# Thomas Peter Volman
**Source**: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/thomas-peter-volman
**Parent**: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/emeritus
## Retired Associate Professor
### Research Focus
- Excavations at Peers Cave, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
- Early People
- Origins of Modern Humans
- Analysis and Interpretation of Stone Artifact Assemblages
### Publications
Excavation of buried Late Acheulean (Mid-Quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2, Western Cape Province, South Africa. *Journal of Archaeological Science*. 30:955-971. 2003
First excavation of intact Middle Stone Age layers at Ysterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa: Implications for Middle Stone Age ecology. *Journal of Archaeological Science*. 30:559-575. 2003
## Courses - Fall 2025
- [ANTHR 7930 : Independent Study: Grad III](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA25/class/ANTHR/7930)