Positions:
- Research Scientist, Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, Indiana.
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington (www.indiana.edu/~anthro/people/pickering.html)
- Adjunct Professor of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Research Associate, Center for Research into the Anthropological Foundations of Technology (CRAFT), Indiana University, Bloomington.
- Co-Editor: Journal of Taphonomy (www.journaltaphonomy.com).
- Instructor: Limpopo River Valley Fieldschool, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (www.wits.ac.za.archaeology/fieldschool/home.html)
Education:
- 1999 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Anthropology, human evolutionary
- studies, stone age archaeology, African prehistory.
- 1994 M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Anthropology
- 1990 B.A. (magna cum laude), Bloomsburg University (PA). Anthropology.
Special interests:
Human evolutionary studies, paleoanthropology, African prehistory, zooarchaeology, vertebrate paleontology, taphonomy, geoarchaeology, ethnoarchaeology, foraging ecology, hunter-gatherers
Recent and ongoing research:
- Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of large mammal faunal assemblages from hominid-bearing cave sites in South Africa, including Sterkfontein and Swartkrans
- Experimental taphonomic research, including carnivore feeding experiments, stone tool butchery and the destruction of primate skeletons
Research Grants received from:
National Science Foundation, L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Sigma Xi, Indiana University, Tulane University, University of Wisconsin
