Eco-archaeological research at Kalemba, eastern Zambia by #EcoArch - an #ERCSYN project.

EcoArch fieldwork in Kamangoza/Kumadzulo, near Livingstone, Zambia. We will reconstruct Iron Age ecological baselines prior to and after the introduction of iron working at the sites.

EcoArch fieldwork underway near Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania. Testing out our new coring machine in swamps was the top order of business, but we also sampled from the Mnaraeka site and collected surface samples to build biomarker databases.

My lab has a postdoc position opening: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in archaeological geochemistry and dating (303752) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in archaeological geochemistry and dating (303752), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, August 16, 2026

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🚨Deadline approaching🚨 for this fully funded PhD-position at Uni Tübingen! Want to know more? ➡️ Get in touch!

HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence@humanorigins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨Fully funded PhD-position🚨 in our Genotype-Phenotype Evolution in Space (GPS) Lab. Interested in the question on how climate shape the movements, interactions, and evolution of hominin populations? Come work with us in Tübingen! uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...

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!

EcoArch has an Instagram page! Follow us there for photos and videos of the project. www.instagram.com/ecoarch_proj...

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

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

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Head engineer position advertised in ancient DNA lab at the University of Oslo associated with the EcoArch project: 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

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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!

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…

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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

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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

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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. 🇹🇯🔥🌱

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…

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

Project Manager (291237) | University of Oslo

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

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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

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)

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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...

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…

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

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...

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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 @sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @davidkwright.bsky.social

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...

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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! ➡️ buff.ly/PSn3bi9 #EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG

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

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

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

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

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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). Please share! www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University

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

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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.

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

Harvati Lab@harvatilab.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Position open:Independent junior research group leader:genotype-phenotype interactions🧬🔎 The #HumanOrigins Cluster at Uni Tübingen seeks an expert in genotype-phenotype interactions. 📝Start: Jan 1, 2026 🗓 Apply by Sept 10, 2025 🔗 share.google/OVbg1ZLG19yI... Apply now! #AcademicJobs Please share!

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...

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.

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 “

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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