Archaeology Spotlight 🏺🔍 ⚓ 500 Iron Age bars recovered from Austria's Danube, likely shipwreck cargo. doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 👃 Yuan–Ming woman's healed nasal damage may be China's first sign of punitive nose amputation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 📸 Image Credits: 1 P. Trebsche 2 Zhou et al. 2026

📚 Book alert! EAA member Maria Taloni's Archaeological Heritage Management (Oxbow Books) brings together scholars & heritage professionals exploring governance, conservation, public engagement, sustainability and digital approaches www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857224... #EAAmemberstory #archaeology

📚 Book alert! EAA member Maria Taloni's Archaeological Heritage Management (Oxbow Books) brings together scholars & heritage professionals exploring governance, conservation, public engagement, sustainability and digital approaches www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857224... #EAAmemberstory #archaeology

⏰ Reminder: The Call for Sessions for #EAA2027 in Leiden closes 16 October! ✅ EAA ID required to submit ✅ Max. one session as main organiser, two in total ✅ 2–5 organisers from 2+ countries 💳 Organiser payment deadline: 28 Jan 2027 🔗 More info: www.e-a-a.org/EAA2027/sess...

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#OnThisDay, 35 years ago, on 19 September 1991, hikers on the Tisenjoch pass found a body melting out of the ice. Ötzi died ~5,300 years ago; his clothing, tools, tattoos and last meal have reshaped what we know of Copper Age Europe. #Ötzi #archaeology #CopperAge #Alps Image: Wikimedia Commons

⏳ Reminder: submissions for the autumn issue of The European Archaeologist (TEA) close on 1 October 2026. Reports, opinion pieces, book reviews, object biographies, announcements — we'd love to hear from you. 📩 tea@e-a-a.org More info on the EAA website: www.e-a-a.org #archaeology #EAA #TEA

Archaeology Spotlight 🏺🔍 A Sulawesi forager may have sucked betel nuts up to 25,000 years ago, perhaps the oldest drug habit doi.org/10.1126/scia... Insect remains suggest a Gran Canaria burial cave was once a granary doi.org/10.15184/aqy... Image Credits 1. Fakhri 2. Henríquez-Valido et al. 2026

⏳ Reminder: submissions for the autumn issue of The European Archaeologist (TEA) close on 1 October 2026. Reports, opinion pieces, book reviews, object biographies, announcements — we'd love to hear from you. 📩 tea@e-a-a.org More info on the EAA website: www.e-a-a.org #archaeology #EAA #TEA

Virginia Tech (VT) has digitally reconstructed Hill 80, a WWI German stronghold near Wijtschate, Belgium 🔗 news.vt.edu/articles/202... A new study traces Britain's tallest standing stone row to a quarry 18km away at Brimham Rocks 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspa... 📸 Credits: G. Laird, Wikimedia S Tucker, VT

Virginia Tech (VT) has digitally reconstructed Hill 80, a WWI German stronghold near Wijtschate, Belgium 🔗 news.vt.edu/articles/202... A new study traces Britain's tallest standing stone row to a quarry 18km away at Brimham Rocks 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspa... 📸 Credits: G. Laird, Wikimedia S Tucker, VT

📣 The Call for Sessions for the 33rd EAA Annual Meeting in Leiden, Netherlands is now open! Submit between 8 September – 16 October 2026. Each session needs 2–5 organisers from at least 2 different countries. Full details: e-a-a.org/EAA2027/sess... Submit: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2027 #EAA2027

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📣 The Call for Sessions for the 33rd EAA Annual Meeting in Leiden, Netherlands is now open! Submit between 8 September – 16 October 2026. Each session needs 2–5 organisers from at least 2 different countries. Full details: e-a-a.org/EAA2027/sess... Submit: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2027 #EAA2027

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Thank you to all delegates who joined us for #EAA2026 We look forward to seeing you all next year in Leiden for #EAA2027

#MERC is pleased to invite all #EAA2026 delegates to its party tonight! You can find the part at Ilissia Restaurant, Byzantine and Christian Museum, between 20:00 and 24:00. The price to attend the party is €18.60 and includes one drink and a selection of finger food. Please register in advance.

The #EAA invites all members and #EAA2026 delegates to attend the Annual Membership Business Meeting. Your participation in this event is crucial and you will have the opportunity to hear about and discuss any #EAA governance matters. 1/

Scientific Programme

The EAA 2026 Programme Book can be downloaded below (last updated 21.08.2026).

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We hope you enjoyed the first day of sessions at #EAA2026. Tonight you are invited to relax and enjoy our Annual Party! 🥳 🍹 Please join us at The Old Depot (Ermou Street, near Kerameikos Metro Station) between 20:00 and 24:00. It is free for all delegates and includes 1 drink! See you there!!

This year the #EAA2026 is organizing a Speaker's Corner. Reserved for attendee-led discussion, this space is to be used by anyone who may want to air their personal views deemed relevant in the #EAA context but which may fall outside the scope of the academic sessions. 1/

REGISTRATION for #EAA2026 Find the registration desks at the main venue, in the School of Philosophy. On the 27th and the 28th you will be can register for the conference between 7:30 and 18:00 at the Main Venue - School of Philosophy. On Saturday the 29th, Registration is between 7:30 and 13:00.

We now have the pleasure to listen to a Keynote Lecture on "Rituals and the Meaning of Life: The Significance of Museums and Cultural Heritage in a Secular World in a State of Permacrisis" delivered by Marlen Mouliou, Assistant Prof at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. #EAA2026

#EAA President Eszter Bánffy awards Elin Dalen and Margaret Gowen Larsen with EAA Honorary Memberships. Congratulations and thank you for your service! #EAA2026

Jan Kolář highlights the increasing difficulty of the Book Prize Selection Committee in selecting a winner each year, in face of the great quality of the entries. Emily Hammer received this prize for her book 'The Archaeology of Pastoralism, Mobility, and Society Beyond Grass Paradigm' (CUP) 1/

Bisserka Gaydarska presents the #EAA2026 EAA Student Award on behalf of the Student Award Selection Committee. Well done to all students who submitted their work and many congratulations to Mengyi Li for winning the prize!

On behalf of the Oscar Montelius Foundation (OMF), Margaret Gowen Larsen announces the winner of #EAA2026 Early Career Achievement Prize. Congratulations to Vasiliki Anevlavi for the award! An honorary mention was awarded to Anzhelika Kolesnychenko. Congratulations!

The European Archaeological Heritage Prize is sponsored by CIRAM. This year, Patrick Rossetti (representative of CIRAM) and Jan Mařík have the pleasure to announce the winners of the #EAA2026 edition of the prize. 1/

The Opening Ceremony has started, #EAA2026 is officially open!

We would like to invite all delegates to attend the #EAA2026 Keynote Lecture. This will be delivered by Assistant Professor Marlen Mouliou from the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. 1/

The #EAA Communities will host a range of meetings in the next few days. Below you can find a list of these meetings, when and where they will be held. Please note, times are given in EEST, UTC+3 #EAA2026

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REGISTRATION for #EAA2026 You can find the registration desks at the main venue, in the School of Philosophy. Registration for the event opens today and will be available between 12:00 and 16:30. #EAA #EAAConference

The #EAA is very happy to welcome all attendees to the #EAA2026 in #Athens! We look forward to receiving you for another annual meeting starting today. You will find all the information you need in our Programme: tinyurl.com/ynn83thx 1/