Wright, Lori
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
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education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States) 1994
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States) 1989
- B.Sc. in Anthropology and Biology, Trent University - (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) 1987
selected publications
Academic Articles40
- Wright, L. E. (2018). Before Kukulkan: Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuna. LATIN AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. 29(4), 842-843.
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- Wright, L. E., MacPhee, R., & Comuzzie, A. G (2015). Obituary--D. Gentry Steele (1941-2014).. Am J Phys Anthropol. 158(4), 527-529.
- Fenner, J. N., & Wright, L. E. (2014). Revisiting the strontium contribution of sea salt in the human diet. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 44(1), 99-103.
- Wright, L. E. (2013). EXAMINING CHILDHOOD DIETS AT KAMINALJUYU, GUATEMALA, THROUGH STABLE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF SEQUENTIAL ENAMEL MICROSAMPLES*. ARCHAEOMETRY. 55(1), 113-133.
Books2
- Whittington, S. L., Wright, L. E., Gerry, J. P., Gettelman, K. D., Jacobi, K., Reed, D. M., & Danforth, M. E. (2015). Bones of the Maya: Studies of ancient skeletons.
- Wright, L. E. (2006). Diet, Health, and Status Among the Pasin Maya A Reappraisal of the Collapse. Vanderbilt University Press.
Chapters10
- Wright, L. E., & Vasquez, M. A. (2017). Stature at Tikal Revisited. BONES OF COMPLEXITY: BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL CASE STUDIES OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SKELETAL BIOLOGY. 52-81.
- Brede, N., Barcus, H. R., & Werner, C. (2015). Negotiating Everyday Islam After Socialism: A Study of the Kazakhs of Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia. The Changing World Religion Map. 1863-1890. Springer Nature.
- Scherer, A. K., & Wright, L. E. (2015). Dental Morphometric and Strontium Isotope Evidence for Population History at Tikal, Guatemala. Cucina, A. (Eds.), Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya. 109-118. Springer Nature.
- Price, T. D., Burton, J. H., Fullagar, P. D., Wright, L. E., Buikstra, J. E., & Tiesler, V. (2015). Strontium Isotopes and the Study of Human Mobility Among the Ancient Maya. Cucina, A. (Eds.), Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya. 119-132. Springer Nature.
- Werner, C., & Purvis-Roberts, K. (2013). Cold war memories and post-cold war realities: The politics of memory and identity in the everyday life of Kazakhstans radiation victims. Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia: Performing Politics. 285-310.
Conference Papers7
- Hoffmeister, K. K., & Wright, L. E (2018). Childhood stress during the rise of sociopolitical stratification at Colha, northern Belize. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 165, 122-123.
- Canterbury, J. A., Beck, C. W., Dozier, C. A., Greenfelder, M. L., Magaro, J., Mendha, A., ... Wright, L. E (2016). Eating oneself? Stable isotopic enrichment during weight loss and tissue turnover in humans. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 159, 108-108.
- Bartelink, E. J., & Wright, L. E (2007). Marine and terrestrial resource consumption in late holocene central california: Stable isotopic evidence from san francisco bay and the lower sacramento valley. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 68-68.
- Yoder, C. J., Parks, M. S., Scherer, A. K., & Wright, L. E (2003). Skeletal indicators of diet at Piedras Negras, Guatemala: An isotopic and osteological analysis.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 229-229.
- Burton, J. H., Price, T. D., Cahue, L., & Wright, L. E. (2003). The use of barium and strontium abundances in human skeletal tissues to determine their geographic origins. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY. 13(1-2), 88-95.
researcher on
Principal Investigator2
awards and honors
- Cornerstone Faculty Fellow conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) - Liberal Arts 2012
recent teaching activities
- ANTH423 Bioarchaeology Instructor
- ANTH425 Human Osteology Instructor
- ANTH484 Anthropology Internship Instructor
- ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH491 Research Instructor
Email
lwright@tamu.edu
First Name
Lori
Last Name
Wright
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Anthropology; 4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA
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