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Graduate Degree Recipients:
Doctor of Philosophy
May 2006
Jill Gardner, The Potential Impact of the Medieval Climatic Anomaly on Human Populations in the Western Mohave Desert. Dr. Alan Simmons
December 2005
Kennedy Ondieki, Response to Transnational Non-Governmental Terrorism in Kenya and the United States: An Anthropological Analysis. Dr. Gary Palmer
May 2005
James Watson, Cavities on the Cob: Dental Health and the Agricultural Transition in Sonora, Mexico. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza and Dr. Barbara Roth
May 2004
Gwyn Madden, Recontextualization and Identity Assessment of Un-provenienced Mummified Human Remains. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza
 
Master of Arts
August 2007
Annette J. Smith, Organization of Lithic Technology at the Bowman Site (26NY809), Pahrump Valley, Nye County, Nevada. Dr. Barbara Roth
Carolynn J. Taylor, Access to Dental Care for Victims of Domestic Violence. Dr. John Swetnam.
Eric S. White, Fish Traps on Ancient Shores. Dr. Barbara Roth
May 2007
Leilani Espinda, Identification and Interpretation of Botanical Remains From Neolithic Ais Yiorkis, Cyprus. Dr. Alan Simmons
December 2006
Carin Wallace, The Etiological Role of Susto in Diabetes among Hispanics in Souther Nevada. Dr. Daniel Benyshek
Ryan Schmidt, The Forgotten Chinese Cemetary of Carlin, Nevada: A Bioanthropological Assessment. Dr. Jennifer Thompson
August 2006
Luz Andrea Pfister, Paleoepidemiology of Bacterial Infections Among Prehistoric Human Populations in Northern Chile: An Ancient DNA Approach. Dr. Daniel Benyshek
May 2006
Ramzy Ladah, The Social Implications of the Architecture at PPNB Ghwair I. Dr. Alan Simmons
Clara Senif, LaKesha and KuShawn: A Cultural Linguistic Approach to Afro-American Onomastics. Dr. George Urioste
December 2005
Monika Sudakov, The Social Significance of Mint Tea Consumption in Morocco: Reflections on its Symbolic Representation of Muslim Faith, Gender Prescriptions, Socio-Economics and Hospitality. Dr. John Swetnam.
May 2005
Sali Underwood, Ancestral Puebloan Social Hierarchies at Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico. Dr. Vicki Cassman.
Britt (Hansen) Betenson, Pottery and Mobility: A Functional Study of Intermountain Brownware. Dr. Karen Harry
Michele Marcela Bleuze, Lower Limb Bone Shape and Structure among Populations of Differing Lifestyles: Effects of Biomechanical Stress and Inferences of Activity. Dr. Jennifer Thompson
Claudia Woodman, An Analysis of Ground Stone Artifacts from Ghwair I, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site in Southern Jordan. Dr. Alan Simmons
May 2004
Summer J. Decker, 3-Dimensional Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Craniofacial Traits Used in Ancestral Identification. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza and Dr. Jennifer Thompson
Victoria Fisher, Exploring Nevada's Past and Present Archaeology Education and Nevada Public Schools. Dr. Vicki Cassman
December 2002
Marta Alfonso, Two Non-Specific Indicators of Stress: Enamel Hypoplasia and Harris Lines. Dr. Jennifer Thompson
Lynn Haarklau, Steward's Southern Great Basin Research Validated through Obsidian Artifact Sources. Dr. Alan Simmons
Susanne Rowe, Evidence for Virgin Anasazi Presence in the Las Vegas Valley and Adjacent Areas. Dr. Karen Harry
May 2002
Suzanne Eskenazi, Excavation and Interpretation: 42Ws126, The Watchman Site, Zion National Park, Utah. Dr. Vicki Cassman
Kristen Martine, Variation in Decorated Tusayan Gray Ware Pottery in the Lowland Virgin Area: An Example from the Yamashita Site in the Lower Moapa Valley. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
August 2002
Marie N. Hummel, Cuba's Tourist Industry: Parallel Economies and Social Stratification. Dr. Martha Knack
Eva Jensen, Exploring the Shivwits Production Zone. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
December 2001
Sally Llull-Billings, Sedentism among the Archaic Fisher-Folk of Northern Chile: A Malacological Perspective. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza
Hal Rager, Burnt Rock Mound (26CK3601): Late Archaic and Ceramic Period Human Use of a Northern Mojave Spring Mound. Dr. Ted Goebel
August 2001
Kelly Philips, Paleoindian Technological Provisioning in the Western Great Basin. Dr. Alan Simmons
Doss Powell, Alternative Perspectives in Projectile Point Variability. Dr. Alan Simmons
Matthew Rhode, Craniofacial Morphology and the Consequences of Intentional Cranial Deformation Among Prehistoric Andean Populations. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza
May 2001
Tommi White, "Holy Dwarves and Devil Babies": An Anthropological World Survey of Stigmatization of the Disabled. Dr. William Jankowiak
December 2000
Katherine Peek, An Ethnohistorical Overview of Eskdale, a Religious, Communal Community and the Order of Aaron. Dr. Malvin Miranda
May 2000
John Gervasoni, A Chipped Stone Characterization of Ghwair I: A Neolithic Village in Southern Jordan. Dr. Alan Simmons
Danial Le Bas, Africanized Honey Bee Colonization in the Human Domain: Issues of Environmental Anthropology in Southern Nevada. Dr. George Urioste
Juliet Reubens, The Las Vegas Phenomenon. Dr. Willam Jankowiak
Anja Vogel, The Rise and Fall of a Wall and a Dialect: Observations of Shifting Linguistic Behavior Among Former East Berliners. Dr. Gary Palmer
December 1999
Esther O'Fearghail, Metaphorically Speaking: Putting Las Vegas on the Cultural Map. Dr. Gary Palmer
August 1999
Mathew Doubrava, Radiometric Evaluation of the Prehistoric Mortuary Practices of the Chinchorro Culture in Northern Chile.. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza
Suzan Rose, Evidence for the Chumash Plank Canoe at SBA-52. Dr. Alan Simmons
David Valentine, Historical Archaeological Investigation at 26PE2137: American Canyon, Pershing County, Nevada. Dr. Alan Simmons
May 1999
Vikki Allen, A Lithic Analysis of Three Lowland Virgin Anasazi Sites. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
Dorothea Neal Arin, Cognition in the Christian Reformulation of Tonga: Motivation, Internalization, and Schemas. Dr. William Jankowiak
Sherry Marks, Rethinking the Aceramic Neolithic: Insights From An Ethnoarchaeological Study on Cyprus. Dr. Alan Simmons
December 1998
James Sagmiller, A The Maize From Black Dog Cave: Testing The Concept of Races of Maize in The American Southwest. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
May 1998
Maria Sloan Hart, A Diachronic Analysis Of Porotic Hyperostosis In Prehistoric Populations In Northern Chile. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza
Laureen Perry, A Comparison Of Temper Characteristics Between Virgin Anasazi Black-On Gray Bowl Rim Sherds And Plain Gray Jar Rim Sherds From Yama-2 And Yama-3. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
Angela Ramsey, Strip Tease: An Anthropological View. Dr. William Jankowiak
December 1997
Christopher Todd White, Indexing Androgyny: The Transgendered Phenomenon And Its Challenge To Ethnology. Dr. William Jankowiak
May 1997
Jason Cooper, Unwrapping the Neolithic Package: Wadi Shu'eib and Kholetria Ortos in Perspective. Dr. Alan Simmons
Sue Edwards, Atomic Age Training Camp: The Historical Archaeology of Camp Desert Rock. Dr. Claude Warren
Gregory Seymour, A Reevaluation of Lower Colorado Buff Ware Ceramics: Redefining the Patayan in Southern Nevada. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
Connie Von Sleichter, A Comparison of Roasting Pit Complexes in Southern Nevada. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
August 1996
Stephanie Fox, The Mortuary Practices on Children. Dr. Bernardo Arriaza
Robert Rusie, Land and Self in a Mayan Universe. Dr. John J. Swetnam
May 1996
Megan Fuller, Girlfriend or Esposa?: Cultural Scenarios in Translation. Dr. Malvin L. Miranda
Russell Hapke, An Evolution of Creativity and Ritual: The Immortalizing Craftsmanship of the Chinchorro Morticians. Dr. Bernardo T. Arriaza
Barbara Holz, The Saxe-Binford Hypothesis and Social Persona: A Recent Application. Dr. Bernardo T. Arriaza
Pamela Lawrence, Dental Evidence for the Peopling of Guam. Dr. Bernardo T. Arriaza
Diane Winslow, Restricted Reconnaissance: The History and Archaeology of S. M. Wheeler in Nye County Nevada. Dr. Claude N. Warren
December 1995
Indre Antanaitis, A Multi-Varied Approach to Meaning of Some East Baltic Neolithic Symbols. Dr. Alan H. Simmons
James McCarty, The Center of the Universe: A Ceremony at Pipe Spring Sweat Lodge. Dr. John J. Swetnam
Polly Sullivan, Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations and Early Holocene Subsistence Resources. Dr. Claude N. Warren
May 1994
Debra Occhi, An-Pan Man: Language and Culture in a Japanese Children's Cartoon. Dr. Gary B. Palmer
August 1993
William R. Yaworsky, History, Organizations and Belief Among Cuban Plantado Political Prisoners 1959-1993. Dr. John J. Swetnam
May 1992
Martha E. Roberson, Sheltering in the Shade Tree: An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Women in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Gary Palmer
December 1992
Jack R. Matthews, Mule Skinners and Bull Whackers: An Archaeological Study of Two Historic Roads in Southeast Nevada. Dr. Claude N. Warren
May 1992
Anne Evelyn DuBarton, From Hunters to Fisherman? Developing Marine Resource Specialization on the Santa Barbara Channel: Analysis of the Artifacts and Midden Constituents from CA-SBa-71. Dr. Claude N. Warren
Christina A. Miller, Goodsprings: A Historical Archaeological Review of the Yellow Pine Mining District. Dr. Claude N. Warren
December 1991
Hellen R. Taylor, Ethnic Admixture in African American Ancestry as Reflected in Dental Patterns. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
May 1991
Dawn W. Ferris, The Best of Times The Worst of Times: A Biocultural Analysis of the Ferguson District Lincoln County, Nevada 1892 - 1909. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
Heidi Roberts, A Comparative Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, and Kayenta Anasazi Archaeological Sites. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
August 1990
Corinne Parson Escobar, Mexican Identity In Clark County Nevada: A Visual Ethnohistory 1829 - 1960. Dr. Richard Brooks
May 1990
Jay Johnson, A Computerized Analysis of Anterior Teeth as a Possible Indicator of Age Race and Sex. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
William G. White, A Window To the Past: Analysis Of Flat Glass Recovered from West Point, Nevada. Dr. Claude N. Warren
August 1988
Monique E. Kimball, A Matter of Faith: A study of the Muddy Mission. Dr. Claude N. Warren
May 1987
Eileen Green, Rock Art in Southern Nevada: An Archaeological Perspective . Dr. Richard Brooks
August 1986
Lynda Blair, A New Interpretation of Archeological Features in the California Wash Region of Southern Nevada. Dr. Richard Brooks
Michele Halderman, Anthroposcopic and Anthropometric Comparative Analyses of Archaeological Recovered Skeletal Series from The East Bay Area, California. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
May 1986
Keith Myhrer, Evidence for an Increasing Dependence on Agriculture during Virgin Anasazi Occupation in Moapa Valley. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
August 1985
Michael S. Kelly, Change and Stability in the Columbia Plateau: An Archaeological Examination of an Ethnographic Model. Dr. Claude N. Warren
December 1984
Christopher Scott Crownover, Rate of Harris Line Formation and Levels of Trace Elements in Archaeological Skeletal Series. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
Grant Michael Tullis, A Subsistence Model for the Moapa Valley Anasazi. Dr. Claude N. Warren
May 1984
Julie A. Barnes, Technology and Evolution in the Mining Region of California and Nevada 1848-1880. Dr. Claude N. Warren
December 1983
Donna Hodge, Showing Class in the Lower Class: The Absolute Value of a Negative Status. Dr. John Swetnam
Evan Acker, Painted Pots: An Attribute Analysis of Muddy River Decorated Ceramics. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
August 1983
Carolyn Ruth Stark, The Determination of Variation in Skeletal Remains of Nevada through the use of Discrete Morphological Traits and Anthropometry. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
August 1982
Jeanne Wilson Clark, Prehistoric Settlement in the Moapa Valley. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
Cary Madden Stevens, Non-Metric and Metric Analysis of Mandibular Morphology for the Purpose of Sex and Population Discrimination in Two Southeast Asian and One Nevada Great Basin Skeletal Series. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
May 1982
Tara Shepperson McCarty, Culture Change and Historic Aboriginal Sites in Owens Valley, California. Dr. Claude N. Warren
Robert Merill Leavitt, Theoretical Basis and Methodology of Archaeoastronomy and its Application to Historic and Prehistoric Great Basin Archaeological Sites. Dr. Richard Brooks
Kathleen Ann M. Bergin, Shoshonean Subsistence-Settlement Patterns in a Limited Resource Environment. Dr. Claude N. Warren
Sheila J. Vaughan, A Replicative Systems Analysis of the San Dieguito Component at the C. W. Harris Site. Dr. Claude N. Warren
December 1981
James L. Heid, Settlement Patterns on Little Creek Mountain. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
July 1981
Richard L. McCarty, Sandy Town: a Mormon Confrontation with the Mohave Desert. Dr. Claude N. Warren
August 1979
Richard Wilson, Owens Valley Paiute: Dependency or Interdependency. Dr. Gary Palmer
Dennis Jenkins, Cliff's Edge: A Pueblo I Site on the Lower Virgin River. Dr. Margaret Lyneis
Roberta L. Becker, Mining Communities: How to Interpret a Blue Goose. Dr. Claude N. Warren
May 1979
Christie P. Leavitt, Museum Education: Programs for Object-Oriented Learning. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
December 1978
V. Diane Anness, Dummy-Up and Deal: An Ethnography of Las Vegas 21 Dealers. Dr. George Urioste
Kathryne Olson, Attribute Analysis of Muddy River Ceramics. Dr. Claude N. Warren
Joseph Guy Eugene Robichaud, Graeco-Roman Tactical Developments: A Function of the Synergistic Effects of Regional Acculturation. Dr. John Swetnam
M. Katherine Tipton, Concepts: An Interpretive Tool for Anthropological Exhibits. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
Donald Tuohy, Culture History in the Comondu Region of Baja California Mexico with Appendix on Metate Cave String and Twine Analysis. Dr. Claude N. Warren
August 1978
Merrill Naiman, Prepared Birth: Value Change and Matrescene Among Las Vegas Women. Dr. John Swetnam
Melodye D. Galliher, Anthropometry and Paleodemography of Selected Great Basin Sites. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
May 1978
Thomas Hal Turner, Mule Springs Rockshelter - Its Archaeological and Ecological Interpretation within the Southern Great Basin. Dr. Richard Brooks
Raymond D. Rawson, A New Approach to Human Skeletal Age Determination Utilizing Tomographic Examination of the Public Symphysis. Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
O. Daniel Larson, A Study of the Settlement Patterns of Southern Nevada as Reflected by Archaeological Record. Dr. Claude N. Warren
Arnie Lynn Cunningham, Analysis of the Interrelationships of Archeological Surface Assemblages: An Approach to Petroglyphs. Dr. Claude N. Warren
August 1977
Cherel Jane Ellsworth Olive, Mazeway Reformulation and Revitalization Movements: The Wallace Model as Applied to the Development of Mormonism. Dr. John Swetnam
August 1976
Anthony W. Wonderley, New St. Joseph: A Case Study of Historic Archeology. Dr. Claude N. Warren