Kgalagadi Human Origins Project

New #jobs at @uni-kiel.de within the @clusterroots.bsky.social advertised: one doctoral & two postdoctoral positions. The postdoc positions are for any projects relating to archaeological science and are explicitely looking for for applicants from Africa and Asia: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...

Connecting survey data with targeted test excavations to understand lithic artefacts in the landscape of the southern Kalahari, Botswana Southern African Middle Stone Age research has largely focused on the region’s coastal caves and rock-shelters, while its semi-arid interior remains under-investigated due to the assumption of limi...

Hot off the press📰: Our new paper "Connecting survey data with targeted test excavations to understand lithic artefacts in the landscape of the southern Kalahari, Botswana" led by PhD student Rowena Winterhalder from @uni-kiel.de 🎉🪨🦣🏺 Read it open access here: doi.org/10.1080/0067... #lithics

Congratulations to Inèz Faul for successfully defending her PhD thesis "Geoarchaeology in semi-arid landscapes: A case study from the Kgalagadi" yesterday @uni-kiel.de 👩‍🎓🎉We wish her all the best for her future adventures 🥂

A fantastic opportunity to join a fieldschool at the improtant and beautiful site of Florisbad with a great team 👇

2025 was a year with many milestones for us, from the first PhD submitted to our international workshop. We look forward to 2026! Expect more papers, new surveys and student projects, and our special issue! We wish everyone in the Kalahari and beyond happy holidays🎄(Picture of Rappels Pan 2024).

Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professorship of the Deep History & Archaeology of Africa at University of Cambridge An opportunity for an academic position as a Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professorship of the Deep History & Archaeology of Africa is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other ...

Professor, deep history and archaeology of Africa
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🎓 Das Würzburger Altertumswissenschaftliche Zentrum/Kolleg Mittelalter & Frühe Neuzeit sucht eine/n Mitarbeiter/in. Im Beschäftigungszeitraum soll ein Förderantrag für ein Promotionsvorhaben entstehen. ✉️ Bewerbung bis 23.1.2026

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A new job for #StableIsotope & #massspectrometer enthusiasts for 6 years in the @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de: Responsibility for running the machines & for measurements. Science people, do not be put off by the word "Engineer". Deadline 31.12.25. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

Night of the Profs 2025 Die lange Vorlesungsnacht der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel mit Einblicken in aktuelle Forschung – kostenfrei und allgemeinverständlich. Das Motto in diesem Jahr lautet: „Mut!“

🌙 Save the Date für die #NightOfTheProfs 2025! 📢 Am Freitag, 21. November, geben Wissenschaftler*innen aller Fakultäten Einblicke in ihre Forschung – kostenfrei und allgemeinverständlich. Das Motto in diesem Jahr lautet: „Mut!“

Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇

A great opportunity for all archaeology students based in southern Africa👇

I am honoured to have been invited to attend the #TDE25 celebrations in #Saarbrücken as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Bürgerdelegation representing @uni-kiel.de, @clusterroots.bsky.social and @khoproject.bsky.social. ... (1/2)

Kgalagadi Human Origins Über das Projekt Die Emmy Noether-Gruppe “Kgalagadi Human Origins” startete im Juni 2021. Das auf sechs Jahre angelegte Projekt erforscht die Auswirkungen der extremen Klimaveränderungen im Mittel-…

Michaela Ecker leitet die #EmmyNoether-Gruppe @khoproject.bsky.social an der @uni-kiel.de. Sie erforscht die Auswirkungen extremer Klimaveränderungen im Mittel- und Spätpleistozän auf die menschliche Evolution in der südlichen Kalahari. Mehr zur Forschung 👇
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Inèz will stay with us for another 6 month in Kiel and she has several papers in review, so watch this space! #WomenInStem #PhDlife #Postdoclife #academia

Conratulations to Inèz Faul for submitting her PhD thesis to @uni-kiel.de today 🥳 🎓 We are proud of you! Inèz studied the formation processes and past environment at pans in the #Kgalagadi #Botswana with geoarchaeological methods - and is our first PhD student to submitt!

It's already the end of this year's #fieldwork but not before we met the German Ambassador in Gaborone and made plans for the future, talking about @khoproject.bsky.social and @clusterroots.bsky.social projects.

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Beautiful panels decorate the outside of the Botswana National Museum. The renovations are almost finished, we look forward to the opening. We visited some first rooms that are open today. #archaeology 🇧🇼

We had two great days with the years standard 5,6 and 7 of Maleshe and Khisa village this week. We tried to explain our research in interactive stations in small groups - even a song was created! #ScienceCommunication #fieldwork #nextGeneration #archaeology

For us, there needs to be a choice of at least two flavours, one with chocolate of course, each day. We had people announcing strikes when biscuits were forgotten.

Save the date for UKAS 2026! The next UK Archaeological Sciences conference will be held at the University of Bristol from 31st March to 2nd April 2026.

We talked at SAfA and he couldn't come out this time, but there is a potential collaboration in planning.

Yes! We were very happy about that. I owe Matt an email in the next few days 😁

The last days we spend a lot of time with these quartzite bedrock outcrops - recording every detail 📷 📐✍️✏️ 🪨 to understand their use as raw material source during the Stone Age #fieldwork #kgalagadi. Inspired by a paper from Matt Lotter et al. 2024 in Southern African Field Archaeology

Submit an abstract to the dedicated session on use cases of the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD) at CAA 2025 in Vienna!

S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution

Deadline: October 26th 2025
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Enjoying office hours during field work!
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Our geoarchaeology team led by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social has been very busy the last few days making holes, sampling and refilling them all in a day each time 💪🪏#WomenInStem #girlpower #fieldwork #kglagadi

PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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