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Student Presentations

2011-2012 ANTHROPOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

 
Texas Archeological Society 82nd Annual Meeting, October 28-30, 2011, Fort Worth TX
 
1.     Little Sotol: an Archaic Earth Oven Facility in the Lower Pecos, Ashley Knapp (graduate)
2.     On the Burned Rock Trail: Archaeological Survey along Dead Man’s Creek, Charles Koenig (graduate)
3.     New Terrestrial Excavations at Spring Lake, 41HY160, San Marcos, Texas, David Yelacic (geography graduate), Amy Benton and Jon Lohse
4.     Toward a Useful Radiocarbon Chronology for Central Texas, Jon Lohse and Laly Cholak (undergraduate)
5.     Realms, A look at Paleoclimate and Projectile Points in Texas, Michael B. Collins, David  Yelacic (geography graduate student) and Britt Bousman
6.     Preliminary Use-Wear Analysis of Plant Processing Tools at an Archaic Earth Oven Facility, Sarah Himes (undergraduate)
7.     Ongoing Investigations of Earth Ovens in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands, Charles Koenig (graduate), Asheigh Knapp (graduate) and Steve Black
 
Southeastern Archaeological Conference, November 2-5, 2011, Jacksonville FL
8.     Symbol-Bearing Ornamentation as Ritual Objects of Sacred Power and Personal Objects of Community Membership. Christopher Bolfing (graduate)
9.     Cane Curtain Copper: Gorget Production at the Archaeological Sites of Etowah and Moundville. Matthew Colvin (graduate)
10. Shell Gorgets as Social Markers and Conduits of Female Power. Alexander Corsi (graduate)
 
Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists Annual Meeting, November 4-5, 2011, San Marcos TX
 
11. Patterning of Serrated and Non-Serrated Sharp Force Trauma to Bone.Caryn Tegtmeyer (graduate)
12. Variation in Sexual Dimorphism Between Migrant and Non-Migrant Groups. Cristina Figueroa-Soto (graduate)
13. Metric Analysis of Individuals Interred in St. George’s Caye Cemetery, Belize. Lauren Springs (graduate)
 
American Anthropological Association 110th Annual Meeting, November 16-20, 2011, Montreal, QC, Canada
 
14. Khipu, Language, and Cosmology: The Dualism of Andean Culture and Language as Reflected in the Binary Coding System of the Khipu. Anastasiya Travina (undergraduate)
15. The Osage and Cultural Transmission: An Exercise in Practice Theory and Cultural Reproduction. Nathan M. Heep (graduate)
16. Music and Homelessness in Austin, Texas. Eric Dees (graduate)
17. Economics, Globalization, Deforestation, and Land Reform: Changes Affecting Diet and Health in the Lacondon Community of Mensäbäk. Aisha Sharif (graduate)
18. “La Montaña Esta Viva:” Economic Gains and Social Exclusions in the Nahá Reserve. Cristina Ocon (graduate)
 
Texas Academy of Science Annual Conference, March 1-3, 2012, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas
 
19. Genetic Distance in Populations of African Ancestry by Allele Frequencies. Lauren Springs (graduate)
20. Cranial Variation Among Three Regional Groups in Mexico. Cristina Figueroa-Soto (graduate)
21. Geoarchaeological Investigations of Natural Site Formation Processes at the Gault Site, A Paleoindian and Pre-Clovis Site in Bell County, Texas. Anastasia Gilmer (graduate)
22. Underwater geoarchaeological survey of the San Marcos Springs, Jacob Hooge (graduate)
23. On the brned rock trail: using GIS to model site selection in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands, Charles Koenig (graduate)
24. Faunal analysis at the Rowe Valley Site, 41WM437: a Case Study in Toyah Subsistence, Haley Rush (graduate)
25. Microscope Use-Wear Analysis of Plant Processing Tools from an Early Archaic Earth Oven Facility, Sarah Himes (undergraduate)
 
American Association of Physical Anthropology, April 11-14, 2012, Portland Oregon
 
26. Excavations of St. George’s Caye Cemetery, Belize. Lauren Springs (graduate)
27. Sexual Dimorphism: A Comparison of Migrant and Non-Migrant Mexican Populations. Cristina Figueroa-Soto (graduate)
28. Patterning of Sharp Force Trauma to Bone. Caryn Tegtmeyer (graduate)
29. A Comparison of Craniometric and Molecular Data from North and Central Mexico. Brianne Herrera (graduate)
 
Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference, April 18-22, 2012, Memphis, Tennessee
 
30. On The Burned Rock Trail: Archaeological Survey Along Dead Man’s Creek. Charles Koenig (graduate)
31. Men, Women and Power: Reassessing Conventional Ideas of Mississippian Society. Christopher Bolfing (graduate)
32. Headpots: Cultural Invention and Continuity. Patricia Christmas (graduate)
 
Society for Africanists Archaeologists, June 20-23, Toronto, Canada
33. Ethnobotany of the Southern Sotho, South Africa, Senna Thornton-Barnett (graduate)