Mirjana Roksandic (PhD Simon Fraser University) is a biological anthropologist whose main research topics include Pleistocene hominin evolution in Europe and mortuary ritual among sedentary and semi-sedentary archaeological hunter-gatherers. She has two active international projects: one in Serbi...
Mirjana Roksandic (PhD Simon Fraser University) is a biological anthropologist whose main research topics include Pleistocene hominin evolution in Europe and mortuary ritual among sedentary and semi-sedentary archaeological hunter-gatherers. She has two active international projects: one in Serbia focusing on hominins excavated in Paleolithic caves, and the other in Cuba where she is working on questions of mortuary practice and ritual continuity.
Recent pubications: Roksandic et al. (2011) “A human mandible (BH-1) from the Pleistocene deposits of Mala Balanica cave (Siæevo Gorge, Niš, Serbia, Journal of Human Evolution 61:185-196; and Roksandic and Armstrong (2011) “Using the life history model to set the stage(s) of growth and senescence in paleodemography.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145:337-347.
Dr. Mirjana Roksandic is a recipient of NSERC, SSHRC SRG and SSHRC IOF grants. She currently teaches a field school in Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology in Sicevo George in Serbia.