Assoc Prof @RiceUniversity @Riceanthro. African archaeology, foodways, zooarchaeology, ancient DNA, all things animal, also here for your 🐶 pix. (She/her)
Joined June 2018
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
11 Jul 2024
Kudos to Rice archaeology graduate students for winning the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship! “This is a major recognition from our field’s most prominent professional organization,” says Mary Prendergast, associate professor of anthropology. bit.ly/3LhaYOS
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
5 Jun 2024
Check out this amazing video about our #ancientDNA work in #Soqotra by @JansenvanRens for @NatGeo. I am grateful to have been part of this community-centered research project that explored the population history of this remarkable place (nature.com/articles/s41559-0…)
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
4 Jun 2024
The @SAAorg Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship was awarded two years in a row to @RiceAnthro archaeology students! Maggie Katongo and Sylvia Wemanya were awarded the fellowship in '24 and '23, respectively: socialsciences.rice.edu/news… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture @RiceUniversity
ALT Katongo outside digging
ALT Wemanya working in a lab
ALT "If there's an exciting opportunity that comes your way, like the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship, don't wait - grab it. You never know what kind of doors will open for you."-Maggie Katongo
ALT "I believe that when you do something wholeheartedly, no matter how challenging it is, things always seem to work out."-Sylvia Wemanya
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4 Jun 2024
SO proud of @RiceAnthro grad students Maggie Katongo and @SylviaWemanya who are doing excellent work in #zooarchaeology and #AfricanArchaeology 🎉🎉🎉🐮🦴🐐🦴 socialsciences.rice.edu/news…
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
2 Feb 2024
Glad to announce the imminent release of my book "Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas, A Zooarchaeological Historical Study" @floridapress. You can already order it with the discount code (AU224) on the UPF website upf.com/book.asp?id=97808130…
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
18 Nov 2023
Collagen survives in S.African MSA contexts (~50-70 ka). “To our knowledge, these results represent the oldest material successfully analysed with ZooMS from an African context” -our latest work. Great efforts by @Carli__Peters @dkkorzow @SapienCE_UiB sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
Happy to share our new article where we show that Eurasian back migration into NE Africa was complex and different populations experienced admixture at different times, at varying degrees, from different external sources. With @stgoldste @RickardHammarn
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
6 Nov 2023
Rice folks-- please help us spread the word about our new summer field course in Tanzania, which will be offered for the first time in Summer 2024! @RiceUniversity @RiceNatSci @RiceAnthro
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
6 Nov 2023
I'm excited to see the first paper stemming from discussions @ #DNAirobi! It reminds us about the skeletal biology research that forms the foundation for much of our genomic work today, but may not be on the radar of most geneticists🇰🇪🧬💀
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
The deadline for the SAA Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship applications is December 11, 2023. This fellowship is offered to support a woman archaeologist in the early stages of graduate zooarchaeology training. Please see more details and spread the word!
saa.org/career-practice/awar…
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
17 Oct 2023
Are you an early career researcher from Africa with a goal to become an internationally recognised #archaeologist?
The Rewriting World Archaeology: Africa Writing Workshop and mentoring programme will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills:
buff.ly/3Q73iBG
ALT View of a city with the text 'Rewriting World Archaeology: Africa'.
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26 Oct 2023
Call (deadline Nov 8!) for early career researchers from Africa to apply to the Rewriting World Archaeology workshop - having been a mentor for this, I can say it's a great program! Get the support you need to develop your research and publish your work: durham.ac.uk/departments/aca…
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21 Oct 2023
I am overwhelmed with gratitude that we were able to reach our goal this month! Thank you!!! More updates soon on the Luxmanda medical clinic as it progresses.
6 Oct 2023
Luxmanda isn't just a cool Tanzanian archaeological site 🇹🇿 - it's a rapidly growing village, and it needs a medical clinic for its underserved community - a place to deliver babies, treat emergencies, provide preventive care. 😷 Will you help us build it? gofund.me/3331de1a
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18 Oct 2023
This was perhaps the interview with the most laughs ever. Thanks @michaeljsachse and @BevilConway for asking me about my weird weird job.
17 Oct 2023
Episode alert! 🎧
We speak with @riceuniversity Professor @prendydigs about being an Anthropologist. We discuss how Mary still wonders if she should have been a vet, why #indianajones is a looter, why archeologists love poop. Check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/1BM…
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11 Oct 2023
The Oct 15 deadline for this TT job opening is coming up fast - so excited about this opportunity to expand our faculty at @RiceAnthro and the Center for African & African-American Studies #RiceCAAAS !
17 Aug 2023
I'm thrilled that @RiceAnthro, together with the Center for African & African American Studies #RiceCAAAS, is hiring! We seek an archaeologist studying the African Diaspora in the Americas. Tenure-track Assistant Professor position, deadline Oct 15. apply.interfolio.com/130312
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
6 Oct 2023
Are you an #archaeology early career researcher from Africa?
The #RewritingWorldArchaeology workshop programme is now open for applications!
Deadline 8 November 2023
Details buff.ly/3Q73iBG
ALT View of a city with the text 'Rewriting World Archaeology: Africa'
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
6 Oct 2023
Our team has been doing archaeological research in a small town in Tanzania for many years - and the community there now needs our help! Please consider donating to help build a desperately-needed medical clinic. Click the pic, and please share! Thanks! gofund.me/3331de1a
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6 Oct 2023
Luxmanda isn't just a cool Tanzanian archaeological site 🇹🇿 - it's a rapidly growing village, and it needs a medical clinic for its underserved community - a place to deliver babies, treat emergencies, provide preventive care. 😷 Will you help us build it? gofund.me/3331de1a
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
22 Sep 2023
Ends and beginnings.
Took a while but it’s finally here, a Masters in Archaeology #Classof2023 #UoNClass2023 #UoN69graduation
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Mary Prendergast retweeted
14 Sep 2023
We have another great WU archaeology job posting! This is a joint position between the Department of Art History and Archaeology (75%) and the Department of African and African-American Studies (25%). Please share! apply.interfolio.com/132026
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