I started going to Peru as a student in 1982, and have been going as a professional
bioarchaeologist since 1995. My research interests lie in the areas of biocultural change
over time, the interactions between culture and biology (cranial modification, etc.), and
patterns of heath and disease. My doctoral dissertation focused on hominid body size and
how body size could affect traits throughout the skeleton. Subsequent research involved
the examination of how body size and its associated characteristics were achieved through
ontogeny. In addition to teaching and research, I serve as Associate Dean of Research and
Operations for the Faculty of Social Science at The University of Western Ontario.

Articles

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A Synthetic Radiological Study of Brain Treatment in Ancient Egyptian Mummies (with Andrew D. Wade and Greg J. Garvin), Homo: Journal of Comparative Human Biology (2011)
 

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Landscape Bioarchaeology at Pacatnamu, Peru: Inferring Mobility from δ13C and δ15N Values of Hair (with Christine D. White, Fred J. Longstaffe, G. Grupe, and A. Jung), Journal of Archaeological Science (2009)
 

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Body Segment Differences in Surface Area, Skin Temperature and 3D Displacement and the Estimation of Heat Balance during Locomotion in Hominins (with Alan Cross and Mark Collard), PLoS ONE (2008)
 

Radiographic and Endoscopic Evaluation of Methodological Variations and Cranial Vault Developmental Anomalies among Peruvian Subadult Mummies and Skeletal Material Exhibiting Cultural Cranial Modification (with S. Guillen, G. Conlogue, and R. Beckett), Proceedings of the World Congress on Mummy Studies (2008)
 

The Lady Hudson Project (with P. Beauchesne, Ian Colquhoun, A. Cross, Fred Longstaffe, L. Marciano, Jessica Metcalfe, A. Pawlowski, S. Wheeler, Christine D. White, and L. Williams), Proceedings of the World Congress on Mummy Studies (2008)
 

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Book

Growth and Development in the Genus Homo (with J. L. Thompson and Gail E. Krovitz) (2003)
 

Contributions to Books

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Frontiers in Assessing the Role of Chemical Speciation and Natural Attenuation on the Bioavailability of Contaminants in the Terrestrial Environment (with A. R. Gerson, C. Anasasio, S. Crowe, D. Fowle, B. Guo, I. Kennedy, E. Lombi, P. S. Nico, M. A. Marcus, Ronald R. Martin, Steven J. Naftel, D. Paktunc, J. A. Roberts, C. G. Weisener, and M. L. Werner), Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment (2008)
 

Estimated Age at Death and Sex of Le Moustier 1 (with J. L. Thompson), The Neandertal Adolescent Le Moustier 1: New Aspects, New Results (2005)
 

Le Moustier 1 and the Interpretation of Stages in Neandertal Growth and Development (with J. L. Thompson), The Neandertal Adolescent Le Moustier 1: New Aspects, New Results (2005)
 

The Postcranial Skeleton of Le Moustier 1 (with J. L. Thompson), The Neandertal Adolescent Le Moustier 1: New Aspects, New Results (2005)
 

Conclusions: Putting It All Together (with J. L. Thompson and Gail E. Krovitz), Growth and Development in the Genus Homo (2003)
 

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Other Publications

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Foreword, Paleoimaging: Field Applications for Cultural Remains and Artifacts (2010)
 

Las Momias de Huamachuco (with C. Contreras Barros, G. Garvin, and A. Jung), El Museo Municipal Wamachuko (2007)
 

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Comment, on Sutter & Cortez, 2005, The Origins and Roles of the Moche (AD 1-750) Human Sacrificial Victims: A Bio-archaeological Perspective, Current Anthropology (2005)
 

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Comment, on Shimada et al. 2004, An Integrated Analysis of Pre-hispanic Mortuary Practices: A Middle Sican Case Study, Current Anthropology (2004)
 

Mummy Animation, Museo de la Nación, Lima (2002)
 

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Technical Writings

Análisis osteológico de los entierros del Palacio Ñain–An (ex-Bandelier) (2009)
 

Preliminary Report on the Radiographic Analysis of Three Egyptian Mummies (2008)
 

Preliminary Report on the Radiological Examination of Hetep Bastet (2008)
 

Report on Autopsy AC08-189 (with Michael W. Spence) (2008)
 

Preliminary Synchrotron Analysis of Peruvian Mummy Hair (with Ronald R. Martin, Steven Naftel, I. Kempson, and W. Skinner) (2002)
 

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Presentations

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Backroom Treasures: CT Scanning of Two Ibis Mummies from the Peabody Museum Collection (with Andrew D. Wade, Salima Ikram, Gerald Conlogue, Ronald Beckett, and Roger Colten), 7th World Mummy Congress (2011)
 

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Heart Treatment in Ancient Egyptian Mummification (with Andrew D. Wade), 80th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology (2011)
 

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Another Hole in the Head? Brain Treatment in Ancient Egyptian Mummies (with Andrew D. Wade and Gregory J. Garvin), 79th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology (2010)
 

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The UQAM Mummy – The Use of Non-Destructive Imaging to Reconstruct an Ancient Osteobiography and to Document Modern Malfeasance (with Andrew D. Wade, R. Hibbert, B. MacDonald, M. Donaldson, R. Chatelain, N. Nguyen, V. Lywood, G. Gibson, M. Trumpour, S. N. Friedman, P. V. Granton, J. Morgan, David W. Holdsworth, and I. A. Cunningham), 37th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology (2009)
 

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The ROM / UWO Mummy Project: A Microcosm of Progress in Mummy Research (with R. Chhem, I. A. Cunningham, S. N. Friedman, G. Garvin, G. Gibson, P. V. Granton, David W. Holdsworth, S. Holowka, F. Longstaffe, V. Lywood, N. Nguyen, R. Shaw, M. Trumpour, Andrew D. Wade, and C. D. White), 1st Bolzano Mummy Congress (2009)
 

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Appearance in TV Productions

Virtual Mummies (2008)
 

Unwrapping a Mummy (2008)
 

The Mummy (2007)
 

Unwrapping a Mystery (2007)
 

1917 - The Missing (2007)
 

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