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Mr Tomos Proffitt
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Institute of Archaeology
31-34 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PY
Appointment
- Research Fellow
- Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
- Institute of Archaeology
- Faculty of S&HS
Biography
- BSc, MSc, PhD
- British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professional History
- 2017-Current: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow: Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
- 2016: Post-Doctoral Researcher in Primate Archaeology: Primarch Project, Research Lab for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford
- 2014-2015: Laboratory Technician, Lithics Laboratory, UCL Institute of Archaeology
- 2013: Field School Supervisor: Olduvai Geochronology and Archaeology Project (UCL), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
- 2011-2014: Field Archaeologist: Olduvai Geochronology and Archaeology Project (UCL), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
- 2016 & 2010-2011 & 2008 Field Archaeologist: Archaeology South East
Educational Background
- 2015: PhD in Archaeology, UCL Institute of Archaeology. Thesis title: A Technological Analysis of the Oldowan and Developed Oldowan Assemblages from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
- 2011: MSc in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology, UCL Institute of Archaeology. Thesis title: A lithic analysis of level N31C of the Magdalenian rock shelter of Buendia, Spain
- 2009: BSc in Archaeology, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Research Summary
Research Interests
- Early Stone Age archaeology and lithic technology of East Africa
- Experimental Archaeology
- Human Evolution
- Primate stone tool production and use
- African Prehistory
- 3D Modelling of archaeological data
Research Projects
New Insights into the Emergence of Technology: a Capuchin Stone Tool Approach
This project will enable the first comparison of capuchin stone on stone percussive behaviour and material with the archaeological record, allowing us to answer: what makes human technology unique? The project will unite modern archaeological techniques, primate behavioural observations and novel experimental approaches to identify the behavioural, cognitive and morphological requirements for the emergence of our earliest human technology.
Teaching Summary
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCL0194 Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCL0101 Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
