Student thesis projects

In Progress:

Sarah Meinekat, Ph.D. U. of Tübingen Institute for Archaeological Sciences

Focus: Geoarchaeology

Emily Milton, Ph.D. Michigan State U. Dept. of Anthropology

Focus: Stable isotopes

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Daniela Osorio, Ph.D. University College London Institute of Archaeology

Focus: Lithic Technology

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Brett Furlotte, MA. University of Saskatchewan Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology

Focus: Paleoethnobotany

Completed:

Emily Milton, MA. 2020. Michigan State U. Dept. of Anthropology

Thesis: "A Surface Water δ18O Baseline for Archaeological Studies of Seasonality and Mobility in the Majes Valley and Pucuncho Basin of Southern Peru.”

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Taylor Panczak, MA. 2019. Michigan State U. Dept. of Anthropology

Thesis: "Exploring Inter-Zonal Connections Through a Constructed Projectile Point Typology From Cuncaicha Rock Shelter."

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Steph Gruver, MA. 2018. Northern Illinois U. Dept. of Anthropology

Thesis: “Seasonality and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Quebrada Jaguay.”

Sophia Haller von Hallerstein, MSc. 2017. U. of Tübingen Institute for Archaeological Sciences

Thesis: “Multi-isotopic Paleo-diet Reconstruction of Hunter-gatherers in the Peruvian Puna.”

Sarah Meinekat, MSc. 2016. U. of Tübingen Institute for Archaeological Sciences

Thesis: “A Geoarchaeological Investigation of the Site Formation of Cuncaicha Rockshelter, Peru.”

Dobereiner Chala-Aldana, MSc. 2016. U. of Tübingen Institute for Archaeological Sciences

Thesis: “Assessment of Mobility and Highland Occupation Strategies during the Early Holocene at the Cuncaicha Rockshelter through Strontium and Oxygen Isotopes.”

Tatiana Feuerborn, MSc. 2016. U. of Tübingen Institute for Archaeological Sciences

Thesis: “A Genetic Study of Ancient Canids.”

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