Sentience Vs. sapience, I'm confused! Are all humans truly 'sapient' when conspiratorial beliefs are so mainstream? Maybe we're sentient, but sapient? People voted for Donald Trump! Time to stir the pot. 🤔 #PostTruth #Sapience #KingOfLies

In 22 days I’ll be heading to the field for the first time since before the #pandemic started! I’ll be working at the #archaeology site of #BlombosCave in #SouthAfrica as part of #SapienCE

At the moment, the plan is I’ll be doing a lot of #3dscanning with the #Artec space spider (best name ever!). This is a trial run to try scanning the unit stratigraphy and any special finds— I’ve scanned objects before, but anyone have tips for scanning stratigraphy? #fieldwork

Photo by Magnus Haaland

Dec 2021: Accepted as a SEAS #postdoc with the #SapienCE research group at the University of Bergen
April 2022: Moved to #norway for Stone Age #archaeology / #zooarchaeology and marine #sustainability research
Nov 2022: To South Africa for the first time and submitted permits for stable isotope analysis
Dec 2022: With family in Arizona before flying back to Norway on #newyearseve
Grateful for the amazing people in my life & fascinating archaeology -aiming to bring it all to 2023! #happynewyear

The difference in land exposure of the South African coastline at 70,000 years greatly impacted local climate conditions #PalaeoAgulhasPlain

Wanted to share this really fascinating paper by fellow #SapienCE researchers highlighting the importance of local and regional #ClimateModels

They found around #BlombosCave
Summers were warmer, winters were colder
There was relatively less rainfall
The site was further from the ocean

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107893

Working at the #SapienCE lab in #CapeTown when I ran into this comic which I feel like is referring to a blue bird app. The things you can learn from #Archaeology 😂

New introduction time! I’m #zooarchaeologist analyzing #MiddleStoneAge and #LateStoneAge fish and seals from the #SouthAfrican sites of #BlombosCave #KlasiesRiverMainSite and #HoffmansRobberg

I’m a #postdoc at the University of Bergen #UiB with the #SEAS programme for #marine #sustainability, #SapienCE and department of archaeology #AHKR

I will give periodic updates on my work and aim to contribute to the conversations here. 😊

Photo: #Utstein 13th century monastery near Stavanger