Mary Prendergast

Assoc Prof @RiceUniversity @Riceanthro. African archaeology, foodways, zooarchaeology, ancient DNA, all things animal, also here for your 🐶 pix. (She/her)

[Reginald DesRoches @RDesRoches]

Kudos to Rice archaeology graduate students for winning the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship! “This is a major recognition from our field’s most prominent professional organization,” says Mary Prendergast, associate professor of anthropology. https://t.co/fEdIkykTFi

[Kendra Sirak @KendraSirak]

Check out this amazing video about our #ancientDNA work in #Soqotra by @JansenvanRens for @NatGeo. I am grateful to have been part of this community-centered research project that explored the population history of this remarkable place (https://t.co/3xnuuX3C0m)

[Rice Social Sciences @RiceSocSci]

The @SAAorg Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship was awarded two years in a row to @RiceAnthro archaeology students! Maggie Katongo and Sylvia Wemanya were awarded the fellowship in '24 and '23, respectively: https://t.co/0sUQZMaUNV #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture @RiceUniversity

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

SO proud of @RiceAnthro grad students Maggie Katongo and @SylviaWemanya who are doing excellent work in #zooarchaeology and #AfricanArchaeology 🎉🎉🎉🐮🦴🐐🦴 https://t.co/m2qPOLLGin

[Nicolas Delsol, Ph.D. @nicolas_delsol]

Glad to announce the imminent release of my book "Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas, A Zooarchaeological Historical Study" @floridapress. You can already order it with the discount code (AU224) on the UPF website https://t.co/SYX9HI6NjI

[Katerina Douka @Katerina__Douka]

Collagen survives in S.African MSA contexts (~50-70 ka). “To our knowledge, these results represent the oldest material successfully analysed with ZooMS from an African context” -our latest work. Great efforts by @Carli__Peters @dkkorzow @SapienCE_UiB https://t.co/sUdRCxM9jQ

[Carina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social @cschlebu]

Happy to share our new article where we show that Eurasian back migration into NE Africa was complex and different populations experienced admixture at different times, at varying degrees, from different external sources. With @stgoldste @RickardHammarn
https://t.co/D60wWqdpOM

[Scott Solomon @ScottESolomon]

Rice folks-- please help us spread the word about our new summer field course in Tanzania, which will be offered for the first time in Summer 2024! @RiceUniversity @RiceNatSci @RiceAnthro

[Kendra Sirak @KendraSirak]

I'm excited to see the first paper stemming from discussions @ #DNAirobi! It reminds us about the skeletal biology research that forms the foundation for much of our genomic work today, but may not be on the radar of most geneticists🇰🇪🧬💀

https://t.co/j8RJFtDjl5

[Dr. Briana Pobiner + @brianapobiner.bluesky.social @BrianaPobiner]

The deadline for the SAA Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship applications is December 11, 2023. This fellowship is offered to support a woman archaeologist in the early stages of graduate zooarchaeology training. Please see more details and spread the word!
https://t.co/1qsuUUHOY1

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

Are you an early career researcher from Africa with a goal to become an internationally recognised #archaeologist?

The Rewriting World Archaeology: Africa Writing Workshop and mentoring programme will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills:
https://t.co/AOuUlCBura

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

Call (deadline Nov 8!) for early career researchers from Africa to apply to the Rewriting World Archaeology workshop - having been a mentor for this, I can say it's a great program! Get the support you need to develop your research and publish your work: https://t.co/yYCsg2UiAL

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

I am overwhelmed with gratitude that we were able to reach our goal this month! Thank you!!! More updates soon on the Luxmanda medical clinic as it progresses.

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

Luxmanda isn't just a cool Tanzanian archaeological site 🇹🇿 - it's a rapidly growing village, and it needs a medical clinic for its underserved community - a place to deliver babies, treat emergencies, provide preventive care. 😷 Will you help us build it? https://t.co/NOXm4smnCX

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

This was perhaps the interview with the most laughs ever. Thanks @michaeljsachse and @BevilConway for asking me about my weird weird job.

[It's my job @Itsmyjobpod]

Episode alert! 🎧

We speak with @riceuniversity Professor @prendydigs about being an Anthropologist. We discuss how Mary still wonders if she should have been a vet, why #indianajones is a looter, why archeologists love poop. Check it out!

https://t.co/jmCHWE0P8J

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

The Oct 15 deadline for this TT job opening is coming up fast - so excited about this opportunity to expand our faculty at @RiceAnthro and the Center for African & African-American Studies #RiceCAAAS !

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

I'm thrilled that @RiceAnthro, together with the Center for African & African American Studies #RiceCAAAS, is hiring! We seek an archaeologist studying the African Diaspora in the Americas. Tenure-track Assistant Professor position, deadline Oct 15. https://t.co/Eyc9Xp9Vzh

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

Are you an #archaeology early career researcher from Africa?
The #RewritingWorldArchaeology workshop programme is now open for applications!

Deadline 8 November 2023
Details https://t.co/AOuUlCAWBC

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

@Emma_J_Loftus Thank you Emma! It is totally doable, one last push and they will be able to finish it! ❤️

[Dr. Katherine M. Grillo @kate_grillo]

Our team has been doing archaeological research in a small town in Tanzania for many years - and the community there now needs our help! Please consider donating to help build a desperately-needed medical clinic. Click the pic, and please share! Thanks! https://t.co/acrIhcN2ls

[Mary Prendergast @prendydigs]

Luxmanda isn't just a cool Tanzanian archaeological site 🇹🇿 - it's a rapidly growing village, and it needs a medical clinic for its underserved community - a place to deliver babies, treat emergencies, provide preventive care. 😷 Will you help us build it? https://t.co/NOXm4smnCX

[Sylvia Wemanya @SylviaWemanya]

Ends and beginnings.
Took a while but it’s finally here, a Masters in Archaeology #Classof2023 #UoNClass2023 #UoN69graduation