Dr. Danielle Macdonald

Interested in quantitative methods applied to functional analyses of stone tools? Our results of the application of confocal microscopy and #3D surface texture analysis for the study of ground stone tools use have just been published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory rdcu.be/d891N

We measure the surface texture before and after use from scans taken with focus variation microscopy, and use multiscale geometric analyses to determine if the surface textures are measurably different

hands doing experiments

In this study we conduct a series of experiments using shell tools to determine whether is it possible to distinguish different types of contact materials from surface traces (photos of hands doing the messy work)

First paper of 2025 is out! If you want to learn about the quantification of used shell tool surfaces using focus variation microscopy, this paper is for you! Open access until March 24 through the link below.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kXxl,rVDB...

This is the best thread I've read in a while. Nothing like the solidarity of 11,000 faculty just wanting fewer emails in their inbox 🤣

Wishing friends at NYU good luck as they open their inboxes in the morning!

I'm excited to see this important book just out from Palgrave. Congratulations to the editors, Farina King and Wade Davies, and to Midge Dellinger & RaeLynn Butler for their chapter: "A Twenty-First Century Pandemic in Indian Country: The Resilience of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Against Covid-19."

Doug says hi

Follow me here for posts about my research, lithics, quantitative microscopy, refugees and higher education, academic publishing, and random thoughts about university administration!

In my administrative roles, I am the co-Editor in Chief for the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at TU.

Danielle Macdonald - Presidents' Alliance

I help coordinate refugee programming for TU, including support refugee-background students, running our Every Campus A Refuge chapter, and teaching cultural orientation classes for resettlement agencies. You can learn more about this work here www.higheredimmigrationportal.org/communities/...

Outside of archaeology, I work with refugee communities in Tulsa. I am passionate about expanding access to higher education for refugees, as well as creating supportive communities for newcomers.

confocal image of a lithic surface used to scrape wood

I am particularly interested in #lithics, and how we can learn about past human behaviors through understanding their function. This has lead me to work with engineers to identify tool function through applying methods developed for surface metrology to archaeological objects.

onsite selfie in Jordan at Kharaneh IV

My research is mostly focused on the transitions from hunting-gathering to the origins of agriculture, with a interest in hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic. I direct fieldwork projects in Jordan and Cyprus, working on Epipalaeolithic sites.

me looking extra happy holding a handaxe.

Been on here for a week, so it is probably time that I introduced myself! I work at the University of Tulsa (TU) and an #archaeologist who is broadly interested in the importance of material culture our lives and how objects have helped shape the past.

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