Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥

I am recruiting PhD students this year, so if anyone knows anyone interested in projects related to hunter-gatherer subsistence transition, (in)equality, sharing and material culture, please tell them to be in touch. I have some funds for field oriented projects. Contact details on my dept page.

Bureau of Land Management just approved blasting through 100-foot canyon walls at the entrance to Nine Mile Canyon, UT, home to 10,000+ rock art images spanning 8,000 years. 47 historic sites sit in the blast zone. It's for oil tankers. Here's what's actually happening 🧵

Vlaamse overheid gaat bloedbad plegen in culturele sector maar bovenal erfgoedsector. Ééntje uitgelicht: provinciale archeologische musea verliezen _alle_ subsidies. Volgende keer dat de regering wil uitpakken met haar groots natieverhaal, smijt een exemplaar van de Vlaamse Canon in hun richting.

#MinCup26 Semifinal 2 It’s a match sure to break hearts between industrial powerhouses piezoelectric #quartz and lubricating #graphite! (With the correct links this time!) VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

1 Akad. Rätin / Akad. Rat (w/m/d) "Alte Geschichte" (Univ. zu Köln) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

I don't know to whom the credit goes for this! It appears sans ™ on another platform. Brilliant. Students of #ashwell26... This was the soil matrix drawing you deserved, not my poor dry erase board scribbles 😂 #archaeology #geology Please shout if you are the clever originator!

It's all about history isn't it though. The men said they were disappointed the ring failed to meet its reserve bid of £8,500, but they would attempt to auction it again in the future... the men hoped it would auction for...somewhere between £25,000 and £30,000. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meta wil niet dat je deze video ziet. Ik herhaal: Meta wil níet dat je deze video ziet.

Let's talk about AI in archaeology journalism. NB: Never use AI to illustrate news stories on the ancient world (or really ever). Beyond just ethics, the public cannot tell that this is a fake image of the mummified remains found with a Homer papyrus on his abdomen. These images are taken as real.

"It's not about the money"* news (*It's about the money)

🚨 I’m very happy to finally share two papers published together today in Communications Earth & Environment! 🎉 They represent a big part of my #PhD research and tell one connected story about #animals, #environments and #hominin life along the Lebanese coast during the #Paleolithic 🧵 1/9 🦣🧪🏺

The Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden hosts the annual meeting of the Oriental Numismatic Society and they are holding a coin auction 😱 I think any trade in Antiquities ultimately promotes looting. As archaeologists we should be more outspoken against attaching commercial value to heritage.

There's still time left to apply for one of two PhD fellowships our new project on Social Networks Before Agriculture! #PhD #archaeology #geology #anthropology #Copenhagen bsky.app/profile/tori...

🚨🚨Europe must spend billions now or face mounting #climatedisaster costs, warns EU Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu: 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

Archaeology should probably take the same line with metal detecting on land.

Prof Tim Forssman's important new book is out now. It examines #Africa’s past within wider intellectual and transregional contexts. Tim is a Research Associate at the School & Professor at the University of Mpumalanga. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Very happy with this result. Combination of #eclipse images (time lapse) with 35 mm lens, one image per 5 minutes, from #Leiden, the Netherlands. Old Leiden Observatory bottom right.

We (don't hear) enough about the real change that is driving these events – the accelerating climate crisis powered by fossil fuels. It is time to stop treating each disaster as an isolated tragedy and recognize the systemic risk that is unfolding before our eyes. - UN secretary general.

As an archaeologist I detest how the current MP makes me loathe to even use the term Clactonian or teach about it. I so very much want the Bin to win.

Weird headline. We have already found the alternative: Stop emitting CO2, CH4 etc and stop climate change.

📰 Could the re-assessment of spear-throwers from northern Chile "rewrite the history of ancient Andean hunters"? 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via The Greek Reporter greekreporter.com/2026/07/16/o...

It’s out. aDNA analysis reveals that well-known Upton Lovell Early Bronze Age metalworker burial was that of a woman: www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

As someone in this picture I find it a little odd that @natureportfolio.nature.com chose this image to illustrate the point. We were very careful when choosing a slogan for our signs that it be scientificly defenceable. "Science says New Oil & Gas = Death" is a plain statement of fact 🧵

Had to! "So we sailed on to the sun 'Til we found a sea of green" 🎵🎼🎶

The first molecular evidence of Homo naledi from at least 20 individuals shows that none are male. I've taken a deep dive into how the paleoproteomics works, what it says about naledi relationships, and why this result is less surprising than it sounds. www.johnhawks.net/p/the-first-...

#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News "The sale is not just about the value of the ring; it is about the history behind it and the privilege of being the person who helped bring an important piece of the past back into the public eye*," Jones said *Albeit temporarily. The ring went to an unnamed phone bid.

I applaud Google´s priorities! Rooting for the Dutch team this weekend against Bangladesh!

Metal detecting is not just problematic in the Netherlands. I think we should address the myth of the detectorist as a citizen scientist. Citizen science is about cooperation and co-creation. Here, the best-case scenario is reporting finds after the fact, worst-case: illegal trade in antiquities.

People really shouldn’t blame students for responding to loans in the way that they do, or for thinking that university is about skills training. They’ve been getting that message their entire life.

Ik had wat gedachtes bij die affaire in Limburg rond het veronderstelde graf van D'Artagnan: de rol van andere archeologen, de rol van de pers, en de toekomst van de #archeologie. mainzerbeobachter.com/2026/05/30/d...

Vrouwen eerst www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/... Giftartikel 🍀❤️🍀 @veramoreijn.bsky.social

Om 10u00 @ovt-vpro.bsky.social Komt een Neanderthaler bij de tandarts met Gerrit Dusseldorp, archeoloog @dussel.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social #paleontologie www.vpro.nl/ovt/artikele...

The true "Art of the Deal"! (Sorry, couldn't help myself)

#ItsAboutTheHistory News Detectorists welcome the auction of elements of the Hambleden Hoard of medieval coins at Spinks, dispersing the "internationally important" find for private gain. (See previous post about how the French government deals with archaeological finds collected without permits.)

My new #UrbanPrehistory blog post reporting on the horrible fate of the Bogleys Stone of Fife - Barn Storm. This contains a trigger warning for anyone who thinks our heritage - and megaliths - matter. With thanks to Sam McKeand theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/b...

First visit to @naturalis.bsky.social since return of Homo erectus type specimen.

Rita Verdonk-coaching 1. Walgelijke, strafbare dingen zeggen 2. De ophefmachine even laten draaien 3. Ingaan op uitnodigingen die altijd weer komen & doen alsof je ‘t anders had bedoeld Redacties laten zich bespelen door extreemrechts Jetten, treed op tegen Gidi M. en sluit samenwerking uit! FFS.