MAEASaM researchers have been conducting in-country activities including field-based verification of archaeological sites using our tailor-made Open Data Kit (ODK) digital form for site recording. Teams have also been carrying out in-person training and workshopping, including on free and open-source geographic information system applications such as QGIS and ways of ‘going digital’.
Swahili Settlements, southern Kenya (July 2022)
MAEASaM Researcher Angela Kabiru in the field with John Kanyingi, both of the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), and John Munyiri and intern Nicole, from the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). They are photographed recording the location and attributes of
a Swahili settlement in the Kwale Region on the southern part of the Kenyan coast.
Stone Cairns, Northern Kenya (July 2022)
Above: The team at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) in Northern Kenya carried out ground truthing of stone cairns that were identified via remote sensing methods in Google Earth Pro, led by MAEASaM’s Principal Investigator Prof Paul Lane. BIEA researchers Cecilia and Mwalimu are pictured here measuring a stone cairn.
Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences, Harare (May 2022)
Above: MAEASaM’s project co-investigator Dr Daniel Löwenborg and postdoctoral researcher Dr Ezekia Mtetwa held a ‘Going Digital’ workshop at the Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences in Harare.
Workshop on the use of Google Earth Pro for archaeological sites and monuments detection and monitoring, Zanzibar, Tanzania (August 2022)
Project Manager, Dr Stefania Merlo, and MAEASaM Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Akinbowale Akintayo, held a two-hour hands on practical on the use of Google Earth Pro to identify and record archaeological sites to stakeholders and delegates at the 16th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association held in Zanzibar, Tanzania on 7th August 2022.