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Iron Age pottery workshops unearthed in Iraq reveal a 2,800-year-old production chain Archaeologists in the Iraqi Kurdistan region have been able to reconstruct the process of making pottery at an Iron Age urban center over 2,800 years ago... More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/iron-a…

More than 2,600 years ago at Tell el-Burak in southern Lebanon, Phoenician builders lined winemaking basins with a water-resistant plaster mixed with crushed ceramics. archaeology.org/news/2025/08/0…

📰 Hot off the press! 🏺 Ancient Innovation at Tell el-Burak 🔍 New research has revealed what may be the earliest known use of the "cocciopesto" technique to produce hydraulic mortar in Iron Age Phoenicia. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our group attended the Archäometrie & Denkmalpflege 2025 conference in Dresden (19–21 March).🏛️🧪 🗣️Talks by Klaus G. Nickel & Baptiste Solard Also represented: C. Berthold, A. Flicker & S. Greiff 🎉 Congrats to @Bara_Huber for receiving the first GNAA Science Prize! 🏆📚

🗣Emma Cantisani from ICPC-CNR delivered an inspiring talk at the ASHE Colloquium @uni_tue , exploring ancient hydraulic mortars 🧱🔬. As part of the DFG-funded project on lime production in the Central Mediterranean, her research bridges archaeology, science, and conservation!

📣New Paper Published! We happy to announce Dr. Gubaz Mustafa Kibaroglu has published a paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (JASREP)! 🏺✨ 🔗Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jasr… #archaeometry #ceramicanalysis #LateBronzeAge #JASREP

📢 New Paper Alert! Excited to share a new article by guest researcher Andrea Martínez-Carrasco (lead) & group members Dr. Silvia Amicone & Baptiste Solard in Ethnoarchaeology Journal! 🏺 👏🏼congratulations! 🔗 Read: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🌍 Workshop Alert! 🌟 📅 06.02.2024 | ⏰ 9:00-13:00 📍 Raum SR063, Neue Aula, @uni_tue 💡 Topic: Research Careers & Mobility: Is it a Man’s World? Join us for this engaging workshop, organized by Dr.Maja Gori! #c1499196" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">uni-tuebingen.de/exzellenzstrat…

It was a pleasure to participate in the 1st #base4nfdi User Conference in Berlin. Two days of insightful discussions and so many ideas to further develop the research data management of our @ArchaeometryUT at @uni_tue. Looking forward to turning these ideas into action! #NFDI

📣 Archaeometry Colloquium Biweekly on Wednesdays, 16:00 c.t. (GMT+1), at @uni_tue. For students, young researchers & advanced scholars to share and discuss research in a friendly atmosphere✨ 📍Hölderlinstr.12, S245 💻Zoom link via request. #archaeometry #archaeologicalscience

We welcomed @TorbjörnBrorsson from Sweden to Tübingen on 6.11.2024. 🌍 He gave a captivating talk on science & culture in pottery studies.🏺✨ We also had insightful discussions on the "Bartmann goes global" project with @albertovitolo , deepening our collaborative research. 🤝

📢 New Paper Published! Happy to share a new paper by affiliated researchers Dr. Cyntianne Spiteri, @Julia_Becher3, along with former students of the group at @uni_tue, in Praehistorische Zeitschrift!🏺✨ 🔗 Read more: degruyter.com/document/doi/1… #Mycenaean #pottery #organicresidue

📢 Dr. Gubaz Mustafa Kibaroğlu from @uni_tue @ArchaeometryUT presented at the 8th ARCH_RNT Symposium, Kalamata, Greece (Oct 3-5, 2024), covering different ancient pottery topics from Central Anatolia, Western Anatolia, & E. Mediterranean with 1 oral + 2 poster presentations 🏺🔬

📢 3-Year PhD Opportunity! 📚🧱 Study ancient lime mortars & Phoenician tech in the Med at @uni_tue! 🔬 Hands-on experience in mortar analysis, archaeology, & science. 📅Apply by 28 Oct 2024 👇Details attached!

📢 New Paper! Excited to share a new article in #nature-@SciReports by Dr. Díaz-Zorita Bonilla & colleagues on using multi-proxy methods to test bioarchaeological techniques for sex profiles in megalithic communities. ✨Results showed a bias toward female burials! ✨ @uni_tue

It was a pleasure to organize EAA Session "Analysing the City: Archaeological Science Approaches to Urbanisation in the Mediterranean (1000–500 BCE)"with Margarita Gleba & Corinna Riva! Thank you to all the speakers & participants for amazing discussions on Iron Age urbanism!

Excellent student presentations from the Ceramic Petrography Lab at @ArchaeometryUT were featured at #EAA2024, with projects in collaboration with @Lab_Bagolini (@UniTrento), @ucdarchaeology. Congrats to all! #Archaeology #CeramicPetrography #Archaeometry @uni_tue

🚀Proud of our team's impressive presence at #EAA2024: 3 sessions+16 presentation+1 poster🌟 👏🏼to Dr.ZoritaBonilla @md_zb, @AmiconeDr, Dr.Rageot, @Bara_Huber, M.Marciales, B.Solard, and our students + scholars! Thrilled to share our research with the archaeological community! 🌍

It was a pleasure welcoming @PaolaSconzo to discuss the next steps for The Potter and the City project🏺, funded by @HenkelStiftung 🎉 Thanks to ExcellenceStrategy of the @Uni_Tue and the Reload programme for supporting her stay as we continue this exciting journey at @unipa_it

Our GRAPHTEC team had a valuable visit to the CEZA (Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie) as part of our research. 🙌 Huge thanks to the CEZA team for their warm welcome and expertise! We're excited to apply these insights as we push the GRAPHTEC project forward.🚀 @AmiconeDr