Franca Cole

TL;DR: The Desert Migrations Project as mentioned in this paper is a new interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional collaborative project between the Society for Libyan Studies and the Department of Antiquities to address the theme of migration in the broadest sense, encompassing the movement of people, ideas/knowledge and material culture into and out of Fazzan.

TL;DR: The Burials and Identity team of the Desert Migrations Project carried out two main excavations in the 2009 season, at the monumental Garamantian cemeteries of TAG001 and TAG012, by the Taqallit headland.

TL;DR: A survey by the DMP Burials and Identity team around the Tāqallit headland in 2009-2010 has revealed in exceptional detail a well-preserved Garamantian landscape, comprising extensive cemeteries, foggara irrigation systems and numerous oasis settlements as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The Niah Caves in Sarawak, Borneo, have captured evidence for people and economies of 8000 and 4000 years ago as discussed by the authors, and these open two windows on to life at the cultural turning point, broadly equivalent to the transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic.