by Susan Lee | May 20, 2024 | Latest News
Understanding past movement patterns across a landscape is a complex task. Traditionally, this analysis has focused on identifying optimal travel routes through least-cost paths. However, we are more interested in the overall connectivity between all locations within...
by Susan Lee | May 13, 2024 | Latest News
In April 2024, I presented a talk at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology titled, “The Missing Mammals of Cerro Azul.” In it, I suggested that the low frequency of medium and large-bodied mammals among the faunal remains which LASTJOURNEY has...
by Susan Lee | May 7, 2024 | Latest News
The Archaeobotanist J. Julian Garay-Vazquez is currently working on identifying charred plant remains from Limoncillos at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, cede Bogota. Recently, the presence of maize within the assemblage was identified, adding a new record for...
by Susan Lee | Mar 25, 2024 | Latest News
The European Research Council has featured the Last Journey project on their website in an article titled In search of Amazon’s ancient hunters – ‘South America holds a unique place in human history as the final continental frontier for early...
by Susan Lee | Mar 18, 2024 | Latest News
The main objective of my work as a rock art specialist within the LastJourney project is to map the different rock art typologies present at Cerro Azul including depictions of animals and humans as well as handprints and geometric patterns. Presently, my focus lies on...
