
Angela Perri
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Biography
Angela Perri is an archaeologist who studies the relationship between humans and their environments. Much of her work focuses on social interactions between humans and animals, with a focus on animal domestication, multispecies ethnography, and zoonotic disease. Her work is highly interdisciplinary, often combining aspects of anthropology, ecology, and genetics.
She is currently working on a project that examines the cultural, morphological, and genetic origins of working dogs. Her work is published in top-tier academic journals as well as highlighted in popular outlets, such as The New York Times, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and the BBC.
Education
- Ph.D.: Durham University (2014)
Research Interests
Environmental archaeology, archaeological science, paleoecology, zooarchaeology, human-animal interactions, domestication, multispecies ethnography, hunter-gatherers, ethnoarchaeology, zoonotic disease.