Yue Li
Division:
Biological Anthropology
Adviser(s):
Jessica Thompson
Degree(s):
MA in Archaeological Studies, Yale University; BA in Archaeology (Studies in Connoisseurship of Chinese Cultural Relics), Nanjing University, China
Research interests: Zooarchaeology, Paleolithic archaeology, Bone tools, Subsistence
and social behaviors of Stone Age hunter-gatherers (Africa), Mobility/territoriality
I am interested in how Stone Age hunter-gatherers used tools, knowledge, and social
relationships to live and thrive in various environments. I study animal bones found at
archaeological sites to reveal the impact of environmental change on hunter-gatherers’
subsistence strategies, social behaviors, population movement, and their interaction with
different groups of people. I also want to investigate the role of animals in hunter-gatherer
life during the Pleistocene and early Holocene, with a particular focus on bone tools from
Malawi and the Zambezian region.