This new paper examines the transition from inhumation to cremation during the Middle to Late Bronze Age, using four burial mounds and five cremation graves in Unterradlberg (Lower Austria) as a case study: austriaca.at?arp=0x0041edd3 ☠️⚱️

Archaeologia Austriaca 110/2026

„Archaeologia Austriaca“ ist eine internationale, begutachtete archäologische Zeitschrift, die einmal jährlich im Druck und online (open access) erscheint. Sie wurde 1948 als Zeitschrift zur Paläanthr...

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The first practical phase of #ARTHA is complete! 😀Hannah @hannahvanessa.bsky.social and Dominika @dverdianu.bsky.social from @univie.ac.at and @oeai.bsky.social received hands-on training in archaeothanatology on the field school of the UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie @mnhn.fr in Bonneuil-en-France 💀😎

#HEASVienna members took to the streets of Vienna today along with 21,000 colleagues and students from across the Universities in Austria to protest the proposed budget cuts to University funding. #unisretten

🥳It is with great pleasure that we officially inform you that the #ARTHA project will receive funding for 2026 and 2027 through the French Hubert Curien Programme (PHC) Amadeus and the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation! ⏬Check out our website www.artha.at

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Please support the petition against the planned #closure of #Archaeology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Archaeology has been a part of Humboldt-Universität academic tradition for almost 200 years, so closing it would break a long-standing research tradition weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...

Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin

Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...

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Call for papers: Cremation in Archaeology 2026 🔥

Check out our new article on gender archaeology doi.org/10.1017/S095.... Here, we test the chromosomal sex of Early Bronze Age individuals from Franzhausen and Gemeinlebarn that were not conforming to the dominant gendered burial practices.

There's still time to register or submit your abstract for the Vienna Geoarchaeology Conference: Pushing Borders – Expanding Horizons! Deadline extended to January 17th. Registration form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... event funded by: @heasvienna.bsky.social, @dshcs.bsky.social, VDSEE

➡️ Upcoming lecture by Viola Schmid "Die Bedeutung Südafrikas für die kulturelle Entwicklung von Homo sapiens" 16 January 2025, 7pm Forum Südliches Afrika, Vienna

Forum Südliches Afrika, 16. Jänner 2025: Die Bedeutung Südafrikas für die kulturelle Entwicklung von Homo sapiens

Die Bedeutung Südafrikas für die kulturelle Entwicklung von Homo sapiens Neue archäologische Erkenntnisse an südafrikanischen Fundstellen aus dem Zeitraum zwischen 130.000 bis 75.000 Jahren vor heute

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One of many eye-catchers this week: the Sleeping Lady (Neolithic period) at the Archaeological Museum in Valletta ✨️😊

We need YOU! If you are working in archaeology in Germany or Austria, please share your experience with us. For an exhibition & scientific study on 'sexism in archaeology', 100% anonymous data only 🙏 www.umfrageonline.com/c/quruyhze @oeai.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social

New BB-LAB paper out 👍🏻 Marta Hlad and the team identified and characterised patterns in cremation analysis practices through an online survey of those working on cremated human remains 👇 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation

Osteological data, such as biological sex, constitute a base for research in paleodemography and palaeopathology, as well as for understanding past socio-cultural practices. Despite extensive research...

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Dr. Chris Wakefield (CAU), shares details of the Must Farm fineware bowls and pottery expert Graham Taylor guides us through the process of making a fineware bowl and shares his insights as a potter into what they can tell us about the skill of these prehistoric potters youtu.be/ru2fRMbEzAE?...

Making Must Farm (S2, E2): A Fineware Bowl from the Late Bronze Age

YouTube video by AncientCraftUK - Dr. James Dilley

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