Find us at the Kiel Conference from 24-29. March 2025 with a poster presentation and a talk. Rowena Winterhalder, Inèz Faul and colleagues present their poster: “Lithics and landscapes: Archaeological material and geomorphological forms at Maralaleng Pan, southern Kalahari basin”. This contribution aims to identify where artefacts are located in relation to different geomorphological features inside the pans and whether thisContinue reading “Talk at the Kiel Conference 2025”
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Talk at the Duggan-Cronin-Gallery
All are welcome to a public talk hosted jointly by the Archaeological Society Trans-!Garib Branch and the McGregor Museum. Dr. Michaela Ecker will give a talk about new insight into past environmental change from archaeological sites in the Northern Cape. The talk will take place on March 4, at 18:00 o’clock at the Duggan-Cronin-Gallery in Kimberley, South Africa.
Call for papers SAfA 2025
We invite submissions of abstracts to our SAfA conference session 2025 Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions. Deadline 31/01/2025 All information here.
Kelly et al. (2024)
Kelley, D.I., Sato, H., Ecker, M., Burton, C.A., Capurucho, J.M.G., Bates, J., 2024. Niche-dependent forest and savanna fragmentation in Tropical South America during the Last Glacial Maximum. npj biodivers 3, 23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00056-4
Press release
Press release from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology from 11th September 2024: Study explains why Amazon is such a biodiverse paradise.