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𝗦𝗔𝗦 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 €𝟱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁. You can join SAS now and benefit from the discount. Memberships now are extended until the end of 2027

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Registration is open for the 9th 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 (YRA), 28-39 October 2026, National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavík, until 𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: https://t.co/y8Mpfv5UF3

More info: https://t.co/J04ijhtL53

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𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠
𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂! We invite everyone to share with us any thoughts on the SAS social media & how we can better serve the archaeological science community
To do so: https://t.co/0FG645IJeP

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Sutonuka is a PhD student at the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Research Assistant at the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, Chennai, India

Get in touch:
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𝐒𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 of 𝗦𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗸𝗮 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮, PhD student on lithic technology of the Late palaeolithic and neolithic of India

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To our question where would you travel if you had a 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, Sutonuka tells us she’d like to visit the 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 / 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 to witness the mechanisms at work that would fuel sedentism and domestication.

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Proposals in English, ca.300 words in PDF or Word format, should be sent to 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲@𝗿𝘂𝗴.𝗻𝗹 by Friday, July 24th, 2026.Please include ‘Proposal conference’ in the subject line, indicate whether the proposal is for a paper or a poster, & include a short CV

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The @MARE_Project is announcing call for papers for their conference 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑹𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕 – 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 taking place 28-29 January 2027 @univgroningen

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Junior and senior scholars working on mortuary ritual in or related to the Roman Near East from the fields of material culture studies,archaeology,osteology,art history,epigraphy, & history of material culture are invited to submit a proposal for a paper or poster by 𝟮𝟰𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆

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You can 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 as soon as possible. Contact Brandi L. MacDonald (MacDonaldB(at)https://t.co/HTZbLbmH5U) or Shadreck Chirikure (shadreck.chirikure(at)https://t.co/mSMcDbqTyD)

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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬–𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞:𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟐𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲
The year 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗔𝗦

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Contributions can be single or multi-authored, between 3,000-10,000 words, & need not necessarily include original case studies. We encourage less-formal, Q&A style interviews. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵,𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

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𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
•Raw clays were analyzed before and after firing to test possible effects of firing on elemental composition
•Firing of raw clays resulted a statistically significant increase in the measured abundance of all elements considered

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𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 from SAS member 𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗱 from Idaho National Laboratory on raw clay firing technology with significant methodological and provenance implications:

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𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑼𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑿-𝑹𝒂𝒚 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚
Archaeometry (June 2026)

DOI: https://t.co/7whfYou8gC

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𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮!
Take 5 minutes and share with us your thoughts on the SAS social media & how we can better serve the archaeological science community! 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 https://t.co/0FG645IJeP by 𝟯𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲