Author: <span>Ed Burnett</span>

New Paper in Nature Climate Change: African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates

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 …

World Soil Day 2021

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 …

Historical maps in Africa: Mokowe area, Kenya

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 …

Documenting archaeological heritage in Darfur, Sudan

  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 …