Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) can affect even the physically fit during rapid ascent or after over 12 hours above 2500m. The deciding factor is the increase in altitude during 24 hours. #archaeology #mountains #mountainman #field #climbing #fieldwork

Calling all palaeolithic archaeologists. Come and work with me on a really exciting new survey and excavation project in Uganda: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/348570

🚨 I’m hiring! Only 2 days left to apply for two 2-year #postdoc positions: 🔬 Zooarchaeology & Taphonomy 🧬 Isotopic Studies Work with us on the FIS2 project POOL (Late Neanderthals & H. sapiens in Poland) Dept. Chemistry Ciamician - University of Bologna 👇Deadline: June 24, 12:00 CEST #Paleolithic #JobOffer

Explore #Cambridge #research highlighting the global connections and comparative elements of ancient #religions: ▶️✅ cup.org/4kkikjX Free access (where not already #openaccess) until 31 July. SAA 🅰ntiquity Journal Ancient Mesoamerica CUP International Journal of Cultural Property #archaeology

Wooden wagonway rails did not last long, the bye way (empty, uphill) lasted around three times longer than the main way (loaded, downhill). #Archaeology #railway #CoalTwitter #railways #postmed #industrial #History #fieldwork

🔍 Postdoc in Palaeolithic Archaeology Join the ERC Starting Grant WRAP – Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments project at ICArEHB! We're exploring human prehistory through fieldwork, machine learning, and interdisciplinary research. 🔗 icarehb.com/research-posit…

Some large machines such as printing presses are so heavy that they can require their own foundations. #industrial #archaeology #ArchaeologicalSurveyOfIndia #History #fieldwork #victorian #victorianaesthetic #railways

The #PaperOfTheMonth from #AAP is 'Cultural Landscape Studies Help Match Cultural Resource Identification and Assessment Efforts to Undertaking Size and Complexity in the Section 106 Process' by John R. Welch et al., available #openaccess! 📚 cup.org/4ljg64O SAA

The risk of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) increases over 3000m when altitude difference between camps is over 300m, above 3000m avoid daily ascents over 300m. #Archaeology #mountains #altitude #altitude #fieldwork #anthropologyexplainers

On heavily used wooden wagonways the bye way (empty, uphill) rails lasted 3 years and the main way rails barely a year. Double rails were used so they could be replaced without disturbing the sleepers. #archaeology #industrial #Railways #CoalTwitter

New in paperback! At Home in Roman Egypt | This book draws together a wide range of evidence across disciplines to show how the ordinary people of Roman Egypt experienced and enacted change. | Save 20% with code AHRE2025 📚 cup.org/3G61eYP #archaeology

My first paper of the PhD is out, we talk about Mobility and lithic technology at Ararat-1 Cave in Armenia. We also talk a bit about 👻 tools. Are you curious? Go and check it out! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Cuts and interfaces between deposits are weaknesses in the matrix exploited by penetrating water, flora and fauna. Eventually creating a zone of slipped and blurred stratigraphy between deposits, which can only be removed at the risk of overcleaning. #Archaeology #Roman #medieval

A huge congratulations to Manuel Will on the publication of his latest co-authored paper in Nature! The paper, titled “Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal” can be accessed via the link below: nature.com/articles/s4158… University of Johannesburg UJ Faculty of Humanities

Above 2500m, early signs of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) include headache, nausea, insomnia, appetite loss. If apathy, vertigo, vomiting, staggering, and breathlessness ensue immediate accompanied descent is required or the consequences may be fatal. #Archaeology #mountain

New Issue of Cambridge Archaeological Journal now available 📚 cup.org/44RtAQ6 #Archaeology #CambridgeJournals Cambridge Archaeology

Brains can be used to tan hides and furs, virtually all animals provide enough brain tissue to tan their own hides. #Archaeology #archaeologie #LeatherDress #LeatherBiker #tanning_challenge #anthropology #survival #outdoorliving

The team are finding good evidence from the late Iron Age in the trench at Ickleton, Cambs. (Photos: M. Coles cafg.net)

Bossed stones are cut masonry blocks are left raised on the external side. Various theories have been put forward why this is seen in castle walls and fortifications. It is likely that it was to disperse the energy of projectiles, like spaced armour on modern tanks. #Archaeology