Tobias Richter

I am now recruiting a PhD student in Middle Eastern #archaeology to work on raw material sourcing as part of my new DFF-funded project Networks Before Agriculture. Please spread the word or get in touch with me if you have questions: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16... Deadline 15 September 2026

I'm hiring a postdoc as part of my ERC project - the deadline is tomorrow noon GMT, apologies for the little notice If you have interest but can't make the deadline, please DM/email me immediately and i can try extend the deadline a few days

One week left to submit applications for these funded PhD positions with me here at the University of Copenhagen! #archaeology #PhD #Copenhagen bsky.app/profile/tori...

Join us for our upcoming lecture: [ The British Institute in the 1980s and the Azraq Basin Prehistory Project ] 👤 Speaker: Prof. Andrew Garrard Honorary Associate Professor, Institute of Archaeology, University College London

New preprint on EcoEvoRxiv: 'Human Settlement and Water Availability at the Qa’ Shubayqa during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene: Comparing Hydrological Models and Archaeological Data', https://doi.org/10.32942/X25T1T #Archaeology #Prehistory #ComputationalArchaeology

Our paper on ancient sheeppox virus genomes, including many found from parchment samples, is now published af Science Advances. Congrats to all our co-authors and particularly first author Louis. #aDNA share.google/JqVOTB2lvxcO...

There is fun to be had in *not* reviewing a manuscript. @pciarchaeology.bsky.social @cos.io #openaccess

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...

PhD position with @toricht.bsky.social @ #4 Archaeology center in the world (ranked on publications and impact) @ucph-soa.bsky.social Ideal for archaeologists (sourcing methods) OR geologists moving into archaeology! 💼 Salaried position & benefits & intl stay & teaching 📅 Deadline: 15 Sept 2026

Some lithics from Khudji site, Tajikistan, excavated by V. Ranov. A. Donish Institute of History, archaeology and ethnography, Dushanbe Very happy to conduct this comparative study with our site of Soii Havzak, Part of Gerda Henkel research grant :)

A new study on obsidian procurement at the Early Neolithic site of Chogha Golan in western Iran has just been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The article is now available online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Really delighted to be able to share the news I start as Prof. of Palaeolithic Archaeology at the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social in the autumn. Really lucky to have such great support from colleagues at Bloomsbury, @archsoutheast.bsky.social and beyond. Really excited for this next chapter.

Reports are emerging of Archaeologists put at risk by being required to continue working in the current Red UK Met Office Heat Warning. If you are affected and want to ensure accountability let us know. thePipeLine is independent archaeological media and treats all sources in confidence.

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Dear Archaeologists, as you know, we are trying to explore whether the EAA can be rescued and given back to its members. Please, have a look at our statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1ehzn.... To sign it: ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/xZZjy6le @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social

Just heard of another major British Palaeolithic site falling through the planning & protection net and being green-lit for development. That's 3 confirmed in 3 years, with 2 others I'm investigating. The failure to schedule Palaeolithic sites & the erosion of planning protections are to blame. 🚨🦣🏺

3-year postdoc fellowship in #Archaeology @uio.no as part of an interdisciplinary project to investigate societal, economic, and climatic effects of major 6th-10th-century volcanic eruptions through a comparative interdisciplinary lens on regional #resilience. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Millet was domesticated in China, where it was boiled and steamed. This changed as it moved west, with Central Asian communities adapting millet to their bread-baking traditions instead of adopting East Asian cooking practices #NationalHomemadeBreadDay 🥖 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Updated thread on The Lost King film: I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten So what’s the real story? 1/15

Interested in #palaeoproteomics, #ZooMS and human evolution? We currently have a postdoctoral position and a research position open. Postdoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli... Research assistant: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Not a place I expected to publish, but great to see the summary of our geology-archaeology collaboration is so popular. Open Access summary paper linked below. Thanks to the IRC, now @researchireland.ie, for supporting this work.

My colleague @panktroels.bsky.social is currently looking for a postdoc to work with him on his new project "Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia". Please spread the word! employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... #archaeology #assyriology #Mesopotamia

Our new paper explores how we can use large bodies of stable isotope data from paleoenvironmental and bioarchaeological in wider cross-discipline studies. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Featuring my illustration of party prep!

(Way too happy with myself for writing this headline.) 🧪🏺

New paper out spearheaded by the fabulous Petra Vaiglova in which we present evidence for long-distance transport of wild boar used in feasts at early Neolithic Asiab: rdcu.be/euyuO

The Wenner Green is considering closing SAPIENS Magazine. This would be a huge loss to Anthropology! Please write the board in support of this dynamic and vital publication! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

The Wenner-Gren Foundation's board of trustees is apparently considering pulling the plug on SAPIENS magazine. SAPIENS magazine is an amazing platform doing crucial science communication across all of anthropology. Please support them and send a letter to the board actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

Unconventional doorways for #AdoorableThursday 🚪 🏺 Semi-subterranean houses at Neolithic Balıklı 🇹🇷 had no doors. They were entered through the roof! This style of house is relatively unique for the region despite contact between nearby communities. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Retraction Watch just announced the pending retraction of the Comet Research Group's Sodom & Gomorrah pseudoarchaeology paper. The authors are not taking it well. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/23/s...

Incredibly proud that our paper on the #palaeoproteomics analysis of the Penghu mandible, led by @tsutatsuta.bsky.social and in collaboration with Chun-Hsiang Chang, Enrico Cappellini and co, is out now in @science.org! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Getting there: we've almost got the entire Danish Original 1 series of 1:4000 mapping georeferenced, cropped and tiled. This is a culmination of many years of hard work by many people. You can get a preview of our work here: www.museumsgis.dk/kort/ 1/2

Cool study on the human-made landscape of the Mediterranean olive grove

Yesterday, we had a very special guest at the Centre for Textile Research.

What was that now with the Three Age System?

How did Europe's first farmers interact with their pigs and local wild boar? @jolijnerven.bsky.social has a new paper addressing just that using 11 ancient suis genomes! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thai archaeologists have found the oldest human skeleton in the country. 🏺🧪

Donna Haraway leading #StandUpForScience at #UCSC. Situating science in helping us live together in better ways. She's giving deets on cuts to science, incl #Indigenous science, ag, USAID, medicine, dangers to farm workers, dangers of data loss. Donna's a master at connecting all the relations. ❤️