medinalubisia

About Medina Lubisia

Hello! My name is Medina Lubisia and i'm the Teaching Assistant for the Spring 2024 Field School. I hold a bachelors degree in Anthropology from the University of Nairobi, and currently a master student in Human Evolutionary Biology at Turkana University College. My main interests are in Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology.

Field geology at Lothagam and Napudet

In our final week of Geology, Dr. Gathogo took the students out in the field to explore the Miocene and Pliocene sediments in the Turkana Basin. This provided an opportunity for the students to apply their sedimentology skills. An early morning excursion to Lothagam on Tuesday had students practice their geological skills, which [...]

By |2024-02-22T09:08:27+03:00February 22nd, 2024|Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on Field geology at Lothagam and Napudet

The Great Grevy’s Rally

The students spent their weekend at Mpala Research Centre taking part in a unique community science research project. The Grevy’s zebra is a distinctive and endangered species of zebra found in Kenya, but its exact population size is unknown. As a threatened species, knowing how many Grevy’s zebra remain, and their distribution and movements [...]

By |2024-02-02T15:37:01+03:00February 2nd, 2024|Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on The Great Grevy’s Rally

Ecological adventures at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia County

The first week of the semester kicked off with the ecology module at Mpala Research Centre (MRC) led by Dr Dino Martins, who is one of the world’s leading experts in East African ecology. The plants and animals found across the MRC are highly diverse and give students the opportunity to understand how topography, [...]

By |2024-02-02T15:29:51+03:00February 2nd, 2024|Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on Ecological adventures at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia County

The Spring 2024 field school begins!

Happy new year! I hope you all had peaceful holidays. The spring 2024 TBI field school is off to a great start. The students arrived in Nairobi on the 18th of January and we spent the first two nights at the amazing Wildebeest Eco camp in Nairobi. There the students had a chance to [...]

By |2024-04-23T14:34:29+03:00February 1st, 2024|Featured, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on The Spring 2024 field school begins!

Origins Field School Fall 2022 Begins!

Jambo!  Welcome to the TBI Origins Field School blog for Fall 2022! My name is Medina Lubisia, the Resident Academic Director for the Fall Field School. I will be accompanying students throughout the field school as they undertake five modules that will be credited for their Fall semester. The students arrived safely in Nairobi and [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:36:29+03:00September 14th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Origins Field School Fall 2022 Begins!

Congratulations to the Spring 2020 TBI Field School Graduates

In the final week of the TBI Spring Field School semester, Dr. Lisa Hildebrand took the students through the cultural developments of early herders in the Turkana Basin during the Mid-Holocene period. As of today, pastoralism remains the key economic activity in the region as a response to the harsh ecological conditions, and in addition, [...]

By |2020-05-24T21:25:35+03:00May 24th, 2020|Field Schools, Origins Field School, Spring 2020|Comments Off on Congratulations to the Spring 2020 TBI Field School Graduates

Touring the Lothagam-Lokam Sites

Archaeology often involves extensive surveys before embarking on actual surface collections and/or excavations. Origins Field School students recently took a virtual tour of the Lothagam-Lokam locality on the west side of Lake Turkana, where they explored the research history of the site from 1960s to present. The Lothagam locality is known for its impressive geological [...]

By |2020-05-12T11:01:02+03:00May 11th, 2020|Field Schools, Origins Field School, Spring 2020|Comments Off on Touring the Lothagam-Lokam Sites

Studying early human culture in Africa

This week, Dr. Lisa Hildebrand introduced students to Holocene cultural practices across Africa and in the Turkana Basin. This is Dr. Hildebrand's primary area of research, and she shared her perspectives on ancient human activities in the region and the climatic changes that influenced them. The Holocene time period spans from about 11,700 years ago [...]

By |2020-05-11T04:37:53+03:00May 3rd, 2020|Field Schools, Origins Field School, Spring 2020|Comments Off on Studying early human culture in Africa
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