This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Anthropology. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
USING BONE BIOLOGY TO ENHANCE FORENSIC AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL DNA ANALYSIS, Keith M. Biddle
MORPHOMETRIC ANCESTRAL ANALYSIS OF INFRAORBITAL FORAMEN AND MAXILLO-FACIAL LANDMARKS OF ADULT NORTH AMERICAN SKULLS USING X-RAY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS, Anna-Marie Lynn David
The Mountain Home: Spatial and Optimal Foraging Assessments of Hunter- Gatherer Mountain Landscape Use In The Beartooth Mountains, Montana, Scott William Dersam
Revisiting the Ladle House Site: A Starch Granule Analysis of Ground Stone Artifacts from 5MT3873, Cortez, Colorado, Kathryn Marie Kemp
TRACING MIGRATION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN SUBADULTS AT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF CONVENTO: A PRELIMINARY STRONTIUM ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS, Holli Kaye McDonald
Identifying Skeletal Trauma Markers Associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Haley K. Omeasoo
THE SYNDEMIC LANDSCAPE: A NEW PARADIGM FOR MONTANA SUICIDE PREVENTION GROUNDED IN AGRICULTURAL RENEWAL, Emory Chandler Padgett
PRELIMINARY STUDY IN MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF 87Sr/86Sr ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Samantha Powers
The effects humidity & temperature has on DNA contamination during storage, Samantha L. Ramey
THE EFFECTS HUMIDITY & TEMPERATURE HAS ON DNA CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE, Samantha Leigh Allison Ramey
NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AT 48PA551: LAND TENURE AND SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES AMONG MIDDLE HOLOCENE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER-GATHERERS, Ethan Patrick Ryan
MOCCASIN ECONOMICS: ENTANGLED MUSEUM STORIES OF NIITSITAPI WOMEN, LABOR, AND FOOTWEAR, Michaela Ann Shifley
FOR THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE: MICRORITUEL IN THE SOCIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS, Rebekah Morgan Skoog
A COMPREHENSIVE FORENSIC CASE REPORT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY LAB UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FORENSIC CASE #167, Tyler J. Trettin
Y-Chromosome DNA Extraction from Post-Cranial Skeletal Elements, Mykala D. Ward
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND HISTORIC ARTIFACT ANALYSIS FOR THREE PROJECTS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Monte Keoua White
HE, SHE, THEY, OTHER: AN EXAMINATION OF GENDER ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CHATELAINE IN THE ANGLO-SAXON CULTURE, DANE A. WILLIAMS
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
THE ECOLOGY OF PUHA: IDENTITY, ORIENTATION, AND SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS REFLECTED THROUGH MATERIAL CULTURE AND SOCIORELIGIOUS PRACTICE, Aaron Robert Atencio
Mapping Ethnophysiographies: An Investigation of Toponyms and Land Cover of Missoula County, Montana, Emily L. Cahoon
A Moral Influenza: An Historical Archaeological Investigation of the Prohibition Era in the United States 1920-1933, Kelli Michele Casias
A COMPREHENSIVE FORENSIC CASE REPORT FOR THE BONNER COUNTY CORONER CASE #20-100, Megan Copeland
Uncovering Cooperation in Housepit 54, Bridge River, British Columbia, Canada, Megan Denis
Exploring Indigenous Involvement in the Fur Trade at the Bridge River Pithouse Village, British Columbia, Rebekah Jean Engelland
THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN SOIL ON DNA DEGRADATION AFTER DECOMPOSITION, Samantha Hofland
Buffalo in the Mountains: Mapping Evidence of Historical Bison Prescence and Bison Hunting in Glacier National Park, Kyle Langley
Summer Vacation in the Wild: An Historical and Archaeological Study of Timber Land Fraud in the Tobacco Plains, Montana, Tyler Jay Rounds
READING THE BONES: A TAPHONOMIC INVESTIGATION OF ARCHAEOFAUNAL REMAINS RECOVERED FROM SITE 48PA551, NORTHWEST WYOMING, Morgan H. Thurman
The Influence of Ancestry, Sex, and Age on the Morphology of the Frontal Sinus in Black and White Individuals, Hope Annelise Vance
The Lost Histories of the Shetayet of Sokar: Contextualizing the Osiris Shaft at Rosetau (Giza) in Archaeological History, Nicholas Edward Whiting
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC SEX DETERMINATION AND MODELED FRAGMENTARY ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN PUBIC BONE, Katherine Scot Baca
Conceptions and Receptions: A Case Study Analysis of Community Engagement at Four Local Museums, Mary L. Casey
A Comparative Analysis of Homicide Rates Utilizing the University of Tennessee Forensic Data Bank, Anna F. Hampton
SYNCHRONY: AN ASPECT OF THE ABILITIES OF STEPPE HORSE ARCHERS IN EURASIAN WARFARE (525 BCE – 1350 CE), Chris Hanson
Alas, Poor Yorick: A DNA Analysis of Ancestry Using Crania, Claire Hanson
SECRETS OF SOIL: A GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY LIVING FLOORS OF HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nathaniel Louis Perhay
DIET-BREADTH ANALYSIS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: METABARCODING METHOD WITH COPROLITES, Paige Nicole Plattner
A Snapshot of Care: Creating Models of Care for Individuals Included in the Terry Collection, Felicia Robyn Sparozic
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AT PLAZA H, CAHAL PECH: A STUDY IN RESILIENCY, Rachel A. Steffen
A Chip off the Old Rock: An Investigation of Hunter-Gatherer Lithic Behavior at Site 48PA551 Using the FIeld Processing Model, Emma Lydia Vance
HANDING DOWN THE HERITAGE: PRESERVING IRISH DIASPORIC IDENTITIES IN THE FESTIVAL CITY OF MONTANA, Margaret Mary Walsh
A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BURNED HUMAN REMAINS, Amanda Noel Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
3D PRINTING OF THE PROXIMAL RIGHT FEMUR: IT’S IMPLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY, Myriah Adonia Jo Allen
THE QUEST OF VISION: VISUAL CULTURE, SACRED SPACE, RITUAL, AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF LIVED EXPERIENCE THROUGH ROCK IMAGERY, Aaron Robert Atencio
Sexual Dimorphism in Skeletal Trauma Associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Keith Biddle
RECONNECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO THE SUNLIGHT BASIN: INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY, Liz Dolinar
GRANT-PROPOSAL WRITING AS A CRAFT AND POTENTIAL WAYS TO IMPROVE GRANT-PROPOSAL WRITING KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION READINESS FOR STUDENTS SEEKING FUNDING ASSISTANCE ATTENDING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, Eileen L. Flannigan-Lewis
A Comprehensive Forensic Case Report for the University of Montana Forensic Collection Case #141, Nohely Gonzalez
“IF THE WATER IS TAKING IT AWAY, LET THE WATER TAKE IT AWAY…”: A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF CONSULTATION AT LAKE KOOCANUSA, Kayla Ciara Johnson
Cultural Property Protection and Preservation During Counterinsurgency Operations: A Handbook for Archaeologists Choosing to Serve with the American Military in the Global War on Terrorism, Thomas Joseph Livoti
NATIVE AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAMS: CULTURAL HERITAGE AS AN APPROACH TO COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, Michaelle Anne Machuca
HUMAN VS. NON-HUMAN BONE: A NON-DESTRUCTIVE HISTOLOGICAL METHOD, Haley N. O'Brien
Mapping Ideologies: Place Names in Glacier National Park, Kaitlin E. Pipitone
DNA ANALYSIS ON CERAMIC COOKING VESSELS, Britney J. Radford
DNA integrity in forensic samples, Samantha L. Ramey
LEARNING FROM THE LANDSCAPE: INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND PLACER MINING LANDSCAPES IN THE ELK CREEK MINING DISTRICT, WESTERN MONTANA, Brent Stephen Rowley
Learning From Stone: Using Lithic Artifacts to Explore the Transmission of Culture at Bridge River, British Columbia, Anne V. Smyrl
IS HUMLA, NEPAL REALLY OPEN DEFECATION FREE? LATRINE USAGE AND UPKEEP POST ODF, Evan William Stewart
A Comprehensive Case Report for the University of Montana Forensic Anthropology Laboratory Case #18-188, Elizabeth Rose Valentine
An Investigation of Historic Euro-American Inscriptions at Madison Buffalo Jump, Jay Thomas Vest
THE ANZICK ARTIFACTS: A HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FORAGER TOOL ASSEMBLAGE, Samuel Stockton White V
CONSTRUCTING DISTANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT THEORIES: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DEATH NOTIFICATION INTERACTIONS, Teresa Ann 'Lilly' White
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, Erin Chiniewicz
8HG1312 Amanda's Terrace Lithic Analysis, SEAN FLYNN
The Sylvan Blindspot: The Archaeological Value of Surface Vegetation and a Critique of its Documentation, John S. Harris
VARIATION OF TOOL MARK CHARACTERISTICS IN FROZEN BONE AS IT RELATES TO DISMEMBERMENT, Elena Hughes
A CERAMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO TERMINAL CLASSIC MAYA SITES: EXAMINING ECONOMIC TIES THROUGH POTTERY, Kara B. Johannesen
PIG TRAUMA MODELS: A CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON AR-15 POST-CRANIAL SKELETAL TRAUMA, Lauren M. Kenney
TRIBAL CONSULTATION: A CRITICAL REMINDER OF CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAWS AND OBLIGATIONS, Natasha F. LaRose
SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, Cheyenne Louise Laue
The Battle of the Little Bighorn Gunshot Trauma Analysis: Suicide Prevalence Among the Soldiers of the 7th Cavalry, Genevieve M. Mielke
What's For Dinner?: A Faunal Analysis of the Bison, Elk, and Bighorn Sheep Bones from the Windy Bison Site (48YE697), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Collin R. Price
CHIPPING THROUGH TIME: THE EVOLUTION OF LITHIC SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AT THE BRIDGE RIVER PITHOUSE VILLAGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Ethan P. Ryan
DIFFERENTIAL DECOMPOSITION RATES OF NON-HUMAN REMAINS WITH THE FACILITATION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN DISSIMILAR DEPOSITION ENVIRONMENTS, Hayley Savage
OF RUPTURES AND RAPTURES: LOCATING IDEOLOGY WITH LIDAR IMAGERY, William Dale Schroeder
CALIFORNIA CREEK QUARRY: REGIONAL PERSEPCTIVES AND UAS MAPPING, David A. Schwab
THE EFFECTS OF COMMON METHODS OF SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL ON SKELETAL REMAINS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Emily Silverman
THE EFFECTS OF COMMON METHODS OF SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL ON SKELETAL REMAINS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Emily Silverman
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Fertility and Reproduction's Niche: Human Sexual Diversity, Samuel w. Austin
PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: NIKUTORU, TABITEUEA MAIAKI, KIRIBATI, Jaime Lynn Bach
BEFORE ABANDONMENT: SOCIAL CHANGE IN PRE-COLONIAL HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER SITE (EeRl4), BRITISH COLUMBIA, Kathryn L. Bobolinski
SET THE NET: THE HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE OF FISH CAMP AND WILD SALMON IN BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA, Sarah Jane Braund
A COMPREHENSIVE CASE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA CASE 37, Cody M. Lawson
Visions of Sovereignty: Tribal Sovereignty through the Lenses of Postcolonialism, Indigenous Film, and Visual Anthropology, Martin I. Lopez
DRIVERS OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC SHIFTS AT THE BRIDGE RIVER SITE (EeRl4), BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sarah Nowell
Determining the Presence of Remains Using the Chemical Composition of Burned Cadaver Ash, Megan J. Richardson
An Exploratory Study of Burial Identification Using Historic Human Remains Detection Dog Alerts and Inorganic Soil Analyses, Britt Schlosshardt
Viewing Sacred Lands Through the Federal Lens, Nicholas Shankle
Potentially Dangerous Enemy Aliens: Experiences at Fort Missoula and Transformative Immigration Policy in the United States, Daniel Smith
Violence, Catastrophe, and Agency in Nepal: A Deeper Understanding of the 2015 Earthquakes and Border Blockade, Kassandra D. Viers
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Class III Archaeological Survey Report: Madison Buffalo Jump State Park, Gallatin County, Montana, Brandon J. Bachman
Dogs Are Expensive: Cost-Benefit Perspectives on Canid Ownership at Housepit 54, Bridge River, British Columbia, Ben B. Chiewphasa
A Comparison of the Utility of Craniometric and Dental Morphological Data for Assessing Biodistance and Sex-Differential Migration in the Pacific Islands, Brittney A. Eubank
Knife River Flint Distribution and Identification in Montana, Laura Evilsizer
THE USE OF STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS ON BURIALS AT CAHAL PECH, BELIZE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY TRENDS IN MORTUARY PRACTICES OVER TIME AND SPACE, Kirsten Anne Green
ON THE ROAD TO BETTER HEALTH? IMPACTS OF NEW MARKET ACCESS ON FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION, AND WELL-BEING IN NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Michelle Ursula Grocke