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Flying Into a New Phase of Work

August 23, 2016by MEMSAP Leave a comment

We are back from the field! As a sneak preview, a rough cut of what will eventually become a full video with stills and voiceover can be seen here, documenting […]

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Gearing up for the field

May 23, 2016by MEMSAP 1 Comment

It’s that time of year when I write something on my “to do” list just in time to cross it off and add two more things in its place. You know […]

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New Outputs from MEMSAP

February 19, 2016by MEMSAP Leave a comment

No, MEMSAP has not gone dormant! Rather, we have been working through those many years of data to organize and publish our results, and we have been planning the next […]

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MEMSAP at the Meetings – 2015 Edition

April 10, 2015by MEMSAP Leave a comment

It’s that time of year again!  Many members of the MEMSAP team will be converging next week in San Francisco to present new results from our research at the Paleoanthropology […]

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Fly It and Try It

August 1, 2014by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University) Near Karonga, Malawi, Central Africa – Somewhere around the third shattered arm on the drone things began to get serious.  Our […]

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Student Reflections I

July 28, 2014by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By: Julie Guy The MEMSAP Field School 2014 had a lot of firsts for me. First time to Africa (and, obviously, Malawi), first time time excavating a 1mx1m square, first […]

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Small People, Big Impressions

July 24, 2014by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By: Dr Jessica Thompson Well, another field school has passed and this time no students were able to find time during the season to write a blog entry…hopefully because they […]

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Update and Holiday Wishes

December 15, 2013by MEMSAP Leave a comment

by: Dr Jessica Thompson Since our last update was many months ago, I thought it would be a good idea to send a message to our loyal followers of this […]

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New Project Output, Off Season Updates

Changing of the Post

August 7, 2013by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By James Flittner and Victor de Moor So far the season has been successful, with plenty of adventures, interesting people and of course some great archaeology. For us the surveys […]

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MEMSAP at work

July 25, 2013by MEMSAP Leave a comment

This little clip shows a typical 1 x 2m excavation by MEMSAP. In the foreground Petros Mwanganda – related to Chief Mwanganda of the archaeological site bearing the same name […]

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