Dr. Abigail Chipps Stone
or by appointment
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
I am an Africanist archaeologist currently involved in projects in Mali, Cameroon, Zambia, Italy, Illinois, and Ohio.
My research focuses primarily on questions of movement and mobility in the archaeological record, using excavation, zooarchaeology, and isotopic analysis.
I am happy to work with students interested the the archaeology of African and African diaspora, as well as those using zooarchaeological or isotopic analysis in other parts of the world.
Current Courses
ANT 470.001 Advanced Zooarchaeology
ANT 400.004 Independent Study In Anthropology
ANT 382.001 Senior Thesis
ANT 291.001 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Anthropology
ANT 370.001 Zooarchaeology
ANT 102.001 Human Origins: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
ANT 362.001 Plagues, Pandemics, and People
ANT 462.001 Plagues, Pandemics, and People
Teaching Interests & Areas
In 100-level courses like ANT 102: Human Origins, I focus particularly on helping students make connections between course content and issues of relevance to their own lives, including race, inequality, and climate change. This approach engages students from many different majors in a deeper understanding of anthropological concepts. I believe that archaeology and physical anthropology’s time-depth and broad perspective have much to offer students with only a casual interest in the field. In upper level courses like ANT 370: Zooarchaeology, ANT 382: Senior Thesis, and ANT 460: Research Design I challenge students to design and implement original, independent research. These skills serve students well regardless of their future careers.
Research Interests & Areas
Archaeology; Africa; zooarchaeology; isotopic analysis; mobility; emergence of urbanism; spread of domestic animals in sub-Saharan Africa; socio-economic and political configurations in the past
Ph D Anthropology
MA Anthropology
BA Anthropology
RISE to the COVID Challenge Recognition
Outstanding University Teaching Award in the category of Teaching Initiative Award
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Grants and Contracts
Performances and Exhibits
Abigail Chipps Stone
ISU Sociology and Anthropology. September 2021 - May 2022