Mirjana Roksandic
Professor
Contact Information
Department:
Anthropology
Fields:
- Anthropology
- Europe
- Evolution
- South America
Areas of Expertise:
- Archaeology of Europe
- Archaeology of the Circum-Caribbean
- Bioarchaeology
- Biological Anthropology of Aging
- Early Peopling of the Caribbean
- Human Biological Evolution
- Paleoanthropology of Europe
Languages Spoken:
- English
- French
Available To:
- Appear on radio or TV
- Appear as a public speaker
- Provide comment to media
- Discuss research with industry, government, and others
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Dr. Mirjana Roksandic is a biological anthropologist whose main research topics include Pleistocene hominin evolution in Europe and mortuary ritual among sedentary and semi-sedentary archaeological hunter-gatherers. Roksandic obtained her PhD from Simon Fraser University.
She has two active international projects: the first is in Serbia focusing on hominins excavated in Paleolithic caves, and the other in Cuba where she is working on questions of mortuary practice and ritual continuity.
Media and Research Expert