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📢New paper out in Quaternary Science Reviews! Zooarchaeological results from our new excavations at Tabun Cave, one of the most iconic Paleolithic sites in the Levant💡 🦌Fallow deer bone beds in Tabun Cave Layer B: Insights from renewed fieldwork sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

💡5/5 Our results based on both abundance and age profiles, indicate a lack of selectivity in fallow deer hunting. We suggest that Paleolithic hunters exhibited a preference for open biomes—demonstrating a patch preference rather than a prey preference. #zooarch #archaeozoology

4/5 tooth wear stages with crown height measurements. This integrated method allows for a more accurate division between prime and old adult cohorts. ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/… We believe additional data would significantly enhance this, and we encourage you to publish more.

🦷3/5 Existing methods for distinguishing prime-aged from old individuals are inconsistent and ambiguous. This boundary is crucial for interpreting hunting selectivity. We refined the aging approach by combining Bowen et al.’s (2016) fallow deer-specific ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/…

🦌2/5 Fallow deer are the 2nd most common prey in Middle Paleolithic sites in the southern Levant. It was long assumed they were deliberately hunted—especially prime-aged individuals, a marker of advanced human hunting skills. But were they?

1/5🧵 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science! We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior. OA doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.…

🚨 Come work with us! Two 2-year #postdoc positions at @Ciamician_unibo : 🔬 Zooarchaeology & Taphonomy 🧬 Isotopic Studies Join the FIS2 project POOL on Neanderthals & H. sapiens in Poland. Applications open June 9 👉 bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proced… #Archaeology #Paleolithic #jobalert

New post-doctoral position: “Spatial characterization of hominin environmental constraints in Eurasia” 👩‍💼Supervisor: Marie-Hélène Moncel 📂Project: @LATEUROPE 📍Place of work: @Le_Museum @CNRS 📩 emploi.cnrs.fr

Finishing a draft and yet unhappy with it. Such a day.

Hi! We are the Taphonomy of teeth Working Group! 🤓 We aim to unite researchers from all disciplines to study teeth modifications produced during the animal's life🐴 post-depositional processes🔬 and laboratory analyses🧪 1/4 🧵👇

👉new 24-month post-doc in PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY on the NG'IPALAJEM Project - come join our work in Kenya 😍! More information: 👇 jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48973/ @CamBioanth @UCamArchaeology @ERC_Research

About our excavations at Soii Havzak, Tajikistan 🗞️🤠 haaretz.com/archaeology/20…

@OdedRechavi Advisor guidance and assistance to his PhD student

Mark January 16th 2025 your diaries, as we organise a Symposium on the Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Kalavan - 2, Armenia! Many interesting talks ahead! We look forward to seeing you in person or via zoom! The full programme will be announced soon - Stay tuned! #TransCause

@bannelia Congratulations Bridget!

I am delighted to announce that I have been promoted to Professor [NAME]. Thanks to Journal of [NAME]. It is getting better with time🤡 👇😆

@iphes @iCERCA @universitatURV @prehistoriaURV @icaceresoro @GH_UB @DelphineVettese @LucDoyon1 @FATAPUERCA @NEAN_Capellades Congratulations Paula!

🔊 Hoy Paula Mateo ha defendido la tesis doctoral "Huesos tallados del Pleistoceno medio y superior en Europa. Estudio interdisciplinar de la cadena operativa en Galería y Gran Dolina-TD10.1, Castel di Guido y Abric Romaní" ¡Felicidades doctora! 🎓🎉 🔗 bit.ly/3Ab5y5Y

It is always there, even in holidays. Flint surface find and young ibex waiting people to leave the waterhole. Negev desert close to Boker sites.

Define zooarchaeoloy.. #zooarchaeoloy #zooarch #archaeozoology