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
Tag: Spring 2016
Ashley Eden Hill, Gault School of Archaeology
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
Curry Blaha, Morton Shell Mound – Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum
I worked on two projects during my internship. First was The Morton Shell Mound in Iberia Parish, Louisiana where I organized and repaired storage boxes, and where I sorted, identified and tagged human skeletal remains. The second one was at Mississippi State Asylum Cemetery Project in Jackson, Mississippi where I transcribed patient intake and discharge… Continue Reading Curry Blaha, Morton Shell Mound – Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum
Madeline Bennet, The Witte Museum
The Witte Museum, a San Antonio staple: many a Texan child has spent countless hours within its arched façade. Not just a museum, no, a cultural institution harboring some of Texas’ greatest treasures, it’s history. From an early age I found myself within its walls weaving through its many galleries, rushing to soak in its… Continue Reading Madeline Bennet, The Witte Museum
Kimberly Ann Pina, Internship at Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Texas Biomed has been of great service to me because I have learned and am still learning about different attributes of genetic research for Osteoporosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). With their world-class colony of nonhuman primates, researchers have animal models that are of close similarity to humans in genetics and physiology. This can help… Continue Reading Kimberly Ann Pina, Internship at Texas Biomedical Research Institute