Associate Professor, Anthropology; Associate Curator, UMMAA; Faculty Associate, African Studies Center
bastew@umich.eduArchaeology at Michigan; African Archaeology; Anthropological Archaeology; Prehistoric Archaeology; Environmental Archaeology
Areas of Expertise
- Human-environment interactions
- Biocultural adaptations
- Evolution of adaptive flexibility
- Archaeology of high mountain systems
- Hunter-gatherer social connectivity
- Lithic & ceramic technologies
- Paleoenvironmental reconstruction
- Integration of cave & landscape archaeology
- Domestic & landscape spatial archaeology
- Hunter-gatherer site & assemblage formation
- Southern Africa
Research Topics
- Adaptations to marginal environments in the Middle Stone Age (Project AMEMSA)
- Tracing the evolution of social networks using isotope and rare earth geochemistry
- Karoo Pans palaeohydrology prehistory (Project KP3)
- Sociospatial archaeology of hunter-gatherer campsites
- Creating a sustainable heritage ecomuseum in Highland Lesotho
Project Websites
Courses
- Archaeology of Early Humans
- African Prehistory
- Archaeology I
- Archaeology of Risk and Resilience
