IMPACT
@project-impact.bsky.social
Innovative methods for understanding blunt force trauma patterns to assess conflicts in past times - IMPACT
PI: Dr. Lukas Waltenberger, Center for Human Bioarchaeology and Paleogenetics, Vilnius University, MSCA grant no. 01200197, funding: EU Horizon2020
PI: Dr. Lukas Waltenberger, Center for Human Bioarchaeology and Paleogenetics, Vilnius University, MSCA grant no. 01200197, funding: EU Horizon2020
Presenting IMPACT results at the #PPA2026 including machine learning models and network analysis. Taking home message: Fractography is the key to understand BFT; not solely the trauma location
August 5, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Presenting IMPACT results at the #PPA2026 including machine learning models and network analysis. Taking home message: Fractography is the key to understand BFT; not solely the trauma location
IMPACT is proceeding well: the forensic data collection is completed & over 3000 machine learning models were trained and tested to find the best one!
Curious how to predict the trauma cause?
Results will be presented soon at the conference of the Paleopathology Association in Berlin.
Curious how to predict the trauma cause?
Results will be presented soon at the conference of the Paleopathology Association in Berlin.
July 24, 2026 at 7:43 AM
IMPACT is proceeding well: the forensic data collection is completed & over 3000 machine learning models were trained and tested to find the best one!
Curious how to predict the trauma cause?
Results will be presented soon at the conference of the Paleopathology Association in Berlin.
Curious how to predict the trauma cause?
Results will be presented soon at the conference of the Paleopathology Association in Berlin.
Sex estimation in human cremated remains is now easier, more objective and replicable. Check out this study and software
Check out our new paper, by Lukas Waltenberger and colleagues! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
CRISP: Cremated remains inference of sex probabilities – A software for Bayesian sex estimation in human cremated remains
Sex assessment in cremation contexts represents a key step for reconstructing funerary rituals and demographic profiles. However, the high degree of fragmentation and thermal alteration of skeletal el...
journals.plos.org
May 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Sex estimation in human cremated remains is now easier, more objective and replicable. Check out this study and software
Reposted by IMPACT
It was a pleasure to organize a "trauma at the human skeleton" workshop in Weimar. Many interesting talks and hands-on case discussions.
April 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM
It was a pleasure to organize a "trauma at the human skeleton" workshop in Weimar. Many interesting talks and hands-on case discussions.
Amazing workshop on skeletal trauma in Weimar (Germany) with interesting case study discussions and keynote lectures by Prof. @tonypollard.bsky.social and Dr. Eilin Jopp-van Well. @lukas-waltenberger.bsky.social presented first preliminary IMPACT results on cranial trauma patterns.
April 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Amazing workshop on skeletal trauma in Weimar (Germany) with interesting case study discussions and keynote lectures by Prof. @tonypollard.bsky.social and Dr. Eilin Jopp-van Well. @lukas-waltenberger.bsky.social presented first preliminary IMPACT results on cranial trauma patterns.
IMPACT will be also present at this workshop with first project results 🥳
Anyone interested in skeletal trauma? I am co-organizing a workshop on this topic mid-April in Weimar; abstract submission is extended until Sunday!
More informations: gfa-anthropologie.de/appa-worksho...
(english version as pdf)
More informations: gfa-anthropologie.de/appa-worksho...
(english version as pdf)
APPA-Workshop „Traumata am menschlichen Skelett“ - Gesellschaft für Anthropologie
Die AG Paläoanthropologie und Prähistorische Anthropologie (APPA) lädt ein zu einem Workshop unter dem Thema „Traumata am menschlichen Skelett“. Dabei wird ein Tag aus Vorträgen von renommierten Wisse...
gfa-anthropologie.de
March 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
IMPACT will be also present at this workshop with first project results 🥳
IMPACT project is proceeding well with over 170 postmortem CT scans already analyzed and nearly 2000 recorded traumata in the database!
Besides the regular data collection, there is also time to look at some prehistoric trauma cases from Lithuania: www.facebook.com/marijampoles...
Besides the regular data collection, there is also time to look at some prehistoric trauma cases from Lithuania: www.facebook.com/marijampoles...
Marijampolės krašto ir Prezidento Kazio Griniaus muziejus
🚕 Vakar į Marijampolės krašto muziejų specialiems tyrimams atvyko VU Medicinos fakulteto tyrėjų komanda: dr. Justina Kozakaitė, tyrėjai Rūta Brindzaitė, Jovita Kadikinaitė-Mickė, Lukas Waltenberger...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:21 AM
IMPACT project is proceeding well with over 170 postmortem CT scans already analyzed and nearly 2000 recorded traumata in the database!
Besides the regular data collection, there is also time to look at some prehistoric trauma cases from Lithuania: www.facebook.com/marijampoles...
Besides the regular data collection, there is also time to look at some prehistoric trauma cases from Lithuania: www.facebook.com/marijampoles...
Excited to officially launch this account as part of our IMPACT research project, which analyses blunt force trauma in forensic and archaeological contexts.
Looking forward to sharing updates, insights, and discoveries with you!
#MSCA #VilniusUniversity
Looking forward to sharing updates, insights, and discoveries with you!
#MSCA #VilniusUniversity
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Excited to officially launch this account as part of our IMPACT research project, which analyses blunt force trauma in forensic and archaeological contexts.
Looking forward to sharing updates, insights, and discoveries with you!
#MSCA #VilniusUniversity
Looking forward to sharing updates, insights, and discoveries with you!
#MSCA #VilniusUniversity