The Fieldwork Space-Time Warp and Other Musings
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. […]
The MEMSAP Backlog: Archaeology Day
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 […]
Discovery of a New (Old?) Middle Stone Age Site on Chaminade Hill, Karonga, Malawi
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 […]
UQ Student Perspective
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 […]
UQ Student Perspectives
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, […]
Seeing Red (and Yellow): Ochre Source Exploration in Karonga District
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 […]
WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY?
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 […]
Field Season 2012 Kicks Off
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 […]
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 […]
MEMSAP: Dispatches from the Field 