The University of Texas Anthropological Society Adrienne Witzel, President Chris Kirk, Faculty Advisor Gabby Yearwood, Undergrad Advisor

May 6

All are welcome to attend honors thesis presentations by anthropology students.

Department of Anthropology
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentations
Tuesday May 8th
EPS 1.128


Morning Presentations : 10am-1130am
"What Your Politics Are in the Abstract Don't Mean a Damn:" White Women Revolutionaries and the Black Liberation Army, Repressive Punishment, and Liberatory Vision: Ashely Endsley
Chac: A Mayan Rain Deity's Journey From Preclassic to Contemporary Times : Summer Klein
Landscape Learning and its Implications for the Initial Colonization of the Americas : Nathan Sison
"The Cult to la Santa Muerte in Mexico City: Place and Power, Informality and Dynamicity" : Bruno Renero
Teeth do tell tales: An inter-population comparison of non-metric heritable dental traits from the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico. : Adrienne Witzel

Lunch : 1130am-1pm
Afternoon Presentations : 1pm-330pm
The Chachapoya: Evidence of Social Startification or the Response to a Safety Paranoia : Karina Torres
Multiracial Identity and Community Consciousness at the University of Texas : Carrie Cunningham
Examining the Role of Overpopulation in the Central Lowlands Classic Maya Collapse : Daniel Culotta
Town Lake Park: Activism and Conflict in the Production of Public Space : Ryan Littlepage
Chocolate Pots: Spouted Vessels, Cacao, and the Emergence of Elite Ceremonialism in the Maya Preclassic : Laura Greer

May 4

Congratulations to the new 2007/2008 officers!

President: Karina Alvarez
Vice-President: Robin Schindler
Treasurer: M. Jeff Becker
Secretary: Madelyn Percy
Webmaster: Eleana Diaz

Mar 5

Our Rock Art of the World exhibit at Explore UT was a success! Visit the exhibit website to see the results!

Also, just a reminder, our next meeting is on Monday, April 9th... lecturer Elizabeth Gray will address the applicability of anthropology outside of academia. See our Schedule for more information.

Feb 12

Welcome back Anthropology Students. The UT Anthropological Society is looking continuing to finalize the events schedule for the 2007 Spring Semester. However, there are several items for which we can use your help:

Find your inner Cave Man/Woman: UTAS is looking for volunteers to help with our Explore UT activity, Rock Art of the World, Saturday March 3. This activity allows kids to create their own pictographs. We need volunteers to help visitors tap into their creative voice. Shifts are in hour blocks (between 10 am and 5 pm). Every volunteer will receive a free T-Shirt and lunch. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Adrienne Witzel.

The T-Shirt design contest is on-going and looking for a few good ideas. This is your chance to see your own design walking around campus, and beyond. To submit an entry, contact Carrie Cunningham. Entries are due by Feb 28th, and voting will begin March 5th. All ideas are welcome.

Help us entertain you! The UTAS Social Events committee is looking for volunteers to help plan ways Anthropology students can meet without the pressure of a classroom. If you would like to help, please contact Brianne Cryer.

Feb 8

Our schedule has been updated to reflect new upcoming events and the t-shirts page now features photographs.

Jan 8

A recent UT graduate and an undergraduate will be presenting the following lectures at the January 11th Travis County Archeological Society meeting at Tien Hong Restuarant, at 7:00PM. For more information, visit the TCAS website.

Rachel Menegaz
Trauma and Death in the Austin Phase
A peak in the use of prehistoric cemeteries within central Texas during the Austin Phase (700-1250 BP) is accompanied by a rise in projectile point-inflicted skeletal traumas. Several individuals from the Loeve-Fox site (41WM230) suffered fatal injuries from associated Scallorn points. Reassessment of Individual 21 from the site, who was not previously thought to suffer point-related trauma, revealed an embedded point in the right inner knee. Additionally, high-resolution computed tomographic (CT) scans show lithic spalls embedded in the right lower leg and heel. We hypothesize that these lithic fragments result from an explosion of an improperly heated chert cobble.

Lana Martin
Variability in Texas Coastal Hunter-Gatherer Populations: An Analysis of the Crestmont Site (41WH39) Burial Inclusions
In recent decades, archaeological excavations in Central and South Texas have uncovered a rather unusual record of Middle and Late Archaic hunter-gatherer cemeteries. Why these cemeteries were created and what they might say about past social dynamics is unclear--to address these questions, this research explores variability in grave goods at the Crestmont site, a cemetery on the Texas Gulf Coast containing 31 burials.

Jan 5

We are sad to report that UT Philosophy professor Robert C. Solomon, who presented a guest lecture on the philosophy of human emotion for UTAS in Spring 2006, has passed away.

Robert C. Solomon Sept. 14, 1942 - January 2, 2007
Renowned UT philosophy professor dies suddenly in Zurich

Oct 30

We have added an upcoming lecture on nautical archaeology to the Fall Schedule.

Sep 23

We have made some changes and additions to the Fall Schedule and provided complete information on the Conference Fund. Also: Check out UTAS on Facebook (must log in to view site)!

Aug 30

Welcome to our new website! Check out our new event schedule for Fall 2006 and 06/07 Officers. Please contact webmaster Lana Martin at shinycrazydiamond@yahoo.com with questions or comments regarding this site.

May 11

Congratulations to the new 2006-2007 officers! They are as follows:
President: Adrienne Witzel
Vice-President: John Tomecek
Treasurer: Brianne Cryer
Secretary: Carrie Cunningham
Webmaster: Lana Martin
Newsletter Editor: Amber Lutz

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