Renee B. Walker received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, Oneonta. Her research interests include Eastern North American archaeology, Paleo-Indian and Archaic period subsistence patterns, the archaeology of hunter-gatherers, and the role of domestic dogs in prehistoric life. Dr. Walker's professional writing includes Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America, co-edited with Boyce N. Driskell, and Bones as Tools: Archaeological Studies of Bone Tool Manufacture, Use and Classification, co-edited with Christian Gates-St. Pierre. She also has published numerous articles in archaeology journals and edited book volumes.
