Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) will continue on March 18th, at 10.30.

Josh London (SHEP) will talk about Upper Paleolithic craft traditions and regional exchange networks.

Zoom registration possible!

#paleomonrepos #archaeology #palaeolithic #paleolithic #leizarchaeology

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MONREPOS wurde vom Kulturministerium und vom Museumsverband Rheinland-Pfalz zum "Museum des Monats Januar 2026" gewählt.

Vielen Dank! Wir freuen uns sehr über diese Auszeichnung. 🥳

#paleomonrepos #leiza #museum #museumsverband #rheinlandpfalz #kultur #archäologie

A new study, led by @paleomonrepos and @leidenarchaeology together with @lda_sachsenanhalt, shows that Neanderthals systematically broke bones to extract valuable fat — much earlier than previously thought. A milestone that changes our view of Neanderthals as clever and strategic hunter-gatherers.

#LEIZArchaeology #paleomonrepos #Neanderthals #Neandertaler #Archäologie #Archaeology #Research #Forschung #Prehistory #Paleolithic #NeumarkNord #Anthropology #BecomingHuman

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1257?fbclid=IwY2xjawLUbxpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBsN1BlNlNaY2pCSXZqTE02AR5K0qV__skNS3JrUwdoyMnY7gY5z1HVDrLGx92godzH643MWyRwQzJr0bwktw_aem_5x7TfQcOtZ4h6o_MOk5YZw

Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) will continue on Wednesday, May 28th, at 13.30.
Marie Hélène Moncel (CNRS, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris) will give a talk about
"The earliest Acheulean in Western Europe: New data from Moulin Quignon, la Noira (France) and Notarchirico (Italy). The ERC Lateurope project."

Zoom registration is possible!

#paleomonrepos #archaeology #palaeolithic #paleolithic #Acheulean #DiPA #LEIZA

🔥New paper in ScienceAdvances about redating of the Schöningen spear horizon is out, now🔥

Age of Schöningen spears revised to 200,000 years

The world’s oldest complete wooden hunting weapons from Schöningen, Germany, are 100,000 years younger than previously claimed.

@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
@unimainz.bsky.social

Read now 👇
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv0752
#paleomonrepos #palaeolithic #archaeology

A new paper has been published on the study of usewear on Palaeolithic stone tools, in which our Laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments (TraCEr) @tracer-leiza.bsky.social is involved.
Congratulations to the authors👍

Read now:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X25001798?fbclid=IwY2xjawJseHZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHtcND2icksGeWm7QlziXGNnL2fwyZTp_OJwfLufETdgcycyQU3msWBCaHm4Y_aem_pq__C5EKX4t9W486ogubwA

#paleomonrepos
#paleolithic
#palaeolithic
#stonetool
#usewearanalysis
#traceology
#laboratory
#aterian

Please join us for our next DiPA on April 2nd at 10.30AM.
We will have Dr. Corey Johnson, currently at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
He will give a talk about "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency".
Zoom registration is possible.

#paleomonrepos #palaeolithic #paleolithic #stoneage #stonetools #science #research

We are pleased to announce our upcoming lecture.
On March 14th at 18.00h Dr Detlef Jantzen (Landesamt für Kultur- und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) will talk about the latest research on the oldest #battlefield in Europe in the #Tollense Valley.

#paleomonrepos #bronzezeit #bronzeage #archäologie #mecklenburgvorpommern #archaeology

Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) continues on February 13th at 10.30h. Dr. Marcel Bradtmöller (University of Rostock) will give a #talk on the #Mesolithic in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Zoom registration is possible.

#paleomonrepos #leiza #DiPA #Archaeology #research #lecture #science #stoneage