Prof. Rosa Albert

Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Archaeological Prehistory, Paleovegetation and Paleolandscape Reconstruction

Interests: Use of plant resources by past populations, plant diet, fossil plant microremains (phytoliths)

W: https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/rosa-maria-albert-cristobal-229

   

Prof. Rob Anderson

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Discipline: intertidal and shallow subtidal marine ecology 

Interests: diet of coastal foragers during the Middle Stone Age on the SA south coas

       

Dr Hayley Cawthra

Council for Geoscience

Discipline: Geology

Interests: Sedimentary indicators of sea-level change, marine geophysics, seismic stratigraphy, evolution of continental shelves, ​carbonate diagenesis, submerged landscapes and human use of ancient coastlines 

W: Google Scholar

   

Prof. Naomi Cleghorn

University of Texas at Arlington

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisation: Human adaptation and response to environmental change in the late Pleistocene

W: http://naomicleghorn.weebly.com/

   

Prof. Richard Cowling

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Botany

Specialisation: Cape evolution

   

Dr. Jan C. De Vynck

Director

Institution: Nelson Mandela University, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience

Discipline: Human Behavioural Ecology

Project title: Productivity and resilience of intertidal resources available to extant human foragers on South Africa's Cape south coast: behavioural implications for early Homo sapiens

   

Dr Mark Difford

Discipline: Analytical strategist

Specialisations: Analysis of complex environmental, ecological, and psychological/sociological data sets

W: https://za.linkedin.com/in/mark-difford-309b3a16

   

Dr Irene Esteban

University of the Witwatersrand

Discipline: Archaeobotany

Specialisations: Phytolith analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Interests: The study of the exploitation and use of plants by past hunter-gatherers and their couple response to vegetation and climate change. The study of plants and surface soils from different types of vegetation as modern analogs for their identification in the fossil record.

W: https://wits.academia.edu/IreneEsteban

W: www.researchgate.net/profile/Irene_Esteban2

W: www.paleoliticovalenciano.es/es 

   

Dr Erich Fisher

Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Archaeology and Archeoinformatics

W: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/1276646

   

Dr Charles Helm

Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre, Tumbler Ridge

Disciplines: Palaeontology and Ichnology

Specialisation: Fossil trackways of the Cape south coast

W: http://www.prprc.com/

 

   

Dr Tineke Kraaij

School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Botany

Specialisations: Vegetation, Fynbos and Fire Ecology 

   

Dr Katharine Kyriacou

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Middle and Later Stone Age Archaeology

Interests: Shellfish exploitation strategies, coastal foraging, and prehistoric diets

W: LinkedInResearchgate, and Academia.edu

   

Prof. Martin Lockley

University of Colorado

Discipline: Paleontology

Specialisations: Ichnology (Fossil footprints)

Interests: Fossil footprints of all ages. History and Philosophy of Science

W: https://fossilvertebratesandtraces.colorado.edu/index.php/Browse/tracks

   

Dr Saul Manzano

University of León, Spain

Discipline: Botany, Palynology and Palaeoecology

Interests: The evolution of Quaternary landscapes in and around the Cape Floristic Region and producing long-term environmental reconstructions at a botanically detailed level and linking them with modern ecological assemblages.

W: Google Scholar

   

Prof. Curtis Marean

Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University

Discipline: Anthropology

Specialisations: Origins of modern human behaviour, paleontology and palaeoenvironments

W: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/332669

   

Dr Thalassa Matthews

Iziko South African Museum

Discipline: Palaeontology

Specialisations: Palaeonvironmental Reconstruction Using Fossil Microfaunal Assemblages

Interests: Taxonomy and taphonomy of South African fossil micromammal and frog assemblages.

W: http://iziko.org.za/static/landing/palaeo-micromammal-research-thalassa-matthews

   

Ms. Navashni Naidoo

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: African Stone Age archeaology and stable isotopes

Interests: Quaternary climates, human behaviour, fauna and human responses to environmental change.

   

Dr Frank Neumann

Forschungsstelle für Paläobotanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Discipline: Geology, Palaeontology

Specialisations: Palaeoecology & Palynology of Quaternary, Neogene and Paleogene sites in southern Africa, the Near East and Central Europe

W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Neumann2

   

Dr Alastair Potts

Deputy Director

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Botany

Specialisations: Phylogeography, Distribution Modelling, and Ecology

W: www.pottsresearch.org.za

   

Dr Lynne Quick

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Palaeobotany

Specialisations: Palynology and Palaeoecology

Interests: Southern African Quaternary palaeoenvironments, palaeoclimates, geochronology, fynbos ecology and biogeography as well as bioclimatic modelling

   

Dr Willo Stear

Principal, Willo & Associates cc

Discipline: Geology

Specialisations: Sedimentary rock formations (and their contained mineral deposits), stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeo-environmental interpretation

Interests: Palaeosurface analysis (trace fossil tracking), depositional environmental reconstruction, rock-art interpretation, human evolutionary studies and ancient mining, seafaring and mineral trading.

   

Dr Colin Wren

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Palaeolithic archaeology, hunter-gatherer economies, agent-based modelling, GIS

Interests: Human-environment interactions, climatic change, mobility and foraging patterns

W: https://www.uccs.edu/anthro/colin_wren

   

 

Affiliate Members

Prof. Marion Bamford

Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand

Discipline: Palaeobotany

Specialisations: Palaeo-vegetation and climate change using proxies such as wood, leaves, seeds, charcoal, pollen and phytoliths.

W: www.wits.ac.za/esi

W: www.ancient-earth.co.za

   

Dr Miryam Bar-Matthews

Geological Survey of Israel

Discipline: Geology

Specialisations: Geology, Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimate, Speleothem Research, U-Th Dating, Isotope Geochemistry

W: http://www.gsi.gov.il
W: http://blog.eag.eu.com/invited/speleothems

   

Prof. Rose Boswell

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Social Anthropology

Specialisations: Cultural Identity, Heritage Management and Heritage Politics

   

Dr Kerstin Braun

Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University

Discipline: Geology

Specialisations: Geochemistry and Reconstruction of Palaeoclimates using Speleothems

   

Mr Mark Dixon

Strandloper Project

Discipline: Ichthyology and Fisheries Science

Specialisations: Marine Biology, Ornithology, Ichnology and Science Communication

Research Interests: Pleistocene fossil trackways, Ghost fishing and lead poisoning caused by lost recreational fishing tackle, Avifaunal studies, and Livestock grazing methods on Karoo veld regeneration

W: www.strandloperproject.org

W: Wordpress

   

Prof. Francois Engelbrecht

Global Change Institute University of Witwatersrand

Discipline: Climatology

Specialisation: Southern African climate variability and change

W: www.csir.co.za

   

Prof. Karen Esler

Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University

Discipline: Botany

Specialisations: Cape Ecology

Interests: USO and other plant resources available to Middle Stone Age humans on the Cape south coast based on inferences from contemporary ecological patterns and processes

W: http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=psTb5kgAAAAJ&hl=en

W: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/agri/conservation-ecology

   

Dr Enrico Gennari

Oceans Research

Discipline: Zoology

Specialisation: Movement Ecology, in particular of apex predators

W: http://oceans-research.com/

 

   

Mr. Pieter-Jan Gräbe

Independent consultant, Terra-Search Geological Consultants CC

Discipline: Geology

Specialisations: Mining geology, exploration geology, mine planning, geological modelling and geological modelling software, resource and reserve estimations and reconcilliations, mineral resource management practises and due diligence processes representing the MRM disciplines

W: ResearchGate

W: Glencore Alloys - Lead Competent Person

W: Merafe Resources

   

Ms Carina Helm

Hatfield Consultants, North Vancouver BC

Discipline: Geography

Specialisations: Applying photogrammetry to the Cape South Coast Ichnology project. Leading topographic and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys to characterize the topography, bathymetry and grain size of river systems.

 

   

Prof. Julia Lee-Thorp

School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

Discipline: Palaeoanthropology and African Archaeology

Specialisations: Stable isotope ecology, Palaeodiet, and Mobility.

W: http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/JLT.html

   

Prof. Aliza le Roux

University of the Free State - Department of Zoology and Entmology 

Discipline: Zoology

Specialisations: The cognitive ecology of African primates and carnivores

W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aliza_Le_Roux

   

Prof. Mandy Lombard

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Marine Spatial Planning

Specialisation: Marine Biodiversity Conservation

W: http://cmr.mandela.ac.za/

   

Dr Gerrit Mars

Discipline: Medicine

Interests: Archaeology, Foraging Ecology of Hominins, Fundraising, Nature and Heritage Conservation

   

Dr Christina Mars

Interests: Preparation of veld food

Instagram: coastal_paleoscape

   

Prof. Guy Midgley

Stellenbosch University

Discipline: Botany

Specialisations: Global Change Ecology and Plant Ecophysiology

W: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=maftA6oAAAAJ&hl=en

   

Dr Simen Oestmo

Arizona State University, Co-director of an archaeological research project and field director in Vleesbaai, Western Cape, South Africa

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Hunter-gatherer technological adaptation in the South African Middle to Late Pleistocene record

W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simen_Oestmo

W: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X50UxUcAAAA,J&hl=en

   

Dr Gavin Rishworth

Nelson Mandela University, Department of Zoology

Discipline: Coastal Ecology

Specialisations: Modern microbialites; benthic metazoans; geobiology

Interests: Functional drivers of modern and comparable extinct microbialites, particularly the bioturbation dynamics of associated invertebrates

W: Google Scholar

   

Prof. Louis Scott

Bloemfontein Palaeosystems Centre, University of the Free State

Discipline: Palaeobotany

Specialisations: Quaternary palynology and palaeo-environmental reconstructions in Southern Africa.

W: www.palaeosystems.co.za/

W: www.ufs.ac.za/natagri/departments-and-divisions/plant-sciences-home/general/staff

   

Prof. Judy Sealy

University of Cape Town

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisation: Behaviour and environments of pre-colonial human societies in South Africa

W: http://www.archaeology.uct.ac.za/age/faculty-and-staff/judith-sealy

   

Dr Kale Sniderman

School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne

Discipline: Botany

Specialisations: Late Cenozoic Palaeoenvironments, Palaeovegetation, and Palaeoclimates

Interests: Refinement and application of palynology, particularly of speleothem archives, to better understand past vegetation and climates

W: http://www.isotopegeoscience.org

W: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kale_Sniderman

   

Mr Guy Thesen 

Discipline: Artist (sculptures / piantings)

Specialisations: Ichnology, trace fossils, archaeology, Bushman paintings

W: https://www.guythesen.co.za/

   

Mr Clive Thompson 

Discipline: Ichnology

Specialisations: Neoichnology and Palaeoichnology - Collaboration with Indigenous Master Trackers

 

   

Dr Jan Venter

School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University

Discipline: Ecology

Specialisations: Large Mammals and Vertebrate Biodiversity

W: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Venter3

   

Prof. Tony Verboom

University of Cape Town

Discipline: Botany

Specialisations: Plant Evolutionary Biology, and the Evolution and Ecology of the Greater Cape Flora 

W: http://www.biologicalsciences.uct.ac.za/bio/staff/academic/verboom

   

Dr Lita Webley

Independent Academia

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Stone Age settlement patterns, arid environments and Heritage management.

W:https.independent.academia.edu/LitaWebley

   

Dr Jayne Wilkins

Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisations: Middle Stone Age Lithic Technologies and Behavioral Adaptations in South Africa

W: https://uct.academia.edu/JayneWilkins

W: http://www.archaeology.uct.ac.za/age/faculty-and-staff/jayne-wilkins

   

Dr Sarah Wurz

School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand

Discipline: Archaeology

Specialisation: Coastal adaptation and behavior of Middle Stone Age populations at Klasies River

W: https://wits.academia.edu/sarahwurz