Raven Garvey

I study the influences of ecological, demographic, and social factors on prehistoric hunter-gatherers’ behaviors and broader cultural change through time. My current field projects in Patagonia use simple economic models incorporating these factors to generate predictions of hunter-gatherer settlement and resource use at different times in the past. My current lab-based projects are designed to test and develop models of cultural transmission and technological evolution, and to refine Patagonian chronologies using obsidian hydration. 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