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The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 91st Annual Meeting was held in San Francisco, CA from April… Read more: Bladen Postdoc Harper Dine Presents at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting

Joe Hirst and Harper Dine presented their previous PhD projects as a research seminar for the Centre… Read more: Bladen Postdocs lead Departmental Seminar

Harper Dine, Mark Robinson, and Sara Eshleman had a table presentation at the 2nd Dead Important Festival… Read more: The “Dead Importance” of the Bladen project

Louise and Claude Belanger gifted Mark Robinson a plaster cast of Lamanai Stela 9. Sara and Mark… Read more: A “stela” gift from fellow local-to-Exeter Mayanists

Oscar Wilkinson graduated with an MSc Bioarchaeology: Zooarchaeology from the University of Exeter Department of Archaeology and… Read more: Oscar graduates with an MSc

Mark Robinson and project collaborator José Iriate, presented research at the Andrés Barbero Ethnographic Museum and Museo… Read more: Mark engages with Paraguayan archaeology

The Uchben’ kaj Kin Ajaw Association (UKAA) of Santa Cruz, southern Belize has a new website (ukaa-santacruz.com)!… Read more: New website for Santa Cruz community organisation

The Bladen Legacy project directors and partners met last week in Exeter with the Exeter-based postdocs and… Read more: Project Update Meeting in Exeter

Dr. Mark Robinson presented a research update for the Bladen project as a research seminar for the… Read more: Mark Robinson presents Bladen research at departmental seminar

Bladen Legacy is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in plant evolutionary genomics! This position is based at the… Read more: Join the Bladen Legacy Team as a Plant Genomics Postdoc

Members of the Bladen Legacy team, led by Dr. Christine Bacon, recently published “Human Legacies on Palms… Read more: Bladen Palms Overview Published in Palms

Drs. Mark Robinson, Sara Eshleman, and Keith Prufer co-authored an article titled “Rapid Lidar Assessment and Validation… Read more: Lidar-Directed Survey Method Published in RRBA

The first project phytolith identification is in! Dr. Harper Dine identified a spheroid echinate phytolith from Arecaceae… Read more: First Project Phytoliths Identified

Contributed by Dr. Harper Dine Phytolith processing of soils collected during the 2024 field season has begun… Read more: Phytolith Processing Underway

Five Bladen Legacy members presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and… Read more: Bladen Legacy at ATBC 2025

The Bladen Legacy team had a successful 2nd field season in the Bladen Nature Reserve in southern… Read more: Bladen Legacy Field Season 2025

Dr. Harper Dine is joining the Bladen Legacy team as a palaeobotany postdoc based in Exeter. Harper… Read more: Welcome to the Team: Harper Dine

The Bladen Legacy team enters the Bladen Nature Reserve for their 2nd field season this Saturday, 10… Read more: 2025 Fieldwork Preparations Underway

The initial results are in and the most abundant tree in the botanical plots from the 2024… Read more: Botanical Superlatives from the 2024 Field Season

Bladen postdoc, Joe Hirst, presented to the University of Exeter Centre for Human-Animal-Environment Bioarchaeology (HumAnE). His presentation… Read more: Joe presents Amazonian palaeoecology to HumAnE

Sediments retrieved during the 2024 field season will be analysed for pollen, charcoal, and phytolith content, along… Read more: Sediments in Process

Bladen Legacy team members attended the 8th European Conference of Tropical Ecology from 24 to 28 February… Read more: Bladen Legacy at ECTE

Dr. Joseph Hirst is joining the Bladen Legacy team as a palaeoecology postdoc based in Exeter. Joe… Read more: Welcome to the Team: Joe Hirst

The Bladen Legacy team was astounded by the number and size of big trees during the 2024… Read more: Big Trees in Focus: Ceiba

Project associate, Jose Mes, was featured in the December issue of National Geographic Traveller. He and his… Read more: Jose Mes in National Geographic Traveller

We are hiring two postdoctoral research associates to join the Bladen Legacy team. One of the University… Read more: Join the Bladen Legacy Team as a Palaeoecology or Palaeobotany Postdoc

Sara Eshleman successfully earned her PhD. Her dissertation, “Sensing Human Legacies in the Tropical Forests of Northern… Read more: Introducing Dr. Eshleman

Dr. Mark Robinson and Oscar Wilkinson, an MSc Bioarchaeology: Zooarchaeology student, led a hands-on practicum for the HumAnE… Read more: Faunal Remains Practicum with the HumAnE Centre

Dr. Mark Robinson and Sara Eshleman were invited to partake in an abbreviated field season in the… Read more: Collaboration with LASTJourney in Serranía de La Lindosa, Colombia

Members of the BLADEN Legacy project attended the EIAA (Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica) in San José… Read more: Bladen Legacy at VI EIAA

Project members attended the 2024 Belize Archaeology Symposium (BAS) in San Ignacio, Belize from 26 to 28… Read more: Belize Archaeology Symposium 2024

The Bladen Legacy team had a successful field season in the Bladen Nature Reserve in southern Belize.… Read more: Bladen Legacy Field Season 2024