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Can experimental stone tool-making help us understand how our ancestors shaped their world?

By Hilary Duke
Backed by Michael Ott, Andrew Duke, Ian Wallace, Claire Cameron, Linda Martin, Donna Litt, Rosanne Duke, Lydia Koop, Jim Glass, Reuben Nussbaum, and 49 other backersFarla Olshansky, Janette Speelman, Aleksa Katrina Alaica, Mark S. Tweedie, Toni Dryfhout, Steph Hare, Norman Olshansky, Allison Nesbitt, Edward Alan Duke, Jennifer Glass, Edwin Ives, Chris Bunce, Sarah Pilliard, Eric Nussbaum, Thaddeus Nelson, Natasha Chandler, Andrew Zamora, Thomas Blennerhassett, Nick Taylor, Ebeth S, Mary Clark, Liza & Chris Davis, Jeffery Trotta, Joe Pereira, Robert Cordingley, Danielle Macdonald, Ian Nussbaum, Amy Olshansky, Harriet Bunce, Justin Pargeter, Katherine Kling, Gaby Levkov, Ryan Gardner-Cook, Melanie Raakman, Dave Rich, Beccy Biermann, West Turkana Archaeological Project (Jason Lewis), Sarah Fenestra, Cindy Wu, Christina Tran, Michelle A Spinelli, Jamie Unwin, Jennifer Everhart, Emma Yasui, Shireen Bliss, Andrew Payne, Ryan Tiiss, Eric D. Walters, and Frank Loose
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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
Anthropology
DOI: 10.18258/7914
Grant: ArchaeologyGrant: Archaeology
$3,038
Raised of $2,300 Goal
132%
Funded on 11/12/16
Successfully Funded
  • $3,038
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  • 132%
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  • Funded
    on 11/12/16
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Update: Measurements are completed!
October 4, 2017
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It's time to collect some data in Santa Cruz!
September 6, 2017
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Exciting news about my research in Kenya!
November 29, 2016
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Funding Success!
November 13, 2016
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Project stretch goal: Research in the National Museums of...
November 9, 2016
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Archaeology Challenge Grant: 2nd place prize!
November 4, 2016
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Project Funding Success!
November 2, 2016
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Pilot experiment: can we distinguish the stone tool...
November 1, 2016
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Field work in Turkana, Kenya
October 24, 2016
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Capuchin stone tools and the importance of human stone...
October 20, 2016
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Exciting developments and new research connections!
October 16, 2016
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