معرفی
Mary Stiner is a Regents' Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona's School of Anthropology and Curator of Zooarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum. Her research focuses on Paleolithic human ecology, forager economies, and animal domestication. Stiner holds a B.A. and B.F.A. from the University of Delaware (1980) and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico (1990). She has conducted fieldwork across Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa, with notable projects at Qesem Cave (Israel), Aşıklı Höyük (Turkey), and Bizmoune Cave (Morocco). Her work bridges zooarchaeology, taphonomy, and behavioral ecology, emphasizing co-evolutionary processes between humans and their environments.
Key achievements include the Society of American Archaeology book prize (1996) for Honor Among Thieves, a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship (2010), and the Fryxell Prize (2021) for interdisciplinary contributions. She is also a visual artist, maintaining a parallel creative practice.
- Education: B.A. Anthropology & B.F.A. Fine Arts (1980, University of Delaware)
- Ph.D. Anthropology (1990, University of New Mexico)
Her research interests include zooarchaeology, Paleolithic decorative traditions, and the forager-farmer transition. Major projects explore domestication pathways in Anatolia and ecological adaptations in Mediterranean prehistory. Recent work examines animal management practices at Aşıklı Höyük and early symbolic behavior in Morocco.
Grants & Awards:
- 2021: Fryxell Prize, Society for American Archaeology
- 2014: UA Regents' Professor
- 2010: Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship
Lab/Team Affiliations:
- Core faculty in the University of Arizona's Archaeology Program
- Collaborator on Aşıklı Höyük excavations (Turkey)
- Principal investigator for Bizmoune Cave (Morocco) mollusk studies
