Research Associates

ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Brian Byrd, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1987.
          Specialties:  Archaeology of hunter-gatherers and early
          agricultural societies; Evolution of sedentism; Origins of
          agriculture; Paleoenvironment.
          Areas:  Near East, California

John R. Bower, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1973.
         Specialties:  Archaeology of human origins
         Areas:  Africa
         Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University

John Darwent, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 2005.
         Specialties:  Evolutionary archaeology, lithic technology, graphic design, GIS analysis.
         Areas:  North America, Circumpolar
         Website:  http://www.ilapweb.info

Michael G. Delacorte, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990.
         Specialties: Hunter-gatherer studies, archaeological method and theory,
         cultural and evolutionary ecology, paleoethnobotany, preindustrial technology.
         Areas: California and the Great Basin.
         Department of Anthropology/Archaeological Research Center
         California State University, Sacramento.

Jason A. Eshleman, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2002.
         Specialties: Molecular anthropology, ancient DNA, Native American 
         population genetics, prehistoric migrations and population expansions, 
         California prehistory.
         Areas: North America.

Walter C. Hartwig, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
         Specialties: Comparative anatomy and embryology, primate paleontology
         and evolution, life history patterns, new world monkeys, history of physical
         anthropology, forensic osteology.
         Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Ripan S. Mahli, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2001.
         Specialties: Molecular anthropology, population genetics, ancient and
         modern mtDNA analysis, prehistoric population movements.
         Areas: United States.

Peter D. Schulz, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1981.
         Specialties: Zooarchaeology, fish osteology, historical archaeology.
         Senior State Archaeologist, State of California Department of Parks and
         Recreation.

Kelly J. Stewart, Ph.D., Cambridge University.
         Specialties: Primate behavioral ecology with an emphasis on apes, gorillas,
         conservation in Africa, popular science writing.

Mary C. Towner, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1999.
         Specialties: Biological anthropology, human behavioral ecology, dispersal,
         parental investment, life history theory, cultural evolution, quantitative
         methods, historical demography.
         Areas: New England, cross-cultural databases from around the world.

G. James West, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1978.
         Specialties:  palynology (pollen analysis), archaeology, environmental reconstruction
         Area:  Western United States