Beetle jewelery of the first farmers in the US Southwest
Early agriculturalists of US Southwest signaled status with iridescent beetle jewelry. FCL paper: https://t.co/1h6GPG77sm pic.twitter.com/zliuSwXhBB
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) February 1, 2023
US Embassy Peru visits Wilamaya Patjxa
FCL y miembros de la comunidad Mulla Fasiri tuvieron el honor de recibir a la Embajada EEUU Perú en una visita a los sitios de Wilamaya Patjxa y Soro Mik'aya Patjxa, Puno, Perú. @WayneStateCLAS
@AnthroAtWayne @CARIPeruOrg https://t.co/0VZg6QesII— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) August 14, 2022
Wilamaya Patjxa 6 featured in Nat Geo documentary
Very excited that National Geographic France just released a new documentary, "Prehistoric Women," which features FCL research on the Wilamaya Patjxa burial 6 hunter. https://t.co/bWtlPthEMX via @YouTube @AnthroAtWayne @UCDLandS
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) May 25, 2022
Forager flexibility in parenting and gendered labor practice
Flexibility in parenting and gendered labor practice among forager societies facilitates adaptation to diverse environments–new paper in Scientific Reports led by @sheinalew . https://t.co/NKOUk2DH7l #WayneState #AnthroInDetroit pic.twitter.com/5UMcNuDn9n
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) May 17, 2022
Inca Period llama sacrifice and ritual practice: a new paper by Flores et al.
Discovery of an Inca Period llama sacrifice in Lima reveals costly ritual practice. See @luisfb78 (FCL, @UCDLandS PhD candidate) and colleagues' analysis in the latest issue of Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. https://t.co/q8iicOJx3e
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) November 27, 2021
Was she a badass?
"Was she a badass?" Thanks to Amy @AmyMQuinton and Kat @UCDavis_Kerlin for unfolding this research and highlighting the expertise of Monique Borgerhoff-Mulder and @KimSenklip. https://t.co/iirpss3Wjh
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) October 19, 2021
Chen replicates ancient Andean atlatl
@UCDLandS undergrad Caleb Chen replicates an ancient Andean atlatl to explore why dart points got larger over time. Check out his study in Latin American Antiquity: https://t.co/QGpFkU64uo@luisfb78
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) October 19, 2021
Ambassador’s fund supports conservation of female hunter collections
¡Gracias al Fondo del Embajador para la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural de la Embajada de EEUU en Peru por apoyar nuestro proyecto, "Conservación de Objetos Etnográficos Asociados a una Cazadora Prehistórica, Puno! https://t.co/BhNEMKz3tP pic.twitter.com/JQhzbY3Idc
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) September 28, 2021
Congrats Luis Flores for receiving Lewis and Clark award!
Luis Flores @luisfb78 receives American Philosophical Society @AmPhilSociety Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research to advance his research on emergent complexity in the Lake Titicaca Basin, 4 ka. pic.twitter.com/J1EoauVt8s
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) May 5, 2021
Early archery on the Altiplano?
Lithic analysis suggests bow-and-arrow may have precipitated neolithization on the Andean Altiplano ca. 4 ka: new FCL paper https://t.co/1zwZZVo75f pic.twitter.com/1OT9vyqnaJ
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) May 5, 2021