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This page highlights some select science communication projects I have developed.
This page highlights some select science communication projects I have developed.
Gaining the Upper Hand Geek Talk
Gaining the Upper Hand Geek Talk
Geek Talks are science talks presented to local patrons of Ubergeek Brewery in Riverhead, NY. These talks are casual in nature and often center around the speaker's research area/personal interest. I am grateful to have the opportunity to deliver my own Geek Talk on topics related to my dissertation research!
Geek Talks are science talks presented to local patrons of Ubergeek Brewery in Riverhead, NY. These talks are casual in nature and often center around the speaker's research area/personal interest. I am grateful to have the opportunity to deliver my own Geek Talk on topics related to my dissertation research!
Major Concepts
Major Concepts
My Geek Talk explored how humans and their ancestors created stone tools. The process of stone tool making begins with the selection of raw materials. Knapping, or the intentional fracture of stone to create products, necessitates a capacity for robust mental conceptualization and physical dexterity. These visuals were used when discussing these topics in my talk.
My Geek Talk explored how humans and their ancestors created stone tools. The process of stone tool making begins with the selection of raw materials. Knapping, or the intentional fracture of stone to create products, necessitates a capacity for robust mental conceptualization and physical dexterity. These visuals were used when discussing these topics in my talk.
Knapping Demonstrations
Knapping Demonstrations
Our distant ancestors began making and using stone tools around three million years ago. Stone tools are made through a process called knapping. Knapping is the action of modifying stone by means of intentional fracture. There are various ways that stone tools were made, called knapping techniques. These techniques vary through space and time, and some of these techniques originated before others. Different techniques result in different knapping products. The differences in these techniques and their products may shed light on the cognitive and behavioral capacities of our distant ancestors. I have created demonstrations of these various knapping techniques for visual comparison that are viewable below. While I am depicting different knapping techniques, I am only displaying a very small portion of the knapping actions that our ancestors would have made to create lithic technologies.
Our distant ancestors began making and using stone tools around three million years ago. Stone tools are made through a process called knapping. Knapping is the action of modifying stone by means of intentional fracture. There are various ways that stone tools were made, called knapping techniques. These techniques vary through space and time, and some of these techniques originated before others. Different techniques result in different knapping products. The differences in these techniques and their products may shed light on the cognitive and behavioral capacities of our distant ancestors. I have created demonstrations of these various knapping techniques for visual comparison that are viewable below. While I am depicting different knapping techniques, I am only displaying a very small portion of the knapping actions that our ancestors would have made to create lithic technologies.
Pounding Percussion
Pounding Percussion
Passive Hammer Percussion
Passive Hammer Percussion
Bipolar Percussion
Bipolar Percussion
Free Hand Percussion
Free Hand Percussion
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