New paper out!
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🗣️ New paper! 🗣️
The mobility patterns of the population of Gallo-Roman Tienen (Belgium) are keeping you up at night? Wondering if there is more than mobility reflected in these 87Sr/86Sr results? This is very relatable, and conveniently, I have the right paper for you! It's accessible right there 👇
Great start to #IMPR2025 in Barcelona with a very informative phytolith morphomtery workshop #archaeobotany #imfcsi
🎉 Thrilled to share our new paper just published in @PLOSONE!
In this study we explored how weather & seasonality impact cremation conditions using experimental archaeology, FTIR-ATR, and isotope analysis.
👉 Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social
Very exciting to organise this workshop together with @welmoedo.bsky.social, @jrphytoliths.bsky.social, Rand Evett, Marta Portillo Ramirez, Robert Power.
More information on the workshop and the IMPR can be found here: impr2025.imf.csic.es
This stunning phytolith comes from Litachne pauciflora (a bamboo).
It’s part of the 3D phytolith collection by @stromberglab.bsky.social, used for fossil phytolith classification and shape evolution of grasses
Prepping for the Phytolith Morphometry Workshop at #IMPR2025 in Barcelona this July!
We’ll dive into the some hands-on 3D modelling of phytoliths.
👉 For scholars attending the IMPR, please feel free to attend the workshop by registering before May 31!
🔷 Join us on Friday (online)! 🔷
@brusselsbioarch.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@open-phytoliths.bsky.social
Paper Alert 🔥
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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🌿 I’m excited to be speaking at the upcoming Open Research Meeting.
Join us to discuss how we can share phytolith images more openly within the community.
🗓️ 9 May, 16:00–17:00 UTC+1
💻 Online
🔗 Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The LOCO project is looking for 2 PhDs and 2 Post-docs in (bio-)archaeology, history, geochemistry, and digital humanities. This joint project between VUB, KUL, and UGent looks at the mobility of people, materials, and ideas in the Low Countries. Apply before 30 April 2025 😀
Next time you feel the sharp sting of a nettle (Urtica), think of its fascinating stinging microhairs - here around 150–200 µm in length - with irritating chemicals stored in their bulbous heads. The study study investigates plant silica bodies (phytoliths), including these microhairs and other morphotypes, of extant dicotyledons prevalent in North-Western Europe, establishing a baseline for botanical, archaeobotanical, and palaeoecological research.
🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline’ by R. Hermans et al. is now #free for a limited time 1/7
👉 doi.org/pdrp
@rosaliehermans.bsky.social
@christophe-fire.bsky.social
@caestromberg.bsky.social
@tloeffelmann.bsky.social
(5/5) This work wouldn’t have been possible without my amazing co-authors and research groups:
👥 @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @stromberglab.bsky.social 🙌
(4/5) One of the coolest parts? We built an open-access repository with 964 phytolith images—a digital reference collection for researchers to use! 📸
Check it out here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
(3/5) 💡 Key findings:
✅ Some phytolith morphotypes & features are taxonomically diagnostic
✅ Phytolith production varies, but phytolith assemblage composition are consistent
✅ Plant part & taxonomy influence phytolith presence with high production in leaves and certain plant families
(2/5) Why does this paper matter? 🤔
Until now, there was no systematic dicotyledon phytolith reference for NW Europe, making it hard to interpret phytolith records in archaeology & palaeoecology. We tackled this by analyzing phytoliths from 117 plant specimens! 🌿
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! 🌱🔬 This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! 📩
Massive congrats to @Christophe-fire.bsky.social on winning a VUB Brussel Excellent PhD Supervisor Award. Your support and enthusiasm mean the 🌍 to the team 🔥
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
So excited to share our accepted manuscript! It sets up a dicot phytolith baseline for NW Europe.
Phytolith researchers working on reference materials know how time-consuming this type of work is 🥵, I hope it will be useful to many.
Happy reading soon and feel free to reach out!
The first Belgium’s strontium isoscape is out now!
Amanda Sengeløv & the team provide the first 604 plant samples from 220 locations, with more data coming soon!
Paper here👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dataset available on @isoarch.bsky.social 👇https://doi.org/10.48530/ISOARCH.2024.001
New BB-LAB paper out 👍🏻 Marta Hlad and the team identified and characterised patterns in cremation analysis practices through an online survey of those working on cremated human remains 👇
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Time & Space! At this years Wetenschapfestival Brussel, our @amgc-vub.bsky.social team presented themes of both archaeology and cosmo chemistry under one roof, presenting samples, creating art, and giving out free (temporary) tattoos 🦷🦴🔥☄️🌘🪨🚀
Well done to the whole team!
Hello! Brand new to Bluesky so I thought I'd make a post sharing a new-ish paper of ours in IJPS on unraveling a bit more of the deceptively complex diversity of sycamores/planetrees in ancient western North America.
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Print version out January 2025! 🍂🍁
PHYTO-CHAT-L, the new email discussion list for anything #phytolith related is now up and running. Fill out the subscription form with your name, affiliation, and email address, and you will be subscribed to the list:
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#archaeobotany
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So great to see that we have our phytolith community on Bluesky now, thank you Martin for creating this starter pack!
Perfect! Thank you! Sorry, still figuring things out a bit here on this platform! The starter pack was already sent to me by one of my co-workers so it's definitely getting visibility, very cool!
Very useful, thank you for creating this starter pack, Martin! I would love to be included!
