Katherine Brunson is an Assistant Professor of Archaeology, affiliated with the departments of East Asian Studies and College of the Environment, at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, USA. She is a zooarchaeologist with a geographical focus on China, specializing in the ritual aspects of animal domestication, ancient DNA, and the origins of pastoralism. She has a particular interest in bone artifact production and is currently researching the origins of Chinese domestic cattle, the relationship between domestic cattle and extinct East Asian wild aurochs.[1]
Dr. Brunson's research also focuses on archaeological collections management and digital data publishing. She is currently co-directing the digital Oracle Bones in East Asia project on Open Context[2] and spearheads the Environmental Archaeology Lab at Wesleyan University.[3]