Raven Garvey

I study the influences of ecological, demographic, and social factors on Holocene hunter-gatherers’ behaviors and broader cultural change through time. My current field projects in farthest southern South America--Patagonia--combine archaeological data with evolutionary modeling to address questions at the intersection of human behavioral ecology and cultural transmission theory. My current lab-based projects are designed to test and develop models of cultural transmission and technological evolution, and I was recently awarded a fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2022-2023) to train in engineering and explore the the effects of wind on hunter-gatherers' livelihoods and technologies. Please visit my home and Academia.edu pages for more information. 

Research Areas(s)

• human ecology
• hunter-gatherers
• stone technologies and their evolution
• adaptations to marginal environments and climate change
• Patagonia