Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology Theses
Author Title Year
Adams, Rex Debitage analysis: Lithic technology and interpretations 1980 of an archaic base camp near Moquino, New Mexico
Aguila, Lourdes Decorated ceramic diversity in the Fort Stanton 1995 Reservation, Lincoln County, New Mexico
Ainsworth, Allan An investigation of ethnic border phenomena 1973
Alsoszatai-Petheo, The East Rim Site, California, (S.B.C.M. 1803), an early 1975 John western lithic co-traditional site
Anderson, Douglas A geochemical analysis and characterization study of 1999 Narbona Pass chert
Anzalone, Catherine A preliminary investigation into spatial cognition at 1973 Slusser Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico
Anzalone, Ronald Archaeological investigations in San Lorenzo Canyon, 1974 David Socorro County, New Mexico
Arrom, Jose Decision-making and managerial strategies in human 1973 adaptation : the case of the Roosevelt County cattlemen
Arrom, Judith Siess Mexican-American protestantism in Portales, New 1973 Mexico
Aubuchon, Benjamin There and back again: A GIS least-cost path analysis of 2003 Chaco roads, prehistoric travel routes, and economic transport in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Babcock, Thomas An analysis and reanalysis of Taveuni pottery 1976
Baker, Thomas Ray A functional analysis of lithics obtained from a knoll 1977 excavated on the Northwest shore of the Laguna Plata
Bamat, K. Patrice Northern Plains camp sites: An ethnographic survey 1987
Bauroth, Erika Historic settlement practices on the Llano Estacado, New 1998 Mexico
Beach, Marshall Ceramic analysis of sites in Guadalupe, New Mexico 1971
Author Title Year
Beacham, E. Bradley Eggshell and the archaeological record: A developmental 2006 study of prehistoric eggshell
Beckett, Patrick Cochise culture sites in south central and north central 1973 New Mexico
Beers, Ward All along the Watchtower: Prehistoric Signaling Behavior 2012 in the Jumanos Pueblo Cluster, Torrance County, New
Mexico
Bennett, Stacey Blackwater locality 1: Synthesis of South Bank 2014 archaeology: 1933-2013
Bergschneider, Lisa The Tower Kiva human remains: Salmon Ruins, New 1996
Mexico
Bettison, Cynthia An experimental approach to sickle sheen deposition and 1983 Ann archaeological interpretation
Blazina-Joyce, Ruth A dendrochronological analysis of Neets'aii Gwich'in 1989 caribou pounds and associated structures in northeastern Alaska
Bleier, David The interconnection of the environment and social 1979 structure of Portales NM, a study of the irrigation farmers in Roosevelt County
Boldurian, Anthony An analysis of a Paleo-Indian lithic assemblage from 1981 Blackwater Draw Locality No. 1 in Eastern New Mexico
Bowman, James Analysis of patterning and temporal variation in 1994 historical archaeological sites near Monument Draw, New Mexico
Bowman, Kathleen An analytic study of obsidian from the middle Rio Puerco 1987 Knapp Valley, New Mexico
Brabant, Merry Lynn Scanning electron microscopy of charcol samples from 1990 PROSOPIS SP. and QUERCUS HAVARDII
Brett, Linda Lithic raw material acquisition and reduction strategies 1984 in the Middle Puerco Valley, New Mexico
Broilo, Frank An investigation of surface collected Clovis, Folsom, and 1971 Midland projectile points from Blackwater Draw and adjacent localities
Author Title Year
Brown, Erin A study of mobility/settlement patterns in southeastern 2012 New Mexico
Browne, Heidi Identifying ceramic production locations with thermally 1993 Frances induced fractures: An experimental study
Bruce, Kevin The organization of lithic technology at site 22PO691 : 2000 investigations of a small Middle Archaic site in northeastern Mississippi
Burgess-Terrel, A study of Cucurbita material from Salmon Ruin, New 1979 Martha Mexico
Bury, Benjamin A view to a kill?: A late prehistoric bison procurement site 2002 on the southern high plains
Cheung, Albert A study of the potential effects of automobile traffic on 2004
lithic flakes
Choi, Bong Woo Phonemic analysis of Korean 1977
Clifton, Donald An archaeological survey of the Mescalero Plain 1974
Cline, Cathey Ann Paleopathology in the Middle San Juan Region: Patterns 2013
of Trauma and Disease among Ancestral Puebloans
Coleman, Richard Quantitative copropalynological analysis of woodrat 1991 (NEOTOMA) middens from the Ft. Stanton Reserve, Lincoln County, New Mexico
Comulada, Leila The Guadalupe Ruin in an intra-regional context: 2002 Comparative analysis of the ceramic assemblages in the
middle Rio Puerco Valley of the east
Condon, Peter A technological analysis of early paleoindian lithic 2005 assemblages: The 1963-1964 spring conduit excavation,
Blackwater Locality No. 1
Conklin, Jeri Kay Fingerprints of the past: A journey of discovery 2004
Crane, Cathy Janet A comparison of archaeological sites on the 1977 Uncompahgre Plateau and adjacent areas
Cruz-Morales, Correlation of death rate and periodontal disease in the 2014 Christian prehistoric people of Pueblo Bonito
Curet, María del Conch shell procurement and technology: An 1982 Rosario ethnoarchaeological and experimental approach
Author Title Year
Davis, Lauren An examination of specialization: Determining the 2014 presence of standardization in Huerigos and Carretas polychrome ceramics
De Cunzo, Antonio A geoarchaeological investigation of linear rock features 2010 at the Victorio Site (LA 88889), Cañada Alamosa
DeBoer, Beau Ancestral Puebloan dietary reconstruction from the 2007 middle San Juan region through stable isotope analysis
Deem, Sandra Sue A sociolinguistic substratal view of the Spanish-speaking 1975 drug subculture
Dickenson, Joanne A reconnaissance survey of Fiddlers Draw: An 1989 environmental approach toward understanding cultural variation
Dobbins, Melissa May Native American painting in the New Mexican New Deal: 2001 An analysis of form, subject and content
Dodd, Walter Battered implements from Armijo Rockshelter: An 1976 investigation of function
Doebley, John A preliminary study of wild plant remains recovered by 1976 flotation at Salmon Ruin, New Mexico
Durand, Stephen Quantitative analysis of ceramic surface samples from 1981 Roland the Middle Rio Puerco Valley
East, Nicole Clay mineralogy variation in classic period biscuit ware 2014 ceramics
Enke, Monica Prehistoric water management at Pueblo Oso Negro, 2006 central New Mexico
Enright, Erin Faunal Analysis of the Tommy Site: Faunal Utilization in 2008 the Chacoan Southwest
Erickson, Luke Experimental approaches towards developing signature 2002 criteria for prehistoric boiling of faunal remains
Espinosa, Nancy Five mummies from the Miles Collection: A problem of 2002 Sweet provenance
Fallis, Tonya Gale Prehistoric settlement patterns of the western llano 2002 estacado: A GIS-based analysis of archaeological resources of the Melrose Air Force Range of eastern New
Mexico
Author Title Year
Fariello, Kimberley Is a hand lens enough: Blind test agreement in 2002 distinguishing bone surface modification
Fenner, Jack Putting a hair in the soup: An investigation into the 2002 archaeological analysis of single hairs
Ferguson, Bobbie Change in Elida, New Mexico 1977 Harrison
Ferriman, Colin Pottery progress: An analysis of the ceramic assemblage 2006 collected from LA 43347, Eddy County, New Mexico
Field, Andrea Late prehistoric faunal exploitation at Portales Spring 2000
(LA89599)
Fifield, Terence Woodrat (NEOTOMA ALBIGULA) house building and its 1987 effects on archaeological interpretation: A case study near Carlsbad, New Mexico
Fitzgerald, Validation study of a recently developed method of sex 2014 Cassandra determination on the distal humerus
Fritz, Valerie Dian Settlement patterns in the Salado Canyon, New Mexico 1973
Fuhrman, Jesse Sex and age-at-death profiles of the Point Community 2007 along the middle San Juan River
Fuller, Heidi Post-Chacoan faunal variation in the San Juan-Mesa 2006 Verde region
Galassini, Stacy Culturally modified Ponderosa Pine in the Zuni 2007 Mountains, New Mexico: A pilot study
Genovese, Kimberly Enamel hypoplasia as an indicator of stress on Mesa 1998 Verdeans at Salmon Ruins
Gettys, John The Tres Pedras Site of northern New Mexico 1972 Marshall
Gettys, Kathleen An analysis of an unprovenienced ceramic collection 1972 from the Miles Museum
Giacobbe, John Demography, paleopathology, and activity-related 1999 anomalies of human skeletal material from the Rio Puerco Valley, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Gibson, Douglas Earle Use-wear analysis and functional interpretation of 1977 Sandia points
Author Title Year
Gnabasik, Virginia Faunal utilization by the Pueblo Indians 1981
Goldsmith, William Macroscopic variability in cherts from drainages adjacent 1990 to the western edge of the Llano Estacado
Goslin, Erin Archaeology and Mescalero Apache Identity 2012
Govich, Erica "Making something out of nothing": An ethnography of 2012 flintknappers in Portales, New Mexico
Graves, Sandra Institutional acculturation: A case study of Smith's Home 1979 Phoebe for the Elderly
Greene, Michelle Using craniofacial measurements to explore prehistoric 2011 genetic relationships in the middle San Juan region of New Mexico
Gregory, Danny The Ochoa Phase rocks: Raw material diversity and 2006 sedentism in the Eastern Jornada Mogollon
Grey, Mark Conflicting values and expectations and the rural Swazi 1985 secondary school
Griffin, Catherine A Geophysical Analysis of a Ceramic Period Pueblo in the 2013
Sierra Blanca Archaeological Region, New Mexico
Griffin, Matthew The use of gunflints as trade indicators between the 2016 French and the Wichita in proto-historic Oklahoma
Haecker, Charles Modes of subsistence and level of technology of the 1976 eighteenth century Spanish settlers on the Rio Puerco
Hartley, James Environmental causes of the extinction of the 2015 pleistocene megafauna in the desert Southwest
Henebry, Lourdes Metrical and non-metrical analysis of prehistoric 1976 Fremont Indian crania, deformed and undeformed
Hennen, Gary Willis A paleo-ecological locational analysis of the lower Scioto 1974 region of Ohio
Hewett, Nancy Smith The localized, non-regional survey: A case study 1976
Hicks Patricia Debitage attribute analysis: A potential method for 1986 assessing the temporality of the undiagnostic lithic scatter
Hill, Katie Guidance for documenting CCC properties: Examples 2014 from New Mexico
Author Title Year
Hillsman, Matthew Evaluation of visible and ultraviolet-excited attributes of 1992 some Texas and macroscopically similar New Mexico cherts
Hogg, Don Jack Report on the excavation of three Mogollon pit houses on 1977 the upper Mimbres River, New Mexico
Hronec, Laura An investigation of eolian processes on an archaeological 2015 site, Blackwater locality no. 1's locality X
Hull, Sharon Using hydrogen and copper stable isotopes to source 2006 turquoise
Hunt, Jennifer Prehistory of the Ochoco National Forest, central Oregon, 1981 an ethnoarcheological study
Hurst, Winston The Blanding Navajos: A case study of off-reservation 1981 Navajo migration and settlement
Hutmacher, Sonia. Piñon pine and people: GIS modeling of high altitude 2000 adaptions to changing environments
Johnson, Laila The Cheyenne Indians: A correlation of ethnographic and 1983 archaelogical data
Johnson, Tara Archaeological photography: Experiments in ultraviolet, 2000 infrared and light painting techniques
Jones, Bruce Osteology as archaeology: A pilot study of taphonomic 1986 variablesand man-mammoth associations in western North Ameriaca
Jones, Robert Analysis of a lithic sample, Fresnal Rock Shelter, 1990 southcentral New Mexico
Joyce, Daniel A geoarchaeological approach to predicting location of in 1989 situ archaeological sites in Chaves County, New Mexico
Karimzaded, Kohnak: A southwestern village of Iran: application of 1980 Mohammad Kroeber-Redfield conceptual formulation of peasantry on an Iranian village
Kather, Scott Obsidian utilization in the San Juan National Forest, 1990 Colorado
Katz, Carolina Archaeological collection management, an assessment of 1996 faunal collections from excavations in 1971, 1972, and 1974 at Blackwater Draw, Portales, New Mexico
Author Title Year
Kendrick, Christine Economic and ritual use of animals at the Sterling Site 2014 (LA 22652): A Chacoan outlier in the middle San Juan Basin
Kilby, J. David A geoarchaeological analysis of ten Pueblo III pit 1998 structures in the Sand Canyon locality, southwest Colorado
Kilgore, Stephen Great house outlier function and regional interaction: A 2014 lithic analysis of the Guadalupe Ruin community
Kinkade, Gay Marion The Vernon Site: A basketmaker III site in Northwest New 1974
Mexico
Komara, Gregory Lee A reevaluation of the chronology and analysis of the 1978 artifacts from the Clear Fork silts
Konzelman, Gregory A geoarchaeological study of the Paw Paw Cove Site 2001 (18TA212B), Tilghman Island, Talbot County, Maryland
Kubik, Garrett An Edge-damage Analysis of Folsome Artifacts from the 2012
Mitchell Locality and North Bank of Blackwater Draw
Kunkel, Kristine Timber harvesting using ground stone axes 1998
Kyte, Michael A ceramic sequence from the Chupadera Arroyo Basin, 1988 Central New Mexico
LaFond, Andre Exploring the utility of obsidian hydration data through 2006 Great Basin projectile points
Lander, Shelli Investigating idiosyncratic variation in lithic technology 2004
Landis, Daniel Approaches to lithic assemblages through a cultural 1982 resource management phase II testing program on the Columbia Plateau, Washington
Lekson, Stephen Settlement patterns in the Redrock Valley, Southwestern 1978 New Mexico
Lenge, Sabrina The motive of motifs: An analysis of Chihuahuan 2013 polychrome ceramic decorations
Lentz, David The distribution patterns and fruit productivity of modern 1979 junipers growing in the Salmon Ruin area and the archaeological interpretation of juniper seeds and cones found in Salmon Ruin, New Mexico
Author Title Year
Lloyd, Thomas An analysis of the worked bone and antler artifacts from 2006 Salmon Ruin, San Juan County, New Mexico
Loven, Jeremy Utilization of faunal resources at site 315 and site 355: 2016 Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Madewell, Judy Perceptions of control and a sense of agency among 2001 women in a welfare to work program
Marchand, Karen The ceramic technology of a Hopewellian manifestation 1975 Elaine in Eastern Kansas
Matthiessen, Kaitlyn Geoarchaeological investigations of linear rock features, 2009 Lincoln County, New Mexico
Mayer, Heather The creation and implementation of a thematic unit and 2008 student activity book for the Blackwater Draw Museum and site
McCaffery, Harlan Corn gobblers: A stable isotope analysis of prehistoric 2012 turkeys from the middle San Juan region, northwest New Mexico
McKenna, Peter A case study of an early Bonito phase small site, 1983 29SJ1360, in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
McKissick, Justin The estimation of irrigable land for the Hohokam Canal 2009 Systems of the Salt River Valley: A GIS approach
McLoughlin, Patrick Thermally altered rock on the Melrose Air Force Range, 1998 Curry and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico
McNally, Elizabeth Variation in flaked stone tool assemblages at lower 1996 Stanton Ruin and Fresnal Rock Shelter, southcentral New Mexico
McNeil, Jimmy Ornaments of Salmon Ruin, San Juan County, New 1986 Mexico
Meininger, Jason Experimental Investigations of the Thermal Alteration of 2005 Chert from Fort Hood, Texas
Merchant, Janet Fresnal rockshelter sandals: Descriptive analysis and 2002 chronological placement
Millward, Sara Thermal features in southeastern New Mexico: an 2010 economic analysis
Author Title Year
Misner, Elizabeth An alternative method of establishing the relative 1981 Jane chronology of open air sites on the western edge of the
Llano Estacado
Miyoshi, Yayoi The changing roles of a modern Brahman woman in 1981 Nepal, case study
Moffatt, Charles Prehistoric Site Locations on the Melrose Air Force 2005 Range, Curry and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico: A GIS Approach
Mofidi, Faegheh Acculturation, a case study from Persia in the seventh 1980
century A.D.
Moore, Roger A. Jr. An analytical and stylistic approach to typology, the 1981 projectile point sequence at Salmon Ruin, New Mexico
Mooser, Genevieve The impact of urbanization on a Rarámuri community in 1998 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuaua
Moots, Rita Ellen Technological analysis of a cordage sample, Fresnal Rock 1990 Shelter, southcentral New Mexico
Murrell, Jesse Differential persistence of variation in prehistoric milling 2005
tools from the middle Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico
Myers, Nate A Typological Assessment of the Mesa Portales Ceramics 2007
Myers, Tori The stories old pots can tell: Using decorative aspects on 2007 whole vessels to evaluate centralization in the Casas Grandes region
Nagayasu, Mikiko Diagenesis of bison bones from Blackwater Draw Site, 2005
New Mexico
Nagle, Nancy An analysis of the sound system of informal spoken 1971 Charvat Somoan
Nielsen, Jeffrey Alan Archaeological site location through remote sensing 1976
Nutter, Stephanie Southwestern alignments: a statistical look at the Chaco 2015 meridian
Osbo, Amanda Unsex me here: An investigation into the use of DNA 2004 Ledwon extraction and amplification techniques and their significance in determining the sex of late prehistoric bison
Author Title Year
Patch, Shawn Archaic lithic technology at Los Esteros Lake, Guadalupe 2000 County, New Mexico
Patterson, David An analysis of the human skeletal material from the 1974 Antelope Creek focus of Northern Texas
Patterson, Deborah Dental variation among three Panhandle aspect 1974 populations
Pfarr, Joshua Geoarchaeological Investigations of Floodwater Farming 2008 at Canada, Alamosa, New Mexico
Plaza, David Digitizing the Anasazi Origins Project: A Geodatabase 2013
Pomfret, James An examination of variation in Late Prehistoric Texas 1999 point styles: A view from Sterling County, Texas
Priesnitz, James A preliminary investigation of organizational loci at 1979 Salmon Ruin: A Chacoan outlier in northwest New Mexico
Proper, Michael The Eleanor Site: Standing at the foot of Guadalupe Ruin, 2001
Sandoval County, New Mexico (LA 57896)
Prothro, George Spatial Analysis of Ancestral Puebloan Settlements on 2013
Mesa Portales in Sandoval County, New Mexico
Prothro, Ziggy Crown Archaeology in education : public outreach for 2012 archaeological awareness and educational enrichment
Renvall, Brian Alan Worlds apart: Native reinterpretations of traditional 2007 anthropology museums in New Mexico
Reutter, Stacie A technological and typological study of a Plainview Site 1996 on the high plains of Eastern New Mexico
Roney, John Prehistory of the Guadalupe Mountains 1985
Rooke, Lara A GIS model of agricultural productivity and settlement 2000 Catherine distribution in the middle Rio Puerco Valley, NM
Roxey, Donna Marie A history of social and economic trends in Valdez, New 1971 Mexico
Sain, Douglas Allen Clovis blade technology at the Topper Site (38AL23) 2011
Salzer, Matthew Variation in Mogollon Brownwares of the Sierra Blanca 1992 Region, Southeastern New Mexico
Author Title Year
Samuelson Pflepsen, Analysis of an archaic faunal assemblage at Blackwater 2003 Paula Draw Locality No.1
Schermer, Scott Resistivity surveying of historic sites 1975
Schipani, Alexandra The use of the scapula to determine biological sex 2014
Schroeder, Jessica “Why do I have to work to learn?": An analysis of visual 2014 communication and visitor learning in archaeological museum exhibits
Schuelke, Katherine Variation in burned rock features in southeastern New 2008 Mexico: A siteless approach using statistics and GIS
Sharpe, Terry Mennonite medical lore and its potential for modern 1986 medicine
Shuster, John Folsom tool assemblage variability and site function at 1994 Blackwater Draw Locality No. 1 and other selected sites
Slatter, Shannon Exploration of craniometric characters used in the 2000 analysis and classification of recovered canid specimens
Slaughter, Mark A geochemical analysis of sediments from the Mitchell 1989 Locality of Blackwater Draw
Smith, Gavin Lane. Prehistoric faunal exploitation in the Southern Middle 2003 Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico
Smith, Howard A survey and stylistic analysis of rock art in the San Juan 1974 Norman Jr. Basin, northwestern New Mexico
Stevens, Dominique Blackwater Draw Locality No.1, 1963-1972, and its 1973 Elizabeth relevance to the firstview complex
Stokes, Robert Prehistoric settlement patterns in the Sapillo Creek 1995
Valley, Gila National Forest, New Mexico
Sweetland, Wm. Preparation of cast artifacts and their utilization in 1977 museums
Terrel, James Architectural analysis at Guadalupe Ruin, Sandoval 1979 County, New Mexico
Tschaikowsky, The ethnobotanical and archaeological evidence for a 1982 Stefanie hypothesized exchange system at site 48, near Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Author Title Year
Van Middlesworth, The Kansa, cultural construction and preservation of 1975 Charles Lynn traditional culture under acculturation
Waller, Kyle Stable isotope analysis in the middle San Juan Region : 2009 the Tommy site and Mine Canyon site
Wenzel, Kristen What put the small in the Arctic small tool tradition: Raw 1998 material constraints on lithic technology at the Mosquito Lake Site,Alaska
Whalley, Lucy Anne Chacoan ceramic exchange in the middle San Juan area, 1980 A.D. 900-1300
Wilcox, David A geoarchaeological investigation at Upper Bonito I, 1995 Lincoln County, New Mexico
Williams, Eleanor Bison ecology and taphonomy at the Arch Lake Site (LA 1999 113551), Grulla National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Wilson, Dean Regional exchange of San Juan tradition ceramics at 1985 Salmon Ruin, a resource approach
Wood, Sunny Use of documentary video in an archaeological discipline 2003