katarinawarren

About Katarina Warren

Hi! I am Kat Warren and I am the Teaching Assistant for the Spring 2014 field school. While I am here I am also involved in the African Fossils Project (africanfossils.org) where I am 3D-scanning modern African fauna, fossils and archaeological material. I am a recent graduate in Archaeological Science from the University of Sheffield and my current interests lie in the evolution of cognition, and primate behaviour as a means to understand the cognitive frameworks of our earliest ancestors.

Painting the Mural – The Conclusion

Last Sunday the students returned to the school for the fourth and final phase of the mural painting. It was time to finish the colourful freeze and add the finishing touches to the main part of the mural - some clouds, butterflies, mountains and hand-prints to add extra colour. A grey wall was transformed into [...]

By |2017-01-04T18:04:57+03:00November 16th, 2013|Field Schools|Comments Off on Painting the Mural – The Conclusion

Camping trip to Nariokotome

On Thursday the students set off for a 3-day camping trip to Nariokotome with Dr. Lisa Hildebrand and Dr. Sonia Harmand. En route, we stopped off at two archaeological sites. The first was the Kalokol pillar site where Dr. Lisa Hildebrand has previously excavated as part of her research on the early spread of pastoralism [...]

By |2017-01-04T18:05:03+03:00November 13th, 2013|Field Schools|Comments Off on Camping trip to Nariokotome

Introduction to Archaeological Survey and Stone Tool Illustration

Last week the student went out to survey a local gravel collection site for a taster session on how to use a Total Station as part of Archaeological Surveying. They were joined by Dr. Chad Hill who specializes in Middle Eastern Archaeology and Aerial Survey. Earlier in the day he had given a lecture on [...]

By |2017-01-04T18:05:03+03:00November 12th, 2013|Field Schools|Comments Off on Introduction to Archaeological Survey and Stone Tool Illustration
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