▪️Paleolithic archaeology ⛏️ Excavations ▪️Population interactions & human behaviors during the early/middle paleolithic 📍Levant and Central Asia ▪️Head; Prof. Yossi Zaidner 🏛️ Hebrew University of Jerusalem www.hcelabhuji.com www.tinshemetcave.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3m7rrokxcsk2e🚨We are thrilled to have received the VolkswagenStiftung grant for our project "In Search of Paleolithic Hominins in Central Asia". This grant will allow us to establish research labs and facilities in Tajikistan and will strengthen and further develop our collaborations with our Tajik colleagues.12 Dec 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rrokxcsk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3m6lttqzopc22Paper alert! 🚨 New research on the hunting strategies at the Middle Paleolithic site of Nesher Ramla! 🐂🦴 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-26274-927 Nov 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6lttqzopc22https://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3m2v772r6hc26The excavation at Soii Havzak rockshelter, in Western Tajikistan just ended. It was a fruitful season! New in situ layers, large amount of lithic artefacts and faunal remains, and many samples for OSL datings, stay tuned for some results ! Thanks to all the team members this year and to our hosts!11 Oct 2025 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2v772r6hc26https://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3lvbe4dc76s2bWe made it to the news this week;) "A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel " https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-14935415/In-cave-Israel-100-00-year-old-bones-tell-story-origins-burial-rites.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton #prehistory #archaeology #funerary #paleolithic31 Jul 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbe4dc76s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3lvbdvvjn522bA glimpse into our excavation at Tinshemet Cave! Slow process but amazing finds! One more month to go this season with hopefully nice results coming! 🦴⛏️💀 https://youtu.be/etGVHIBDHIw?si=Pnn-0otX12bFSS0631 Jul 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbdvvjn522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3ltp7monhsk2d⛏️The 10th season of excavations at Tinshemet Cave has started !! #fieldworkfriday #MiddlePaleolithic #burial #Levallois11 Jul 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp7monhsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3ltjs5u6ppk2wNew international Master degree in prehistoric archaeology! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2025 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjs5u6ppk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3lnqxqhhfc22nLast day in Denver! Some of our lab members presented their research at the Paleoanthropology Society annual meeting and at the #SAA2025Denver ! @marionprevost.bsky.social @davidofagun.bsky.social #YossiZaidner27 Apr 2025 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqxqhhfc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3lmfli2jlbc2sOur project “Soii Havzak Rockshelter: A New Middle-Upper Paleolithic Sequence in Central Asia” has been awarded a research grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation! The grant, awarded to Y. Zaidner, J-P. Buylaert, and S. Kurbanov, will support postdoctoral research by M. Prévost.09 Apr 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfli2jlbc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/hcelab.bsky.social/post/3lldj2zsyfc2d@marionprevost.bsky.social postdoc in our lab presented our research on Nesher Ramla and Tinshemet Cave at Texas A&M University ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:uakz4rycec3tm3raeqqbc4fw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldj2zsyfc2d