Liberal Arts and Sciences
Grillo Lab
Led by Katherine Grillo · Anthropology
What we study
The lab studies how ceramics and material culture help pastoralists adapt to dryland environments in Kenya and Tanzania, using fieldwork, archaeology, and lipid analysis.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Pillar sites in Turkana Basin
Examining monumental sites built by early herders in northwestern Kenya.
Luxmanda settlement site
Studying the largest Pastoral Neolithic site in eastern Africa in Tanzania.
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Recent papers, explained
- Developing Geo-Ethnoarchaeological Methods for Studying Archaeological Pastoral Sites: the CAMP project
2026 · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Develops methods to study pastoralist sites by linking modern practices to ancient remains.
- Isotopic evidence for dietary variability among eastern Africa’s first pastoralists
2026 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Uses isotopes to track dietary shifts in early pastoralists in Kenya and Tanzania.
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- Detecting architectural features and stratigraphic deposits at a Pastoral Neolithic site using ground-penetrating radar
2026 · Journal of Archaeological Science
- Plant processing and foodways in the Pastoral Neolithic: Microbotanical evidence from grinding stones at Luxmanda, Tanzania
2026 · Journal of Archaeological Science
Analyzes grinding stones at Luxmanda to show plants were key in Pastoral Neolithic diets.
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How to reach out
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