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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For #fieldworkfriday a look back at a selection of lovely Middle Stone Age lithics at ‘Huge Pan’ out in the northern Namib Sand Sea during a foggy and rainy day as part of our PANS project funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk (all lithics were returned to found positions after this photo)

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Crossing the !Khuiseb last week in the way into the northwest Namib Sand Sea for the first phase of fieldwork…

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Had an excellent day at Windy Day in Southampton today

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Christine S. Lane @chslane.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Enjoyed every word of Dr @abistone.bsky.social ‘s Wiley Lecture today at Day 1 of #QRA2026ADM in Brighton. On a cold winter’s day she took us to the warmth of the Namib to search for ancient hominin landscapes.

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

and look at this dream team that conducts this research…

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

#fieldworkfriday Digging holes at the site of Narabeb West. We’ll test whether the timing of water here aligns with it’s neighbouring interdune ‘Narabeb’, where the earliest preserved phase is 230 to 220 thousand years ago. 👀 on Narabeb➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.qs... Watch this space for Narabeb West…

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

More #FieldworkFriday The site of Khommabes in the north of the #NamibSandSea, which contains a palimpsest of ESA, MSA & LSA #archaeology This view looks northeast from a patch of nebkah dunes. Off to the left of the photo is a calcrete-capped interdune pan that used to hold water

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

#FieldworkFriday Looking back at some ‘by head torch’ navigation planning…

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Sands & pan sediments are being measured here at the Geography Department @uomseed.bsky.social

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Field team, parts 1 & 2 during June 2025 field season, with the wonderful launching off point of the Gobabeb Namib Research Institute #NamibSandSea #archaeology #lithics #pans #gobabeb

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Alma Nankela’s enlivening #keynote here at #SafA2025 talking about Namibia’s Archaeological Heritage,putting operational frameworks in place, and showing us many beautiful sites in Namibia. #archaeology #Namibia #rockart #rockshelters

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Really looking forward to heading to my first Society of African Archaeologists conference next week, talking about our group’s research out in the Namib Sand Seaz #SANDS #PANS #archaeology #safaconference2025 #lithics #NamibSandSea #EarlierStoneAge #MiddleStoneAge

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Next up in our #SAFA session 28 will be @abistone.bsky.social who is introducing us to the @pans-river-namib.bsky.social project that she is running with colleagues in the Namib Sand Sea 🦣 🏺 Days to go: 4️⃣

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Rachel Bynoe is an archaeologist with expertise in human origins, Quaternary landscape & environmental change. She either spends time under the North Sea, or in the quite the opposite - the Namib Sand Sea - as project co-I. www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x7nb... trowelblazers.com/2016/10/03/r...

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Tess is talking today to the at the Yorkshire Palaeo Group network meeting…

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Abi Stone is a dryland Quaternary scientist & geochronologist interested in long-term landscape & environmental change, based at @uomseed.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social She's worked in the Namib on & off since ~2005, & range of other deserts. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/a...

Abi in the Namib Sand Sea, at the site of Namib IV, sitting on a dune, with the sun setting. She wears a dusty top and is smiling at the camera.

A photo taken looking down at Abi in a geotrench, sampling for luminescence dating. There is an opaque tube in the sediment and a hammer in her right hand. She wears a black cap, shorts and t-shirt.

Abi is operating a Dormer Engineering hand-operated sand auger on a dune flank at Namib IV. She is twisting the auger with a silly look on her face. She wears walking boots and shorts and t-shirt, with sunglasses. The sky is blue and the sand very orange, with tufts of grass less than a meter tall.

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Dominic Stratford is a geoarchaeologist focusing on stratigraphy & site formation processes in southern African archaeological sites. He & George adventured on a long E-W survey across the Namib Sand Sea in 2022, which revealed some key sites for the team. www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/anth...

Dom digs a small geotrench at the site of Narabeb. Wearing cargo pants, a green fleece and a blue beanie, he digs with a spade into the bright orange sands of the Namib Sand Sea, beneath a lighter layer of sediment

Dom sitting on a dune at Narabeb in a beanie, with wind blowing the sand and the sun setting.

A photo of Dom taken by NS90 degrees (check out their instagram https://www.instagram.com/teamns90/). He walks across a sandy surface with mega-ripples and smaller ripple features. There are arcuate dunes in the background. He wears a red cap, cargo pants and holds a walking pole. From his rucksack hangs two large water containers.

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

George Leader is an archaeologist, who initially brought the team together. An expert in lithic technology, with widespread field experience in southern Africa & an explorer at heart, trekking for 2 weeks across the Namib Sand Sea with Dom Stratford in 2022 anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/georg...

Photo taken by NS90 degrees (check out their instsgram @teamsns90) of George walking down a sand dune on his trek. He wears shorts, with waking boots, sun hat and glasses and holds a walking pole. On his backpack hangs water containers, a first aid kit and GPS

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Brief intros to the research team to follow... watch this space.

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

First up... we need to select a logo... Here's some ideas from Tess Spano, project post-doc. Which one do you prefer?

A circular badge with pan landscape behind and project title around the circle and yellow circle background.

Same circular badge with pan landscape behind and project title around the circle, but this time a blue circle background.

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Hello! An account for @leverhulme.bsky.social "PANS: Palaeoenvironmental context of Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Namib SandSea" & @rgsibg.bsky.social Thesiger-Oman "RiVER: Routes into Vleis: Environmental Reconstruction of conditions facilitating hominin occupation in the Namib SandSea" projects

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