Reverse engineering collective action: complex technologies in stateless societies. An archaeological science project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant

Joined March 2022
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Hello world, this is @ReverseactionP! We are an @ERC_Research -funded project on archaeology, science, technology, crafts, luxury… and collective action. Allow us to introduce our project. And maybe you can follow and retweet? #FollowFriday
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New textile research from REVERSEACTION! doi.org/10.1007/s10816-025-0… 🌟New method for assessing quality and complexity of archaeological textiles 🌟 Microscope analysis of pre-Hispanic cotton mantas from three regions of Colombia #openaccess #archaeology #textileresearch
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📊 #WorldStatisticsDay meets Ancient Pottery! Did you know we use statistics to study archaeological materials? Our open access paper in Open Archaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers...
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📈 MANOVA tests (to test whether identified ware clusters really mean something) #Statistics
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The result? We can start to identify real and meaningful differences in how different ancient communities crafted vessels with unique shapes and recipes 🏺 Stats is not just for spreadsheets, it can also tell us stories of human creativity too! #WorldStatisticsDay #Archaeology
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Dont forget about this great opportunity to join the @reverseactionP team! @socarchsci
We're hiring! We need another archaeometallurgist to join the amazing @reverseactionP team at @UCamArchaeology and work on pre-Hispanic goldwork. Is that you? Please help us spread the word! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186
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We’re hiring! REVERSEACTION are looking for another Research Assistant to join the team, specifically focused on #archaeometallurgy RT to spread the word! #archaeology #jobalert #academiajobs
We're hiring! We need another archaeometallurgist to join the amazing @reverseactionP team at @UCamArchaeology and work on pre-Hispanic goldwork. Is that you? Please help us spread the word! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186
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The REVERSEACTION Project retweeted
We're hiring! We need another archaeometallurgist to join the amazing @reverseactionP team at @UCamArchaeology and work on pre-Hispanic goldwork. Is that you? Please help us spread the word! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186
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At the #SAA2025? Come to say hi to some of the Reverseaction team! First on, Thurs at 11 on gold and heterarchy
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And on Sunday, the latest on prehispanic goldwork in Colombia #SAA2025
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In March, Lina María Campos Quintero, Jasmine Vieri and @martinontorres participated in a workshop about #earlymetallurgy from Mexico to #Colombia, in San José, #CostaRica 1/5
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Jasmine discussed the #computationalmodelling of #Muisca goldwork; and Marcos introduced the overarching goals and recent results of the #REVERSEACTION project 4/5
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Thank you very much for the invitation and the hard work to the organisers from the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, the German Mining Museum in Bochum, and the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica 5/5
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Take a look at this paper on Colombian ceramics led by @KateKlesner. Including pXRF, GMM, SEM-EDS and Raman of three wares, and anthropology of technology, we disentangle traditions and knowledge transmission degruyterbrill.com/document/…

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Disentangling Technological Traditions: Comparative Analysis of Chaînes Opératoires of Painted Pre-Hispanic Ceramics From Nariño, Colombia - Read on degruyter.com/document/doi/1… @degruyter_brill

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Finally some SEM analysis of Muisca gold artefacts, in preparation to the ICP analysis next week! 🥰🥰🥰
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Do you think a paid internship at @Cambridge_Uni is beyond your reach? You may be wrong. Have a look at this! We’re offering two with @reverseactionP and we want to open access to unusual suspects. Have a look, spread the word!
Thinking about postgrad research in the humanities and social sciences but not sure it’s for you? Apply for our paid research experience internships by Friday 28 Feb to spend your summer with our incredible research community bit.ly/3PqhpRB Join the @reverseactionP team!
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