A large mass grave from the Early Iron Age indicates selective violence towards women and children in the Carpathian Basin - Nature Human Behaviour In this analysis of biomolecular and archaeological data from a ninth-century BCE mass grave in the Carpathian Basin, Fibiger et al. find evidence for the targeted killing of mostly unrelated women an...

Really excited to share our new paper on the Early Iron Age mass grave at Gomolava (9th c. BCE), a study I had the pleasure to work on during my PhD with an amazing group of co-authors across multiple disciplines. Open access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵👇

Book Presentation: Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology During this event the book 'Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology. Past, Present, and Future' will be presented by the authors. After the presentation and a review of the publication, there will be drinks. ...

join the publication party between 4-6pm CET online here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology This book will be freely available in an open access edition thanks to generous support from the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Wenn...

from the 24th of February it will be available as Open Access in University of Florida Press [https://floridapress.org/9780813079509/ethics-in-caribbean-archaeology/](floridapress.org/978081307950...)

PhD student @eleniseferidou.bsky.social, Oriana Chiappa, Daniel Brito, and Nelda Issa Marengo Camacho investigate how the discussions on ethical research have improved practice and collaboration between researchers and communities, and explore current characteristics of research in the Caribbean.

Together with the two amazing Maria Nieves Colón and Jada Benn Torres, Kathrin wrote Chapter 7: a reflection on “Research Ethics in Caribbean Archaeogenomics”, suggesting an approach based on individual positionality to navigate the complex historical, political and cultural mosaic in the Caribbean.

The cover of the Book "Ethics in Caribbean Archaology - Past, present and future, shows the title of the book and the names of the three editors Felicia Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal. The illustration features potsherds of european and presumably indigenous origin, and different dried plants in the upper half of the book cover, the lower half has the appearance of cardbord structure.

New publication alert!

Today, the book “Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology” launches, edited by Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, Felicia Fricke and Maaike de Waal;

And your Tropical Archaeogenomics group contributed 2(!) chapters!

Dear CoCAH enthusiasts! ✨

We would like to share with you who we are as CoCAH members, what we are working on, and why archaeological heritage is important to us. We will be posting short updates regularly, in which CoCAH members will briefly introduce themselves 🌍🔍

Stay tuned!

Our paper "Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice" was published today at
@pciarchaeology.bsky.social

Many thanks to all the authors for this amazing collaboration! 🎊

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Join the Tropical Archaeogenomics crew at our stall about jade trade and genetic connectivity in the tropics - including DIY jewelry station! 🟢🏝️🛶🧬