This week we attended #ESHE2025 in Paris 🇨🇵, where we presented results from the Modder and Riet rivers, Baden-Baden 2, and Florisbad. Great to see colleagues and learn about their research!

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This week we attended #SAfA2025 in Faro 🇵🇹 to present results from Baden-Baden 2 and the Modder River. It was great to meet colleagues who conduct exciting research in Africa!

See you at ESHE in Paris!

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And it's a wrap! After 7 weeks of fieldwork filled with discoveries and new encounters, the team has returned to Bordeaux.

See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!

While part of the team works at the Riet River, Dr Benoit Longet conducts the survey of the Vet River to find new archaeological sites. 🔍

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Sample collection continues on the Riet River terraces! ⛏️

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This week the team started the collection of samples to establish the chronology of the Riet River terraces.
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This week the team started excavations at a new Acheulean/Fauresmith locality in the Free State together with Dr Darya Presnyakova and Dr Will Archer

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The team is back at Florisbad for the 2025 season! @archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy