Elena A Hensel-Karamalakidou
@geoarchamelie.bsky.social
Geoarchaeology • Past Environment • Micromorphology & Sedimentology •
East & Southern Africa • PostDoc @uni-kiel.de
East & Southern Africa • PostDoc @uni-kiel.de
Anyone planning to publish on open-air sites in southern Africa? Here’s your chance to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue: “Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions” of the African Archaeological Review.
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Special Issue: Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions
The Kalahari basin is the largest semi-desert in southern Africa, however, for too long this area has been neglected in human evolution research in favour of ...
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September 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Anyone planning to publish on open-air sites in southern Africa? Here’s your chance to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue: “Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions” of the African Archaeological Review.
link.springer.com/collections/...
link.springer.com/collections/...
Who would like to talk about the #roots of social, environmental, and cultural connectivity of the past while enjoying the fresh breeze of the Baltic Sea? Then don’t forget to submit an abstract to the Kiel Conference 2027 until 15 October.
All infos: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
All infos: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
September 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Who would like to talk about the #roots of social, environmental, and cultural connectivity of the past while enjoying the fresh breeze of the Baltic Sea? Then don’t forget to submit an abstract to the Kiel Conference 2027 until 15 October.
All infos: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
All infos: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
Reposted by Elena A Hensel-Karamalakidou
A few of the faces kicking off KHO Fieldwork 2026!
Researchers & collaborators from archaeology, geoarcheology, geophysics & visual communication design have gathered in Tsabong, Botswana.
#fieldworkfriday
@isotopesrule.bsky.social @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social
Researchers & collaborators from archaeology, geoarcheology, geophysics & visual communication design have gathered in Tsabong, Botswana.
#fieldworkfriday
@isotopesrule.bsky.social @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social
July 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
A few of the faces kicking off KHO Fieldwork 2026!
Researchers & collaborators from archaeology, geoarcheology, geophysics & visual communication design have gathered in Tsabong, Botswana.
#fieldworkfriday
@isotopesrule.bsky.social @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social
Researchers & collaborators from archaeology, geoarcheology, geophysics & visual communication design have gathered in Tsabong, Botswana.
#fieldworkfriday
@isotopesrule.bsky.social @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social
Hello my little friend. Please show us the way to your toilet… we want to date it 🤭
#kgalagadi #hyrax #fieldwork
#kgalagadi #hyrax #fieldwork
July 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Hello my little friend. Please show us the way to your toilet… we want to date it 🤭
#kgalagadi #hyrax #fieldwork
#kgalagadi #hyrax #fieldwork
Good morning Tsabong #Kgalagadi. The sun has given us a warm welcome (during breakfast at 2 degrees Celsius 😄). What a great start for this year‘s #fieldwork in the #Kalahri. I am happy to be back with the @khoproject.bsky.social
July 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Good morning Tsabong #Kgalagadi. The sun has given us a warm welcome (during breakfast at 2 degrees Celsius 😄). What a great start for this year‘s #fieldwork in the #Kalahri. I am happy to be back with the @khoproject.bsky.social
A very demanding interruption to my work-from-home-flow :-)
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A very demanding interruption to my work-from-home-flow :-)
Enjoying office hours during field work!
#womeninstem
#womeninstem
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Enjoying office hours during field work!
#womeninstem
#womeninstem
Even a single rock has a story to tell! Botswana's landscape holds so many stories!
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Even a single rock has a story to tell! Botswana's landscape holds so many stories!
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
Reposted by Elena A Hensel-Karamalakidou
Our team currently in the field in 🇧🇼 is having a great time #Kgalagadi #archaeology #fieldwork #WomenInSTEM @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @isotopesrule.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our team currently in the field in 🇧🇼 is having a great time #Kgalagadi #archaeology #fieldwork #WomenInSTEM @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @isotopesrule.bsky.social
Reposted by Elena A Hensel-Karamalakidou
When you arrive at a new pan to survey and disturb the local birds 🇧🇼 #fieldwork #Kgalagadi video by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When you arrive at a new pan to survey and disturb the local birds 🇧🇼 #fieldwork #Kgalagadi video by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social
Reposted by Elena A Hensel-Karamalakidou
New paper from our project 📢
Inèz Faul et al. "Dune, outcrop, and pan sediments from the southern Kalahari Basin: A geoarchaeological case study from the Kgalagadi district, Botswana" in Southern African Field Archaeology. #openaccess #Geoarchaeology 🦣🇧🇼
Link 👇
doi.org/10.36615/saf...
Inèz Faul et al. "Dune, outcrop, and pan sediments from the southern Kalahari Basin: A geoarchaeological case study from the Kgalagadi district, Botswana" in Southern African Field Archaeology. #openaccess #Geoarchaeology 🦣🇧🇼
Link 👇
doi.org/10.36615/saf...
Southern African Field Archaeology
Research from the southern Kalahari Basin (previously considered to be of limited Pleistocene archaeological significance) has provided evidence of human occupation. Surveys and excavations conducted ...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New paper from our project 📢
Inèz Faul et al. "Dune, outcrop, and pan sediments from the southern Kalahari Basin: A geoarchaeological case study from the Kgalagadi district, Botswana" in Southern African Field Archaeology. #openaccess #Geoarchaeology 🦣🇧🇼
Link 👇
doi.org/10.36615/saf...
Inèz Faul et al. "Dune, outcrop, and pan sediments from the southern Kalahari Basin: A geoarchaeological case study from the Kgalagadi district, Botswana" in Southern African Field Archaeology. #openaccess #Geoarchaeology 🦣🇧🇼
Link 👇
doi.org/10.36615/saf...