@annapp90
Postdoctoral Fellow @NTNU, PhD @cornelluniversity.bsky.social, archaeologist working with concepts of time, epistemology, radiocarbon & isotopes, Bronze Age Caucasus & Southwest Asia, scifi lover NTNU profile ntnu.edu/employees/annapaola.passerini
A round stone plaque engraved with a sun motif.
How did prehistoric people respond to natural disasters? Some of 2025's most-read research suggested a volcanic eruption that blocked out the sun caused people in Neolithic Denmark to ritually sacrifice 'sun stones' to ensure a good harvest.
Read it 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
PhD position available!
The Department of Archaeology and Cultural History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology is recruiting a PhD candidate in human osteoarchaeology. Applications are due March 15th.
Details in the link below
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
UPDATE: the session has been withdrawn
UPDATE: the session has been withdrawn
Dear colleagues,
There is still time!
If you enjoy discussing archaeology, data, and knowledge production, please consider submitting an abstract to our session.
The deadline has been extended to Feb 9th
Digital elevation map of the South Caucasus, annotated with the locations of major Early Bronze Age sites discussed in the article, in relation to rivers, seas, and modern capitals in the region.
From the late 4th millennium BC, the Kura-Araxes culture spread from the South Caucasus across South-west Asia, transforming Bronze Age societies. New radiocarbon dates and Bayesian modelling show how it shaped the ancient Near East.
🏺 #WaybackWednesday #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Dear colleagues,
If you enjoy discussing archaeology, data, and knowledge production, please consider submitting an abstract to our session.
All specializations are welcome!
Digital elevation model of the South Caucasus, showing locations of seas, mountains, rivers, the major cities of Yerevan and Baku, and Early Bronze Age sites mentioned in the article.
NEW the Kura-Araxes culture of the South Caucasus spread over a large area of South-west Asia during the fourth and third millennia BC. Now, Bayesian chronological modelling shows how it shaped sociocultural transformations during the Early Bronze Age.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
A researcher in lab coat and gloves extracting samples for DNA and isotope analysis. The sampling is overseen by a second researcher.
SCAPES postdoctor @annapp90.bsky.social is currently sampling human remains to explore population development and Norway’s Neolithic transition. Did agriculture arrive with colonizers? Did groups cooperate or clash? Did they eat a primarily terrestrial or maritime diet? #Archaeology #aDNA #isotopes
Paper alert!
My work on the radiocarbon chronology of the Kura-Araxes is finally out in Antiquity! This has made for an amazing research journey and collaborations in the South Caucasus, contributing new knowledge about Early Bronze Age Southwest Asia
doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10258
I am always happy to connect to share ideas about radiocarbon, isotopes, time, and theory in archaeological science
As a postdoctoral fellow at NTNU, I am currently working with multi proxy isotopic investigations of agriculture in prehistoric Norway within the SCAPES project (khm.uio.no/english/research/projects/scapes/). Follow me for more updates!
Time for a long overdue introduction Bluesky! I am an anthropological archaeologist interested in isotopic temporal proxies (esp. 14C) to understand time and temporality among past societies. I also investigate archaeological epistemologies and chronopolitics through ArchSci perspectives.