students assisting with real-world applied research
Research Intern for Shumla Archaeology Research & Education Center Summer 2015 I conducted my internship at the Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center as a research intern for the 2015 summer field session. I participated first hand in Shumla’s documentation and preservation methods in rock art research on the field and the lab. During the… Continue Reading Lindsay Vermillion, Shumla Archaeology Research and Education Center
During the Fall of 2017, I conducted a research internship at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF), a component of the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS). My research consisted of analyzing the effects of burial age on disturbances seen on the ground surface. The results of this research will help bioarchaeologists determine the… Continue Reading Alexis Baide, Forensic Anthropology Research Facility
In the spring of 2016, I was able to intern for the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State. During this internship, I was able to not only participate in active research at the facility, but also to gain a better understanding of the way skeletal research collections are maintained and organized. One project I was… Continue Reading Amber Frenzel, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
Internship at the Prehistory Research Project: Lithic & Faunal Analysis During the Spring semester of 2016, I interned at the Prehistory Research Project. The Prehistory Research Project is the Gault School of Archaeological Research (GSAR) project headquarters at Texas State University. GSAR is a nonprofit created in 2006 in an effort to conserve and properly… Continue Reading Ashley Eden Hill, Gault School of Archaeology
Using Human Mummified Tissue to Determine Postmortem Interval I conducted an internship with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (F.A.C.T.S) during the Spring 2015 semester. I worked closely with the director of F.A.C.T.S., Dr. Daniel Wescott, to conduct a study to determine if human mummified tissue can be used to estimate the postmortem interval… Continue Reading Simone Longe, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State