Thomas Peter Volman

Retired Associate Professor

tpv1@cornell.edu

Education

B.A., (Anthropology), University of Chicago, 1967
M.A., (Anthropology), University of Chicago, 1975
Ph.D., (Anthropology), University of Chicago, 1981
M.A., (Education), Roosevelt University, 1971

Departments and programs

Anthropology
Archaeology Program

Affiliated Colleges

College of Arts and Sciences

Academic interests

Archaeology and Material Culture

Research Focus

Excavations at Peers Cave, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Early People
Origins of Modern Humans
Analysis and Interpretation of Stone Artifact Assemblages

Publications

Excavation of buried Late Acheulean (Mid-Quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science. 30:955-971. 2003

First excavation of intact Middle Stone Age layers at Ysterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa: Implications for Middle Stone Age ecology. Journal of Archaeological Science. 30:559-575. 2003