Outreach

Public outreach in the research area as well as around the world is a fundamental aspect of the project.

Public outreach

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  • Article in german journal

    Michela Ecker, Hiromitsu Sato and Douglas Kelley have published an article in the german journal Archäologie in Deutschland (AiD).

  • Community meeting in Botswana

    We held a successful community meeting in Maralaleng, Botswana, on 19th June 2024. We presented our ongoing work and first results as well as answering questions and receiving feedback from the community.

  • Coloring book in multiple languages

    The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Adventures in Archaeological Science Coloring Book is now available in Setswana, Afrikaans, German and English here.

  • Talk at Welcome Center Kiel

    Our PhD candidate Inèz Faul will hold a talk on the 12th December titled “Modern human origins in the Kalahari Desert: A case study from the Kgalagadi District, Botswana” at 5 pm in the Welcome Center for the Guesthouse Talks.
    Please register that you will join a week before the event with this email: nsmith@uv.uni-kiel.de

    The talk is aimed towards people without archaeological background, so feel free to come!

  • Talk at Kiel University

    Michaela Ecker will hold a talk about our research with the title: “Tracing Human Origins: Archaeological Fieldwork in the Kalahari” at CAU Kiel for the Late Night Science-Series on the 28th November, 6:15 pm!

  • Science Day 2023 in Kiel

    The KHO Project Team was present on the Science Day on the 29th September 2023 in Kiel. To show the public how we work, we scattered archaeological materials outdoors and let the people use our tablets and GPS receivers to do their own survey. Additionally, find sheets could be filled out. In collaboration with ROOTS and the ERC XSCAPE project, the younger participants also had the change to earn certificates of their participation. The enthusiasm was bigger than expected and the day turned out to be a great success!

  • German Embassy visits fieldwork

    View here the Post of the German Embassy about their visit to the KHO Project on the field!

  • StoryMap article

    NEW! StoryMap “History and Archaology of Pniel 6, South Africa”. Learn about research in an interactive way. Also available in German.

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