Archaeologist at the National museum of Ethiopia. Interested in plant and human relationship.
Joined June 2021
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
Jun 11
This week we’re exploring:
📍 Langano — Sunday Day Trip
📍 Wenchi — Sunday Day Trip
📍 Doho Lodge — 2 Days, 1 Night (Sat–Sun)
DM if you’re interested. Photos, videos, and full details available.
RTs appreciated. (Help me out 😭😭)
Thanks💕
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🚀 Historic achievement for ICArEHB! We’ve secured €31.5M to launch UAlgTec Heritage, a pioneering European centre for innovation in archaeological heritage. Proud of our team and excited for what comes next! #ICArEHB #UAlgTecHeritage #HeritageTech #UAlg #Portugal
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🎉 Congratulations to Anastasia Eleftheriadou on successfully defending her PhD at ICArEHB! Well done, Dr. Eleftheriadou! 🎓
#Archaeology #PhD #PhDDefense #NewDoctor
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
Feb 24
Our new paper about sheep and goat husbandry practices at Perdigões (4th–3rd millennium BC, Portugal) via sequential isotope analysis of tooth enamel is out! @ICArEHB
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
We are accepting applications for the "James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology", to be held at the Florisbad Quaternary Research Station (National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa) from 22 June to 3 July 2026. Deadline: 6 February 2026.
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🎉 Congratulations to Degsew Mekonnen on the successful defense of his PhD thesis at ICArEHB! #Archaeology #PhD #PhDDefense
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
26 Nov 2025
The Society of Africanist Archaeologists and affiliated organizations have launched a fundraising campaign to support early-career, Africa-based archaeologists for radiocarbon dating purposes. I am appealing to you to support this initiative. gofund.me/b1496e416
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17 Nov 2025
Check out our new publication on the challenges faced by African scholars, especially early-career researchers. *Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's Journey in Africa*
Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa collaboration
#EX NOVO Journal
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🤖 Can #AI help #archaeologists identify how #stonetools were used?
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-1…
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
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12 Sep 2025
Must read!!👇👇
12 Sep 2025
Another concrete evidence shows that the earliest appearence of the Acheulian at Melka Kunture is NOT older than 1.6 Ma. This one pretty much seals the case!
Many thanks Suwa et al. for this contribution.
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
1 Aug 2025
📢Thrilled to share the first paper from my PhD, now published in Quaternary Science Reviews 🔬
We integrate micromorphology, geochemistry & radiocarbon dating to reassess Neanderthal use of Escoural Cave (Portugal).
bit.ly/3IWe5h2
#Neanderthals #Geoarchaeology
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
On my way to Sarajevo. But not before having honoured the memory of the victims of the genocide. Tomorrow, Srebrenica.
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
10 Jul 2025
Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @ICArEHB euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/3…
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📢 New publication: "Machine Learning Applications in Use-Wear Analysis: A Critical Review" by Eleftheriadou, A., McPherron, S. P., & Marreiros, J., in Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 8(1), 2025.
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.190
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
10 Jun 2025
Ancient starch research rests on a paradox:
A molecule known to degrade rapidly is assumed to survive for tens of thousands of years. Our data show active microbial metabolism in buried contexts. Time to dismantle the myth...
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15 May 2025
New from my PhD research: "The Genomics of T’ef and Finger Millet Domestication and Spread" now out in the Royal Society B.
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
9 May 2025
A new friendly journal where you can submit your paper if you wish after our free and transparent evaluation, for all papers of archaeometry!
They will publish your paper as is if it fits their scope!
journals.openedition.org/arc…
ALT Logo of the ArcheoSciences journal, a journal for archaeometric research, published by the Groupe des Méthodes Pluridisciplinaires Contribuant à l'Archéologie (GMPCA)
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
14 Apr 2025
Just out! Our first publication on use-wear analysis of quartzite tools from the MSA sequence at Rhafas Cave!
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9 Apr 2025
Did climate or social dynamics shape early farming & state formation in Ethiopia’s amazing Pre-Aksumite & Aksumite cultures? Our review in African Archaeological Review explores this. Hope it’s helpful!#Icarehb
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Degsew Zerihun Mekonnen PhD retweeted
31 Mar 2025
Thrilled to share that I have defended my PhD. I am thankful to my Supervisor @ProfMercader, Examination Committee, SSHRC, @UCalgary @TheLeakeyFndtn @MuseumTanzania colleagues, friends, and family for their support during this journey. I am looking forward to the future.
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