LGM caused much harsher climate conditions in high altitudes compared to lowlands in the Caucasus. We show that changes in seasonal precipitation and vegetation were spatially diverse allowing for the formation of refugia. nature.com/articles/s4324…

Some media coverage on our site. #Yeghegis-1 #Chalcolithic #Armenia MPI-GEA Jena 🅰ntiquity Journal miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Flint and obsidian tools from c. 5200–3500 BC Yeghegis-1 rockshelter, Armenia #FlintFriday Obsidian does not occur naturally in the area, so was likely sourced elsewhere, suggesting potential long-distance exchange or travel during the Chalcolithic. 🆓 buff.ly/48TjL3J

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Roughly a third of the climate cooling that forests achieve by removing CO2 from the atmosphere is offset through changes to atmospheric composition and decreased surface reflectivity, a new Science study finds. Learn more: scim.ag/61t; scim.ag/61s

Check out our paper looking at obsidian fragments from a newly discovered Copper Age Yeghegis-1 site in Armenia that reveals greater social connectivity across the landscape through time rdcu.be/dFPIH Ellery Frahm Patrick Roberts MPI-GEA Jena Yale University

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Shifts in land use and social networks in Chalcolithic Caucasus Ellery Frahm MPI-GEA Jena

Check out our new open-access paper that explores utility of ZooMS to study legacy collections housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History MPI-GEA Jena Smithsonian Nicole Boivin @PalaeoTwit frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

An accessible, public-oriented story on our new #megafauna + #ZooMS paper! Mariya Antonosyan, Torben Rick and I outline the megafauna #extinction debate, what ZooMS is, and how #palaeoprotoemics can help. frontiersin.org/news/2024/05/3…

Getting ready for #COP29 theguardian.com/environment/ar…

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Day 1, 1st segment ended with a series of elevated pitch presentations by our outstanding #VGS team members. #GlobalSouth #Amazon #Urbanism #Biomarker #Palaeoclimate #LandUse #Maize #ArchaeologicalTransition #Palaeolithic #MegaFauna #Terraces #BrazilNut #Pastoralism

Great start to this year's field season at Yeghegis-1 Rock Shelter in Armenia #Chalcolithic #Archaeology MPI-GEA Jena

Still digging... #Yeghegis-1 #Chalcolithic #Armenia #Archaeology MPI-GEA Jena

Media coverage of our work in Yeghegis-1 Ոսկրե ուլունքներ, անասնապահություն․ կյանքը Եղեգիսում՝ մեզանից 6000 տարի առաջ - aliqmedia.am/2024/07/13/164…

On September 20, 24, our symposium begins at the IV International Meeting of Amazonian Archaeology #EIAA. A wonderful initiative by a solid base of researchers from the Global South to build an assessment report for COP-30. Check out the schedule here: eiaa.uniandes.edu.co

Exciting news! Our paper "Addressing the Anthropocene from the Global South: integrating paleoecology, archaeology and traditional knowledge for COP engagement" is out today! Hats off to our amazing team - ECHOES MPI-GEA Jena frontiersin.org/journals/earth…

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Check out our paper. Great job Anahit Hovhannisyan