Mary Stiner
Mary C. Stiner is the Regents' Professor of Anthropology in the School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson and Curator of Zooarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum. She is known for, among other things, her work studying the death rituals of early hominids. She was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.
Education
- M.A. Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- B.A. Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
- B.F.A. Fine Arts, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Publications
Books
''The Faunas of Hayonim Cave : A 200,000-Year Record of Paleolithic Diet, Demography & Society''Articles
- "Changes in the 'connectedness' and resilience of Paleolithic societies in Mediterranean ecosystems"
- "What's a mother to do? A hypothesis about the division of labor and modern human origins"
- "Hearth-side socioeconomics, hunting and paleoecology during the late Lower Paleolithic at Qesem Cave, Israel"
- "Finding a common band-width: Causes of convergence and diversity in Paleolithic beads"
- "Love and death in the Stone Age: What constitutes first evidence of mortuary treatment of the human body?"