@hanshuisman
Archaeological Scientist at Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and Groningen Institute of Archeology. Studies the past by analysing soils and artefacts. Dad, choir singer, woodworker, attempted luthier.
There is a growing awareness that sediments are not only the “dirt” that needs to be dug out of a site, but that they are fundamental parts of the archaeological record.
Archaeological soil micromorphology is at the forefront of this research and so our work at ERC MatrixStG.
🦷 Curious about what prehistoric teeth can reveal about diet and daily life in Meso-Neolithic Iberia? Develop your #PhD with #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
🔗 More info: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#Archaeology #Research #Prehistory #ScienceCareers #PhDLife
April 7-10 in Groningen (NL).
The programme for the conference on Transformations during the #Mesolithic and #Neolithic is online! Great presentations on “Dynamics vs. Continuity“, “Use of space”, ”Migration and identity“ and “Subsistence and diet”.
Early bird registration closes March 1st.
www.weleer.nl/t_programme....
Other sessions in this programme are “Dynamics versus continuity“, “Use of space” and “Subsistence and diet”. Early-bird subscription is still open!
One of the authors on this paper, Eveline Altena, will give a key-note on the “Neolithic transition from a genetic perspective (..)” on the “Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic“ conference, April 7-10 in Groningen (Session “Migration and Identity”).
www.weleer.nl/transformati...
Een internationaal team @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social en LUMC publiceerde hun onderzoek in #Nature Terwijl elders in Europa grote migratiestromen en snelle genetische veranderingen plaatsvonden, bleef de prehistorische bevolking in de Lage Landen opmerkelijk stabiel.
Proud that after five years of careful analysis and discussion our paper "Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion" has now been published.
📢⚠️2 years post-doc @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social in #Paleoanthropology ⚠️📢
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"Postdoctoral fellowship in #biology and #taphonomy of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic human fossils from the South-West of France"
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Apply now ➡️ Dr. Maureille (bruno.maureille@u-bordeaux.fr; +33540008936)
Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution at the University of Tübingen:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11/03/2026
Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
Archeologen hebben in De #Lionserpolder boven #Jorwert in Friesland een door middeleeuwse terpbewoners gemaakte 240 meter lange #schervenlaag aangetroffen. Waarom ze dat deden, is een raadsel. /1
lc.nl/friesland/le...
Uit #onderzoek van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (#RCE) van 203 bronzen #voorwerpen uit de #bronstijd blijkt dat het metaal erin uit heel Europa afkomstig was, van Spanje tot Slowakije aan toe. Eerst kwamen de voorwerpen hier via-via door ruilen terecht. /1
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Its still winter.
That also goes for coin hoards. See:
youtu.be/aj7qgTbN0cM?...
(If you don’t speak Dutch or Limburgs, the block-lift and scans are c. 6:00 - 9:00).
bbc.com/news/article...
Mick Abrahams, founder of Jethro Tull - one of my favorite bands - passed away. RIP!
But #BBC: The first JT album was not “This way” but “This was”.
Five colleagues celebrating the win
The prize: Goldish trowel in podzol profile with archaeologesque finds embedded.
With a team if the Cultural Heritage Agency, just won the first Dutch archaeology Pubquiz in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
De muntvondst van #Buggenum met het verhaal erachter is niet alleen in het Limburgs Museum Venlo te bezichtigen, maar ook in de docu op L1 te zien, en collega’s Martijn Bink en Jan Roymans houden er op 19/12 een lezing over op het Romeinensymposium v/d VU Amsterdam www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOmQ...
Last call! The deadline for submitting abstracts for the April 7-10 2026 Groningen conference on Transformations during the #Mesolithic and #Neolithic is approaching fast! Make sure your contribution reaches us in time!
www.weleer.nl/transformati...
In het #LimburgsMuseum in Venlo is dinsdag de enorme #Romeinse muntschat gepresenteerd die in 2023 in #Buggenum werd gevonden. Het gaat om 4000 bronzen en koperen muntjes. De vondst krijgt een permanente plek in het Limburgs Museum.
www.l1nieuws.nl/amp/nieuws/3...
Groningen, Academy building.
En het werkt zelfs onder water! Deze publicatie gaat nog over magnetometers die achter een boot hangen:
research.rug.nl/en/publicati...
maar ook dat is nu mogelijk met drones hoor ik.
Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me
at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea!
Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...
PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...
My favourite Escher drawing. ❤️
Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
