Meet the New Graduate Students Dan Garner
Dan holding a Mid-Holocene projectile point found in the auger bucket at the Bachner site in Quartz Lake, Alaska, 2022.
Dan Garner studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he received his bachelor’s degree in anthropology. He then received a second bachelor’s degree in environmental studies at Boise State University. He knew he wanted to continue studying anthropological archaeology, so he applied for master’s programs. At the University of Wyoming, his advisor was Dr. Todd Surovell. For his master’s thesis, Dan used lichen growth and optically stimulated luminescence to date a surface stone feature of a medicine wheel outside of Laramie, Wyoming. Following that, Dan applied to UMMAA to study the Yamnaya—people of the Eurasian Bronze Age. He is page 16 • Fall 2023 • www.lsa.umich.edu/ummaa
interested in exploring technological transmission—how bronze metallurgy moved from its source in Mesopotamia to Eurasia. He wants to investigate residential patterns and analyze habitation sites to better understand how these ancient people used bronze technologies and the impact it had on their lifeways. Dan is looking forward to learning from the curators here at UMMAA, and he is eager to get into the field and travel for fieldwork this upcoming field season. Please join us in welcoming Dan Garner to our program!
