Dr. Emily Coco

Postdoc @ICArEHB | PhD from @CSHO_NYU | Computational archaeologist interested in stone tool recycling and Paleolithic Central Asia | she/her

[ICArEHB @ICArEHB]

📢 New publication: "Agent-based simulations reveal the possibility of multiple rapid northern routes for the second Neanderthal dispersal from Western to Eastern Eurasia" by Coco, E. & Iovita, R., in PLOS ONE 20(6), e0325693 (2025).
🔗 More info: https://t.co/qXQ4d92DM3

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

Our results show that Neanderthals likely dispersed via a northern route through the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia during warmer climatic periods (MIS 5e, MIS 3). Neanderthals could have reached the Altai relatively quickly by following river valleys.

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

New paper out with Radu Iovita in PLOS One modeling potential routes of dispersal for Neanderthals moving from the Caucasus Mountains to the Altai Mountains after MIS 6

https://t.co/B1tdFlviWq

[Abay Namen @AbayNamen]

Great session on “Advances in Stone Age Archaeology of Central Asia” w/ @cocilyemco @omimea @YZaidner and others. Thank you everyone for attending. #saa2025denver

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

I am very excited to share that the final paper from my dissertation has been published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences! Get the link and more details here 👉https://t.co/qNM5pNV526

[Abay Namen @AbayNamen]

Our latest work with @iovitza, @cocilyemco, @Mcotsar et al. was published in #KazakhstanArcheology. We report on new stratified sites in the Ili Alatau range, KZ. Tikenekti-2 was dated to 10-13kya, whereas the upper horizon of the Yntymaq site dates to the late Neolithic

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

The second paper from my dissertation research was published today in JPA! In this paper, my co-author, Dr. Talgat Mamirov, and I document the spatial characteristics of lithic recycling behaviors at a surface site in Central Kazakhstan: https://t.co/2dgrvPQLUa

[Abay Namen @AbayNamen]

Dr Varis explaining the stratigraphy of our test pit 2 at the stratified Tikenekti-2 site, #Kazakhstan, to Nazarbayev University @NUedukz students. The excavations are supported by @TheLeakeyFndtn

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

Very excited to share the first paper from my dissertation research that was published in #PLOSONE today!

Exploring the impact of mobility and selection on stone tool recycling behaviors through agent-based simulation
https://t.co/oi2CRt36cu

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

I'm so happy I had to opportunity to share this project with everyone at #ESHE2023! Stay tuned for more results and new directions in the near future 🤞

[Dries Daems @DriesDaems]

Now out for everyone to read! The effects of time-averaging on archaeological networks, just published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory: https://t.co/ThOMmabF99

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

So happy to have been a part of this awesome session on advances and new perspectives in Central Asian archaeology at @SAAorg! Thanks to @AnnMerkle and @KateKlesner for the invite!

[Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller @steppebioarch]

Emily Coco et al looking at lithic recycling in SE Kazakhstan

[Dries Daems @DriesDaems]

Very excited that our paper with @cocilyemco @AndrewwBrown and @DanaiKafetzaki on The Effects of Time-Averaging on Archaeological Networks has been accepted in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory! Work Let me explain why this paper can be important for you: 1/10

[NYU ANTHROPOLOGY @nyuanthro]

Here's a link to the BBC Reel documentary about our work in Central Asia featuring Prof. Radu Iovita (@iovitza) and NYU student Emily Coco (@cocilyemco).
https://t.co/V2qUGjv33e

[PALAEOSILKROAD @palaeosilkroad]

👋 We're pleased to share this short doc @BBC_Reel about the mission and some results of our project #Kazakhstan #Archaeology
📌 https://t.co/tES5rVdWCo. Thanks to Alba Jaramillo for the wonderful shots and editing!

[PALAEOSILKROAD @palaeosilkroad]

👏Great news!
Our researcher Abay Namen has been nominated for the Assyltas foundation prize. Please vote for him! 👇
https://t.co/zOZ8RwTNPW

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

Huge thanks to Dr. Talgat Mamirov, Dr. Olga A. Artyukhova, and the Margulan Institute of Archaeology @inst_arch

[Dr. Emily Coco @cocilyemco]

Some exciting preliminary results from my dissertation fieldwork have recently come out in Kazakh journals and Kazakh conference proceedings! https://t.co/gCb6F6BlGt
https://t.co/lxU7690IP5

[Alice Rodriguez @AliceRodTor]

New paper out with @iovitza:
"The effect of worked material hardness on stone tool wear".

We tested if there is a correlation between #usewear formation on flint and the hardness of the worked material.
https://t.co/XaNuj7BgUU

[The Leakey Foundation @TheLeakeyFndtn]

We are thrilled to announce our fall 2021 grant recipients! Their diverse research projects span the globe and cover topics that range from primate ecology, cognition, and tool-use to morphology, genomics, and the excavation of newly discovered hominin fossil sites.