Helen Shirley Hampton

United Kingdom

Affiliation: University of York

Member since: 2025

Topics of Interest: Ancient Technology, Bone / Antler, Communication and Outreach, Leatherwork & tanning, Stone

Focus areas: Palaeolithic

PhD candidate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York (UK). Interests: Neanderthal adaptations to cold climates. I will be experimentally testing the functional capacities of Neanderthal technology for cutting and piercing animal hides and, using ethnographic data, formulating new hypotheses for the construction of complex, fitted clothing.

Open For research collaboration In the following topics

Ancient Technology, Fibre, Leatherwork & tanning, Stone

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