Fiona B. Marshall

Fiona Brigid Marshall is an American archaeologist ( zoo archeology ) and anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis . She has made a particular contribution to researching the origins and spread of pastoralism (natural grazing).

Life

Fiona Marshall grew up in Nairobi . She earned a bachelor's degree in archeology from the University of Reading in 1977 , a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1986 there. , each in anthropology . Since 1987 she has been a member of the teaching staff at Washington University in St. Louis , since 2002 with a full professorship.

Marshall deals with the history of human-animal relationships , domestication (especially donkeys and cats ), and the expansion of animal-based food production . Subject of research are in particular the African continent ( African archeology ), pastoralism , the influence of long-term herding ( cattle , sheep , goats ) on the landscape, socio-economic differences of different groups of hunters and gatherers , as well as the conservation and biodiversity of wild and domesticated African ungulates .

According to the Scopus database, Marshall has an h-index of 19, according to Google Scholar one of 32 (as of August 2020). In 2010 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , in 2017 as a member of the National Academy of Sciences , and in 2020 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

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^ Fiona B. Marshall. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar , accessed August 6, 2020 .
^ Fiona Marshall. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences , accessed August 6, 2020 .
↑ New Members - Elected in 2020. In: amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences , accessed August 6, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Marshall, Fiona B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Marshall, Fiona Brigid; Marshall, Fiona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American archaeologist and anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century