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The paper led by @MMartinonT on Mtoto - the oldest known human burial in Africa https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03457-8">https://www.nature.com/articles/... - is sensational in every sense and I& #39;m grateful I got to play a small part in this study 1/n
I& #39;m equally grateful that the part I played involved exploratory fieldwork - especially as I& #39;m missing fieldwork atm - as it presents such an important means to challenge and advance our understanding of the past 2/n
Here& #39;s a quick day in the life in the field 3/n
Every morning we& #39;d drop Ruth Tibesasa off at the banks of Kilifi Creek to manage flotation work 4/n
Its a bit of a drive from Kilifi - and this photo doesn& #39;t do justice to quite how bright and saturated the red of the soil and green of plant life can be 5/n
Parking up at Jackson& #39;s house and being met everyday by a gaggle of kids 6/n
The walk to site: In those trees is a ridge, and in that ridge is a cave, and in that cave 7/n
and everyday, entering the cave you walk through a cloud of butterflies - which i have entirely failed to capture for you here 8/n
Panga ya Saidi is an incredible place to work, and have lunch, including the fieldwork favourite peanut butter, avocado, tomato and chilli sauce sandwich 9/n
We& #39;d get back home just before sunset 10/n
here& #39;s the proof 11/n
The archaeology at PYS is incredible, but having such a great fieldwork team makes all the difference 12/n
Special thanks to @NicoleLBoivin and @MDPetraglia for getting me involved in this incredible project! n/n
