Dilpreet Singh, PhD

Dr. Dil Singh Basanti is an anthropological archaeologist that explores the differing beliefs, experiences, and social life of death across cultures. He directs the Aksum Bones Project, which reconstructs the changing history of death along Silk Road Ethiopia through forensic archaeology. Dr. Singh’s research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Wenner-Gren Anthropological Foundation, U.S. Fulbright Program, and National Geographic, among others. He has over 15 years of archaeological field experience excavating across five continents.

Education

• PhD, Anthropology, Northwestern University
• MPhil, Archaeology, University of Cambridge
• BA, Anthropology, Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin