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Reader Physical #Geography |#Quaternary #Drylands| #Luminescence #USeries | #Hydrogeology | Aspiring photographer | #cyclist | #swimmer |🏳️‍🌈 | (she/her)
Manchester, UK Joined November 2009
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What was Narabeb like ~230,000 years ago?
Our luminescence dating with @LivLumLab shines light on this archaeological blind spot theconversation.com/african-archae… via @TC_Africa

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theconversation.com African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake... New research provides the foundation for larger, regional-scale analyses of early human adaptive strategies in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia.
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And I should have said, the team would love to have breakfast with you too John @CapeTalk - a cup of rooibos & a rusk on top of one of the towering dunes in the
#NamibSandSea?
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omny.fm Ancient lake in the Namib Sand Sea holds unearths secrets of early... Abi Stone, Reader in Physical Geography University of Manchester ispart of an interdisciplinary research team of physical geographers, archaeologists and geospatial scientists, interested in the...
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I was invited to talk with John Maytham for the "Afternoon Drive" on CapeTalk Radio about the S.A.N.D.S. (Survey and Archaeology of the Namib Desert Surface) team's research at Narabeb (≠Aonin-derived name for "place of the Nara")
omny.fm/shows/the-john…
omny.fm Ancient lake in the Namib Sand Sea holds unearths secrets of early... Abi Stone, Reader in Physical Geography University of Manchester ispart of an interdisciplinary research team of physical geographers, archaeologists and geospatial scientists, interested in the...
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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social @AbiStone Jul 29, 2024
What was Narabeb like ~230,000 years ago?
Our luminescence dating with @LivLumLab shines light on this archaeological blind spot theconversation.com/african-archae… via @TC_Africa

@_TCglobal @GeographyUOM @GobabebRSH @georgemleader @rachelbynoe @QuaternaryRA_UK @_algunn @TheLeakeyFndtn
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2022 fieldtrip members at #Narabeb as part of #SANDS research that is the basis of our piece in @TC_Africa

theconversation.com/african-archae…

For more of the science see #OpenAccess paper doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.…
5 deck chairs, 4 with archaeologists, who sit looking at Narabeb interdune
Crossing dunes can be hard work… Toyota Hilux on dune slip face. Three scientists, one with spade in hand from digging the vehicle axle free
Sitting in a hole, describing sandy sediments whilst two colleagues look on
Two scientists on the top of a dune crest, wind blowing, waiting for sunset.
The University of Manchester News @UoMNews Jul 31, 2024
African archaeology has neglected #Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea according to @AbiStone of @GeographyUOM in this article originally published by @ConversationUK

manchester.ac.uk/about/news/an-…
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