Dr. Katherine Kanne

Kate Kanne is an anthropological archaeologist investigating the evolution and bioarchaeology of domestication relationships, including agropastoralism, the origins and spread of equestrianism in the European Bronze Age, and the development of mounted warfare, in order to interrogate their effects on the long-term trajectory of sociopolitical and anthropogenic change.

Kate received her BA in Anthropology with Highest Distinction from Purdue University, then worked in the horse industry before she returned to Purdue Cultural Resource Management as the Project Coordinator, lead field and lab archaeologist. She later worked in agricultural education at Purdue while she completed her MS in Anthropology, managed the university polo program, and coached the teams. After receiving her PhD in Anthropology from Northwestern University, Kate was a lecturer at Northwestern and Governor’s State Universities, before being appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter on the medieval Warhorse project, where she remains an Honorary Fellow.

Kate is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Archaeology at University College Dublin, working on the ERC funded Animals and Society in Bronze Age Europe project. Her research has been published in Current Anthropology, Nature, Science Advances, and Frontiers in Human Dynamics. She is a co-editor and author on the forthcoming monograph from Warhorse team.