Alumna Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) writes PBS episode
Why The Paleo Diet Couldn’t Save The Neanderthals View episode here on YouTube. 302,123 views • Dec 2, 2021 • These relatives of ours lived in Eurasia for more than 300,000 years. They were expert toolmakers, using materials like stone, wood, and animal bone. They were also skilled hunters and foragers, and may even […]
Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) dissertation article published in the Journal of Human Evolution
Anna Goldfield is lead author on an article just published in the Journal of Human Evolution. “Modeling the role of fire and cooking in the competitive exclusion of Neanderthals” by Anna Goldfield, Ross Booton, and Professor John (Mac) Marston was generated originally as part of Anna’s dissertation. Read the article here. Congratulations Anna!
“The Dirt Podcast” started by alumna, Anna Goldfield
Alumna, Anna Goldfield, started an archaeology/anthropology podcast with Amber Zambelli, a fellow archaeologist, called The Dirt. It premiered July 1, Twitter handle is @dirtpodcast. Their goal is to reach as wide an audience as possible, so it’s sort of an “edutainment” podcast. They want people to be able to enjoy the stories with no academic […]
Alumna, Anna Goldfield, first article as a columnist for Sapiens
Anna Goldfield, Boston University Department of Archaeologist alumna, is a columnist for Sapiens.org, a site that showcases anthropology for the public run by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Congratulations to Anna, her first article! Click here to read it.
Congratulations to Anna Goldfield and faculty sponsor Mac Marston on being awarded an NSF dissertation improvement grant: Comparative Utilization Of Animal Resources In Long Term Perspective.
Archaeology Graduate Students Published Material
Anna Goldfield – Illustrator – The Neanderthal Child of Roc de Marsal: A Prehistoric Mystery (2nd Edition) Mario Giron-Abrego – co-authored paper published in California Anthropologist 29(2):27-33. A Behavioral Interpretation of High Density Ceramic Sherd Concentrations at Midnight Terror Cave Mario Giron-Abrego – paper published in Mesoweb Articles 1-11. On a Preclassic Long-Lipped Glyphic Profile.
Anna Goldfield (GRS’17) SAA Conference poster featured in Live Science
Congratulations to Anna! “Fire use would have provided a significant advantage for the human population and may indeed have been an important factor in the overall collapse or absorption of the Neanderthal population,” said Anna Goldfield, a doctoral candidate in archaeology at Boston University, who presented the findings here on Thursday (April 16) at the […]