A5001504876- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- History of Medical Practice
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Medical History and Research
- Politics and Society in Latin America
- Indigenous Cultures and History
- Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Latin American history and culture
- Medical History and Innovations
University of New Hampshire
2024
United States Department of State
2023
University of Wyoming
2017-2021
High-elevation environments above 2500 metres sea level (m.a.s.l.) were among the planet's last frontiers of human colonization. Research on speed and tempo this colonization process is active holds implications for understanding rates genetic, physiological cultural adaptation in our species. Permanent occupation high-elevation Andes Mountains South America tentatively began with hunter–gatherers around 9 ka according to current archaeological estimates, though timing currently debated....
We report one of the earliest known circular plazas in Andean South America and examples monumental, megalithic ceremonial architecture Americas. The example presented here is constructed large free-standing vertically placed stones located Cajamarca basin northern Peruvian Andes. This construction method has never before been reported Andes distinct from other monumental region. present three radiocarbon dates associated with initial plaza which average to approximately 2750 calibrated...
Abstract Through a commingled, fragmentary assemblage of skeletal remains (MNI = 9) recovered from 1999 salvage excavation, this article explores the lives and deaths individuals interred at Brentwood Poor Farm, Brentwood, New Hampshire (1841–1868). This work demonstrates that bioarchaeological analyses smaller samples can provide nuanced accounts marginalization institutionalization even with scant historical records. The analysis presented here is contextualized within larger history...
Abstract The physiological toll of poverty—from inadequate nutrition, higher disease loads, dangerous and taxing occupations, to limited health care—constitutes a form structural violence. This violence is often embodied on skeletal tissues as signs systemic biological stress. Here, we explore the manifestations stress bodies those interred at Charity Hospital, an indigent hospital, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Given Charity's mission serve poorest residents expected see widespread evidence...