Foodways team in conference in Tbilisi, Georgia

Amanda and Wei Ping attended a conference celebrating 135 years since the first discovery of Homo erectus* with a gathering of experts, hosted by the Georgian National Museum. Amanda was invited to give a talk on the Hominin Foodways project and to participate in the closing discussion panel for the conference. Wei Ping presented a poster on her study of edible plant taxa in the Early Pleistocene. They were joined by RMA student Francesca Scotti who also gave a poster. Included in the agenda were exciting site visits to Orozmani and Dmanisi!