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Student: Jamie Hodgkins

 

PhD candidate in Anthropology

MA Anthropology, Arizona State University (2006)
BA Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder (2003)

Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Paleoecology and Zooarchaeology of European Middle Paleolithic Neanderthal Sites

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Thesis/Dissertation Abstract

Committee: Curtis Marean (co-chair), Kaye Reed (co-chair), Lillian Spencer, Kelly Knudson

Tracking Climate-driven Changes in Neandertal Subsistence Behaviors and Prey Migration Patterns

The Neandertals were a species of ancient human that occupied Europe during the last ice age. By ~30,000 years ago, they were fully replaced by modern humans who emigrated from Africa, but the ultimate reason for their disappearance remains controversial. The process of the extinction of Neandertals in Europe remains an unanswered anthropological topic of considerable scientific interest. The proposed project contributes by testing the “Climatic Stress Model,” which holds that successive cold phases doomed Neandertals to extinction before modern humans entered Europe. Specifically, this project tests the models assumptions that 1) cold climates stressed Neandertal populations and 2) global climate changes affected local Neandertal habitats. If cold climates stressed Neandertals, their subsistence behaviors may have changed—requiring intensified use of prey. Additionally, if global climates disrupted local Neandertal habitats, it should have affected local mammal migrations.

Conference Papers/Published Articles

Article Manuscripts in Preparation

Hodgkins JM, Riel-Salvatore J. Identifying cut marks produced from Oldowan and Acheulean type flakes and bifaces: further evidence for interpreting the function of stone tools. To be submitted to the Journal of Taphonomy.

 

Contributed Papers at Conferences

(2008) Hodgkins J.M and Riel-Salvatore J. Identifying cut marks produced from flakes versus bifaces: Further evidence for interpreting the function of stone tools. Paleoanthropology Society meetings, Vancouver March 25, 2008.

(2008) Reed K.E, Hodgkins J.M. and Rector A.L. A preliminary taxonomic and zooarchaeological analysis from the site of Grotte de Contrebandiers, Morocco. Paleoanthropology Society Meetings, Vancouver March 25, 2008. 

(2002) Hodgkins JM. The tale that tail bones tell about the antiquity of the human disease brucellosis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S36:115.

(2002) Hodgkins JM, Smith DM. A Record of Evolutionary Change in an Eocene Plant-Herbivore Assemblage. National Meeting of the Geological Society of America. See abstract online: http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram

 

Invited Talks

(2010) Hodgkins JM. Tracking climate-driven changes in Neandertal subsistence behaviors and prey migration. Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Denver.

Scholarships/Awards

External Grant Funding

2009 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($15,000)
2008 Paleoanthropology Society Travel Grant ($300)
2006 SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society, National Grant in Aid of Research ($400)
2001 Alice Hamilton Archaeology Scholarship ($650)
 

Internal Grant Funding from ASU 

2010 Student Research Award, Institute of Human Origins ($5,752.00)
2009 Student Research Award, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Research Support Committee ($2450)
2008 Graduate and Professional Students Association of Arizona State University, Graduate Research Grant ($2000)
2008 Student Research Award, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Research Support Committee ($750)
2008 School of Human Evolution and Social Change Travel Grant ($250)
2008 Graduate and Professional Students Association of Arizona State University, Travel Grant ($300)
2007 School of Human Evolution and Social Change Seed Grant ($1500)
2006 Graduate and Professional Students Association of Arizona State University, Graduate Research Grant ($2000)
2006 Student Research Award, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Research Support Committee ($400)
2006 SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society ASU Local Chapter Grant ($400)
Internal Grant Funding from the University of Colorado
2001 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) research assistantship grant under Dr. Dena Smith (see below), University of Colorado Museum ($1200)
2001 Department of Anthropology Travel Grant, University of Colorado ($200)
 

Awards (Scholarships, Internships and Honors)

2004-2007 University Graduate Scholarship, Arizona State University, Department of Anthropology (Tuition+Health Insurance+ $14,785 Stipend/ Three Years)
2006 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
2004 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
2003 Phi Beta Kappa Induction
2002 Research Training Program Internship, under Dr. Donald Ortner, Smithsonian U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, National Science Foundation ($2400 stipend + room)
2001 Golden Key Honor Society Induction
2000-2001 Dean’s List
1999 French Language Scholarship ($100)

 

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