@_AmyHatton_

South African Archaeologist. Currently doing a PhD in the Extreme Events Research Group at the Max Planck for Geoanthropology.

 Jena, Germany
Joined August 2012
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My first PhD paper is out! ‚Landscape positioning of Neolithic mustatil stone structures along the margins of the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia‘ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… 1/n

Landscape positioning of Neolithic mustatil stone structures along the margins of the Nefud Desert,...

Monumental rectangular stone structures called mustatils are an important emerging feature of the Holocene archaeological record of northwestern Arabia. To date...

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Mustatils are often clustered together so we used a rank permutation method developed by Carrero-Pazos et al. 2019 to show that mustatils are not hierarchically distributed across the landscape based on their length. 5/n
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Looking forward to discovering more about these enigmatic structures and the people that built them! @MOCHeritage made a beautiful video to capture them 6/n
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@MOCHeritage11 Sep 2024
The stone mustatils offer profound insights into the connections between various societies and their migration patterns during the Holocene era. #SaudiHeritageCommission
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If ISIS did this we would all be appropriately outraged. This building was far older than Notre Dame. Why are we enabling this?
Globe Eye News
@GlobeEyeNews24 Aug 2024
BREAKING: The Israeli army destroyed the historic Grand Mosque in Khan Younis, Gaza.
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♦️CALL TO ACTION♦️ Today is the final day! South Africans, ensure you don't miss out! The voters' roll closes at midnight for #SAelections24. Register online / update your details before the deadline. Visit Registertovote.elections.org… / local IEC office (open from 8AM to 5PM).
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So there are western politicians who didn’t want to sanction Apartheid South Africa for defying international law, but do want to sanction democratic South Africa for upholding international law. 😐
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@mailandguardian10 Feb 2024
BREAKING: US congress introduces bill to review relations with South Africa following ‘politically motivated’ ICJ case mg.co.za/politics/2024-02-10…

BREAKING: US congress receives bill to review SA relations following ‘politically motivated’ ICJ...

The bipartisan bill accuses the ANC, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Naledi Pandor of anti-semitic statements

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We are looking for archaeological scientists based in the Global South, who would be interested in a 2-week visiting fellowship with us this summer. Eligible research areas include archaeobotany!! york.ac.uk/archaeology/about… – at York, England

Applications open for the Global South Visiting Researchers in Archaeological Science

The Department of Archaeology is inviting applications for researchers from the Global South to participate in scientific research in the Department of Archaeology for a two-week visiting fellowship.

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Calling all African graduate archaeology students - join us for the ISAfrica workshop to be held at Florisbad (Free State Province, South Africa) from April 1-7, 2024.
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Another exciting opportunity to join the #Boomplaas research team for an African Masters student focused on Ochre sourcing with @GuilhemMauran & Dr. Petrus Le Roux @UCTgeology. Details through this link: tinyurl.com/4f5837y7 @SAfAarchaeology @TheLeakeyFndtn @saasst_society
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🌍🔍 An exciting opportunity to join the #Boomplaas research team for two African Masters students to dive into #ochre abrasion and percussion at #Wits with the amazing @TammyReynKiss and @justin_pargeter. 🎓✨️ ℹ️ More info: 🔗shorturl.at/BDEM3 🔗shorturl.at/efCS2
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14M unregistered youth (18-35) as per @StatsSA. Break the trend! Register for #SAelections24 on 18 & 19 Nov at a station or online at registertovote.org.za. Your democracy, own it! Check your station 👉 maps.elections.org.za/vsfind…
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‼️ African archaeos (esp. ECRs), don't forget about this scheme to support small radiocarbon dating projects (max. 4 dates). To make sure your apps are as solid as possible please contact me WELL before the deadline (15 Dec.) to discuss samples, context, etc.
Emma Loftus@Emma_J_Loftus25 Sep 2023
‼️ Attention African archaeologists, esp. ECRs - the @SAfAarchaeology radiocarbon fund is now taking applications for small dating projects. PLEASE get in touch with me for advice well in advance: we want to make sure your app has every chance! Info here: rb.gy/6gsa4
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We know you are getting ready for the big Derby weekend but there is an even bigger Voter Registration Weekend coming up! Grab your ID and get ready to register on 18 & 19 November at voting stations, 8am-5pm, or online at registertovote.elections.org… #SAelections24
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HEIAA conference starts today in Tübingen ! Already many interesting papers
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‼️ Attention African archaeologists, esp. ECRs - the @SAfAarchaeology radiocarbon fund is now taking applications for small dating projects. PLEASE get in touch with me for advice well in advance: we want to make sure your app has every chance! Info here: rb.gy/6gsa4
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🚨 A co-authored article just accepted in Journal Archaeological Research In Asia lead by @GuagninMaria 👏 Excellent piece of evidence of early Epipalelaeolithic in Arabia. It was an effort of last field season in 2022 in Nefud Desert 🏜️ 40°C 😁 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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