Staff Profiles

PhD, University of the Witwatersrand

MSc, University College London

BAH, University of Botswana

Olaotse Lokwalo Thabeng is a lecturer in the Archaeology Unit at the University of Botswana. His areas of specialisation are GIS and remote sensing applications. Lokwalo is actively involved in researches related to archaeology and has published in reputable international journals such as the Journal of Archaeological Science and Journal of Spectroscopy.

Geographic information systems (GIS)

Field techniques in archaeology

Landscape archaeology

Land use and Land cover change

GIS and remote sensing applications

Journal articles

Thabeng, O. L., Merlo, S., & Adam, E. (2020). From the Bottom Up: Assessing the Spectral Ability of Common Multispectral Sensors to Detect Surface Archaeological Deposits Using Field Spectrometry and Advanced Classifiers in the Shashi-Limpopo Confluence Area. African Archaeological Review, 37(1), 25–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09372-z

Thabeng, O. L., Merlo, S., & Adam, E. (2019). High-resolution remote sensing and advanced classification techniques for the prospection of archaeological sites’ markers: The case of dung deposits in the Shashi-Limpopo Confluence area (southern Africa). Journal of Archaeological Science, 102, 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.12.003

Thabeng, O. L., Adam, E., & Merlo, S. (2019). Spectral Discrimination of Archaeological Sites Previously Occupied by Farming Communities Using In Situ Hyperspectral Data. Journal of Spectroscopy, 2019, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/51584