Agata Gaszka
Doctoral Student, ICArEHB
Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB)
FCHS, University of Algarve
Campus de Gambelas
8005-139 Faro
Portugal
ORCID: 0000-0002-0481-8534
Research Interests
My PhD will investigate the emergence of stone tools, focusing on recent discussions about the mechanisms and nature of this development. I will examine the potential role of bipolar knapping in the emergence of hominin technology. I will also analyse the impact of bipolar knapping on the evolution of hominin technology and techno-cultural behaviours throughout the Lower, Middle and Upper Pleistocene in East Africa.
Short Bio
I have a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Stone Age Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology of Jagiellonian University in Cracow. I was awarded twice the scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education in Poland for outstanding achievements (2016 and 2019). I participated in a range of excavations in Poland and Ethiopia.