encounter_project
@encounter_erc
ENCOUNTER is an ERC Starting Project that investigates the dispersal of rice and millet farming in prehistoric Japan during the Jomon-Yayoi transition.
We are delighted to host a symposium on "The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia - Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition -" at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on the 4th and 5th of July 2024 shorturl.at/VCBDT

New paper on @PNASNews led by @SimonCarrignon with Anne Kandler and Stephen Shennan, where we explore the impact of post-marital residence rules and resocialisation in cultural hitchhiking pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
🌱 What was the demographic response to the introduction of rice agriculture in prehistoric Japan? Find out in a new paper by the @encounter_erc project! 👉 Read about it: arch.cam.ac.uk/news/demograph… 📸 Modern paddy field - S. Shoda
Latest paper from the Encounter Project featuring population studies on the impact of farming by @er_crema @SimonCarrignon Shinya Shoda and Chris Stevens @UCamArchaeology
📢 Publication Alert! Pleased to share our latest paper from the @encounter_erc published on @AntiquityJ where we explore the demographic impact of rice agriculture in prehistoric Japan tinyurl.com/yp8mr3m2 [🧵🗾📈🌾below ]
So proud of my amazing colleagues of the @encounter_erc project! I learn so much from every single one of them! We had an amazing two days of discussion thanks to them and our wonderful guest speakers!
We had a fantastic first day at the "Transition to agriculture at the edge of Eurasia" symposium!!! Amazing speakers covering the latest on the diffusion of farming in Japan and Britain! Join us online from more tomorrow!! encounterproject.info/announcements

If you are around Cambridge next week don't forget to come by! we're hosting a super nice symposium to discuss and compare the arrival of farming in Japan & the British Islands (and you can also register online).
We are delighted to host a symposium on "The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia - Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition -" at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on the 4th and 5th of July 2024 shorturl.at/VCBDT
【拡散希望です】初代門司駅関連遺構群を助けて下さい。研究者としての私は無力ですが、学術界が国指定史跡相当と認めた世界遺産級の遺跡、門司の、北九州の、日本の、東アジアの、そして世界の宝、苦しみと喜びの歴史の体現が破壊されることを座視できません。 #門司駅 youtu.be/xyo6Z0C78os?si…
These positions are still open and it is a chance to work with a very international African-European team on key themes in ancient agriculture, resilience and climate change. Have a look at them!! Please spread the info!
Two MSCA-Funded PhD positions in the project AGRI-DRY (agri-dry.org) @UPFBarcelona 1) Changing Land Use over the Holocene: Medit & N Africa; 2) Resilience of traditional and ancient agricultural landscapes ➡️Come and do research with us! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/239768
Honored to be a part of such an exciting and important session!
And thank you for @mizog88 for being a fantastic chair and igniting an exciting discussion!
@encounter_erc in Japan. Spent the morning looking at Kasori shell middens before our session at the JAA while @er_crema rep'd us in the morning