About the Authors

Gwen Robbins Schug

Robbinsgm@appstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

K. Elaine Blevins

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Brett Cox

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Kelsey Gray

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, United Kingdom

V. Mushrif-Tripathy

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate Research Institute, Pune, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GRS. Performed the experiments: GRS KG. Analyzed the data: GRS KEB BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GRS. Wrote the manuscript: GRS VMT.