Starting 2026 with a new publication! 🎉 Dries Vergouwen modelled the seascape around Nea Paphos—an MA thesis turned peer-reviewed article. Very proud promotor! #archaeologycyprus #DigitalArchaeology @amgc-vub.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New insights on the seascape and a possible lighthouse in Nea Paphos, Cyprus, during the Roman period

This study investigates the hypothesis that Nea Paphos, the Roman capital of Cyprus, had a highly accessible harbour because it was readily visible fr…

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Very happy to share our first results on copper slag analysis from the slag heaps at Pyrga 🇨🇾 Outstanding work by Yasmine Cornelissen, building on her MA thesis. hmsjournal.org/index.php/ho...

📣 Funded PhD fellowship available 📣 We are looking for a PhD student interested in functional morphology and mammalian biodiversity during the Plio-Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa. The candidate will be part of the ERC PLIODIS project working with Prof Dr Gabriele Macho. More info 👇

🎬🦖☄️🤠 Check out the interview by Cem Berk Senel and me with some more background on our @docville.bsky.social documentary 'de dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen', that will be released tonight! @vubrussel.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social ➡️ www.vub.be/en/news/docu...

Docu showcases adventurous and high-tech vub research into the demise of the dinosaurs

Exact scientist and Indiana Jones in one

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After a career of 42 years, colleague Frank Vermeulen, professor of Roman-Mediterranean archaeology, will retire on Feb 1. Prof. Vermeulen obtained his PhD at #UGent with a thesis on Roman habitation in sandy Flanders, and afterwards specialized in Roman-Mediterranean archaeology.

Check out Ella's interview on her Paleolithic survey outcomes from the Iraqi Western Desert. www.vub.be/en/news/vub-... @amgc-vub.bsky.social

For those who would want to join us in Belgium: jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Pro...

Today my new paper was published in Plos One. High-resolution Neolithic life history reconstructions using Incremental dentine, bone collagen, and multi-enamel sampling! I'm really pleased with this one journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social

Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain

Megalithism has been repetitively tied to specialised herding economies in Iberia, particularly in the mountainous areas of the Basque Country. Legaire Sur, in the uplands of Álava region, is a recent...

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The end of 2024 was pretty great as I recieved a FWO research project! We will tackle the end of the LBA in the Larnaca bay. More info (in Dutch): www.vub.be/nl/nieuws/vu... @amgc-vub.bsky.social

VUB-onderzoekers willen instorting van Late-Bronstijdculture

De ineenstorting in de Late Bronstijd (LBA) in het oostelijke Middellandse Zeegebied blijft een fascinerend raadsel.

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Last week we organized an Archaeology Workshop for TADA in Schaarbeek for 10 year olds! Such a great experience 👌

Great read about Testerep, the lost island on the Belgian coast! Soetkin Vervust explains how she, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team from VLIZ, KU Leuven and Howest, is reconstructing 5000 years of coastal history, revealing the remarkable story of Testerep🕵️‍♀️🔎🏝️ vub.be/en/news/vub-...

VUB archaeologist Soetkin Vervust: "We are reconstructing 5,000 years of coastal history"

tghe sunken island of Testerep resurrects in new science expo

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New paper out on the Sagalassos Hinterland! Here we assess all evidence of Ancient Moatra, which should have been located in Bereket. @amgc-vub.bsky.social

More Water at Moatra: Archaeology, Geomorphology and Toponymy in the Territory of Sagalassos

Gephyra | Volume: 28

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Time & Space! At this years Wetenschapfestival Brussel, our @amgc-vub.bsky.social team presented themes of both archaeology and cosmo chemistry under one roof, presenting samples, creating art, and giving out free (temporary) tattoos 🦷🦴🔥☄️🌘🪨🚀 Well done to the whole team!

Very happy to see our latest paper published in JAS: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unravelling the threads of connectivity: A mutual information approach to tracing material networks in the late hellenistic and early roman mediterranean

The study of connectivity and interaction in the Mediterranean world is a rich and vibrant topic. While most direct attestations of past interaction h…

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Very proud to see the introduction to our Special Issue in The Holocene published today. If you are interested in deep-time patterns of sustainability and resilience in socio-ecological systems, this is something to check out: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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