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Adrián Arroyo

by Richard Meckien - published Nov 05, 2015 04:23 PM - - last modified Jul 19, 2019 04:52 PM

	A post-doctoral fellow at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), Arroyo is a broadly trained Palaeolithic archaeologist. During his pre-doctoral studies, he worked at different institutions. In 2011, he joined University College London (2011-2014) while concurrently completing his doctoral research at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, working also as a Research Assistant at the CNRS (UMR 7055, 2014-2015). Then, after defending his PhD in 2015, he was appointed at UCL as Research Associate (2016). Arroyo's fieldwork experience has been focused mainly in Spain (excavating at the Buendía´s rockshelter) and in East Africa, where he collaborated on projects in Ethiopia (Mieso), Tanzania (Olduvai Gorge) and Kenya (West Turkana). His current research focuses on stone tool functional analysis, and particularly the study of Early Stone Age pounding tools and their comparison with tools used by extant primates (mainly chimpanzees) in order to define the role of percussive activities in human evolution and in the emergence of stone flaking. Besides, his upcoming research plans include the use of techniques to explore the cognitive underpinnings involved on the use of pounding tools.

A post-doctoral fellow at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), Arroyo is a broadly trained Palaeolithic archaeologist. During his pre-doctoral studies, he worked at different institutions. In 2011, he joined University College London (2011-2014) while concurrently completing his doctoral research at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, working also as a Research Assistant at the CNRS (UMR 7055, 2014-2015). Then, after defending his PhD in 2015, he was appointed at UCL as Research Associate (2016). Arroyo's fieldwork experience has been focused mainly in Spain (excavating at the Buendía´s rockshelter) and in East Africa, where he collaborated on projects in Ethiopia (Mieso), Tanzania (Olduvai Gorge) and Kenya (West Turkana). His current research focuses on stone tool functional analysis, and particularly the study of Early Stone Age pounding tools and their comparison with tools used by extant primates (mainly chimpanzees) in order to define the role of percussive activities in human evolution and in the emergence of stone flaking. Besides, his upcoming research plans include the use of techniques to explore the cognitive underpinnings involved on the use of pounding tools.

Event: Primate Archaeology: Humans and Non-Humans

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