My book Fire-Cracked Rock Analysis: A Guide to Function, Cooking and Interpretation is now published by Springer. The book is the first-ever manual for the study of fire-cracked rock (FCR), one of the most ubiquitous yet understudied classes of artifacts worldwide. The book is part of Springer’s series Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique…Read More

The volume on the archaeology of violence and warfare that I organized with Nam C. Kim for the peer-reviewed journal Habitus was just published. All articles are open access and therefore downloadable for free. The issue includes papers in English and Portuguese that were written by scholars around the world: EDITORIAL Sibeli Aparecida Viana PDF…Read More

I was interviewed by Brazilian magazine Istoé to comment on the new findings published at Nature Ecology & Evolution this week by Leder and collaborators, with the title A 51,000-year-old engraved bone reveals Neanderthals’ capacity for symbolic behaviour. If the bone was indeed carved by Neandertals and not by Homo sapiens, this discovery has the…Read More

The special issue that I organized and guest edited with Michael J. Schaefer is now published in The Wisconsin Archeologist. The volume comprises papers dedicated to the career of Dr. James M. Skibo, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University. Jim’s research and publications have included diverse topics across many regions, including the…Read More

My peer-reviewed article Use-Alteration Analysis of Fire-Cracked Rocks was just published in American Antiquity. This paper is part of my doctoral research and was awarded first place at the Midwest Archaeological Conference Student Paper Competition Award in 2016. Supplementary materials can be downloaded here. Because use-alteration analyses of fire-cracked rocks (FCR) are so scarce, I describe…Read More

The thematic issue on the archaeology of childhood that I organized for Revista de Arqueologia (peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Brazilian Archaeology) was just published. This represents the first volume on the archaeology of childhood published in Brazil. All articles are open access and therefore downloadable for free. The issue includes papers in English,…Read More