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Deborah Olszewski is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is affiliated with the Penn Museum (European Section) and the Penn Center for Native American Studies, contributing to interdisciplinary research and academic collaborations.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona (1984)
Her research focuses on prehistoric hunter-gatherer adaptations, the origins of agriculture, and Paleolithic/Neolithic transitions in the Middle East, Egypt, North Africa, and pre-Contact Hawai’i. She specializes in chipped and ground stone analysis, site function interpretation, and environmental archaeology, with significant work on the Early Epipaleolithic in Jordan and North Africa.
Her recent publications highlight collaborative studies on lithic technologies, bone preservation, and settlement dynamics in the Jordanian Western Highlands, Moroccan caves, and Egyptian deserts. These works span geoarchaeology, taphonomy, and human evolutionary studies, emphasizing methodological rigor and interdisciplinary frameworks.
