In search of ancient hunters and gatherers
Unable to travel to abroad because of COVID-19, anthropology professor Danielle Macdonald and graduate student Audra Whitehurse nevertheless kept the wheels turning on their research into the lives and technologies of ancient Near Eastern hunter-gatherers.
Visiting Scholars Dr. Liye Xie and Tiziana Gallo
Dr. Liye Xie and Tiziana Gallo at the Sensofar For two weeks at the beginning of the fall semester, Dr. Liye Xie and PhD student Tiziana Gallo, from the University of Toronto, visited the Department of Anthropology to conduct research on the Sensofar white-light confocal microscope. This research is part of a collaborative project with […]
Dissertation Research on Lithics from South Africa
Melissa Miller, a third-year PhD student here in the Department of Anthropology, traveled to South Africa over the summer and collected sample of lithics for her dissertation. Her research will utilize these lithics from the Kuruman Hills area in Northern Cape, South Africa. She will be conducting various use-wear experiments on the samples to compile […]