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 […]
Category Archives: Off Season Updates
Updates from MEMSAP team members during the 10 months per year when we aren’t in the field
It’s that time of year again – MEMSAP at the Meetings 2013
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 […]
It’s official – you can see our excavations from space
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 […]
A reflection on students in archaeology from the 2011 MEMSAP field school
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 […]
The MEMSAP Cold Case Files: Issue #1
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 […]
Latest Media Coverage of MEMSAP Research: Africa Unearthed
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 […]
Dig in overseas
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 […]
Malawi: Passion for the Field
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 […]
Archaeology Day in Karonga
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 […]
Excavation of Middle Stone Age Site of Chaminade Area II
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 […]
MEMSAP: Dispatches from the Field 