https://stgoldstein.com/research daily 0.75 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514287609361-RKMP8VXDALRDRPJ00XFC/Lothogam+Photos-0015.jpg Research Projects - Fisher-forager resilience at Lothagam Lokam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514375346008-3OO3A5FA7HTD369AXP3U/IMG_7375.JPG Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514386294855-Z6VIKHJ87LCNNAYW4H32/12520_2016_329_Fig5_HTML.gif Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514386580456-R96EJHGB37XMXUE0ENQL/Landscape_of_Mount_Elgon_National_Park_Kenya_175584224.jpg Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514386687045-WLJHV4WDN3M9NWMCLVYK/Horn_of_Africa.jpg Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514399125850-STGEXEGQ2H5BHOVRM2BP/afr_zm2002_1so.jpg Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514299817402-GGGUK7H16Z0YX9JBHQ0V/IMG_3397.JPG Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1592297756146-26L79JL8EYV6M67JCAN6/Image+3-+excavations.JPG Research Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1592296745916-U63LPQ1AQF3H5QFW3XUI/zambia+landscape.JPG Research Projects Surveying cave sites in Zambia for evidence of the earliest farmers in southern Africa with Geoffrey Mwanza (National Heritage Conservation Commission). © Steven Goldstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1592296890141-LZLURPE34ZT3NW82W1A6/Goldstein_nmk.jpg Research Projects “We are still at a point where we learn a lot from every individual,” Steven Goldstein adds, “the interactions between hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, and farmers were more complex even into recent centuries than we previously understood.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1592297066269-H2JHIPNJXN8A7DG0TYLM/DSC_3398.JPG Research Projects https://stgoldstein.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514286961098-6RO8RHNDZYERJFVXY2KD/Lothogam+Photos-0015.jpg portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514286961098-6RO8RHNDZYERJFVXY2KD/Lothogam+Photos-0015.jpg portfolio https://stgoldstein.com/zambia daily 0.75 2017-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514471797821-VJ65UBA79VAI8FHLSNFL/IMG_7558.JPG Zambia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514471797821-VJ65UBA79VAI8FHLSNFL/IMG_7558.JPG Zambia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514471801815-863KZKCI55QLB6ADM3EF/IMG-daga.JPG Zambia https://stgoldstein.com/new-page-2 daily 1.0 2026-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1633098959066-QXUZTAABFNZM1H311U9R/Lothogam+Photos-0098.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514829454116-THKKFK44XOYCC6ZT6V4Z/3.jpg Home The Lake Naivasha Basin, southern Kenya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1514879927462-B338XC88RTHVI878LQV5/africa-topographic.jpg Home - Why Africa? I am interested in pursuing archaeological questions on a global scale, however my research is focused on African prehistory. Africa is the cradle of humankind, and our early experiences in its diverse environments motivated us to develop the technologies and social systems that allowed us successfully spread across the planet. It is in Africa where human-environmental interactions have the greatest time-depth. The last 12,000 years of Africa are particularly important. Trajectories toward food production (farming and herding), urbanism, and social complexity in Africa differ from those in other parts of the world, permitting unique perspectives on some of the most important shifts in the human career. One of the most interesting aspects of the African archaeology is the long-term persistence and co-existence of herder, farmer, and hunter-gatherer societies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a421a4b51a58404bc2f4a0e/1606217264523-A5L6SXWIEF8T6UJR6BU2/F1.large.jpg Home - Recent Publications Comparing Later Stone Age to Iron Age Quartz Lithic Technologies in Western Kenya- ST Goldstein - Lithic Technology, 2026. Isotopic evidence for dietary variability among eastern Africa’s first pastoralists. Chritz, K.L., Sawchuk, E.A., Prendergast, M.E., Blumenthal, S.A., Cerling, T.E., Dunne, J., Goldstein, S.T., Grillo, K.M., Janzen, A., Kiura, P. and Lee-Thorp, J., 2026. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(22), p.e2532741123. 2026. Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya. 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Engatuny (center) had worked with the original site excavator (Dr. Larry Robbins) in the 1970s. 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