Gilliane Monnier
Gilliane Monnier’s (Ph.D. 2000, University of Pennsylvania) primary research focus is using stone tools to reconstruct human behavior and culture change throughout the Lower and Middle Paleolithic in western Europe. She is interested in the chronological distribution of stone tool types as an indicator of culture change; in the relationship between stone tool shapes (including symmetry and standardization) and human cognitive abilities; and in lithic edge wear and residue analysis as an indicator of stone tool functions.
Recent Publications
2007, Middle Paleolithic Scraper Morphology, Flaking Mechanics, and Imposed Form: Revisiting Bisson’s “Interview with a Neanderthal.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal 17:3:341-50.
2006b, The Lower/Middle Paleolithic Periodization in Western Europe: An Evaluation. Current Anthropology 47:709-744.
2006a, Testing Retouched Flake Tool Standardization During the Middle Paleolithic: Patterns and Implications, pp. 57-84 in Transitions before The Transition: evolution and stability in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age , ed. by Erella Hovers and Steven L. Kuhn. New York : Kluwer Press.
2003, The Spatial Distribution of Lithic Artifacts at Stránská skála IIIc and IIId (1997-1999 Excavations), in Stránská skála II and III: Origins of the Upper Paleolithic in Moravia , Dolní Vestonice Studies, vol. 6, ed. by Jiri Svoboda and Petr Škrdla. Peabody Press, Harvard University.