Reverse engineering collective action: complex technologies in stateless societies. An archaeological science project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant

Cambridge, England
Joined March 2022
Hello world, this is @ReverseactionP! We are an @ERC_Research -funded project on archaeology, science, technology, crafts, luxury… and collective action. Allow us to introduce our project. And maybe you can follow and retweet? #FollowFriday
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The REVERSEACTION Project retweeted
Grateful to have contributed to this! It’s been a pleasure collaborating on such a fascinating research topic with an outstanding team. Looking forward to what comes next!
Latest REVERSEACTION #research on pre-Hispanic raised field systems from La Mojana, published with @SpringerNature in Communications Sustainability today! nature.com/articles/s44458-0… Key takeaways👇 #openaccess #archaeology #watermanagement #sustainability #collectiveaction (1/6)
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Latest REVERSEACTION #research on pre-Hispanic raised field systems from La Mojana, published with @SpringerNature in Communications Sustainability today! nature.com/articles/s44458-0… Key takeaways👇 #openaccess #archaeology #watermanagement #sustainability #collectiveaction (1/6)
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The readoption of the systems could offer low-cost, locally governed solutions to flooding and drought in present-day La Mojana, which currently experiences a water management crisis (5/6)
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The REVERSEACTION Project retweeted
La exposición de los tesoros de Colombia roza los 1⃣9⃣.0⃣0⃣0⃣visitantes durante su primer mes en el #MARQ ℹ️ acortar.link/C1geMs #MARQColombia
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New textile research from REVERSEACTION! doi.org/10.1007/s10816-025-0… 🌟New method for assessing quality and complexity of archaeological textiles 🌟 Microscope analysis of pre-Hispanic cotton mantas from three regions of Colombia #openaccess #archaeology #textileresearch
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📊 #WorldStatisticsDay meets Ancient Pottery! Did you know we use statistics to study archaeological materials? Our open access paper in Open Archaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers...
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📈 MANOVA tests (to test whether identified ware clusters really mean something) #Statistics
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The result? We can start to identify real and meaningful differences in how different ancient communities crafted vessels with unique shapes and recipes 🏺 Stats is not just for spreadsheets, it can also tell us stories of human creativity too! #WorldStatisticsDay #Archaeology
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The REVERSEACTION Project retweeted
Dont forget about this great opportunity to join the @reverseactionP team! @socarchsci
We're hiring! We need another archaeometallurgist to join the amazing @reverseactionP team at @UCamArchaeology and work on pre-Hispanic goldwork. Is that you? Please help us spread the word! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186
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We’re hiring! REVERSEACTION are looking for another Research Assistant to join the team, specifically focused on #archaeometallurgy RT to spread the word! #archaeology #jobalert #academiajobs
We're hiring! We need another archaeometallurgist to join the amazing @reverseactionP team at @UCamArchaeology and work on pre-Hispanic goldwork. Is that you? Please help us spread the word! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186
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The REVERSEACTION Project retweeted
We're hiring! We need another archaeometallurgist to join the amazing @reverseactionP team at @UCamArchaeology and work on pre-Hispanic goldwork. Is that you? Please help us spread the word! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51186
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At the #SAA2025? Come to say hi to some of the Reverseaction team! First on, Thurs at 11 on gold and heterarchy
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And on Sunday, the latest on prehispanic goldwork in Colombia #SAA2025
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In March, Lina María Campos Quintero, Jasmine Vieri and @martinontorres participated in a workshop about #earlymetallurgy from Mexico to #Colombia, in San José, #CostaRica 1/5
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Jasmine discussed the #computationalmodelling of #Muisca goldwork; and Marcos introduced the overarching goals and recent results of the #REVERSEACTION project 4/5
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Thank you very much for the invitation and the hard work to the organisers from the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, the German Mining Museum in Bochum, and the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica 5/5
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