BA Anthropology and History, University of South Carolina

SUBFIELD
Prehistoric West African Archaeology

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Early lithic technology, trade and subsistence in prehistoric West Africa; origins of agriculture; Geographic Information Systems; feminist theory.

(Working) THESIS TITLE
Analysis of LSA ground stone tools in the Kintampo complex, Ghana, West Africa

THESIS CHAIR:
Joanna Casey

THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Gail Wagner
Kenneth Kelly

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
Mountain, Swamp and Beach - 1998
Knoxville, TN
Mountain, Swamp and Beach - 1999
Columbia, SC
Beyond Nuremberg - 1999
Columbia, SC
Mountain, Swamp and Beach - 2000
Knoxville, TN
South East Archaeology Conference - 2000
Macon, GA

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Southern Archaeology Society - 1999
Atlanta,GA
"Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks"
Society of American Archaeology - 2000
Philadelphia, PA
"Terra Cotta Cigars: A Commitment to Agriculture?"
Society of American Archaeology - 2001
New Orleans, LA
"Terra Cotta Cigars: Sacred West African Objects?"

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Graduate Student Day - 2002
Columbia, SC
"Terra Cotta Cigars - Late Stone Age objects from the Kintampo Complex in West Africa"
Society of Africanist Archaeology - 2002
Tucson, AZ
"Terra Cotta Cigars - Late Stone Age objects from the Kimtampo Complex in West Africa"

Poster Presentation

E-MAIL
claudiacarriere@sc.edu