Dr Annemieke Milks
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Lecturer in Palaeolithic and Experimental Archaeology
Areas of interest
- Pleistocene weaponry
- Wood Technologies in human evolution
- Neanderthal behaviours and technologies
- Experimental Archaeology
- The Archaeology of Children
- Teaching and Learning Complex Skills
- Decolonising Palaeolithic Archaeology
Research projects
Hand-thrown spears: Ballistics, accuracy and learning to hunt among BaYaka Congo Basin foragers.
Background
Annemieke Milks is a Palaeolithic archaeologist.
She specialises in early hunting weaponry and experimental archaeology, the use of wood for tools, and the archaeology of children. Her research has been funded by the British Academy, the Leakey Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, The European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, and UCL’s Centre for Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Projects. Annemieke’s work has featured in several documentaries including for the BBC, CBC and History Hits.
Annemieke is a member of:
- European Association of Archaeologists (co-chair of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Community)
- European Society for the study of Human Evolution
- Forager Child Studies Research Network.