Before Us: Life in the Field

The P5 team talks about mud, wind, ankles, and living in remote eastern Pondoland during field seasons.

Before Us: Site Mapping

Join P5 Project students from Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Australia as they talk about mapping archaeological sites using lasers.

Before Us: The Plants People Used

Join the P5 researchers as they talk about how they reconstruct ancient environments and the lives of the people who lived in them.

Stone Tools: A window into our cultural origins

Stone Tools: A window into our cultural origins Stone tools reflect archetypal human behaviors; they are pragmatic, the skills to make and use them are not genetically transmitted and must be learnt, and their production requires varying degrees of planning and problem-solving skills. They enable humans to do what cannot be accomplished with teeth and

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Where to dig?

Knowing where to dig is one of the trickiest parts of the archaeological sciences.

P5 Fieldwork 2015. Part 2: After the Storm