I earned my BS in Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of New Mexico in 2018. I am now in the second year of the Master of Public Archaeology program through UNM. Research interests include bioarchaeology, quantification of skeletal trauma, Southwestern archaeology, NAGPRA compliance, CRM, and preservation of historical and ancient sites. I fly UAS and make GIS maps. I hold a UAS pilot certificate issued under part 61 and am currently studying for my 107 Commercial UAS license. My goal is to incorporate UAS aerial surveys into archaeological investigations. Supervisors: Advisor is Dr. Pearson , Masters committe Dr. Edgar, and Masters committe Dr. Mattson
This research develops an Excel spreadsheet for The Backbone of History, Cambridge University Pre... more This research develops an Excel spreadsheet for The Backbone of History, Cambridge University Press, pp.61-93 Steckel Sciulli and Rose (2002) Health Index and applies it to three modern cases of trauma and disability. The health index was developed to compare the overall health of past societies. The present research was applied to three individuals from the Documented Collection of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The first, individual #154 (85.26.2), reached fifty-two years of age with many signs of poor health. This individual has traumatic injuries, dental loss, osteoporosis, degenerative joint disease, and infection. Computation of the Health Index produced a health index quality-adjusted-life-years (QALY) score of 21.82. This QALY score places the individual's sets of pathological conditions in a broader context. This score also emphasizes how difficult life was in ancient societies with similar average QALY scores. Site 61 WO7 is a 1075year-old coastal California site Skeletal Health Index from (Steckel et al. 2002) was equivalent to the individual #154. The modern individual #154 (85.26.2.) QALY scores within the top seven sites a 1075 BP Coastal Southern California site with a 21.75 QALY at 82.4% of the maximum QALY obtainable for quality of life on Skeletal Health Index. The lowest average QALY site score in the Skeletal Health Index is 14.12 at 54% of the maximum QALY obtainable at protohistoric Hawikku, New Mexico. The two other modern cases are #290 (2016.23.1) and #201(94.121.1), with QALY scores of 31.14 and 25.71, respectively. When comparing the QALY scores of the three recent individuals to Steckel et al.'s list of QALY scores by sites listed by Steckel at. al. (2002) (their table 3.2), the scores of #290 and #201 are substantially higher and have no archaeological correlation to any of the sites listed by Steckel et al. (2002).
This research develops an Excel spreadsheet for The Backbone of History, Cambridge University Pre... more This research develops an Excel spreadsheet for The Backbone of History, Cambridge University Press, pp.61-93 Steckel Sciulli and Rose (2002) Health Index and applies it to three modern cases of trauma and disability. The health index was developed to compare the overall health of past societies. The present research was applied to three individuals from the Documented Collection of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The first, individual #154 (85.26.2), reached fifty-two years of age with many signs of poor health. This individual has traumatic injuries, dental loss, osteoporosis, degenerative joint disease, and infection. Computation of the Health Index produced a health index quality-adjusted-life-years (QALY) score of 21.82. This QALY score places the individual's sets of pathological conditions in a broader context. This score also emphasizes how difficult life was in ancient societies with similar average QALY scores. Site 61 WO7 is a 1075year-old coastal California site Skeletal Health Index from (Steckel et al. 2002) was equivalent to the individual #154. The modern individual #154 (85.26.2.) QALY scores within the top seven sites a 1075 BP Coastal Southern California site with a 21.75 QALY at 82.4% of the maximum QALY obtainable for quality of life on Skeletal Health Index. The lowest average QALY site score in the Skeletal Health Index is 14.12 at 54% of the maximum QALY obtainable at protohistoric Hawikku, New Mexico. The two other modern cases are #290 (2016.23.1) and #201(94.121.1), with QALY scores of 31.14 and 25.71, respectively. When comparing the QALY scores of the three recent individuals to Steckel et al.'s list of QALY scores by sites listed by Steckel at. al. (2002) (their table 3.2), the scores of #290 and #201 are substantially higher and have no archaeological correlation to any of the sites listed by Steckel et al. (2002).
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