ELIZABETH WEISS, Ph.D.

E-mail:Elizabeth.Weiss@sjsu.edu

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

Photo taken by Maarten van Dijk (http://www.van-digital.com).

Looking at hippo fossils in Kenya (1996).

Conference Papers: 

• June 1997 - Hair phobia in the Middle East. Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Tucson, AZ.

• April 1998 - A biomechanical analysis of femoral cross-sections from population SJO-91. Southwestern Anthropological Association, Sacramento, CA.

• April 1999 - Sexual differences in activity patterns of a central Californian hunter-gatherer population. American
  Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, OH.

• July 1999 - Sexual differences in activity patterns of a hunter-gatherer population. International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• April 2000 - Temporal differences in quality of life in two Native American populations. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Antonio, TX.

• June 2000 - Inferring Kennewick Man's behavior from CT-scans. Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Amherst, MA.

• August 2000 - Kennewick Man's funeral: the burying of scientific evidence. Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Washington, DC.

• March 2001 - Kennewick Man's behavior: a CT-scan analysis. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Kansas City, MO.

• April 2002 - The mystery of muscle markers: aggregation and construct validity. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Buffalo, NY.

• October 2002 - Humeral cross-sectional morphology from 18th Century Quebec prisoners of war: Activity pattern or biology? Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

• April 2003 - Humeri do not behave like femora when it comes to travel. Southwestern Anthropological Association, Bakersfield, CA.

   

  

  Elizabeth Weiss at the Paleopathology Association Meeting (2003).

• April 2003 - Humeral cross-sections and pathology: A comparison of 18^th C. Quebec prisoners of war with 20^th C. New Mexico suburbanites. Paleopathology Association Meeting, Tempe, AZ.

• April 2004 - When size does not matter: An examination of aggregate osteoarthritis.American Association of Physical Anthropologists,Tampa, FL.

• April 2005 - Out of Joint: What patterns of osteoarthritis might tell us about activity (with R. Jurmain). American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Milwaukee, WI.

• April 2005 - Humeral Bilateral Asymmetry in Four Populations: Effects of sex, subsistence, and rowing. Southwestern Anthropological Association, San Jose, CA.

• February 2006 - NAGPRA: Before and After. American Association for the Advancement of Science, St. Louis, MO.

• March 2006 - Developmental influences on upper limb asymmetry in a skeletal population from central California (with R. Jurmain). American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Anchorage, AK.

• August - September 2006 - Osteoarthritis, Trauma, and Patterns of Asymmetry of the Upper Limb (with R. Jurmain). Paleopathology Association, Santorini,Greece.

• November 2006 - Craniofacial Trauma in a Prehistoric California Population: Patterns and comparisons. American Anthropological Association, San Jose, CA.

• February 2007 - Congenital Anomalies of the Sacrum in a Prehistoric Central California Population. American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA.

• April 2007 - Lower back stress fractures in a skeletal population from central California: Sex and age patterns (with L. Corona). Southwestern Anthropological Association, Sacramento, CA.

• April 2008 - When it rains it pours: Multiple congenital pathologies in single individuals. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, OH.

• November 2008 - Reasons behind reburial: Religion, respect, and human rights. American Anthropological Association , San Francisco, CA.

• February 2009 - Separation of Church and State: The NAGPRA Exception. American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.

• April 2009 - Cranial muscle markers: A preliminary examination of size, sex, and age effects. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chicago, IL.

• April 2010 - Cultural continuity and cranial indices in prehistoric California Amerinds. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Albuquerque, NM.

  

  In San Francisco (2007).

  
  

  Links:

• Curriculum Vitae (Microsoft Word format)

• My SJSU Anthropology Department Website

• My SJSU Faculty Website

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.

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 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. (2009).

• Introduction to Human Evolution. Great River Technology. (2010).

Articles:

• Sexual differences in a Californian hunter-gatherer population. California Anthropologist (1998) 25, 1-7.

• Kennewick Man's funeral: The burying of scientific evidence. Politics and Life Sciences (2001) 20, 13-18.

• Drought-related changes in two hunter-gatherer California populations. Quaternary Research (2002) 58: 393-396.

• Understanding muscle markers: Aggregation and construct validity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2003) 121:230-240.

• Humeral cross-sections and the physical environment. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2003) 121: 293-302.

• Understanding muscle markers: Lower limbs. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2004) 125: 232-238.

  

  San Jose State University (2004).

  
  

• Humeral cross-sections from 18^th century Quebec prisoners of war: Limits to activity reconstruction? American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2005) 126: 311-317.

• Understanding osteoarthritis patterns: An examination of aggregate osteoarthritis. Journal of Paleopathology (2005) 16: 87-98.

• Schmorl' nodes: A preliminary investigation. Paleopathology Newsletter
  (2005) 132: 6-10.

• Osteoarthritis and Body Mass. Journal of Archaeological Science
  (2006) 33: 690-695.

• NAGPRA: Before and After. Friends of America's Past (2006) http://www.friendsofpast.org/nagpra/06WeissNAGPRA.pdf.

• Research & NAGPRA. SAA Archaeological Record (2006) 6: 29-31.

• Book review of Chase, Philip G. The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life. New York: Springer Press. American Anthropologist (2006) 108: 893-894.

• Research & NAGPRA. ACPAC Newsletter (2006) Sept. Issue: 1-2.

• Facial trauma in a prehistoric California population: patterns and comparisons. Journal of Paleopathology (2006)18: 107-116.

• Muscle Markers Revisited: Activity pattern reconstructed with controls in a central California Amerind Population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2007) 133: 931-940.

• Osteoarthritis revisited: A contemporary review of aetiology (with R.D. Jurmain). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (2007) 17: 437-450.

• Spondylolysis in a Pre-Contact San Francisco Bay Population: Behavioral and Anatomical Sex Differences. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (2009) 19: 375-385.

• Sex Differences in Humeral Bilateral Asymmetry in Two Hunter-Gatherer Populations: California Amerinds and British Columbian Amerinds. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2009)140: 19-24.

• The Bone Battle: the attack on scientific freedom. Liberty (2009) 23: 39-44.

• Cranial muscle markers: A preliminary examination of size, sex, and age effects. Journal of Comparative Human Biology: Homo (2010) 61: 48-58.

• Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Stress Markers: Problems with activity pattern reconstructions. International Journal of Osteaoarchaeology (in press).

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).