Amy Hatton

South African Archaeologist. Currently doing a PhD in the Extreme Events Research Group at the Max Planck for Geoanthropology.

[Amy Hatton @_AmyHatton_]

Looking forward to discovering more about these enigmatic structures and the people that built them! @MOCHeritage made a beautiful video to capture them

6/n

[هيئة التراث @MOCHeritage]

The stone mustatils offer profound insights into the connections between various societies and their migration patterns during the Holocene era.

#SaudiHeritageCommission

[Amy Hatton @_AmyHatton_]

My first PhD paper is out!

‚Landscape positioning of Neolithic mustatil stone structures along the margins of the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia‘

https://t.co/PTLzDwF0AZ

1/n

[Amy Hatton @_AmyHatton_]

Mustatils are often clustered together so we used a rank permutation method developed by Carrero-Pazos et al. 2019 to show that mustatils are not hierarchically distributed across the landscape based on their length.

5/n

[Drew Dixon @deardrewdixon]

If ISIS did this we would all be appropriately outraged. This building was far older than Notre Dame. Why are we enabling this?

[IEC South Africa @IECSouthAfrica]

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[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

So there are western politicians who didn’t want to sanction Apartheid South Africa for defying international law, but do want to sanction democratic South Africa for upholding international law. 😐

[Dr Lara González Carretero @Lariense]

We are looking for archaeological scientists based in the Global South, who would be interested in a 2-week visiting fellowship with us this summer. Eligible research areas include archaeobotany!!

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[Will Archer @willarcher100]

Calling all African graduate archaeology students - join us for the ISAfrica workshop to be held at Florisbad (Free State Province, South Africa) from April 1-7, 2024.

[Justin Pargeter @justin_pargeter]

Another exciting opportunity to join the #Boomplaas research team for an African Masters student focused on Ochre sourcing with @GuilhemMauran & Dr. Petrus Le Roux @UCTgeology.

Details through this link: https://t.co/DIdpZtQTj0

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[Guilhem Mauran @GuilhemMauran]

🌍🔍 An exciting opportunity to join the #Boomplaas research team for two African Masters students to dive into #ochre abrasion and percussion at #Wits with the amazing @TammyReynKiss and @justin_pargeter. 🎓✨️
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[Emma Loftus @Emma_J_Loftus]

‼️ African archaeos (esp. ECRs), don't forget about this scheme to support small radiocarbon dating projects (max. 4 dates).

To make sure your apps are as solid as possible please contact me WELL before the deadline (15 Dec.) to discuss samples, context, etc.

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[Tara Beuzen-Waller @tara_beuzen]

HEIAA conference starts today in Tübingen ! Already many interesting papers

[Emma Loftus @Emma_J_Loftus]

‼️ Attention African archaeologists, esp. ECRs - the @SAfAarchaeology radiocarbon fund is now taking applications for small dating projects. PLEASE get in touch with me for advice well in advance: we want to make sure your app has every chance!

Info here: https://t.co/fPSDHf0tr4

[Deepak Jha, PhD @Deepak_Geoarch]

🚨 A co-authored article just accepted in Journal Archaeological Research In Asia lead by @GuagninMaria 👏
Excellent piece of evidence of early Epipalelaeolithic in Arabia.
It was an effort of last field season in 2022 in Nefud Desert 🏜️ 40°C 😁
https://t.co/MxM4026aU4