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In most areas of the world, plant foods are abundant and predictable dietary resources that have played important roles in the social and behavioral organization of present hunter-gatherer groups. It is likely that plant foods were similarly important to our ancient ancestors, but due to vagaries of preservation it has been difficult to answer questions about their use of plants. Having been trained in plant microfossil analysis, I am particularly interested in examining questions regarding:
Neanderthal and Early Modern Human use of plant foods
Early use of plant underground storage organs (USOs)
The origin and effects of cooking plants
I am currently a graduate student in physical anthropology at The George Washington University, and a pre-doctoral fellow in the Archaeobiology Lab at The Smithsonian Institiution.
Please browse through the links above for more information, or feel free to contact me with any questions.
In most areas of the world, plant foods are abundant and predictable dietary resources that have played important roles in the social and behavioral organization of present hunter-gatherer groups. It is likely that plant foods were similarly important to our ancient ancestors, but due to vagaries of preservation it has been difficult to answer questions about their use of plants. Having been trained in plant microfossil analysis, I am particularly interested in examining questions regarding:
Neanderthal and Early Modern Human use of plant foods
Early use of plant underground storage organs (USOs)
The origin and effects of cooking plants
I am currently a graduate student in physical anthropology at The George Washington University, and a pre-doctoral fellow in the Archaeobiology Lab at The Smithsonian Institiution.
Please browse through the links above for more information, or feel free to contact me with any questions.
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