Ethnoarchaeology with Dr. Kate Grillo

What can contemporary pastoralists (herders) tell us about peoples of the past? With her Samburu Archaeological Project Dr. Kate Grillo uses ethnoarchaeology to study how the Samburu herders of northern Kenya use pottery to sustain themselves especially during droughts, to cook meat and other foods. This information may help archaeologists interpret pottery use in East Africa going back to the Pastoral Neolithic period.