by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Feb 8, 2019 | Explorer Blog, Notes From the Field
In more recent times, studies have shown that spending time outdoors is very beneficial for your health and wellbeing: for example, it can help fight short-term memory loss, reduce anxiety and stress, and improve your ability to focus. I have myself experienced some...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Feb 3, 2019 | Explorer Blog, Notes From the Field
Recently, I was asked a thought-provoking question: what are the saddest things that archaeologists have ever discovered? I think that in the minds of many, our discovery of sacrificed people is one of the saddest. Sacrifice was practiced by many cultures around the...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Jan 25, 2019 | Explorer Blog, Notes From the Field
We must discover our kin, the other animals and plantswith whom we share this planet.We are related to them with our DNA and evolution.To know our kin is to come to love and cherish them.~E.O. Wilson In many traditional societies throughout time, nature is respected...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Dec 14, 2018 | Explorer Blog
On the walk last week I discovered a Cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli) on the edge of the creek close to my home. I live near subtropical rainforest on the East Coast Australia, and I can easily spot the coral tree in amongst the gumtrees and banksias when...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Dec 7, 2018 | Art and Craft Ideas
A few years ago, while working on an excavation just outside of Cusco city with a team consisting of archaeologists and representatives of a local Quechua speaking community, I gained several key insights about the nature of creativity. These experiences inspired...
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