(DEX 10) Dr. Palmer (Archaeologist, occult) (Agent
Tiberius)
An anthropology professor and amateur photographer
with deep experience in the occult.
Bonus skills: Anthropology, Art (Photography, twice), Dodge, History, HUMINT, Occult, Search.
Traumatic Background: Things Man Was Not Meant to Know.
Survivor of the Lockhart Incident, and has come into contact with David Yow.
Anthropologist.
Was recruited by the US Department of Defense on the back of her research into establishing the origins of individuals based on their remains after wars and conflicts.
Her team were then engaged to investigate a site in Jordan that was on the surface of it a normal Bronze Age community but turned out to be something much darker and also had bodies of a much more recent provenance. All the skeletons were headless and the top of the spine showed that they had been subjected to very high temperatures (burned or melted). The team were attacked by unknown assailants during the night but the security forces beat them off with automatic fire. In the morning, they found the bodies of several young children even though the soldiers swore that their attackers were adults. Palmer hasn't slept properly since.
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Susan M Palmer, PhD |
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Department of Anthropology |
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University of California, San Diego |
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9500 Gilman Drive |
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La Jolla, CA, 92093-0532 |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biological anthropology, human-environment interactions, stable isotope ecology, paleoanthropology, human evolution, bioarchaeology, prehistoric diet and health, stable isotope forensics for predicting region-of-origin, and human versus non-human bone identification
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2016 |
Ph.D., Anthropology with a Specialization in Anthropogeny, June 2016. Department of |
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Anthropology, University of California, San Diego |
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Dissertation: Seasonal precipitation at a 3.97 Ma Australopithecus anamensis site, Allia |
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Bay, Kenya. |
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2011 |
Iso-Camp: Stable Isotope Ecology Short Course. University of Utah |
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M.A., Anthropology, May 2008. Department of Anthropology, California State |
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University, Chico |
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Thesis: Dietary Trends at the Ellis Landing Site (CA-CCO-295): Stable Carbon and |
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Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Prehistoric Human Remains from a San Francisco Bay Area |
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Shellmound. |
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B.S., Anthropology, June 2003. Department of Anthropology, University of California, |
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ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
2016 AAPA Student Paper Award Honorable Mention ($1100 Springer 3 Volume Book Set)
2015 UCSD President’s Dissertation Year Diversity Fellowship (1 year of $22,000 stipend plus
university fees)
2014 Student Poster Award, Honorable Mention, Western Bioarchaeology Interest Group Annual Meeting (book prize)
2011 Student Paper Award, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting in Sacramento
2011 CARTA Fellowship, UCSD (3 years of $35,000 stipend and university fees)
2009 San Diego Fellowship, UCSD (4 years of $20,000 stipend plus university fees)
2008 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, CSU Chico ($500)
2008 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Burbank, CA ($200)
GRANTS RECEIVED
2016 Dean of Social Science Student Travel Grant, UCSD ($374)
2015 European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, ESHE Student Travel Grant (€550)
2015 UCSD Graduate Student Association Travel Grant ($500)
2013 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($19,940)
2013 Project Bucks Grant, Department of Anthropology, UCSD ($3,600)
2013 Dean of Social Science Student Travel Grant, UCSD, ($250)
2012 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research ($1,000)
2012 Dean of Social Science Student Travel Grant, UCSD, ($125)
2011 Dean of Social Science Student Travel Grant, UCSD, ($250)
2010 James A. Bennyhoff Award ($1000, 4 AMS date, 50 obsidian sourcing)
2008 BSS Student Travel Grant, CSU Chico, for AAFS Conference ($200)
2007 CSU Chico Graduate S chool Student Research Grant ($500)
2007 BSS Student Travel Grant, CSU Chico, for AAFS Conference ($150)
2006 BSS Student Travel Grant, CSU Chico, for AAFS Conference ($75)
2005 BSS Student Travel Grant, CSU Chico, for AAFS Conference ($200)
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
2016 Jaouen, K, Palmer SM, Schoeninger MJ, Hublin JJ, Richards MP. Zinc isotope ratios of bones and teeth as new dietary indicators: results from a modern food web (Koobi Fora, Kenya). Sci-entific Reports 6:26281.
2014 Good SP, Kennedy CD, Stalker JC, Chesson LA, Valenzuela LO, Palmer SM, Ehleringer JR, Bowen GJ. Patterns of local and nonlocal water resource use across the western U.S. determined via stable isotope intercomparisons. Water Resour. Res. 50(10):8034-8049.
2014 Bartelink EJ, Berg GE, Palmer SM, Chesson LA. Application of stable isotope forensics for
predicting region-of-origin of human remains from past wars and conflicts. Annals of Anthropological Practice, special volume (invited): “Practicing Forensic Anthropology: A Human Rights Approach to the Global Problem of Missing and Unidentified Persons”. 38(1):124-136.
2014 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ, Taylor LL, Miller RM. Comparison of transmission FTIR, ATR, and DRIFT: Implications for assessment of diagenesis of bone. J Archaeol Sci. 46:16-22.
2013 Palmer SM, Martinez AM, Simons DD, Bartelink EJ. Paleodietary analysis of a San Francisco Bay area shellmound: stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of late Holocene humans from the Ellis Landing site (CA-CCO-295). J Archaeol Sci.40:2084-2094.
2006 Palmer SM. Attrition, ethnicity and acculturation: The application of tooth wear pattern analysis in archaeology. Chico Anthropology Society Papers. 17:36-43.
PUBLISHED CRM ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS
2010 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM, Eerkens J, Gardner KS, Jorgenson G. Chapter 20: Paleodietary analysis of human burials: Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope results. In Archaeological In-vestigations at CA-CCO-18/548: Final Report for the Vineyards at Marsh Creek Project, Contra Costa County, California, Prepared by Randy Wiberg, pp 409-420. Holman and As-sociates, San Francisco, CA.
2009 Palmer SM. The Human Remains Analysis. In Site CrNV-63-13946 (26EU4527), Near Roberts Creek Station in Kobeh Valley Eureka County, Central Nevada. Prepared for the US Bureau of Reclamation, Battle Mountain District Office. Kautz Environmental Consultants, Reno, NV.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
Palmer SM, Schoeninger MJ. Miombo woodlands and early hominins: A comparison of carbonate stable isotope faunal data from modern Koobi Fora and 3.97 Ma Allia Bay, Lake Turkana, Kenya (intended journal: Journal of Human Evolution).
Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. Diagenesis of fossil tooth enamel: Fluorescence and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) reveal altered mineral structure affect δ18O values in faunal enamel (intended journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta).
Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. Seasonality and adaptive flexiability in early hominins at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 Ma (intended journal: PNAS)
Palmer SM. Sexual division of labor and diet in an east San Francisco Bay archaeological shellmound: Correlation between stable isotope ratios and paleopathological evidence (intended journal: Am J Phys Anthropol).
Palmer SM, Schoeninger MJ, Bartelink EJ, Taylor LL, Miller RM. Biphasic properties of bone diagenesis: Evaluating the relationship between collagen and bioapatite diagenesis indicators. (intended journal: J Archaeol Sci).
EDITED VOLUME UNDER CONTRACT AND CONTRIBUTED CHAPTERS
Palmer SM, Somerville AD, eds. Exploring Human Behavior with Isotopic Analysis: Applications in Ar-chaeological Research. (Springer Edited Volume in the Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology Series; due to Springer International Publishing Spring 2017).
Palmer SM, Ritter EW, Bendimez Patterson J. The use of stable isotopes to distinguish prehistoric foraging patterns: An example of maritime adaptation in Baja California. Contribution In: Palmer SM, Somerville AD, eds. Exploring Human Behavior with Isotopic Analysis: Applications in Archaeological Research.
Somerville AD, Palmer SM. Introduction to Isotopic Analysis. Contribution In: Palmer SM, Somerville AD, eds. Exploring Human Behavior with Isotopic Analysis: Applications in Archaeological Research.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (Instructor of Record; *Upper Division Course)
University of California, San Diego, Visiting Assistant Professor 2016-2017
Fall 2016, ANTH 2: Human Origins
Fall 2016, *ANBI 159: Biological and Cultural Perspectives on Intelligence
Winter 2017, *ANTH 102: Humans Are Cultural Animals
Winter 2017, *ANBI 111: Advanced Principles of Human Evolution
Spring 2017, ANTH 42: Primates in a Human-Dominated World
Spring 2017, *ANBI 145: Bioarchaeology
University of California, San Diego, Associate Instructor, Department of Anthropology Summer 2016, *ANBI 143: The Human Skeleton
Summer 2015, *ANBI 143: The Human Skeleton
Summer 2014, *ANBI 143: The Human Skeleton
Summer 2013, ANTH 2: Human Origins
Summer 2013, *ANBI 143: The Human Skeleton
Summer 2012, *ANBI 143: The Human Skeleton
Summer 2011, Academic Connections, Bones: The Human Skeleton and Forensic Anthropology
Saddleback Community College, Associate Part-Time Faculty, Department of Anthropology Summer 2014, ANTH 1: Intro to Physical Anthropology
Butte Community College, Associate Faculty, Anthropology Department
Spring 2009, Anth 2: Introduction to Physical Anthropology (3 Sections)
Spring 2008, Anth 2: Introduction to Physical Anthropology (2 Sections)
California State University, Chico, Part-time Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology Spring 2009, Anth 111: Survey of Physical Anthropology (2 Sections)
Spring 2008, *Anth 311: Survey of Forensic Science
Fall 2007, *Anth 311: Survey of Forensic Science (Emergency Hire)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
University of California, San Diego, Department of Anthropology
Spring 2015 Anth 23: Debating Multiculturalism
Winter 2015 Anth 100: The Human Machine
Fall 2014 Anth 141: Evolution of the Human Diet
California State University, Chico, Department of Anthropology
2005-2007 Anth 111 Lab: Survey of Physical Anthropology, (5 semesters)
2005-2007 Anth 485: Formal Methods, (5 semesters)
Fall 2005 Anth 478: Zooarchaeology
STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS LAB POSITIONS
4/2014 (3 weeks) Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
Department of Human Evolution (invited by Michael Richards)
6/2013 (4 weeks) Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
Department of Human Evolution (invited by Michael Richards)
9/2009-present Paleodietary Lab, Researcher, UC San Diego
1/2007-8/2009 Stable Isotope Preparation Lab, Supervisor, CSU, Chico
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (29 first author 2008-2016) 2016 Palmer SM. Rediscovering Ancient Hominin Environments. (Invited paper in AAA Executive
Session: (Re)discovery of evidence in biological anthropology: A critical view) American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings.
2016 Palmer SM. Rediscovering Ancient Hominin Environments. Southwestern Association of Biolo gical Anthropologists.
2016 Schoeninger MJ, Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW. Variation in the δ18O record of Allia Bay, Kenya hippopotamidae. (Invited poster) Am J Phys Anthropol. 159(S62):283.
2016 Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. Seasonal variation in rainfall at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 MA. Am J Phys Anthropol. 159(S62):88.
2016 Hoff AR, Palmer SM, Stojanowski CM, Levy TE. Phenotypic variability, cemetery structure, and kinship in an early Iron Age mortuary complex at Wadi Fidan, Jordan.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 159(S62):174.
2016 Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. SIMS reveals diagenesis and seasonal paleoprecipitation: A new method for reconstructing past environments. (Invited paper) Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2016 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM. Food Web Reconstruction in Prehistoric Central California Using Stable Isotope Analysis: Implications for Human Paleodiet. Society for California Archaeology
Abstracts.
2016 Jaouen K, Colleter R, Balter V, Herrscher E, Pons ML, Szpak P, Palmer SM, Schoeninger MJ, Hublin JJ, Richards MP. Potentiel des isotopes du zinc comme nouveau traceur de l’alimentation des populations passées. Conference : 1841èmes journées de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, Lyon, France.
2015 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM, Leventhal A, Cambra R. Stable Isotope Evidence for Veganism in the Prehistoric Santa Clara Valley, California. Western Bioarchaeology Interest Group Annual Meet-ing Abstracts.
2015 Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. Seasonal variation in rainfall at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 Ma. European Society for the study of Human Evolution Meeting Abstracts.
2015 Jaouen K, Palmer SM, Schoeninger MJ, Britton K, Richards MP. Zinc isotopic fractionation in terrestrial and aquatic food webs. Conference: 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Goldschmidt in Prague, Czech Republic.
2015 Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. SIMS reveals diagenesis and seasonal paleoprecipitation at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 Ma. Stanley J. Olsen Eagle Lake Zooarchaeology Conference.
2015 Palmer SM, Orland IJ, Valley JW, Schoeninger MJ. SIMS reveals diagenesis and seasonal paleoprecipitation at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 Ma. High Resolution Proxies of Paleoclimate Conference. University of Wisconsin, Madison
2015 Palmer SM, Schoeninger MJ. Miombo woodlands and early hominins: A comparison of carbon-
ate stable isotope data from modern Koobi Fora and 3.97Ma Allia Bay fauna. Am J Phys Anthropol. 156(S60):81.
2015 Palmer SM. Men at Work: Economic complexity and exploitation of dietary marine protein sources in the San Francisco Bay area. (Invited paper) Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2015 Bartelink EJ, Eerkens JW, Palmer SM, Gardner KS. Kroeber’s omnivore’s dilemma: regional perspectives on late Holocene human paleodiets in the San Francisco Bay area. (Invited paper) Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2014 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ. Native Nevadan Dining at the Turn of the Century: Stable Isotope Analysis and Assessment of Identity in an Unmarked Historic Cemetery from Nevada. Western Bioarchaeology Interest Group Annual Meeting Abstracts.
2014 Palmer SM. Paleoenvironment 3.97 Ma at Allia Bay, Kenya: A first look at fossil and modern species comparison of bulk stable isotope results. Stanley J. Olsen Eagle Lake Zooarchaeology
Conference.
2014 Bartelink EJ, Berg GE, Palmer SM, Chesson LA. Application of Stable Isotope Forensics for Provenancing Human Remains Recovered from Southeast Asia and the Pacific. American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 20:442.
2013 Schoeninger MS, Palmer SM. Paleoenvironment and seasonal variation in rainfall at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97MA. High Resolution Proxies of Paleoclimate Conference. University of Wisconsin, Madison
2013 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ. Paleopathological evidence of sexual division of labor and diet in the San Francisco Bay Area. Paleopathology Association Abstracts.
2013 Palmer SM. Maritime Adaptation in Baja California: Evidence of Oceanic versus Coastal For-aging in the Gulf of California. Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2013 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM. Emerging Perspectives in San Francisco Bay Area Bioarchaeology: Looking Backward and Moving Forward. (Invited presentation) Society for California Archae-ology Abstracts.
2013 Palmer SM, Chesson LA, Valenzula LO, Bartelink EJ. Extending the Biological Profile: Using Stable Isotope Analysis as an Exclusionary Tool in Region-of-Origin Investigations of Unidenti-fied Remains. American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 19:470.
2012 Palmer SM. Intra-annual variation and paleoenvironments of hominin bipeds at 3.9Ma Allia Bay, Kenya. Stanley J. Olsen Eagle Lake Zooarchaeology Conference.
2012 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ. Diet, dental health, and food acquisition in the prehistoric San Fran-cisco Bay Area: bioarchaeology of the Ellis Landing Ohlone population. (Invited poster) Am J Phys Anthropol. 147(S54):93.
2012 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM, Atwood M, Gardner KS, Leventhal A, Cambra R. Human diet and mortuary patterns in the southeastern San Francisco Bay area: stable isotope analysis of the Ryan
Mound population (CA-ALA-329). (Invited poster) Am J Phys Anthropol. 147(S54):91.
2012 Schoeninger MJ, Palmer SM, Froehle AW, Kellner CM. Diet of early hominins: alternative hy-potheses for the isotope data. Am J Phys Anthropol. 147(S54):262.
2012 Schoeninger MJ, Palmer SM, Froehle AW, Kellner CM. Diet of early hominins: alternative hy-potheses for the isotope data. Paleoanthropology Society Abstracts. 2012:A31.
2012 Gardner KS, Bartelink EJ, Leventhal A, Eerkens J, Palmer SM, Martinez AM, Cambra R. The Significance of Charmstones in Central California Prehistory: A Dietary Perspective. Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2011 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ, Leventhal A, and Cambra R. Paleodietary Reconstruction of the Ryan Mound (CA-ALA-329): An Initial Look at Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2011 Palmer SM. Men at Work: The relationship of auditory exostoses and marine foraging at Ellis Landing (CA-CCO-295). (Invited paper) Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2011 Palmer SM, Meyer J, Bartelink EJ, Miller R. Bioarchaeological and Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Central California Delta Using Geoarchaeology and Diagenesis Indicators to
Select Samples. (Invited paper) Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2011 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM, Eerkens J, Gardner KS, Griffin MC, Wiberg RS, Fitzgerald RT. An-cient Human Diet and Subsistence in the Prehistoric Central California Delta. (Invited paper.)
Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2011 Schoeninger MJ, Palmer SM, Froehle AW, Kellner CM. Diet reconstruction using carbon stable isotope in bone collagen and apatite. Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2011 Palmer SM. Stable isotopes, diagenesis and FTIR: evaluating the differences in C/P and IR-SF values from three different sample preparation methods for spectral analysis. (Poster) Am J Phys Anthropol. 144(S52):84.
2011 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM, Fuller BT, Leventhal A, Cambra R. Prehistoric human foraging in the south San Francisco Bay Area: a stable isotope perspective. (Invited poster) Am J Phys Anthropol. 144(S52):82.
2010 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ, Leventhal A, Cambra R. Paleodietary Reconstruction in the South San Francisco Bay Area: Evidence from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2010 Palmer SM. What can stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes do for Baja California? (Invited paper) Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2010 Taylor L, Palmer SM., Gardner K, Miller R, Bartelink EJ. Evaluating diagenetic alterations affecting stable isotopes in bone using C/P and IR-SF values: An interobserver study for data analysis. (Poster) American Chemical Society 239th National Meeting.
2009 Palmer SM, Carman C. Evaluating diagenetic alterations affecting stable isotopes in bone using C/P and CI values: a comparison of four sample preparation methods for FTIR analysis. (Poster) Am J Phys Anthropol. 138(S48):94.
2009 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ, Wiberg R, Eerkens J. Dietary Analysis of a Windmiller Period Site: Results from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of the Marsh Creek Site. (Invited pa-per) Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2009 Palmer SM, Shapiro L, Jackson R. Are you my mother? : The excavation of remains from the first Insane Asylum of California. (Invited paper) Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2008 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ. Native Nevadan Dining at the Turn of the Century: Stable Isotope Ana-lysis of Skeletal Remains from Palisade. Stanley J. Olsen Eagle Lake Zooarchaeology Conference.
2008 Bartelink EJ, Palmer SM, Juarez CA. Extending the Biological Profile Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis: Prospects and Pitfalls. (Invited paper) American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 14:332.
2008 Palmer SM, Bartelink EJ, Martinez AM. Subsistence Patterns in the San Francisco Bay Area: Results from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. Society for American Archaeology Abstracts.
2008 Palmer SM. Dietary Analysis of the Ellis Landing Site (CA-CCO-295): Evidence from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
2008 Palmer SM. So Many Isotopes, So Little Time: 120 Seconds on Dietary Trends in the San Fran-cisco Bay Area. (Invited paper) Society for California Archaeology Abstracts.
CO-ORGANIZED CONFERENCE SESSIONS
2013 Society for California Archaeology – (with Eric Bartelink) Bioarchaeology By the Bay: Subsistence, Health, Violence, and Mobility Patterns in the San Francisco Bay Area
2013 Society for American Archaeology – (with Andrew Somerville) Isotope Ecology and the Ring of Fire: Bioarchaeology in the Pacific
INVITED TALKS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2015 “SIMS reveals diagenesis and seasonal paleoprecipitation at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 Ma.” Invited talk Richard’s Stable Isotope Group, University of British Columbia
2015 Anthropology Forum: “Diagenesis and seasonal paleoprecipitation at Allia Bay, Kenya 3.97 Ma.” CSU, Chico
2013 “Intro to Forensic Anthropology.” Invited lecture for UCSD course ANTH 2
2012 “Intro to Human Evolution.” Invited representative of CARTA for UCSD course HDP 1
2012 “Intro to Forensic Anthropology.” Invited lecture for UCSD course ANTH 2
2011 “Intro to Human Evolution.” Invited representative of CARTA for UCSD course HDP 1
2011 “Intro to Forensic Anthropology.” Invited lecture for UCSD course ANTH 2
2008 “Subsistence Patterns in the San Francisco Bay Area: Results from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes.” Paper presented at the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Symposium of Student Research and Scholarly Work, CSU, Chico.
2008 Anthropology Forum: “Isotopes, Human Remains and Staying Sane: Surviving Grad School.” CSU, Chico
2006 Anthropology Forum: “The Trouble in River City: The Archaeology of Sacramento.” CSU, Chico
EXPERIENCE AS ORGANIZER AND INSTRUCTOR OF WORKSHOPS
“Comparative Osteoarchaeology: Identifying Human versus Non-Human Bone”
2016 Native American Monitor Training, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Palm Spring (September)
2016 National Park Service (Joshua Tree), 29 Palms, CA (May)
2016 Society for California Archaeology, Meeting Workshop, Ontario, CA. (March)
2015 Caltrans Employee Training Workshop, Redding, CA (March)
2014 Society for California Archaeology, Meeting Workshop, Visalia, CA. (March)
2012 Native American Monitor Training, Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA. (May)
2012 Society for California Archaeology, Meeting Workshop, San Diego, CA. (March)
2011 Archaeological Monitor Training, Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Davis, CA. (May)
2010 Native American Monitor Training, Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA. (September)
2009 Native American Monitor Training, Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA. (June)
2009 CA Search and Rescue (SAREX) Training, Chico (February)
2008 Continuing Education for Agency Archaeologists, Eagle Lake, CA. (July)
2008 Native American Monitor Training, Tolowa Elk Valley Rancheria, Crescent City, CA. (May)
2007 Caltrans Employee Training Workshop, Eagle Lake, CA. (July)
2006 Caltrans Employee Training Workshop, Eagle Lake, CA. (July)
2006 CA Search and Rescue (SAREX) Training, Chico (September)
2005 Society for California Archaeology, Meeting Workshop, Sacramento, CA. (March)
“Advance Osteology for Archaeologists”
2016 Society for California Archaeology, Meeting Workshop, Ontario, CA. (March)
2014 Society for California Archaeology, Meeting Workshop, Visalia, CA. (March)
“Forensic Archaeology: Field Recovery Methods”
2011 One Week Short Course, California State University, Chico (June)
2009 One Week Short Course, California State University, Chico (June)
2008 One Week Short Course, California State University, Chico (June)
“TRIBE Forensics in the Classroom: A Practical Workshop.”
2008 California Science Project for High School Science Teachers, Chico. (April)
OSTEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (non-CRM)
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US Department of Defense, bioarchaeological analysis of 300+ individuals from a |
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Bronze Age site in Jordan (WF-40) |
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2010 |
UC, Berkeley, Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, volunteer osteologist for |
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inventory of CA collections (September-December) |
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2009 |
CSU, Chico NAGPRA Analysis: Osteological inventory of human remains for NAGPRA |
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compliance (April-August) |
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL CRM EXPERIENCE |
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2016 |
Joshua Tree National Park: Osteological Consultant (September) |
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2015 |
Far Western Anthropological Research Group: Osteological Consultant (June) |
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2014 |
Far Western Anthropological Research Group: Osteological Consultant (April, May, |
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July, September) |
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2012 |
Far Western Anthropological Research Group: Osteological Consultant (March) |
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2011 |
ICF, Inc.: Field Osteologist during monitoring for WSDOT, Seattle, Washington and |
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Archeaological Monitor for Border Patrol Station in Boulevard, California (August) |
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2010 |
ICF, Inc.: Field Osteologist excavation of SR-520 bridge expansion for WSDOT, |
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Seattle, Washington (August) |
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Far Western Anthropological Research Group: Osteological Instructor Human Non- |
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human training for native monitors, Ruby Pipeline, Nevada (July) |
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2008 |
SRI, Inc.: Lab Osteologist burial analysis of remains from a late 1800s Tucson cemetery, |
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Joint Courts Cemetery, (July-September) |
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2008 |
Kautz Environmental Consultants: Osteological Consultant (August) |
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Kautz Environmental Consultants: Field Technician (June) survey in Great Basin, Battle |
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Mountain, Nevada |
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2008 |
Tremaine and Associates: Osteological Consultant (March) |
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2007 |
Pacific Legacy: Field Osteologist for removal of burials on the Stockton State Historic |
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Hospital Project and the Highway 16 Capay Project and monitoring for burials on the |
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Highway 46 Sunflower Project. (May and June) |
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2007 |
Pacific Legacy: Lab Osteologist for analysis of 42 burials (July and August) |
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2006 |
Pacific Legacy: Osteological Monitor for the Highway 99 Los Molinos CALTRANS |
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Bridge Improvement Projects (April-May) |
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2006 |
Tremaine and Associates: Field and Lab Director on the Sutter Expansion Project |
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(excavation and monitoring), Sacramento, CA. (May-August) |
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2005 |
Tremaine and Associates: Field Technician for various excavation, survey, and |
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monitoring projects (May-August) |
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2005 |
Pacific Legacy: Field and Lab Technician (June and July) on various survey, |
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excavation and monitoring projects |
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2004 |
Pacific Legacy: Field and Lab Osteologist for the Sacramento State Historic Hospital |
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Project, analysis of 78 burials (March-August) |
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2004 |
Tremaine and Associates: Field Technician for the 9th and J Historic Philadelphia House |
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Excavation, Sacramento, CA. (July) |
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2003 |
Tremaine and Associates: Field Technician for the Sacramento City Hall Project |
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(excavation and monitoring), Sacramento, CA. (March-December) |
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2002 |
Far Western Anthropological Research Group: Field Technician (excavating) for the |
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Sonora Bypass Project and Plumas Highway Expansion Project (June-August) |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTEER WORK
April 2011 Baja California Survey and Excavation. Volunteer osteologist for Dr. Eric Ritter
June 2001 China Field School, The Archaeology and Paleoanthropology of China. Director Dr. Allison Brooks, George Washington University, Washington DC
August 2000 Peru Field School, The Archaeology of Lake Titicaca. Director Cynthia Herhahn, PhC, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
July 1999 Alturas Lithic Scatter and Elizabethtown Excavation, Passport in Time Projects, US Forest Service.
FORENSIC OSTEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE
2004-2009 Recovery Team Member and Lab Analysis Team Member, CSU-Chico Human Identification Lab, Department of Anthropology
2002-2004 Intern, Yolo County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Peer Reviewer: Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Human Evolution, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
2016-2018 Student Representative, Biological Anthropology Section of AAA
2015-2016 Student Liaison to the Executive Committee, AAPA
2012 Local Arrangements Chair, Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting
2011-2014 Biological Anthropology Representative, Anthropology Graduate Student Association,
UCSD
2009-2016 Chair of the Student Affairs Committee, Society for California Archaeology
2006/2007 Student Representative, CSU, Chico, College of Behavioral and Social Science Dean Search Committee (successful search)
2005/2006 Student Representative, CSU, Chico, College of Behavioral and Social Science Dean Search Committee (failed search)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)
Paleopathology Association (PPA)
Paleoanthropology Society (Paleos)
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
Society for California Archaeology (SCA)
Western Bioarchaeological Interest Group (WeBIG)
Southwestern Association of Biological Anthropologists (SWABA)
European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Registered Professional Archaeologist (Since March 2011)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (Since March 2012)