These beautiful illustrations depict Levallois lithics from the Huqf region of Oman. This is the first evidence for Middle Palaeolithic activity in the region, proving early hominins also occupied south-eastern Arabia. #FlintFriday 🆓 buff.ly/4eGc6rl

Announcing: New memorial lecture & award series. Beginning with the Prof. S.N. Rajaguru Memorial Geoarchaeology lecture: to be delivered by Prof. Sheila Mishra. & An award for a young geoarchaeologist! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Zagros Mousterian, newly found cave site Kona Khers, West Central Zagos

Functional tool or Ceremonial? An hour to flake, but 50 to grind smooth. Polished Neolithic axes have stunning aesthetics, some of the rocks used to make them came from mountain tops or deep underground. And yet they make excellent tools for felling trees. 📷 emmalouwynjones

Are you interested in Scotland's rock art? Please take part in our rock art survey to help us identify key sites and research gaps: bit.ly/3OZ9o67 Your views will feed into a series of Royal Society of Edinburgh funded rock art workshops in 2025 and guide future research in Scotland.

The next ICArEHB Experimental Archaeology Seminar is on Tuesday the 7th of January at 2pm (GMT). Join us for a talk by Dr Justin Coppe. Register here to join and get reminders about new talks: icarehb.com/lexa/. #experimentalarchaeology #lithics #Archaeology

#EAA Belgrade call for papers is open. We welcome contributions to Session 40: Lithic analysis, data sharing, and AI approaches: where we are and where we want to go. #lithics Lithic Studies The Lithic Studies Society ICArEHB IPHES-CERCA

Announcing new Managing Board for 2025-2027 for our free #openscience initiative! More than 180 recommenders are committed to welcoming your best preprints for transparent evaluation and recommendation for years to come. Open Access does not mean thousands of $/€! #archaeology

Digs in Scotland, 2025. digitscotland.com/archaeological…

NEW North Africa is a key location in human evolution. A new project explores the transition from Acheulean to Middle Stone Age at Sidi Zin, Tunisia, shedding light on the poorly-understood disappearance of Homo erectus and emergence of Homo sapiens. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

Who says Buchan flint is not knappable?! Lovely work from our in-house stone-whisperer Dr Will Mills #flintfriday #experimentalarchaeology #mesolithic #palaeolithic #iceage

📢 New publication: "Incised stone artefacts from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic and human behavioural complexity" by Goder-Goldberger, M., Marreiros, J., Paixão, E., & Hovers, E., in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1007/s12520…

"Ach tha sinn air tòrr a bharrachd ionnsachadh mu ar cuid eachdraidh, cultair agus dualchais ionadail tron cho-dhùnadh againn a bhith a’ cladhach làrach fuadachaidh" ⛏️ Delve into the Lost Inverlael project in Gaelic or English: digitscotland.com/ag-lorg-coimhe… #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2025

Flint blade cores at different stages of production, from two prehistoric sites in the Tajuña River Valley, central Iberia. They were uncovered from quarries, suggesting people were extracting and working the flint in the same locations #FlintFriday 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

UCD Archaeology, Dublin Masters students visiting the Burren, aka an Bhoirinn, the stoney place, a fantastic karst landscape in Co. Clare with Dr Claire Cave. Exploring the natural and cultural heritage with Elizabeth from National Parks and Wildlife Service who shared her wealth of knowledge. A great day out.

"Employees terminated from the [U.S.] National Park Service Feb. 14 speak out to share their stories, frustration and anger - and how the loss of their dream jobs will affect our national parks." npca.org/articles/6911-…

De Weyer, L. et al. 2022. 'Temps, mémoire et altérité en technologie lithique: synthèse et perspectives de l’approche technogénétique française' journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/…

JLS, vol. 11, no. 1 (2024) journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/…

JLS, vol. 8, no. 1 (2021) journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/…