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Updates from the Field Season in Karonga

The Fieldwork Space-Time Warp and Other Musings

August 1, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

by: Jess Thompson (Project Director, University of Queensland) I promised I would keep up on the blog as we saw Andrew off at the Songwe border to Tanzania last week. […]

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The MEMSAP Backlog: Archaeology Day

July 24, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

by Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University) As most detailed plans tend to go during field work in Africa, the daily updates previously promised have not occurred quite […]

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Discovery of a New (Old?) Middle Stone Age Site on Chaminade Hill, Karonga, Malawi

July 18, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University)  After a short hiatus, we are again reporting regularly from the MEMSAP excavations in Karonga.  The last week has seen some […]

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UQ Student Perspective

July 13, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By Kristina Lee (Undergraduate, University of Queensland) The first day of excavation finally arrived and the first thing to cross my mind is that there is a vast difference between […]

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UQ Student Perspectives

July 9, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

by John Gillen (Undergraduate, University of Queensland) I’m a second year student at the University of Queensland studying Archaeology and Anthropology, so when the opportunity arose to come to Malawi, […]

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Seeing Red (and Yellow): Ochre Source Exploration in Karonga District

July 7, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University) Although the main focus of the MEMSAP team during this field season is on the excavations at Chaminade 2 and Mwanganda’s […]

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WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY?

July 7, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By Francesca Gaspar, Undergraduate, University of Queensland ARCHAEOLOGY – My first thought was Indian Jones style adventuring, being chased by boulders and having to avoid getting your heart ripped out […]

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Field Season 2012 Kicks Off

June 29, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

Mabuya Camp, Lilongwe, Malawi By Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University) On June 26th the MEMSAP advance team arrived in Lilongwe to begin organizing supplies and transportation for […]

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Excavation of Middle Stone Age Site of Chaminade Area II

May 27, 2012by MEMSAP Leave a comment

By Oris Malijani, Senior Antiquities Officer At the close of the 2011 field season, Dr. Jessica Thompson of the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) agreed with the Department of Antiquities […]

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