA traces on medieval parchment reveal 3,700-year history of deadly sheeppox virus

    Medieval manuscripts preserve genetic traces of a sheep disease that has threatened herds across Eurasia for more than 3,700 years, according to a new study. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from sheeppox virus, or SPPV, in animal skins used to make parchment...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/med

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #sheeppox #bronzeage #medieval

  6. Vient de paraître

    Sotgia A. (2026) ‒Sketching Sherds: A comic handbook for pottery drawing and typology, BAR Publishing  

    fulcrum.org/concern/monographs

    #pottery #archaeology #céramique

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    Sotgia A. (2026) ‒Sketching Sherds: A comic handbook for pottery drawing and typology, BAR Publishing  

    fulcrum.org/concern/monographs

    #pottery #archaeology #céramique

  8. Vient de paraître

    Sotgia A. (2026) ‒Sketching Sherds: A comic handbook for pottery drawing and typology, BAR Publishing  

    fulcrum.org/concern/monographs

    #pottery #archaeology #céramique

  9. Vient de paraître

    Sotgia A. (2026) ‒Sketching Sherds: A comic handbook for pottery drawing and typology, BAR Publishing  

    fulcrum.org/concern/monographs

    #pottery #archaeology #céramique

  10. Vient de paraître

    Sotgia A. (2026) ‒Sketching Sherds: A comic handbook for pottery drawing and typology, BAR Publishing  

    fulcrum.org/concern/monographs

    #pottery #archaeology #céramique

  11. A woman buried in Bronze Age Poland has teeth that say wheat and bones that say millet, decades apart. New isotope work pushes Europe’s earliest millet consumption back over a century. #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Bioarchaeology anthropology.net/p/millet-reac

  12. A war memorial in Yorkshire turns out to be carved from a missing Neolithic megalith. Zircon dating just proved a 19th-century antiquary’s forgotten guess right, 150+ years later. #Archaeology #DevilsArrows #Neolithic anthropology.net/p/devils-arro

  13. Ireland's first people may have walked in... from Wales. 🤯

    New cave art in SW Ireland is 15,000+ years old, 5,000 years older than the last known proof of people there. An Ice Age land bridge from Pembrokeshire may be why.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y75d

    Fascinating, no?

    #archaeology #history #caving #caveart #ireland #wales

  14. I'm doing one more check in my late Dad's loft - amongst the lagging, dust and detritus - to check for any small old items or keepsakes.

    I'm doing it in zones and bagging finds.

    I suddenly realised I'm doing archaeology.

    No, I won't be using a trowel, taking section drawings or camping in the back garden.

    #House #Archaeology #Family #Loft

  15. I'm doing one more check in my late Dad's loft - amongst the lagging, dust and detritus - to check for any small old items or keepsakes.

    I'm doing it in zones and bagging finds.

    I suddenly realised I'm doing archaeology.

    No, I won't be using a trowel, taking section drawings or camping in the back garden.

    #House #Archaeology #Family #Loft

  16. Fossil bones and tools from mysterious ancient human unearthed in China
    By Ellen Phiddian

    A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #Fossils #Palaeontology #Evolution #Archaeology #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Anthropology #EllenPhiddian

  17. Fossil bones and tools from mysterious ancient human unearthed in China
    By Ellen Phiddian

    A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #Fossils #Palaeontology #Evolution #Archaeology #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Anthropology #EllenPhiddian

  18. Fossil bones and tools from mysterious ancient human unearthed in China
    By Ellen Phiddian

    A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #Fossils #Palaeontology #Evolution #Archaeology #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Anthropology #EllenPhiddian

  19. Fossil bones and tools from mysterious ancient human unearthed in China
    By Ellen Phiddian

    A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #Fossils #Palaeontology #Evolution #Archaeology #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Anthropology #EllenPhiddian

  20. Fossil bones and tools from mysterious ancient human unearthed in China
    By Ellen Phiddian

    A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #Fossils #Palaeontology #Evolution #Archaeology #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Anthropology #EllenPhiddian