by Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University)

In just a few short weeks the Paleoanthropology Society and the Society for American Archaeology will be holding their annual meetings in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Not surprisingly, turnout is expected to be high and competition to get a paper or poster accepted at the Paleos this year was fierce.  MEMSAP team members will be presenting on several occasions over the course of conference week; all the details are below so if you’re in Honolulu during the week of April 1st come check out the latest research from MEMSAP (and then hit the beach).

Paleoanthropology Society 2013 Annual Meeting Program

Society for American Archaeology 78th Annual Meeting Preliminary Program

Presentations and posters featuring MEMSAP research

Thompson, J.C., Zipkin, A., Nightingale, S., Wright, D.K., Choi, J-h., Mackay, A., Welling, M., and Gomani-Chindebvu (2013). “New Discoveries of Old Sites: The Legacy of J.D. Clark in Karonga, Malawi”. Poster to be presented at the Paleoanthropology Society conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Thompson, J.C., Welling, M., Wright, D.K., Schilt, F., Mentzer, S., Bravo Foster, M., Robinson, S., Mackay, A., Nightingale, S., Forman, S., and  Gomani-Chindebvu, E. (2013). “The Later Pleistocene Archaeological Landscape of Karonga“. Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Nightingale, S., Mackay, A., Thompson, J.C., de Moor, V., and Gomani-Chindebvu, E. (2013). “Variability in Middle Stone Age Stone Artifact Reduction Strategies and Raw Material Use in the Karonga District of Northern Malawi“. Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Wright, D.K., Choi, J.-h., Thompson, J.C., and Gomani-Chindebvu, E. (2013). “OSL Dating of Landscape Change and Human Evolution in Northern Malawi“. Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Presentations and posters involving MEMSAP team members (but not necessarily about the archaeology of northern Malawi)

Zipkin, A.M., Wagner, M., and Brooks, A.S. (2013). “The Role of Loading Agent Particle Size and Mineralogy in Formulating Compound Hafting Adhesives“. Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Mackay, A. and Hallinan, E. (2013). “Provisioning Responses to Environmental Variation from MIS 4-2 in the Western Cape, South Africa“. Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

O’Driscoll, C. and Thompson, J. (2013). “Zooarchaeological Evidence for Projectile Technology in the African Middle Stone Age“. Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Otárola-Castillo, E., James, E., Thompson, J., Harris, J., and Massigoge, A. (2013) “No Longer Just a Pretty Picture – Differentiating between Experimental Bone Surface Modifications Using 3D Morphometric Analysis“.  Paper to be presented at the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.