TRAVELLING WITH DEATHREVOL: BRNO (CZECH REPUBLIC) II
A few weeks ago, during our Czech adventure, we had the opportunity to visit Pavlov and Dolní Věstonice.
Walking on the same ground once traversed by mammoth hunters and standing at the site where some of the most iconic Paleolithic burials in Europe were uncovered is an experience that is hard to put into words. At the foot of these hills lies one of the key landscapes for understanding Upper Paleolithic societies, their funerary practices, and their social complexity.
We would also like to thank the staff of the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno and the Pavlov Archaeological Park for their extraordinary generosity in sharing their knowledge, time, and enthusiasm in a way that was simply unforgettable. Excellent science, excellent people.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S DAY
For a long time, Prehistory was told from a partial perspective: hunters, explorers, male protagonists.
Women appeared in the background, almost invisible.
The archaeological record has no ideology, but our questions do. We do not only interpret findings through a cultural framework; we also formulate hypotheses, prioritize research, and construct narratives from within it.
Recognizing bias does not weaken science, it strengthens it.
Revisiting the past also means revisiting our perspective.
On this International Women’s Day, we stand for a science capable of questioning itself. Because understanding how we construct knowledge helps us understand who we were and who we want to become.
