Uncovering Pockets of Preservation
One of the necessary steps in our project was to figure out what parts of the Mughr el-Hamamah site were disturbed by recent activity, and what parts preserved pristine traces of Early Upper Paleol...
Catching up -- a whirlwind, successful season
It is actually shocking to see that we posted our last update nearly four weeks ago. We apologize to all of our backers that we have been unable to keep up, but we will make up for that now. The go...
Extra Week 1 -- pointed possibilities
The prettiest artifacts are often found out of their original context during cleaning. Here is an el-Wad point—a classic flint point style made for several millennia in the Early Upper Paleolithic ...
Week 1 Update: The Millipedes Ate Our Science Project
We finished our first week of fieldwork at Mughr el-Hamamah on Thursday 6 July. After a day off at our swimming haven down the road (that is, the Amman Beach at the Dead Sea), we began Week 2. Here...
The administrative part: the excavation permit
Today, Liv and Aaron drove from the Yarmouk University Research Station--in the Jordan Valley--up to Amman. Our appointment was to meet the field project permit director and pick up our permit to e...
Arrived in Jordan ...
Liv, Aaron and family--along with our Emory University students--have arrived in Jordan. Graduate assistant John Murry will be arriving later today. We will be settling into the Yarmouk University ...
Milestone #1 -- Funding Goal Reached! Thank you, Backers!
Thanks to all of our generous backers, from family and friends to complete strangers, for helping us get to our funding goal. We've now surpassed $7300, with 6 days to go in our crowdfunding campai...
Caves of the Doves
That's the direct translation of "Mughr el-Hamamah." Rock doves (species Columba livia) like to perch and nest in the large caves found throughout the wider Mediterranean Basin. Not surprisingly, l...
Introduction -- Paleo Plants
Our field season at Mughr el-Hamamah will begin on 29 June 2017. Before then, we'll be sharing some posts providing background information and stories on the Biocultural Evolution blog. Our first p...
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