Professor Lyn Wadley will  present this seminar as part of the Archaeology lunchtime seminars series. Wadley will talk on the use of traditional glues, adhesives and poisons used for composite weapons by the Ju/’hoan San in Nyae Nyae, Namibia and how archaeologist can use these traditions to inform the past. She is an Honorary Professor of Archaeology in the Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits. Her research interests are the African Stone Age, cognitive archaeology, experimental archaeology and gender studies. She is best known for her excavations of Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal, and Rose Cottage Cave, Free State. She is listed on the Thomsen-Reuters highly cited list for the top 1% of researchers globally and is one of about 80 A-rated scholars from across all disciplines in South Africa. She was recently named the first runner up in the South African Women in Science Awards (Humanities and Social Science).

Date: 6 September 2016

Time: 13:20

Venue: The Archaeology Lecture Theatre in the North Origins Building (Room 105), Braamfontein Campus East

Enquiries: Jerome.Reynard@wits.ac.za