New PhD position at the IMF-CSIC, Barcelona! Check the AWRANA news item for further information. All of our news items are submitted by our AWRANA members. If you know of a job opportunity or other news that would be of interest to the network, please let us know so that we can share it!

Congratulations to Dr Lasse van den Dikkenberg for his PhD thesis "Living with Flint: Lithic biographies and daily life in the Rhine-Meuse Delta during the Vlaardingen Culture period (3400–2500 BCE)", now available open-access through Sidestone Press: www.sidestone.com/books/living...

The Society of Antiquaries in London will be hosting the 25th Sara Champion memorial lecture and Awards evening, both online and in-person, on 12th October at 4:30pm London time.

The Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA) welcomes applications from institutions (e.g., universities, research institutes, museums) interested in organising and hosting the forthcoming 2029 AWRANA International Scientific Conference.

We've updated our website! Check it out to see the latest news and updates from the AWRANA community, as well as our membership database, plus information on previous and upcoming conferences.

www.awrana.org

News from our network!

López Sevilla, Ángel Rafael & Rojas Chávez, Juan Martín wish to share a new Costilla de mamut (Mammoth rib).

mna.inah.gob.mx/detalle_piez...

The latest volume of Revista Atlántica-Mediterránea de Prehistoria y Arqueología Social pays tribute to Dr. Ignacio Clemente Conte, recognising his contributions to prehistoric archaeology and, in particular, to the advancement of use-wear analysis and experimental archaeology. (1/2)

Hi everyone! Don't worry - we're still here!

At our recent event in Pisa, we welcomed in a new board, and they are still settling into their positions and working on updating the website, as well as gathering news and updates to start sharing on our socials.

Watch this space!

📢 Special Issue in MDPI Heritage now open for submissions!

"𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲" 🦴

Submit your paper here:
www.mdpi.com/si/260665

AWRANA is pleased to announce its student scholarship to support participation in the next AWRANA conference (Pisa)!

📅 Applications open: 1 October – 30 November

📨 Send your application to [email protected]

🏆 Results will be communicated in December.

Check out the Proceedings of the 3rd AWRANA Meeting (Barcelona 2022) in the Special Issue "Tracing Social Dynamics" of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports!

You can find it here ⬇️
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

𝗔𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗔𝟮𝟲, the 4th edition of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Analysts Conference, will be held from 9 to 12 April 2026 in Pisa 🎉

Main theme: "𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆"

Check the details and submit your contribution here 👇

awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-paper…

📌 Check out the new paper by @fionapichon.bsky.social 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹. (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) on the use of confocal scanning microscopy to study use wear traces on obsidian tools 🔬 published on @springernature.com Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory!
shorturl.at/ELrPJ

Check out the Proceedings of the 3rd AWRANA Meeting (Barcelona 2022) in the Special Issue "Tracing Social Dynamics" of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports!

You can find it here ⬇️
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

Hi there!
This is the official profile of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts - AWRANA, now on @bsky.app!

Looking forward to find old and new friends interested in archaeology! 🏺🔬