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Jack M. Broughton
Department Chair, University of Utah, Anthropology Department
Professor, Anthropology Department
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Tom Flanigan
Associate Instructor, Anthropology Department
Affiliated Researcher, University of Utah Archaeological Center, University of Utah, Anthropology Department
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Anthropology Department
Heritage Program Manager / Forest Archaeologist for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Research Keywords:
Behavior Ecology, Lithic Technology, Great Basin, Plains, Alaska, Siberia, Upper Paleolithic, Paleoindian, Paleoarchaic, Hunter-Gatherers, Foragers
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ISAAC ALFRED HART
Graduate Student, Anthropology Department
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Utah, Anthropology Department
Research Summary: My research involves using methods from paleobiogeography and paleoecology to understand human decision making in the past. I combine analysis of past plant communities (pollen-based paleoenvironmental reconstruction) and animal communities (analysis of animal bones from archaeoloigcal sites) with archaeological research regarding human subsistence practices. My geographic areas of research include central Utah, Baja California, and western Mongolia.
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SHANE JAMES MACFARLAN
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department
Research Summary: I am a cultural anthropologist whose research combines evolutionary, economic, and ecological approaches to human behavior and cognition. I employ mixed methods to investigate how kinship, social networks, spatial proximity, and reputations affect cooperation, conflict, and the use of natural resources. Currently, I perform research in rural ranching communities in Baja California Sur, Mexico. I previously worked in a horticultural, Afro-Caribbean village on the Commonwealth of Dominica.
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POLLY W WIESSNER
Professor, Anthropology Department
Research Professor, Anthropology Department
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Hayley T. Kievman
Graduate Research Assist (RA), Anthropology Department
Research Summary: My research focuses on the interactions between humans and their environments in coastal contexts and using stable isotopes to link human behavior to environmental changes.