Education
2021-Ph.D. in Anthropology, UC Davis
2015-M.A. in Anthropology, UC Davis
2012-B.S. in Anthropology, UC Davis
 
Biography
I am a paleoanthropologist exploring human evolution from a zooarchaeological perspective. My major research interests include subsistence strategies of Middle Paleolithic hominins (e.g., Neandertals and contemporary humans), Paleolithic archaeology, zooarchaeological theory and methods, hunter-gatherer mobility, and foraging theory.
 
I am currently a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Haifa and my work centers on the subsistence behavior of the Middle Paleolithic occupants of Tinshemet Cave in Israel. As a zooarchaeologist on the Tinshemet Cave project, I study the faunal (animal bone) remains from the recently discovered archaeological site. My analysis will provide evidence of subsistence-strategy-related behaviors such as prey choice, butchery and carcass transport, and site occupation. I am also comparing Tinshemet with other Israeli sites in the southern Levant to better understand behavioral similarities and differences between humans and Neandertals who both occupied this unique geographic region.

My doctoral dissertation work at UC Davis focused on the Middle Paleolithic archaeological record of southwest France, where I investigated how Neandertal hunting and prey processing decisions interacted with mobility and technology on a glacial landscape. This research centered on the faunal remains from Quina Mousterian (a Middle Paleolithic stone tool variant) levels at three sites: Roc de Marsal, Pech de l’Azé IV, and Jonzac.