Jett M Liska

Current Research

As an undergraduate assistant researcher, I use a combination of archaeological field work and laboratory analysis and contribute data that provides information about both human and animal behavior, site formation, and environment change over time. My current research work funded by the NSF uses analysis of animal bones in a project from the archaeological site of Sefunim Cave. The site contains Paleolithic artifacts dating to the Late Pleistocene also known as Last Glacial period and is set in the occupation period of the site spanning from 70,000 to 21,000 years ago. I am looking at faunal remains (animal bones and teeth) from this site and using zooarchaeology to understand the preservation variation with taphonomy in these bones in order to help this site’s studies around human activity and behavioral changes. Macrofaunal remains procured from excavations are analyzed in a combination of taxonomic and taphonomic analyses.  This project uses a combination of archaeological field work and laboratory analysis and contributes data about site formation. 

Education

I am currently pursuing a B.A. in Anthropology and Foreign Languages with a concentration in French at George Mason University.