The 7th United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly aims to recognize the role of women and girls in science, not only as beneficiaries, but also as agents of change. Let us celebrate the women printing an indelible mark in science, from Dorothy Vaughan (1910 – …
We are very proud to announce the publication of an article in Nature Climate Change co-written by MAEASaM’s own Dr Nadia Khalaf! The paper concerns the threats of flooding and erosion faced by heritage sites on the African coast due to the world’s current climate emergency. The team mapped …
A reminder: this Friday is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the importance of which is expressed very meaningfully in this quote from Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Audrey Azoulay (from 2021). Look forward to posts about some of MAEASaM’s women and their scientific work!
Today, Sunday 5th Dec, is World Soil Day. Soil is of course very important to archaeologists, and variations and features within soil can tell us a lot about the past. For instance, it is important to sieve all excavated soil, to avoid missing any small finds, as can be seen …
At MAEASaM we are evaluating historical maps across all of our countries for potential archaeological and/or heritage sites. Such maps vary widely in content, from wells to already-known antiquities – both can be seen in this excerpt of a 1967 map of the Mokowe area (via https://www.samsamwater.com/maps/kenya/topo.php, available via crown …
Here at MAEASaM we are using many different avenues together to document archaeological heritage in Africa. For instance, these stone structures in Darfur, Sudan, have been prospected by Ed Burnett using a combination of the historical record and ground survey-based work of Dr Ibrahim Musa Mohammed, historical maps covering …
Tree growing inside a building at the Gede ruins on the coast of Kenya. The ancient stone towns of the Swahili coast, that have been preserved for several hundred years, are in danger of being destroyed by human-induced factors and rising sea levels. As COP26 continues, the importance of preserving …
Last Friday, MAEASaM’s Dr Akinbowale Akintayo presented to the University of York Archaeology department’s Research Forum on our project and the work he has recently been doing within it, creating probability maps of likely site locations in Mbeya, Tanzania – well done to him for a great presentation!
A beautiful settlement in Zimbabwe that forms part of the Nyanga Complex. An enclosure can clearly be seen in the centre of the settlement with possible middens in the upper right corner. Une belle habitation au Zimbabwe qui fait partie du complexe de Nyanga. On distingue nettement un enclos au …
It’s World Space Week, and this year’s theme is “Women in Space”! In keeping with this, MAEASaM’s own Pamela Ochungo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the BIEA, has been using satellite imagery to investigate traditional wells and their relationship to landcover changes on the Kenya/Ethiopia border. As she says: “At the …
