Randall White

Professor of Anthropology
Member, Center for the Study of Human Origins
B.A. 1976, Alberta; Ph.D. 1980, Toronto.

Research interests include Paleolithic Europe; prehistoric art; archaeological approaches to reconstructing technologies of ancient hunter-gatherers; France.

Publications
Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind. New York: Harry Abrams. 2003

"Résumé de ma vie: une note autobiographique de Denis Peyrony". Bulletin de la Société Historique et Archéologique du Périgord. 125 : 34-49 (with Alain Roussot). 2003

"Une nouvelle statuette phallo-féminine paléolithique : la Vénus des Milandes" (commune de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle), Dordogne Paléo. 14 : 187-219. 2003

"Observations technologiques sur les objets de parure in B. Schmider" (ed.) L'Aurignacien de la grotte de Renne: Les fouilles d'André Leroi-Gourhan à Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne). XXXIVe Supplément à Gallia Préhistoire, 257-266. 2002

"The historic and legal context of foreign acquisitions of Paleolithic artifacts from the Périgord: 1900-1941". In L. Straus (ed.) The Role of American Archaeologists in the Study of the European Upper Paleolithic. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, pp. 71-83. 2002

"Personal ornaments from the grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cure". Athena Review 2(4):41-46 (special issue on the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition). 2001

"L'Imagerie feminine du paléolithique: Étude des figurines de Grimaldi." Culture 16:5-64. 1996.

"Substantial Acts: From Materials to Meaning in Upper Paleolithic Representation." In Beyond Art: Upper Paleolithic Symbolism, ed. D. Stratmann, M. Conkey, and O. Soffer. SanFrancisco: California Academy of Sciences. 1996.

"Beyond Art: Toward an Understanding of the Origins of Material Representation in Europe." Annual Review of Anthropology 21. 537-64. 1992