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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”

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.

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.

Congratulations to our Bachelor student Esther Renken from CAU Kiel for submitting her thesis titled “Research History of Pniel, South Africa”.

Congratulations to our Master student Helena Pribliczki from CAU Kiel for submitting her thesis titled “Analysis of Faunal Remains from the Middle Stone Age Open-Air Site Pniel 6, South Africa”.