New post! Learn about Karen Rubinson, whose work in the South Caucasus has inspired a generation of archaeologists: trowelblazers.com/karen-rubinson/

Lithic miniaturization during the period from ~30-10 ka in southern Africa was a strategic choice rather than an inevitable technological outcome link.springer.com/article/10.100…

It's officially SPRING 🌸! #Arborweek2020 is a time to celebrate the beauty and importance of trees, especially trees that are indigenous to South Africa 🇿🇦 🌳! Take the advice of these learners and plant a tree to reduce your carbon footprint 😉 soundcloud.com/sciencespaza/p…

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Our lab website is now live with details for prospective graduate and undergraduate students interested in studying African Paleosciences CSHO @ NYU ! africanpaleoscienceslab.org

Postdoctoral positions in primate archaeology or African Human Ev (paleoanth):icarehb.com/post-doctoral-…

Excited to include these in @NYU Fall 2020 introduction to archaeology CSHO @ NYU

MC Hammer retweeted me!😆 In the late 80’s, I was the only black female environmental science major at my school so my undergrad theme songs were U Can’t Touch This & 2 Legit 2 Quit! Thank you MC for helping me dance my way to success!🙏🏽 #BlackinGeoscienceWeek #BlackInGeoscience

Today's Introduction to Archaeology CSHO @ NYU discusses the pros and cons of preserving controversial historical monuments both past and present as well as the "value of the past" #ScholarStrike

#LanguageMatters let’s celebrate HERItage month by confronting the language of science and how we can do better with decolonizing our research. Tune in Mon 21 Sept 6pm SAST for this Digging In HERI collab with your host Roby_angie + guests Sibusiso Biyela 🇿🇦 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ Vicious Delicious

Presenting new data on surface fire heat-treated silcrete's functional benefits at the 2020 ESHE meetings ESHE video presentation available here: CSHO @ NYU Justin Pargeter @AlastairKey youtu.be/fjBbevDVtck

Join our @kerryn_warren for #LearnRInTweets course starting tomorrow - and follow the hashtag for daily updates throughout October. #WomenWhoCode

Hey folks! Awhile back I tweeted about making a #microfauna ID guide for myself based on teeth drawings from my PhD but as I've slowly been working on it, it seems like it would be useful for lots of people. Suggestions on ways to publish #openaccess?

Here, we explore whether a modern thermoplastic adhesive can serve as a replacement for two organic adhesives used by past peoples – pine rosin and hide glue – in modern experimental tests of prehistoric weaponry. CSHO @ NYU Anthropology KSU sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Here we demonstrate how 'simple' surface fires significantly increase silcrete flake edge sharpness. Selection for heat treatment likely linked to concerns over functional performance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… CSHO @ NYU NYCEP @AlastairKey Justin Pargeter

While aquatic resource exploitation was a ‘fallback’ option for some of Lesotho's highland hunter-gatherers, there is considerable variability sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Its actually a myth that anyone can change a ggplot legend title without googling it.

Hi Tweeps, I have a student, Tumisang Skeletonfootprintss💀👩🏾‍🔬 who is doing a Masters project on African tribal Scarification. Please help me get the word of this survey out to as many colleagues in African countries as we can!! Thank you!!! eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…