Clare Tolmie
Background:
I received a BA in archaeology from the University of Southampton, England, and my MA in Anthropology from the University of Iowa. While at Iowa I have participated in excavations at Verberie, Cagny l'Epinette, Fontechevaude and Arcy-sur-Cure. My PhD research focuses on the transition from Neanderthals to anatomically modern humans in France (from the Chatelperronian to the Aurignacian). I am particularly interested in evidence for the use of bone and antler as a raw material for tool-making and any differences between the two taxa in terms of bone/antler tool manufacture and the inclusion of bone tools to work skin and plant fibers both Chatelperronian and Aurignacian subsistence strategies.
