Lucinda Backwell

Lucinda Backwell (born 1966) is an archaeologist and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

[1] She obtained her MSc in palaeoanthropology (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in 2000.

[2] In 2011, she was promoted to senior researcher at the Evolutionary Studies Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand[3], where she taught introductory courses on human evolution and taphonomy, and supervised postgraduates on various topics, including fossil assemblages from caves in the Cradle of Humankind.

Her research interests include taphonomy, archaeology, paleontology and ethnoarchaeology.

A Critical Assessment of Southern African "Early Hominid Bone Tools".

Lucinda Backwell (back left) and Francesco d'Errico (University of Bordeaux) with friends Mansweta Heinrich (forefront) and Xoa//'an /ai!ae from Tsumkwe, Namibia.
Taphonomic study of an eland carcass from time of death, Free State, South Africa.
Large mammal butchering experiment using stone tools, Kacgae, Botswana.
Bow and bone arrow experiment, Tsumkwe, Namibia.
Excavations at Border Cave showing stratigraphy on the North section of the site
Early Later Stone Age layers at Border Cave
Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Cradle of humankind exhibit