P.R.B. Kozowyk PhD
P.R.B. Kozowyk PhD
Profile
My research lies at the intersection of experimental archaeology, archaeometry, and materials science. I focus primarily on the earliest production and use of adhesives by Neanderthals and early anatomically modern humans. I completed my MSc (cum laude) and PhD in Material Culture Studies at Leiden University and am currently employed as a post-doctoral researcher in the Ancient Adhesives project in Materials Science and Engineering, TUDelft. Through the identification and characterization of archaeological residues, experimental reconstructions, and material property testing, my research sheds light on technological and behavioural developments of our prehistoric ancestors. The ultimate aim of my research is to help answer questions about how we became the only remaining hominin species on Earth, and explore how we interact and are influenced by our environment and technologies.
Expertise
Publications
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2023
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2023
Identifying Palaeolithic birch tar production techniques
challenges from an experimental biomolecular approach
Paul R.B. Kozowyk / Liliana I. Baron / Geeske H.J. Langejans -
2023
Scaling Palaeolithic tar production processes exponentially increases behavioural complexity
Paul R.B. Kozowyk / Sebastian Fajardo / Geeske H.J. Langejans
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2023
The dynamic lives of osseous points from Late Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic Doggerland
A detailed functional study of barbed and unbarbed points from the Dutch North Sea
A. Aleo / P.R.B. Kozowyk / L.I. Baron / Annelou van Gijn / G.H.J. Langejans -
2022
Archaeological Adhesives
G.H.J. Langejans / A. Aleo / Sebastian Fajardo / P.R.B. Kozowyk
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Media
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2017-03-17
Lijmrecepten en het denkvermogen van de Prehistorische mens
Appeared in: NWO: De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek