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Dr. Danielle Macdonald

@daniellelithic.bsky.social

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Archaeologist | Associate Professor at The University of Tulsa | Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Initiatives | Co-Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Archaeological Science Reports | 🇨🇦 living in 🇺🇸

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Copies of our new textbook, co-edited with Katherine Patton and Michael Chazan, have arrived! So exciting to see this volume published. A huge thanks to all of our wonderful contributors whose thoughtful contributions make this volume what it is.

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

We measure the surface texture before and after use from scans taken with focus variation microscopy, and use multiscale geometric analyses to determine if the surface textures are measurably different

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

In this study we conduct a series of experiments using shell tools to determine whether is it possible to distinguish different types of contact materials from surface traces (photos of hands doing the messy work)

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Doug says hi

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I am particularly interested in #lithics, and how we can learn about past human behaviors through understanding their function. This has lead me to work with engineers to identify tool function through applying methods developed for surface metrology to archaeological objects.

confocal image of a lithic surface used to scrape wood

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My research is mostly focused on the transitions from hunting-gathering to the origins of agriculture, with a interest in hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic. I direct fieldwork projects in Jordan and Cyprus, working on Epipalaeolithic sites.

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Dr. Danielle Macdonald @daniellelithic.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Been on here for a week, so it is probably time that I introduced myself! I work at the University of Tulsa (TU) and an #archaeologist who is broadly interested in the importance of material culture our lives and how objects have helped shape the past.

me looking extra happy holding a handaxe.

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