Armando Falcucci
Archaeologist, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Fellow @ New York University & @ ICArEHB
Paleolithic | Human Behavior | Lithic Technology | Rstats | 3D analysis.
www.armandofalcucci.com
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciUnabhängige Innovationen bei der Herstellung von Steinwerkzeugen #archäologie
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciThrilled to have won the Student Poster Prize at #ESHE2025! 🏆 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on Lebanese fauna and for all the inspiring conversations throughout the conference!
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciPoster session at #ESHE2025 😊🦷
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciGreat talk @armandofalcucci.bsky.social! Impressive depth of data analysis, and I really appreciated the open science approach. Finally, robust evidence that the Ahmarian and Protoaurignacian aren’t directly linked #Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
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- Reposted by Armando FalcucciPodium talks Day 2 #ESHE2025 @jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
- Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4. Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
- The split-based antler point from the Early Aurignacian sequence at Grotta della Cala, southern Italy, provides new insights into Early Upper Paleolithic osseous technology. Read our recently published paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... #Palaeolithic #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 1/2 🏺🦣
- A closer look at the split-based antler point from Grotta della Cala. Explore and download 3D models of lithic (n = 420) and bone (n = 3) tools here: zenodo.org/records/1538... #Palaeolithic #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 2/2 🏺🦣
- 🚨New paper alert!🧪 We explore the #Aurignacian at Grotta della Cala (southern Italy), providing robust evidence of human settlement shortly after the #CampanianIgnimbrite eruption (ca. 40 ka). 1/5 🌋 @tommyhigham.bsky.social @lucdoyon.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social & the University of Siena
- Our lithic analysis identified Early Aurignacian assemblages marked by intensive use of carinated technology and consistent lithic production strategies, demonstrating remarkable technological and behavioral continuity during #Heinrich Stadial 4. 2/5
- Remarkably, we document the southernmost occurrence of #split-based antler points in Europe, alongside a rich assemblage of perforated marine #shells. 3/5
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View full threadResearch and fieldwork at Grotta della Cala are directed by Adriana Moroni from the University of Siena, Prehistory and Anthropology Research Unit. A massive thank to all colleagues from Siena for contributing to this important study! 5/5 Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciNew paper led by Annette Oertle out today focusing on our work at Castelcivita in Italy. A pleasure to work with our wonderful Italian colleagues. @katerinad.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciAnother exciting collaboration led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social now out in Scientific Data! It's hard to underscore how meaningful it is to have data from these four sites excavated by different teams together in a single paper and available for anyone to access! 🏺🦣🧪
- #NewPaperAlert: We're delighted to present The Open Aurignacian Project — an open-access 3D database of 2,000+ lithics from four key Italian Paleolithic sites. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #FlintFriday #FossilFriday #3Darchaeology #OpenScience #DigitalHeritage @julienrs.bsky.social 🦣 🏺 (1/6) 🧵
- #NewPaperAlert: We're delighted to present The Open Aurignacian Project — an open-access 3D database of 2,000+ lithics from four key Italian Paleolithic sites. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #FlintFriday #FossilFriday #3Darchaeology #OpenScience #DigitalHeritage @julienrs.bsky.social 🦣 🏺 (1/6) 🧵
- (2/6) 📍 Volume 1: Grotta di Fumane (Northeast Italy) Includes 948 3D models of stone tools from the Protoaurignacian to Early Gravettian layers Zenodo repo 👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #Fumane #Aurignacian #3Ddata 🦣 🏺 #FossilFriday #FlintFriday
- (3/6) 📍 Volume 2: Grotta di Castelcivita (Southern Italy) 538 artifacts scanned from stratified Early and Protoaurignacian layers. Zenodo repo 👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🦣 🏺 #FossilFriday #FlintFriday
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View full thread(6/6) This project supports reproducible research, open sharing, and collaborative studies in human evolution and lithic technology. 🌐 Project site: www.armandofalcucci.com/project/open... #OpenScience #OpenAurignacian 🦣 🏺 #FossilFriday #FlintFriday
- A true honor discussing the #Fumane lithic assemblages with Prof. François Bon and many other colleagues from Ferrara, Liège, Pisa, and Toulouse at the #Aurignacian Roundtable in Ferrara. @umr5608traces.bsky.social @traceolab.bsky.social @gennaijacopo.bsky.social
- Reposted by Armando Falcucci🚨New paper alert!🧪 Led by @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, this paper explores the internal variability of the Protoaurignacian at Riparo Bombrini by analyzing lithic assemblages from layers A2 and A1, and a previously undescribed Early Aurignacian assemblage from layer A0. 1/4 🏺🦣
- #NewPaperAlert: Our latest research at Riparo Bombrini shows how internal variability in the Protoaurignacian reflects shifting mobility and site-use strategies. 🏺 #Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #FlintFriday #FossilFriday @julienrs.bsky.social Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- #NewPaperAlert: Our latest research at Riparo Bombrini shows how internal variability in the Protoaurignacian reflects shifting mobility and site-use strategies. 🏺 #Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #FlintFriday #FossilFriday @julienrs.bsky.social Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciA great opportunity to meet so many inspiring colleagues—thanks to the organizers of the 'Variability within the Aurignacian' session for making it possible! @armandofalcucci.bsky.social @julienrs.bsky.social
- Great to see our PhD student Serena Lombardo presenting at the SAA meeting in Denver! Her talk, “Early Upper Paleolithic Technical Behavior at Apidima (Peloponnese, Greece): Technological Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from Cave C,” highlighted our exciting ongoing research at Apidima! Congrats!🤩
- In preparation for our paper on the Aurignacian from Grotta della Cala (Campania, southern Italy), I am happy to share a large #OpenAccess datasets of high-resolution #3D meshes of #lithics and #bone tools (n = 423): zenodo.org/records/1416... 🏺 #Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
- Here is a beautiful carinated core with evidence of bladelet production and flaking surface isolation, dated to about 38,000 years ago! #FlintFriday #FreeTheData
- Happy to give my small contribution to this great OA initiative. Thanks for the trust, @pciarchaeology.bsky.social!
- 1/3 Many thanks to the 76 reviewers who dedicated time for our free #openaccess initiative in 2024! 42 anonymous reviewers + @carigol.bsky.social @davidedelpiano.bsky.social @ndelsol.bsky.social @armandofalcucci.bsky.social @ihuvila.bsky.social
- Reposted by Armando Falcucci Can we use mere stone flakes to track cultural change? @hannesrathmann.bsky.social and I test this with simple flake attributes & a newly developed statistical method! All data, methods and code are #openaccess www.nature.com/articles/s41... #archaeology #statistics #openscience Feedback welcome!
- 1/ #NewPaperAlert: Thrilled to finally share our new paper on #Fumane Cave after a long and time-consuming research process! 🏺 #Archaeology #Anthropology #Paleolithic #StoneTools #HumanEvolution #FlintFriday #FossilFriday Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- 2/ Our study offers fresh insights into the integrity of Fumane Cave's Aurignacian stratigraphy using the highly effective blade break connection method, paired with spatial taphonomy. 🏺 #Lithics #Aurignacian
- 3/ This approach led us to identify well-preserved excavation areas where post-depositional processes were minimal, making them ideal for renewed archaeological investigations. 🏺 #SpatialAnalysis
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View full thread6/ Overall, our results highlight the challenges of using layers defined during fieldwork as analytical units, since they may not reflect true stratigraphic significance. We hope this study provides new tools for refining chronological and cultural boundaries at stratified sites. 🏺 #Statigraphy
- Reposted by Armando Falcucci🧪 New paper alert! 🏺 Comparing Neanderthal and Modern Human Subsistence at Riparo Bombrini: An Integrated Archaeozoological, Multivariate Taphonomic, and ZooMS Analysis. This is Geneviève Pothier Bouchard's last PhD paper. I'm *thrilled* to see it out and flesh out our work at Bombrini 1/6
- Reposted by Armando FalcucciAre you an #archaeologist wanting to learn #QGIS for #archaeology? I have an entire course on YouTube, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTY...
- Reposted by Armando Falcucci🚨 New paper alert 🚨 : A multimethod analysis for tracing Gravettian red ochre provenance at Arene Candide Cave (NW Italy)! Ochre was heavily used during the Gravettian period (31-22 ky ago), both in everyday and ritual contexts, so knowing where people acquired it from is important. 1/3
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