Made a short film of our latest #BantuFirst season in DRC. We had a great team from @ResearchUGent and @Unikinrdc doing some pretty exciting #archaeology survey and excavations. Sound on & check it out! (whole thing w/YouTube link). #africanarchaeology #FieldworkFriday #research

This is another reminder that not everything in West Africa comes from outside. and not everything is a result of populations moving from the Sahara southwards at the end of the AHP. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in reading! #archaeology #africanarchaeology.

This interdisciplinary appraoch revealed that - contrary to earlier hypotheses - Niger-Congo speaking groups originated in southern West Africa prior to the African Humid Period. Instead of coming south during this period, these were local WA groups that expanded north and east.

I'm really happy to have this new chapter published in the Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language! Together with @BostoenKoen and @cschlebu, we track the history of Niger-Congo speaking peoples over ~20ky using archaeology, Language and genetics.

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The CongUbangi team has had a great time so far at #safa2025 in Faro! All of the presentations in yesterday's Central Africa session were excellent. #archaeology

This is the culmination of years of work by my colleagues, @JessamyDoman, @BostoenKoen, and @IgorMatonda and myself. Thank you to all who helped along the way and, of course, our publishers @routledgebooks!. #africanarchaeology.#archaeology.

❗️It's finally out❗️. Our book 'An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion' is now available. If you are interested in any aspect of the Central African past over the past 40k years, including palaeoenv, archaeo, history, language, and genetics-check it out!.

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I also got a chance to spend some time at Caculo Cabaça working with Sofia Mateus on some of her dissertation sites (rain or shine!). Trust me when I say to stay tuned for her results-it is a very unique and impressive #archaeology landscape. #africanarchaeology

Another great season in #Angola at Ndalambiri rockshelter with the DIG-ARQ team, led by Isis Mesfin, and all of our wonderful fieldschool students. Very excited about the work we're doing and proud of the students. It's a fantastic site with an incredible record of human activity

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