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Owsley, Douglas

Owsley, Douglas

Curator of Biological Anthropology

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Owsley, Douglas

Curator of Biological Anthropology

Skeletal biology; forensic anthropology; historic populations in North America; North American Plains Indians; Polynesia.

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    • Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L. 2014. Kennewick Man: the scientific investigation of an ancient American skeleton. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. 2014
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Jodry, Margaret, Stafford, Thomas W., Haynes, C. Vance, Jr., and Stanford, Dennis J. 2010. Arch Lake Woman Physical Anthropology and Geoarchaeology, Goebel, Ted, editor. College Station, Texas: Texas A and M University Press. 2010

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    • Burgess, Laurie E. and Owsley, Douglas. 2018. "Death, Dogs, and Monuments: Recent Research at Washington’s Congressional Cemetery." In Death Across Oceans: Archaeology of Coffins and Vaults in Britain, America, and Australia. Mytum, Harold C. and Burgess, Laurie E., editors. 249–262. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 2018
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Bruwelheide, Karin S., Barca, Kathryn G., Reidy, Susan K., and Fleskes, Raquel E. 2018. "Lives Lost: What Burial Vault Studies Reveal about Eighteenth-Century Identities." In Bioarchaeological Analyses and Bodies: New ways of knowing anatomical and skeletal collections. Stone, Pamela K., editor. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. In Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. 2018
    • Bruwelheide, Karin S., Owsley, Douglas W., Straube, Beverly A., and May, Jamie E. 2017. "Evidence for Early Seventeenth-Century Surgery and Dissection at James Fort, Virginia." In The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States. Nystrom, Kenneth C., editor. 41–60. Springer International Publishing. In Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26836-1_3. 2017
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Bruwelheide, Karin S., Jantz, Richard L., Koste, Jodi L., and Outlaw, Merry. 2017. "Skeletal Evidence of Anatomical and Surgical Training in Nineteenth-Century Richmond." In The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States. Nystrom, Kenneth C., editor. 143–164. Springer International Publishing. In Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26836-1_7. 2017
    • Bruwelheide, Karin S., Schlachtmeyer, Sandra S., Owsley, Douglas W., Simon, Vicki E., Aufderheide, Arthur C., Cartmell, Larry W., and Swanson, Stephan J. 2017. "Unearthing Robert Kennicott: Naturalist, Explorer, Smithsonian Scientist." In Studies in Forensic Biohistory: Anthropological Perspectives. Stojanowski, Christopher M. and Duncan, W. N., editors. 92–123. Cambridge University Press. 2017
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Simon, Vicki E., Barca, Kathryn G., Van Tilburg, J., and Whitmore, D. 2016. "Demographic analysis of modified crania from Rapa Nui." In Skeletal Biology of the Ancient Rapanui (Easter Islanders). Stefan, V. H. and Gill, G. W., editors. 253–268. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151856.014. 2016
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Barca, Kathryn G., Simon, Vicki E., and Gill, G. 2016. "Evidence for injuries and violent death." In Skeletal Biology of the Ancient Rapanui (Easter Islanders). Stefan, V. H. and Gill, G. W., editors. 222–252. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151856.013. 2016
    • Cashion Lugo, M. A., Owsley, Douglas W., Bruwelheide, Karin S., and Spradley, M. K. 2015. "Don Ramón Power y Giralt: Disputado de las Cortes de Cadiz de 1812." In Proceedings of the 25th International Congress for Caribbean Archeology. 870–892. Puerto Rico: International Congress for Caribbean Archeology. 2015
    • Jodry, Margaret A. and Owsley, Douglas W. 2014. "A new look at the double burial from Horn Shelter No. 2." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 549–604. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Norris, James N. and Owsley, Douglas W. 2014. "Benthic aquatic algae: Indicators of recent taphonomic history." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 382–392. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Dixon, E. J., Heaton, Timothy H., Lee, Craig M., Fifield, Terence E., Coltrain, Joan Brenner, Kemp, Brian M., Owsley, Douglas W., Parrish, Eric, Turner, Christy G., Edgar, Heather J. H., Worl, Rosita Kaaháni, Smith, David Glenn, and Farmer, G. L. 2014. "Evidence of maritime adaptation and coastal migration from southeast Alaska." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 537–548. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Bruwelheide, Karin S. and Owsley, Douglas W. 2014. "Identity through science and art." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 519–534. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Owsley, Douglas W. 2014. "Introduction: The scientific investigation of Kennewick Man." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 1–4. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Williams, Aleithea A., and Bruwelheide, Karin S. 2014. "Skeletal inventory, morphology, and pathology." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 139–186. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Schwarcz, Henry P., Stafford, Thomas W., Knyf, Martin, Chisholm, Brian, Longstaffe, Fred J., Chatters, James C., and Owsley, Douglas W. 2014. "Stable isotopic evidence for diet and origin." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 310–322. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Williams, Aleithea A., and Stafford, Thomas W. 2014. "Taphonomic indicators of burial context." In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 323–381. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L. 2014. "Who was Kennewick Man?" In Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Owsley, Douglas W. and Jantz, Richard L., editors. 622–650. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. In Peopling of the Americas Publications. 2014
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Bruwelheide, Karin S., and Burgess, Laurie E. 2008. "Late-Nineteenth-Century Crow Mummies from Montana." In Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology of the Northwestern Plains. Gill, George W. and Weathermon, Rick L., editors. 77–93. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press. 2008
    • Owsley, Douglas W., Bruwelheide, Karin S., Burgess, Laurie E., and Billeck, William T. 2007. "Human Finger and Hand Bone Necklaces from the Plains and Great Basin." In The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians. Chacon, Richard J. and Dye, David H., editors. 124–166. New York: Springer. 2007

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