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.

Education

• B.S., Anthropology, University of Utah
• M.S., Anthropology, University of Utah
• Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Utah. Project: After the Rain: Using Paleoecological Methods to Inform Archaeological Investigation in Baja California and Range Creek Canyon, Utah