Research Interests

What makes us human? How did we evolve into a species with uniquely complex capacities for cumulative culture and symbolic thought? I am interested in how the archaeological record can contribute to answering these questions. My research is focused on lithic technology and how it can shed light on the evolution of hominin behavior, culture and cognition. In my PhD, I am analyzing expedient Middle and Upper Paleolithic stone tool assemblages from Southwest Iberia using a variety of approaches, including technological analysis and geometric morphometrics