Friday 37°C, today 16°C. The rain is a blessing. In archaeology we have to be prepared for everything.
Christian Schepers
@schepers-cj.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Palaeolithic. Lithic Technology.
Happy to say that I joined the LWL for two years to practice some Bodendenkmalpflege in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold. (I think Bodendenkmalpflege is the perfect word, so I didn't translate it.)
Almost forgot my selfmade longbow. No, it's not 100% accurate to the Mary Rose bows. Just inspired and adapted so I could use it.
Next in the series of finds from the depth of my flat: My first drawing of a roman, late antiquity feature. A wall build from younger, repurposed architectural elements; spolia. My first try had some major flaws, so I had to do it again. Kept this first version. Now it goes to the bin. 👋🏻
Currently packing my stuff because leaving Cologne after 16 years. 16 years of activity layers. Forgot that I have this in my collection. Rediscovered and put into the box of useful stuff for my next station.
In einer der faszinierendsten Städte der Welt arbeiten & am #Istanbul_DAI weiter qualifizieren? 🏺Jetzt als Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in bei bewerben! 👉 Vollzeit (Teilzeit möglich) 👉 E13 TVöD Bund 👉 4 Jahre (Verlängerung angestrebt) 📅 Bewerbung bis 15.06.26 www.dainst.org/karriere/bew...
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We are delighted to announce that every research article accepted for publication in Antiquity after 1 June 2026 will be published completely #OpenAccess at no cost to the author or reader! More information here: www.cambridge.org/core/service... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org 🏺 #Archaeology
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The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t. ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants. 🔗 link.europa.eu/xF7kjc
ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding
The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.
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Die 66 Regormvorschläge aus dem Gesundheitsministerium: kein einziger Vorschlag zielt darauf ab,die Einnahmen zu erhöhen. Dies könnte z.B. durch Wegfall der Beitragsbemessungsgrenze, durch Einbeziehung von Kapital- und Mieterträgen, durch Einzahlung aller in eine Krankenkasse passieren. Stattdessen:
Ossendorf et at. 2026 published data from the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. doi.org/10.1007/s109... The authors write that they don't use the terms microlithic, geometrical microlith or LSA. Based on results by researchers from the last years. Part of the study is use-wear anslysis. A thought: 1/2
www.gesetze-im-internet.de/wehrpflg/__3... German men between 17 and 45 now need to submit a request to the army if they want to leave the country for more than three month. Crazy.
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Some Neanderthals ate their females: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Male Neanderthals interbred with female Sapiens: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Suggested narrative: Male Neanderthals ate too many females and were lucky when h. sapiens arrived with new partners.
Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
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It would be nice to see some wider publicity for this - are the Archaeology Schools speaking out in support ? @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @aidanosullivan.bsky.social
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 6mo agoArchaeologists seek better pay after many ‘bled out of the profession’ due to low wages
❗Big news ❗ LEIZA Journal of Archaeology, a new #journal of world #archaeology, launches soon, and will be #DiamondOpenAccess, promoting discipline-changing and agenda-setting work & advancing #equity, #accessibility and #impact in #research and #publishing. All info: www.leiza.de/forschung/pu...
Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA)@leizarchaeology.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to announce the launch of the LEIZA Journal of Archaeology (LJA), a new #DiamondOpenAccess, double-blind peer-reviewed online journal of world #archaeology. More Info: www.leiza.de/forschung/pu...
I fully agree. It gets overlooked a lot and people who contributed aren't even acknowledged.
Ana Abrunhosa@anaabrunhosa.bsky.social · 6mo agoAdvice for my fellow early-career researchers: repeated requests for detailed feedback, methods, or specialist knowledge are contributions. Informal idea exchange is fine, but ideas and expertise deserve credit. Without early ethical authorship discussions, this risks becoming exploitation.
In Folge 2 von "Tonscherben und Steine" reden Moritz und ich über den Faustkeil. Hört rein! open.spotify.com/show/5DiNRwo... Auf Spotify, Apple Podcasts und YouTube.
Der Faustkeil – Die Ikone der Altsteinzeit
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Christian Schepers@schepers-cj.bsky.social · 7mo agoNeuer Podcast. New Podcast in German. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/lpkEVt09MZb Moritz und ich reden in der ersten Folge über die ältesten Werkzeuge der Menschheit.
There was a flurry of interest a few months ago in response to Mark Humphries' article on using Google Gemini 3.5 Pro Preview for transcribing a C18th commercial ledger generativehistory.substack.com/p/the-sugar-... So at @chppc.bsky.social we decided to have an experiment (2/9)
The Sugar Loaf Test: How an 18th-Century Ledger Reveals Gemini 3.0’s Emergent Reasoning
A deep dive into my experience testing the new Gemini 3.0 Pro and the growing evidence I’ve seen for emergent neuro-symbolic reasoning.
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🧬 Gemeinschaft ist mehr als DNA: Eine neue Publikation in Nature Anthropology unter Beteiligung unserer Kollegin S.Cveček zeigt, Genetik allein reicht nicht, um menschliche Beziehungen in der Vergangenheit zu verstehen. Lesen Sie mehr dazu: buff.ly/HRP0z8x Foto: © Adobe Stock
Historische Genetik: Gemeinschaft ist mehr als DNA
Eine neue Publikation unter Ägide von ÖAW-Forscher:innen erklärt, warum DNA allein nicht reicht, um zu verstehen, wie Menschen in der Geschichte miteinander verbunden waren.
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🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS': uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access: Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale). doi.org/10.11588/pro...
The "Europäisches Hansemuseum" in Lübeck is highly recommendable. Excavations below, history above, detailed reconstructions, information that you can modify to your interests beforehand, graphs, sounds, rooms with minimal media stimulation. Informative and exciting. Perfect.
NEU: Ein Berliner CDU-Abgeordneter gründet einen Verein. Er erhält 100.000 Euro vom Bezirk, wo eine Parteifreundin sitzt. Einblick in ein System aus politischen Netzwerken und öffentlichen Geldern, das es so oder so ähnlich überall in DE geben könnte www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/recherchen/i...
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Ein Berliner CDU-Politiker baut einen Verein mit öffentlichen Geldern auf – und parallel Firmen im selben Themenfeld. Recherchen von abgeordnetenwatch und Tagesspiegel zeigen, wie der langjährige Abge...
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Neuer Podcast. New Podcast in German. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/lpkEVt09MZb Moritz und ich reden in der ersten Folge über die ältesten Werkzeuge der Menschheit.
Homo heidelbergensis and The Origins of The Middle Stone Age: The Kabwe (Broken Hill) Lithic Assemblage 🏺
Homo heidelbergensis and The Origins of The Middle Stone Age: The Kabwe (Broken Hill) Lithic Assemblage - African Archaeological Review
The Middle Stone Age (MSA) saw the emergence of novel behaviours in the archaeological record and is generally associated with our own species, Homo sapiens. Yet, most archaeological assemblages conta...
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We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
11 Monate in der Jobsuche als Archäologe während ein Mangel an Fachkräften herrscht. Vor 2 Tagen schreibt der SWR wie schwer die Jobsuche für Leute mit Uniabschluss ist. Warum? Wegen dem Mismatch. Arbeitgeber haben komplett andere Vorstellungen als Arbeitssuchende. 1/6
New position available at @dai-weltweit.bsky.social, Berlin. www.dainst.org/karriere/bew... General Secretary / Generalsekretär You need: German & English, PhD, Habilitation, Publications, Previous leading role in international research, experience and a concept of your ideas for the DAI.
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Today ist International Archaeology Day and #fieldworkfriday. Congratulations to all researchers for your splendid results or important non-results! Picture from three years ago. Preparing the UAV for the first LIDAR flight in Benin City.
