I have just got back from two weeks in Senegal, collecting pearl millet grains from farms in the regions of Thiès, Diourbel and Kaffrine. The lush green trees and two-metre high millet stalks were a huge contrast to the dusty brown soil that I saw at the end of the dry season last year. It … More Fieldtrip to Senegal: October 2017
Two months in and I’ve been busy with both strands of the project: planning fieldwork to collect modern millet grains in Senegal that will take place very soon in October and selecting archaeological millet and animal bones from the sites in Burkina Faso. Veerle Linseele, KU Leuven, visited a couple of weeks ago to help … More My first few months in Frankfurt
I didn’t think I would ever turn into the person who took their work away with them—especially not to the furthermost reaches of Nepal. But I guess that’s what happens when you’re an archaeologist who’s interested in farming and landscape. My latest trip was to Nepal. Making the most of a month off before the … More Another holiday, another opportunity
An archaeobotany conference in Paris is a nice place to find out that you’ve been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship! I’ll be starting at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, in July 2017 after doing a four-month intensive German language course. The wine tasting tonight is very good timing.
Amy Styring 