ELIZABETH WEISS, Ph.D.

E-mail:eweiss@email.sjsu.edu
or eweiss@anthrosciences.com

Address:
One Washington Square,
Department of Anthropology,
San Jose State University,
San Jose, CA 95192-0113


Elizabeth Weiss - AAPA 2006

Elizabeth Weiss - August 
2008


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Reburying the Past: The Effects of Repatriation and Reburial on Scientific Inquiry. (Hardcover Edition)

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Bioarchaeological Science: What we have Learned from Human Skeletal Remains (Hardcover Edition)


Looking at Hippo Fossils in Kenya (1996)

Looking at hippo fossils in Kenya (1996).

 

Conference Papers: 

 

Education: 

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A. Anthropology 1996).

  • California State University, Sacramento (M.A. Anthropology 1998).

  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Ph.D. Environmental Dynamics 2001).

Employment: 

  • Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, 2004-present.

  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2002-2004.

  • Teaching/Laboratory Assistant, University of Arkansas, 1998-1999.

  • Teaching Assistant, California State University Sacramento, 1997-1998.

Field Experience: 

  • Summer 1994 - Cabrillo Community College Field School at Big Sur, California.

  • Summer 1996 - Koobi Fora Field School (Harvard University) at Koobi Fora, Kenya.

At San Jose State University, August 2007.

At San Jose State University, August 2007.

 

M.A. Thesis: Sexual differences in activity patterns of a central Californian hunter-gatherer population. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento (1998).

Ph.D. Thesis: A cross-cultural study of humeri: environmental causes of morphology. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (2001).


Measuring a femur, Canada (2002)

Measuring bones in Ottawa, Canada (2002).


Books:

  • Reburying the Past: The Effects of Repatriation and Reburial on Scientific Inquiry. Nova Science Publishers. (2008).

  • Bioarchaeological Science: What We Have Learned From Skeletal Remains. Nova Science Publishers. (in press).

Articles:

Book Chapters:

  • When it Rains it Pours: Multiple Congenital Pathologies in Single Individuals. In: Archeology Research Trends. Alex R. Suarez and Marc N. Vasquez, Editors. (2008).

  • Basic physical anthropology and assessment of the 'Kennewick Man' skeleton. (with J.F. Powell and J.C. Rose) In: Kennewick Man. Francis P. McManamon, Editor. (in press).

  • Age and Sex influences on aggregate upper limb asymmetry in a central California skeletal population: Activity Patterns and Ontogeny. In: Physical Anthropology Research Trends. Frank Columbus, Editor. (in press).