Master's Theses on File

The following theses and thesis abstracts are available for download as PDF files from the Archeology & Forensics Laboratory. Copyrights are retained by the individual authors, who grant permission for their work to be copied and distributed for personal and educational use as long as proper citations are given. Commercial use of these documents is forbidden without the prior consent of the authors. Not all theses are available yet but most should be added shortly.

All documents are PDF files.

• Baker AJ (2004). A Taphonomic Analysis of Human Cremains from the Fox Hollow Farm Serial Homicide Site (abstract) (thesis)


• Curtis JM (2003). Estimation of Age at Death from the Microscopic Appearance of the Frontal Bone (abstract)


• Emanovsky PD (2002). A Taphonomic Analysis of Ohio Hopewellian Modified Animal Jaws from Tremper Mound (abstract)


• Gabra J (1999). Using DNA Technology to Analyze Historic Skeletal Remains (abstract)


• Greene TR (2000). Bioarcheology of the Ray Site (12W6): Dental Paleopathology of a Late Prehistoric Native American Mortuary (abstract)


• Harms JL (2004). The Determination of Age at Death Through the Examination of Root Transparency (abstract)


• Hill MK (2003). Dental Reduction and Diet in the Prehistoric Ohio River Valley (abstract)


• Judd LM (2002). Cranial Vault Thickness Variation in Euroamericans (abstract)


• Kolatorowicz A (2006). Selection of Variables for Discriminant Analysis of Human Crania for Ancestry Determination


• Kuba CL (2001). Differences in DNA Preservation Between Adult and Subadult Human Skeletal Remains As Evidenced by Individuals From Two 19th Century Cemeteries (abstract)


• Latham KE (2003). The Relationship Between Bone Condition and DNA Preservation (abstract)


• Megyesi MS (2001). The Effects of Temperature on the Decomposition Rate of Human Remains (abstract)


• Parr NL (2005). Determination of Ancestry from Discrete Traits of the Mandible (abstract) (thesis)


• Sanders JL (2002). A Test of the Postcranial Discriminant Functions of FORDISC 2.0 Using the Hamann-Todd Collection (abstract)


• Schultz JJ (1998). A Comparison of Osteoarthritis in the Appendicular Joints of Individuals from the Hammond-Todd and Terry Collections (abstract)


• Smith EL (2005). A Test of Ubelaker's Method of Estimating Subadult Age from the Dentition (abstract) (thesis)


• Thew HA (2000). Effects of Lime on the Decomposition Rate of Buried Remains (abstract)


• Zambrano CJ (2005). Evaluation of Regression Equations Used to Estimate Age at Death from Cranial Suture Closure (abstract) (thesis)