#fieldworkfriday Digging holes at the site of Narabeb West. We’ll test whether the timing of water here aligns with it’s neighbouring interdune ‘Narabeb’, where the earliest preserved phase is 230 to 220 thousand years ago. 👀 on Narabeb➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.qs... Watch this space for Narabeb West…

More #FieldworkFriday The site of Khommabes in the north of the #NamibSandSea, which contains a palimpsest of ESA, MSA & LSA #archaeology This view looks northeast from a patch of nebkah dunes. Off to the left of the photo is a calcrete-capped interdune pan that used to hold water

#FieldworkFriday Looking back at some ‘by head torch’ navigation planning…

Sands & pan sediments are being measured here at the Geography Department @uomseed.bsky.social

Field team, parts 1 & 2 during June 2025 field season, with the wonderful launching off point of the Gobabeb Namib Research Institute #NamibSandSea #archaeology #lithics #pans #gobabeb

Alma Nankela’s enlivening #keynote here at #SafA2025 talking about Namibia’s Archaeological Heritage,putting operational frameworks in place, and showing us many beautiful sites in Namibia. #archaeology #Namibia #rockart #rockshelters

Really looking forward to heading to my first Society of African Archaeologists conference next week, talking about our group’s research out in the Namib Sand Seaz #SANDS #PANS #archaeology #safaconference2025 #lithics #NamibSandSea #EarlierStoneAge #MiddleStoneAge

Next up in our #SAFA session 28 will be @abistone.bsky.social who is introducing us to the @pans-river-namib.bsky.social project that she is running with colleagues in the Namib Sand Sea 🦣 🏺 Days to go: 4️⃣

@abistone.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

Rachel Bynoe is an archaeologist with expertise in human origins, Quaternary landscape & environmental change. She either spends time under the North Sea, or in the quite the opposite - the Namib Sand Sea - as project co-I. www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x7nb... trowelblazers.com/2016/10/03/r...

Tess is talking today to the at the Yorkshire Palaeo Group network meeting…

Abi Stone is a dryland Quaternary scientist & geochronologist interested in long-term landscape & environmental change, based at @uomseed.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social She's worked in the Namib on & off since ~2005, & range of other deserts. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/a...

Dominic Stratford is a geoarchaeologist focusing on stratigraphy & site formation processes in southern African archaeological sites. He & George adventured on a long E-W survey across the Namib Sand Sea in 2022, which revealed some key sites for the team. www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/anth...

George Leader is an archaeologist, who initially brought the team together. An expert in lithic technology, with widespread field experience in southern Africa & an explorer at heart, trekking for 2 weeks across the Namib Sand Sea with Dom Stratford in 2022 anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/georg...

Brief intros to the research team to follow... watch this space.

First up... we need to select a logo... Here's some ideas from Tess Spano, project post-doc. Which one do you prefer?

Hello! An account for @leverhulme.bsky.social "PANS: Palaeoenvironmental context of Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Namib SandSea" & @rgsibg.bsky.social Thesiger-Oman "RiVER: Routes into Vleis: Environmental Reconstruction of conditions facilitating hominin occupation in the Namib SandSea" projects