Update and Holiday Wishes
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 […]
Updates from MEMSAP team members during the 10 months per year when we aren’t in the field
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 […]
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 […]
by Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University) and Dr. Jessica Thompson (Project Director, University of Queensland) The quality of imagery available from Google Earth is constantly […]
by Jacqueline Matthews (Graduate Student, University of Queensland) I attended the inaugural MEMSAP field school in 2011 and one of the enduring experiences that I took away from my time in Malawi (apart from […]
by Andrew Zipkin (Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University) Perhaps the most surprising aspect of my role in MEMSAP is that of project detective. Because so much of MEMSAP research […]
High plateaus next to ocean-like lakes: how would our ancestors have coped with such different environments? And how did they deal with extreme climate change? Read the full story with MEMSAP PI […]
by Lauren Ahwan Excerpted from the Herald Sun, Upskill Training and Education Section, June 9th 2012 About 12 per cent of undergraduates, or almost 13,000 students, undertake some form of […]
Interview with MEMSAP Co-PI Dr. Jessica Thompson Excerpted from the UQ News, Issue 602, May 2012, p. 14-15 For archaeologist Dr Jessica Thompson, fieldwork experiences demarcate her life. “I sort […]
By Andrew Zipkin, Doctoral Candidate, The George Washington University This field season MEMSAP will host our first ever Archaeology Day in Karonga, Malawi. Archaeo Day is a chance for members […]
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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