Anthropology Master's Theses
2010
Brooks, K. - Organic Residue Analysis Performed on Prehistoric Mogollon Ceramics from Southwestern New Mexico
Haney, D. - Traditional Food Plant Use and Knowledge Transmission Among the Mi’Kmaq of Care Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Scudder, R.L. - An Investigation of Turtle Use at Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, Mexico
2009
Clake, T.A. - The Mother-Infant Relationship, Infant Ontogeny and Behavior of an Endagered Rainforest Lemur: The Milne-Edwards' Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi)
Gonzales, L.A. - An Assessment of Brain Size and Internal Basicranial Morphology of the Middle Micocene Old World Monkey Vitoriapithecus
Griffith, T.L. - Playas and People: Examining Relationships Between Water Availability and Cultural Behavior in the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
Humphrey, K. - Prehistoric Site Density in the Jornada Del Muerto: Spatial Analysis Utilizing Archeological Survey Data
Kroulek, J.R. - Narratives of Breastfeeding in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Melendez, D. - A Cultural Inventory of Animals and Their Cultural Significance to Apache
Moench, V. - Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Spit: The Creation and Social Cultivation of Taste in New Mexico Wine
Renn, J. - What's in the Pot?: A Field Based Functional Analysis of Reconstructable Vessels
Tuthill, T. - Artillery Technology from Defacto Sites as an Indicator of Technology in Frontier Conflict Zones
2008
Allen, Kari - Hand Anatomy of Kenyapithecus africanus (Hominoidea, Primates) from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Kenya
Arata, Sean - The Search for Primary Contexts at Isla Cilvituk, Campeche: GIS Applications
Cox, Shelby - Pest Knowledge and Transmission among Organic Avocado Growers in Michoacán, Mexico
Harvey, Maria - Women and the Conservation of Food Varities in Mexico: The Cultural Importance of Homegardens in Purhépecha Communities
Magaha, Stephanie - The Price of Bread: An Investigation of the Pathological Expression of Dietary Differences between theMimbres and Pottery Mound Populations
Martinez, Ruth - Lacustrine Resource Use at Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, Mexico: A Case Study for Pomacea flagellata
Sharratt, Aaron - Contributions from the Margins: Mushrooms in Michoacán, Mexico
2007
Andrade, Sandra - The Effects of 20th Century GLobalization on the Built Environment of Civiltuk, Campeche, Mexico
Danzy, Jennifer - The Color of Temperament and Heart: The Hormonal and Behavoiral Basis of Female Rhesus Macaque Color on Cayo Santiago
Komulainen, Nancy - The Important, Yet Elusive Role of Maya Sacbeob
Lujan, Ana Mortui - Vivo Docent: Distinguishing Native American and Asian Populations
Lynch, Elizabeth - Dental Microware Analysis of Small Bodied Apes from the Early and Middle Miocene of Kenya
Poitevint, Lindsay - An Investigation of the Life Histories of Small and Large Game at the Joyce Well Site, New Mexico
2006
Campion, Douglas - Narcoculture: An Anthropological Analysis of the Cultural Features of the Drug Trade in El Paso, Texas/Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Escabi-Ruiz, Carla - Tarsiers and Humans: Pets, Ecotourism, and Conservation
Kricka, Thomas - Run for Water, Run for Life: Hopis' Conceptions of Water
Leggett, Angela - Ancash's Artists: A Study with Souvenir Textile Weavers in Andean Peru
2005
Graham, Becki - Linguistic Controlling Devices and Gender-differentiated Speech Patterns in Doña Ana County District Court Prose Divorce Cases
Martinez, Amanda - Abandonment at Isla Cilvituk: Ceramics as Evidence
Martinez, Nicole - Perceptions of Place and Identity in the community of Doña Ana
Matt, Lanell - A Biological Distance Study of Non-Metric Cranial Traits for Three Prehistoric New Mexico: Nanishagi Ruins, Kuau Pueblo, and the Angus Site
Pardikes, Thomas James - Hopi and Western Concepts of Action
2004
Arford, Kristi - A Kinder, Gentler Islam: The Creation of a Muslim American Identity by Women Converts in Rural New Mexico
Fields, Lori Lee - Object Manipulation and Hand Preferences in the Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis
Hooper, John - Energetic Investment in the Acropolis at Yalbac, Belize: A Comparative Approach
Hunter, John Anderson - Zooarchaeological and Taphonomic Analysis of Fauna Remains at Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, New Mexico
Stowe, Michael A. - A Mesoamerican Ballcourt at the Joyce Well Site, Southwestern New Mexico
Wintcher, Amanda Renee - Sacred Homes and Animal Spirits: Quadruped Images in the Rock Art of the Purgatoire River Region, Las Animas County, Southeast Colorado
2003
Blunk, William B. - Obligation and Belief in Yucatic Mayan Narrative
Guerrero, Marcos L. - Untangling the Maya Universe: Geometric Variation Among Architectural Mat Motifs in the Northern Lowlands
Knight, Brian D. - Early Hunter-gatherer Occupations in the Southern Playas and Animas Valleys, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
2002
Graebner, Sean M. - Monumental Architecture and the Ancient Maya: The Royal Acropolis at Yalbac, Central Belize
Hokanson, Jeffrey H. - What is the Point?
Jeakle, Julie E. - Social Integration and the Maya: The Multifunctionality of Mesoamerican Ball Courts
McGahee, Gaea Davy - Parallel Lives: Re-Interpreting the Life Histories of People and Parrots at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
Oemig, Paulo Andreas - Roman Catholic Sentiments on Popular Catholicism of Northern New Mexico: Its History, Life, and Challenges as Told Through the Voice of the Priests
Rodriguez, Rebecca - Young Maya Women Weavers in Cooperatives: Staying Single in Chiapas
2001
Arie, Jane Caroline - Sun Kings and Hierophants: Geocosmic Orientation and the Classic Maya
Gibson, Ralph D. - Lunar Archaeology: The Application of Federal Historic Preservation Law to the Site Where Humans First Set Foot Upon the Moon
Owen, Elizabeth Ann - The Gap Hill (LA 125819) Archaeological Research Project: Methods and Procedures in the Proton Magnetometry Survey, Data Recovery, and Testing of a Vandalized Mimbres Site
Scott, Audrey - The Development of Metric Sexing Methodology on University Teaching Skeletons Origination from the Indian Subcontinent
2000
Blakney, Jane Anne - The Role of Trading Posts on the Capitalists Frontier: The Wertheim General Store: A Case Study
Chandler, Shari Louise - Sourcing Three Circle Phase Ceramics From Old Town (LA1113), Luna County, New Mexico
Ernst, Moira Weber - Acolian Formation Processes at Site NMSU 1564/66
Hartley, Charles W. III - Theories of State Formation in Early China: A Synthesis of Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
Henehan, Teresa - New Farms: A Case Study in Organic Farming Organizations
Rodriguez, Cheryl Anne - Somos Una Familia: Women's Participation in Campamentos Unidos, A Mexican Social Movement Organization
Snedden, Megan Elizabeth - Women's Experiences in the Mercado Cuahtemoc, An Urban Market of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
1999
Burleson, Richard L - Lithic Analysis of the Postclassic Maya Site Isla Cilvituk: Utilizing Microware and Experimental Approaches to Evaluate Approaches to Evaluate Anthropological Problems at a Regional Scale
Campbell, Paul Jefferson II - Burning Down the House: Roof Burning and Ritual Abandonment at Aztec Ruin, New Mexico
Clark, Caroline Sloan - Skeletal Asymmetry in Two South African Populations
Cruze, Warren - Topic Continuity in Discourse: An Analysis of Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache Coyote Stories
Kasson, Robin N. - An Experimental Study of Pif (Sus Scrofa) Carrion Decomposition and Arthropod Succession Rates with a Known Time of Death in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Lanc, Deanna D. - A Study of Change in Belt Weaving at Laguna Pueblo
Marinas- Feliner, Silva - Paquime: Architecture, Labor, and Socio-Political Complexity
Reese, Nancy G - Research Design for Archaeological and Archival Investigations at the Jonesborough Site, Texas (41RR15)
1998
Gibbs, Victor Royal - Design of Southern New Mexico Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Hawkins, William Chandler - Shifting Subsistence Strategies in the Prehistoric Mesilla Valley
Keihl, Dale Joseph - A Visual Ethnohistory of the Latvian Midsummer Festival
Leven, Carrie - Stereotypes on Ice: Media Images in Women's Figure Skating
Potter-Finn, Dayna M. - Investigation into the Ossification of the Thyroid Cartilage in a Sample of 500 Men and Women