Area of Interest:

Bioarchaeology, stress & disease, disease ecology & evolution, Southeast U.S.

Research & Activities:

Entered the program in 2003.

Education: BA Anthropology, Arizona State, 2000; MA Anthropology, California State, Los Angeles, 2003.

Research Interests: I am a bioarchaeologist with research interests in stress and disease, as well as disease ecology and evolution. I have done research on collections from the Southeast, specifically the Tidewater-Potomac area.

Publications and Major Papers:
2002  "There's Something Fishy Going on Around Here: Interpersonal Violence at Karluk Cannery, Alaska" Elizabeth Miller and Sara K. Simon. Paper presented at the 2002 Paleopathology Association Meetings, Buffalo, NY.

2001   "Anencephaly-Something Missing from the Archaeological Record?" Miller E and Simon SK. Paleopathology Newsletter (115):9-11.

2001   "Anencephaly: Something Missing from the Archaeological Record?" Elizabeth Miller and Sara K. Simon. Poster presented at the 2001 Paleopathology Association meetings, Kansas City, MO.