Update: Measurements are completed!
Hello everyone!I'm happy to report that I've just completed measuring the stone tools from Dr. Reti's experimental collection here at UCSC. It took some long days and weeks of committed, monotonous...
It's time to collect some data in Santa Cruz!
Hello everyone!I know it's been quite some time since I've provided an update on my research progress this year. Here it goes...My research schedule for 2017 got flipped upside down, as it often do...
Exciting news about my research in Kenya!
Hello everyone,I wanted to send a brief note about some exciting developments in my research plan for the next year. I have been offered the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) Field School Director posi...
Funding Success!
Hello everyone,The funding campaign has come to an end, and what an exciting journey it was!I wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks to you for agreeing to support my research. It means the world to ...
Project stretch goal: Research in the National Museums of Kenya
I've been very encouraged and excited see my experimental project successfully funded - over and above my initial goal!There are just a few days left in this crowdfunding campaign, and I've taken t...
Archaeology Challenge Grant: 2nd place prize!
Hello everyone,The last few days have been very exciting and encouraging - so many people came through with their support for my project. I'm happy to report that my project placed 2nd in the Archa...
Project Funding Success!
I am so excited - you've helped me successfully raise my initial funding goal of $2300!!This is a huge accomplishment, and I'd like to take a moment to sincerely thank all of my backers for support...
Pilot experiment: can we distinguish the stone tool products of flaking from shaping?
I was collecting data from my pilot experiment around this time last year. The experiment tested whether there were measurable differences between the stone tool products of flaking and shaping. Tu...
Capuchin stone tools and the importance of human stone tool shaping
The Archaeology/Anthropology/Palaeoanthropology world is all shook up this week as new research shows a group of wild capuchin monkeys can accidentally make stone flakes. The capuchins hit stones w...