Diane Gifford-Gonzalez

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Dr. Diane Gifford-Gonzalez
SAA President Dr. Diane Gifford-Gonzalez (left) presenting the 2016 Society for American Archaeology's Fryxell Award to Dr. Elizabeth Reitz (right)
Nationality	American
Awards	2014 Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences, 2013 Committee of Honor International Conference of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), 2013 Presidential Recognition Award (SAA), 2007-2011 Fulbright Senior Specialist, 2003 Distinguished Teaching Award, and 1995 Presidential Recognition Award (SAA)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Academic work
Discipline	Anthropologist
Sub-discipline	Zooarchaeology and African pastoralism
Institutions	University of California Santa Cruz
Website	http://anthro.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=dianegg

Diane Gifford-Gonzalez is an American archaeologist who specializes in the field of zooarchaeology. Her research has included fieldwork near Lake Turkana, northwestern Kenya, and her research often touches on the question of animal domestication and the origins and development of African pastoralism.^[1] In 2024, Gifford-Gonzalez was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.^[2]