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Examining the Role of Contextual Dynamics in Experimental Approaches to Hominin Behavior Gurbuz, Rebecca Lycett, Stephen Anthropology archaeology physical anthropology evolution and development Ph.D. Experimental archaeology represents one method used by paleoanthropologists to investigate hominin behavior. Recently, experiments have shifted towards becoming highly controlled and scientific, testing more specific hypotheses about hominin behavior with rigorous and repeatable testing conditions. Accompanying this trend has been a move to utilizing the variation between and within archaeological assemblages as a source for creating research questions, which have created a number of insights into hominin behavior. However, to date, no systematic paleoanthropological study has been completed exploring the value of utilizing the broad behavioral context of artifacts, rather than the lithic artifacts themselves, as a source for research questions and hypotheses. This dissertation tests this approach with five experiments, each testing individual hypotheses about hominin behavior using high levels of experimental control and multiple participants... **To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.** 2025-02-25T23:22:59Z 2025-02-25T23:22:59Z 2020 2020-07-16 11:52:42 Text Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/10477/86809 eng Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. University at Buffalo Libraries do not manage rights for copyright-protected works and cannot assist with permissions. Copyright retained by author. application/pdf State University of New York at Buffalo