Fernanda Neubauer

Dr. Fernanda Neubauer is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She specializes in lithic analysis, Indigenous archaeology, and hunter-gatherer societies, with a focus on fire-cracked rock technology. Her research examines foodways, gender, childhood, and violence in archaeological contexts.

Her educational background includes a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied Late Archaic hunter-gatherer lithic technology and seasonal mobility patterns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Research interests span both broad and specific domains:

• Material culture and lithic technology
• Transnational identity formation
• Social inequality in educational contexts
• Experimental archaeology methodologies

Publications demonstrate strong focus on:

• Fire-altered lithics and cooking practices
• Ethnographic approaches to violence
• Educational pathways of mixed-heritage youth

Honors include two Midwest Archaeological Conference awards for research on fire-cracked rock analysis and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies.