Home… and memories. Blog post by Kaitlin
January 16, 2012
As I reflect on my experience in Niger and the Gobero site, my memories jog back to key events and times: interacting with the people of the Sahara, and touching artifacts, thousands of years old, used… Continue reading
Uncovering Secrets of the Green Sahara (Blog by Paul Sereno)
12-19-11
A Discovery
It happened one day unexpectedly on a dinosaur expedition in 2000. New discoveries seemed to be around every dune. Odd raptors without a name, a weird long-necked plant-eater with a battery of small teeth in… Continue reading
Closing Out the Site. (Blog by Kaitlin)
12-17-11
This is it! My last week at Gobero, and there are several emotions in the air as the expedition team jackets the last human skeleton sites that were uncovered over the past couple of days.
While we work we… Continue reading
Science Scenes at Gobero (Blog post by Kaitlin)
I am hiking up a sand dune at 7am in the morning. The sun is barely out, but the wind is already fierce. I, Hannah Moots and Julia Fraser are working on site G1, and our aim today is to… Continue reading
Gobero Maffé Supreme of the Desert (Blog by Didier Dutheil)
We’ve been receiving lots of questions about what we eat in the field. Didier wanted to give you a feel for the real deal and wrote up this field-tested recipe.
If you try it at home (or in the field)… Continue reading
Excavating the Kiffian Site (Blog by Kaitlin)
12.8.11
The discoveries at the Gobero site have been amazing!
One of the first sites that Hannah, Julia and I excavated together was a Kiffian site that appeared to be bound, with both hands wrapped around its chest. This skeleton… Continue reading
Bare Bones About Necessities in the Sahara (Post by Kaitlin)
12.8.11
Over the summer I had the opportunity to Intern for ComEd in the Energy Efficiency Marketing Department. One of the important lessons I took away from the experience was how to measure the ways in which people use energy… Continue reading
Ecologically Speaking (Blog by Hannah Moots)
December 12, 2011
As our Land Rovers rolled to a halt when we reached Gobero and we hopped out to scope out the site, our attention turned immediately to the artifacts and faunal remains visible on the surface of… Continue reading
Trip to the Source of the Green Stone (Blog by Lauren)
At Gobero there is an abundance of stone tools which are called “lithics” made of a peculiar volcanic green rock, called Felsite. This rock is not originally from Gobero though, so where were these people finding this unusual rock?
During the 2006 expedition,Paul Sereno’s team set out to look for the source of the rock. They spotted a green-ish hill on the edge of theAirMountains, nearly 100 miles away from Gobero. When they got closer they realized the hill was actually a stone-tool-making site covered in “debitage,” (Debitage is a technical word for the flakes that are chipped off in the process of creating stone tools.) Continue reading
TweetLet the Science Begin! Gobero at Last!
[NOTE- thanks for your patience, everyone! It took us a little while to get camp and our satellite system up - and then to get the photos and story up and ready for you. Everyone is doing well and wakes at the crack of dawn and works until it's too dark or too cold to keep going. We're in good spirits and good shape. Now for the blog post. -Gabe]
December 6, 2011
Let the science begin.
It took from November 19th to November 28th to get established at the site. Once there the team was anxious to begin its work. And work has certainly begun! Let the science begin!
The site now called “Gobero” was originally discovered during the 2000 Niger Expedition, led by Paul Sereno. The expedition was a paleontology expedition – we were on the hunt for dinosaurs – when we came upon an extraordinary discovery: a site replete not only with jewlery and tools, but a cemetery preserving hundreds of human skeletons. (You can hear an audio recording of Paul’s reaction to the discovery in 2000 HERE read the original field update from 2000 HERE). Continue reading
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