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 2011
Sex and Ancestry Estimation Using the Base of the Cranium, David Andrew Carlisle
Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations, Elizabeth R. Chalgian
THE USE OF CT ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE AGES OF A MODERN HUMAN TOOTH SAMPLE: A COMPARISION WITH DENTAL ATTRITION AND THE LAMENDIN METHOD, Kristina Galdes
PARAFFIN: AN ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE FOR BONE CONSERVATION, Victoria E. Luksha
Individual Agency and Military Structure: Personal Artifacts From 1890s Fort Missoula, Jackson Cossitt Mueller
Protohistoric Signatures of Household Material Wealth: An Interhousehold Analysis of the Bridge River Site (EeRI4), Lee Nicole Reininghaus
University of Montana Forensic Case #12: Comprehensive Case Analysis, Lauren Leanne Richardson
CRANIOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF ANCESTRY IN PEOPLES OF INDIA, Cynthia K Coe Ross
Utilitarian and Industrial Ceramics of Montana in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Matthew Gregory Sadorf
The Seen and Unseen: Religion and Identity in the Chicago American Indian Community, Eli Steven Suzukovich III
Listen to the Bones: An Analysis of the Variation within the Faunal Remains at the Bridge River Site, Ogden Wyatt Ward
The 2010 Class III Archaeological Investigations of the Sheepeater Cliff Site (48YE29), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Matthew Clyde Werle
Cultural Politics and Mining Development in Alaska's Bristol Bay Fishery, Amanda Rose Wlaysewski
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Klonopin Collectifs, the “Charms” of Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Other Pleasures of Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use, Henry Erikson Bundy
A Comparison Study of Vertebral Degenerative Joint Disease in the Hunter-Gatherer Population at Indian Knoll, Kentucky and Agriculturalists, Ashley Lynn Burch
Final Inventory Report Glacier National Park, Lake Sherburne Archeological Inventory & Report, RM-CESU Cooperative Agreement: CA-1200-99-007, Brenda Lea Covington
Cinnabar: Archaeology and History of Yellowstone's Lost Train Town, David Scott Dick
THE USE OF TOOTH PIT AND TOOTH/JAW MEASUREMENTS TO IDENTIFY CARNIVORE TAXA RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE ON SCAVENGED BONE, Jennifer L. Foust
Analysis of The University of Montana Forensic Case 29, Daniel James Haak
Home Swede Home: The Archaeology of Swedish Cultural Identity at a Western Homestead, Amanda Clare Haught
Graduate Portfolio: An Anthology of Selected Professional Papers, Kevin John Lyons
"The Coming Man From Canton": Chinese Experience in Montana (1862-1943), Christopher William Merritt
Fort Owen: The History and Archaeology of a Contact Period Site in Western Montana, Donald Merritt
Masculine Domesticity in the Mining West: An Archaeological Investigation at Coloma Ghost Town, Margaret Anne Thurlo
WHY THE XWISTEN CROSSED THE RIVER: LITHIC TRANSPORT STRATEGIES ON THE CANADIAN PLATEAU, Michael Todd Wanzenried
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Worlds Apart: Social Mechanisms of Contrasting Fertility in European American and Native American Populations on the Northern Plains, Janet Mary Bush
A Spatial Analysis of 24HL1085: A Prehistoric Site in the Bear's Paw Mountains, Jessica Jo Bush
Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Three Crania Housed at the University of Montana Physical Anthropology Lab, Bonny Marie Christy
USING THE FREEZE-THAW CYCLE TO DETERMINE THE POSTMORTEM INTERVAL: AN ASSESSMENT OF PIG DECOMPOSITION IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA, Beatrix Dudzik
Identification of fractures before and after removal of soft tissue: a case report, Walter Loren Kemp
Airport Rings: Stone Circle Archaeology In Yellowstone National Park, Michael Livers
RELATING TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BISON REMAINS TO CULTURAL AND SPATIAL INFERENCE: A STUDY OF THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE TONGUE RIVER BUFFALO JUMP SITE (24RB2135), Blair Elizabeth Logan
HISTORICAL CEMETERY RESIDENTS UNEARTHED: REANALYSIS OF UMFC64 AND UMFC65, Nancy Kay Luger
An Examination of Error in the Application of Pubic Aging Techniques, Ellery Kate Lungmus
A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA CASE 29, Jennifer Claire Munch
Testing of a Portuguese Method for Estimating Skeletal Age at Death in Adults Using the Acetabulum on an American Sample, Brian Paul Ouellette
The Postmortem Interval: A Systematic Study of Pig Decomposition in West Central Montana, Hillary Renee' Parsons
Age Estimation of Fetal Skeletal Remains from the Forensic Context, Jennifer Ellen Sanders
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
A Comprehensive Case Report on University of Montana Forensic Case 66, Christopher John Buckley
Comparisons in the cranial form of the Blackfeet Indians: A reassessment of Boas' Native American data, Jenee Caprice Gesler
Changes in Osteoarthritis of the Elbow and Shoulder Joints in Women when Trasitioning from Hunting and Gathering to an Agricultural Subsistence, Kirsten Anne Green
Debating Identity: Urban Indians in the Healthcare System, Erin J. Klahn
Anthropometric Variation in California: A Study of Native American Populations, Catherine R. Mahoney
Using 3-D Geometric Morphometric Techniques to Further Understand the Relationship Between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, Jolen Anya Minetz
AGE AT DEATH ESTIMATION FROM THE SACRAL SIDE OF THE SACROILIAC JOINT, Misty Marie Keahi Rego
Why Take the Risk?: Women's Interpretive Repertoires for Choosing Home Birth, Laura Ann St. Clair
A Clean Slate: The Archaeology of the Donner Party's Writing Slate Fragments, Molly Elizabeth Swords
Custer's Last Drag: An Examination of Tobacco Use Among the Seventh Cavalry During the Nineteenth Century, Shannon Marjorie Vihlene
A Comprehensive Case Study of Missoula County Sheriff's Office Case #85-09102, Debbie L. Wilkey, RN
Depression-Era Coloma: A World-Systems Study of Mining and Daily Life Experiences in a Reoccupied Montana Ghost Town, Benjamin Woody
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
A Lithic Raw Materials Study of the Bridge River Site, British Columbia, Canada, Darrell Albert Austin
Boomtown to Outdoor Museum: An Examination of Nevada City, Montana, for Placement on the National Register of Historic Places, Lara Briann Feider
A Modern Examination of Marcus Goldstein’s Mexican Immigrant Population Data: Comparisons of Mexican-born and U.S.-born Children and Adults Living in 1930’s America and Mexico, Amanda Katelin Gango
The Tongue River Bison Jump (24RB2135): The Technological Organization of Late Prehistoric Period Hunter-Gatherers in Southeastern Montana, Joseph Shawn Hamilton
Small Robe Band of Blackfeet: Ethnogenesis by Social and Religious Transformation, Linda Matt Juneau
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN MONTANA: A SAMPLE OF UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL SITES, HELEN ALEXANDRA KEREMEDJIEV
A REANALYSIS OF BOAS’S HEBREW IMMIGRANT DATA: COMPARISONS OF FOREIGN-BORN AND US-BORN CHILDREN LIVING IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICA, Margaret Rose Kress
THE SHIELD BEARING WARRIORS OF BEAR GULCH: A LOOK AT PREHISTORIC WARRIOR IDENTITY IN ROCK ART AND PLACES OF POWER, Melissa Marie Ray
Let's Piece the Past Together: Writing a Book about African Diaspora Archaeology Education for Middle School Students, Michelle Cull San Antonio
UMFC #66 A Comprehensive Case Report, Jeffery Adam Schiel
The Importance of Individual and Population Variation to Human Stature Estimation, Kelly Jean Shields
Ethnogenesis of Metis, Cree and Chippewa in Twentieth Century Montana, Elizabeth Sperry
Developing a GIS-Based Weights of Evidence Predictive Model to Locate the Probability of Prehistoric Sites in Southwest Montana, Jason Daniel Strahl
Faunal Analysis of the Tongue River Bison Kill Site (24RB2135) in Southeastern Montana, Hilleary Allison Sutton
A Comprehensive Case Report of University of Montana Forensic Collection Case #141, Yasuko Takebe
Decomposition and the Freeze-Thaw Process in Northwestern Montana: A Preliminary Study, Laura Beth Wagster
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Forensic anthropology : its contribution to forensic cases submitted to the University of Montana for analysis, Ana M. Byrne
Community dynamics and social status at the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, St. Kitts, West Indies, Jennifer B. Camp
Initial Investigations of Possible Historic Chinese Habitation of Site 24SA0122 (Poacher Gulch), Jennifer A. Childress
Historical demography of the Coeur d' Alene 1900-1930, Christina Joy. Heiner
Evolution and intelligent design: College students' perspectives, Bethany Klein
Alaskan Eskimo and Polynesian Island Population Skeletal Anatomy: The "Pacific Paradox" Revisited Through Surface Area to Body Mass Comparisons, Wendy Nicole Leach
Elemental analysis of nineteenth century lead artifacts from Lewis and Clark and Hudson's Bay sites of the Pacific Northwest, Jamie Ryan Lockman
The Slate and Silicified Shale Industry Recovered From the Bridge River Site (EeR14) British Columbia, Sierra A. Mandelko
Bioarchaeology at Grand Bay and Tyrell Bay, two contemporary Amerindian sites on Carriacou Island, Grenada, West Indies, Ryan R. Reeves
Examination of the structure and function of the mesoscale landscape occupied by Purgatorius genus, Erika Ringleb
Analysis of Hutterite breastfeeding patterns, Christine Smith
Comprehensive forensic case report case UMFC 39, Christina M. Traore
UMFC #12 : a comprehensive forensic analysis case report, Stacy Mae Westberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
A comparative study of prevalence rates of rheumatoid arthritis, Rochelle K. Bennett
Interpreting the past through faunal analysis at the Bridge River Site, Jessica Carol Bochart
Historic settlement of the Rattlesnake Creek Drainage, Montana| An archaeological and historical perspective, Daniel S. Comer
Comparative study of pelvic variability in relation to sexual dimorphism and geography in both modern and pre-historic populations, Dawn Marie Corso
Case of historical forensics : the identification of Rattlesnake Jake, Susan M. Craun
Structure, function, and dating of external cooking features at the Bridge River Site, Catherine Alison Dietz
For as long as the sun shall rise and the mountains cast their shadows, Betty K. Henderson-Matthews
Change in nasal width produced by smiling: Its application in forensic art, Michelle M. Hinojosa
Comprehensive examination of the University of Montana Forensic Case 141, Amanda Marie Mason
Occupation chronology of Housepit 7 at the Keatley Creek site| An analysis of stratigraphy and dating, Trinity D. Schlegel
Tree Frog Site| A protohistoric large game procurement and processing site in the Centennial Valley, Montana, LeAnn Carol Schuster
Ethnographic survey of contemporary concepts of health and illness among individual Chippewas and Crees, Eli S. Suzukovich
A cultural study of the Bad Pass Trail in the Pryor Mountains Montana and Wyoming, Ashley Wisehart
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne: Medicinal Plants, Gabriel Ruben Bernier