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Bringing Archaeology To Life

Ideastream Public Media | By J. Nungesser
Published April 28, 2018 at 10:51 AM EDT
picture of two arrowheads.
Jon Nungesser
Eren shows off arrowheads he is shaping for use in his lab.
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Eren's work has been featured by the BBC, PBS and The Washington Post.

Metin Eren, Ph.D. is the Director of Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at Kent State University and a research associate at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

He is a leader in the field of "experimental archaeology" which involves recreating artifacts and testing theories on those neo-artifacts.
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J. Nungesser
J. Nungesser is a multiple media journalist at Ideastream Public Media.
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