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What was Narabeb like ~230,000 years ago?
Our luminescence dating with @LivLumLab shines light on this archaeological blind spot theconversation.com/african-… via @TC_Africa
@_TCglobal @GeographyUOM @GobabebRSH @georgemleader @rachelbynoe @QuaternaryRA_UK @_algunn @TheLeakeyFndtn
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And I should have said, the team would love to have breakfast with you too John @CapeTalk - a cup of rooibos & a rusk on top of one of the towering dunes in the
#NamibSandSea?
omny.fm/shows/the-john-mayth…
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I was invited to talk with John Maytham for the "Afternoon Drive" on CapeTalk Radio about the S.A.N.D.S. (Survey and Archaeology of the Namib Desert Surface) team's research at Narabeb (≠Aonin-derived name for "place of the Nara")
omny.fm/shows/the-john-mayth…
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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social retweeted
African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea bit.ly/4cYuUCk
💻 Abi Stoney, University of Manchester @OfficialUoM and Dominic Stratford, @WitsUniversity
#ScienceAndTech
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2022 fieldtrip members at #Narabeb as part of #SANDS research that is the basis of our piece in @TC_Africa
theconversation.com/african-…
For more of the science see #OpenAccess paper doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.1…
ALT 5 deck chairs, 4 with archaeologists, who sit looking at Narabeb interdune
ALT Crossing dunes can be hard work… Toyota Hilux on dune slip face. Three scientists, one with spade in hand from digging the vehicle axle free
ALT Sitting in a hole, describing sandy sediments whilst two colleagues look on
ALT Two scientists on the top of a dune crest, wind blowing, waiting for sunset.
African archaeology has neglected #Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea according to @AbiStone of @GeographyUOM in this article originally published by @ConversationUK
manchester.ac.uk/about/news/…
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What was Narabeb like ~230,000 years ago?
Our luminescence dating with @LivLumLab shines light on this archaeological blind spot theconversation.com/african-… via @TC_Africa
@_TCglobal @GeographyUOM @GobabebRSH @georgemleader @rachelbynoe @QuaternaryRA_UK @_algunn @TheLeakeyFndtn
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Thanks to all S.A.N.D.S. (Survey & Archaeology of the Namib Desert Surface) team & co-authors of recent research paper, which this piece focusses on. To @GobabebRSH & Kaarina Efraim of the National Museum of Namibia for making us so welcome in #Namibia & letting us work with you
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Huge thanks to @TheLeakeyFndtn (funding @georgemleader & fieldwork), @qra_uk funding towards fieldwork & @uomhums (SEED) New Horizons Research Stimulation Fund towards dating
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #stoneagetools #lithics #Namibia #southernafrica #deserts #geography
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Come and check out some grains of pollen and sand down the microscope with scientists from @QEGMan at #UniversallyManchester this Saturday. We’ll be in the AMBS (Business School) location from 10am
universallymanchester.com/
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🚨New Paper Alert 🚨
doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.202…
Signals from #portableluminescencereaders let us probe sediment #provenance and geomorphic processes as well as giving us an idea of burial age, for dunes and lake shorelines across southern Africa
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Unit Evaluation time of year.
A time to reflect…
that 10% response rates & some students not actually knowing who you are (apparently I didn’t teach my lectures… / was ill) mean that these surveys mean nearly nothing.
Keep doing an excellent job everyone!
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If you like a bit of Stone Age lithic archaeology sitting on the surface of your desert, go & read of our current paper in QSA
doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.1…
We present fieldwork coupled with revisiting a sample from 2007 PhD fieldwork for luminescence dating… [1/n]
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[2/n] dating combined with lithic analysis by Ted, George, Rachel & Kaarina + sedimentology from Dom (& me) + valuable mathematical modelling insights from Andrew.
A step closer in understanding…
huge thanks to @GobabebRSH & NationalMuseumNamibia for letting us work with you!
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Also check out the excellent work of Shashank @GeographyUOM during his MSc & beyond, with @aayushgeo et al. looking at #dune accumulation in the far Wn Indian part of the #Thar desert PicoScreen3.7 #dunes #luminescence #POSL #EGU24
rb.gy/des1x1
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Fans of Namib #sand & #archaeology found between dunes... head to PICOspot3 #EGU24 Mon15th (9.07am for 2 min intro & then chatting at screen3.13 about what we're finding so far, until coffee 10.15, #NamibSandSea #teamSANDS #lithics #luminescence rb.gy/pd8z74
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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social retweeted
This is Schuster Building manchester.ac.uk/discover/ma… for registration at 13:00 #QRA24
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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social retweeted
The first part of the #QRA24 conference is being kicked off in Manchester with a fantastic workshop on ITRAX data manipulation in Rstudio led by Tom Bishop.
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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social retweeted
The clouds have cleared for #Manchester to welcome you to day 1 of #QRA24
the iTrax workshop is well underway in the @UoM_GeogLabs and today it’s the turn of @GeographyUOM / @QEGMan to welcome you to the @OfficialUoM
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