in such a way that left descendants. I apply my theoretical argument for storytelling through a critical analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. I present testable hypotheses concerning both traditional and modern influence of the design of the play in its...

Anthropology faculty members explore links between evolution and human behavior....

researchers will be able to draw more definite conclusions about the demographic results and consequences of the pandemic. Doing so can also serve a function in forming modern public health policy. This analysis presents demographic information for St. Louis...

on reproduction is accompanied by patterns of polygynandrous mating, and has generated cultural institutions for extramarital relationships. Partible paternity presents us with an opportunity to investigate the complexity of human reproductive strategies...

present. Archaeologists have long held that the East contains a substantially greater degree of morphological variation in Paleoindian point forms, though precisely why this is the case has rarely been explained. It is also unclear how many of the various...

This poster present photos and charts of churches that align with solstice sunrises or sunsets, as examples of architecture as astronomical instruments....

This presentation honors the landmark achievements of Albert Bates Lord, one of the founders of the field of studies in oral tradition, and celebrates the generous donation of his and Mary Louise Lord's personal libraries by their sons Nathan...

Extra-Lethal Violence, a form of physical aggression that goes beyond the necessity to kill someone, presents a conundrum: it is inefficient and dangerous to produce, especially during warfare. Extra-Lethal Violence, particularly when it manifests...

the results of the analysis of 180 obsidian artifacts recovered from 76 Draw, a Medio period (A.D.1200 to 1450) settlement in New Mexico are presented. My analysis of 33 artifacts was combined with data from previously sourced obsidian from the same site...

Tool use is no longer a defining characteristic of humans--other primates are proficient tool users (e.g. chimpanzees), but several non-primate species are competent tool users and manufacturers as well. Sex differences ...

,000 settled in 66 towns in 33 states in the US (Ayd?ngun et al., 2006). This study focused on understanding ethnic identity and life of Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks in Columbia, Missouri. It presented both my fieldwork as well as other pertinent literature...

The author explores his beliefs and perspectives, from both a professional and personal level.

Tibial retroversion, or the posterior angulation of the tibial plateau relative to the diaphysis, has been tentatively linked to several behaviors in anthropological literature. While a large body of work, dating as far back as the late 1800's, has...

This presentation presents pictures and layouts of Buena Vista in Peru, a temple that has the oldest calendar found in the world, and the first preceramic three dimensional sculptures found in the New World. It is an example of a site...

This powerpoint presentation describes the results of skeletal studies of the health and diet of families from preceramic Peru within the context of studies of individuals to populations. Findings from Paloma in the Valle de Chilca, and Villa El...

The Titelberg in modern Luxembourg was not only the largest oppidum of the late Iron Age in Gallia Belgica, but the most long-lived, with occupations from La Tène II continuous for centuries, ultimately prospering due to ...