Miss Alexandra Barroso

Miss Alexandra Barroso

Research interests

  • Neanderthal studies
  • Geometric morphometrics
  • Prehistoric cultural transitions

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About

Alexandra is a Postgraduate Researcher at the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins in the University of Southampton, funded through the Presidential Scholarship. She specialises in both osteology (human and faunal) and Neanderthal studies (particularly their lithic tools).

Her PhD investigations employ a combination of geometric morphometrics and interdisciplinary theory, focussing on the use of Middle Palaeolithic handaxes for socio-cultural communication. Currently, she also assists in the teaching of undergraduate comparative anatomy.