Michael Finnegan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4054425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Finnegan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Finnegan |
| SIGNATURE | FINNEGAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-4646-6471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in ancient populations from the Carpathian Basin – A possible relationship between lifestyle and risk of development
A Keith Phase Burial on the High Plains of Kansas
A flexed adult male burial was excavated from the cut bank of a dry tributary of Museum Creek, Sheridan County, Kansas. Associated artifacts include a well-worn grinding stone and a bone tool of indeterminate function. Analysis of sediment from the grinding stone led to the identification of diagnostic opal phytoliths from hackberry fruits. The geographic location of the burial and a radiocarbon age determination of 1370 ± 70 RCYBP are sufficient…
A Middle Archaic Burial from East Central Kansas
In late 2001, investigators excavated a solitary Middle Archaic burial from the Plains-Prairie border in east-central Kansas. The burial was contained in a dissected colluvial apron at the foot of the valley wall, in a soil horizon that began accumulating around 9000 B.P. Burial goods include deer bone, a drill, and a side-notched projectile point/knife, the morphology of which is consistent with side-notched Middle Archaic points of the North Am…
Archaic Skeletal Remains from the Central Plains: Demography and Burial Practices
Recently a number of reports on Plains Archaic skeletal material have been published which quadruple the number of burials described and analyzed in the literature. Although the total number of burials is still relatively small, it is large enough to allow research to begin in paieodemographic aspects of the central part of thePlains and the suggestion of burial patterns for these materials. By combining all Archaic burials from the Plains a demo…
Anomaly or pathology: The Stafne defect as seen in archaeological material and modern clinical practice
Classification systems for discrete variables used in forensic anthropology
In recent years a number of papers have been presented on the usefulness of non‐metric traits of the cranial and infracranial skeleton in order that one, some few, or a subsample of crania may be allocated to a pair, family, or larger group. These papers have explored (1) which traits should be used, (2) the theoretical implications of assignment, and (3) the methodology for making these assignments. This paper addresses itself to the theoretical…
The Lewis CENTRAL SCHOOl Site (13PW5): A Resolution of Ideological Conflicts at an Archaic Ossuary in Western Iowa
Due to strong Indian opposition and ambiguous state laws, Iowa archaeologists have found it impossible to investigate aboriginal cemetery areas in recent years. The accidental discovery of an Archaic ossuary at a construction site on the grounds of the Lewis Central School in southwestern Iowa provided a turning point in Indian-archaeologist relations which ultimately led to a resolution of the problem through the enactment of new sections in the…
Human Skeletal Remains from Bradford House III, Site 5JF52, Jefferson County, Colorado
The skeletal remains of an adult male individual from the 5JF52 site was analyzed to the extent allowed by the condition of the bony skeleton. The analysis includes a description of the material, dentition, demographic information pertinent to age, sex, stature and race, and a complete analysis of metric and non-metric variation. A Stafne defect was found on the inferior margin of the mandible which is analyzed relative to other Archaic material.…
Empirical comparison of distance equations using discrete traits
The use of the Grewal‐Smith statistic in measuring biological distance among skeletal population samples has been questioned since it was first applied to human populations. Recently, in an attempt to stabilize the variance of the Grewal‐Smith statistic for use with non‐metric analysis, Sjøvold ('73) and Green and Suchey ('76) have introduced corrections and alternative transformations which may enhance the meaning of biological distance among po…
A Seated Burial and Associated Boatstone from Northwestern Kansas
The skeletal remains of an adult male individual from the 14TO301 site was analyzed to the extent allowed by the condition of the bony skeleton. In addition to the skeleton, one cultural object, a boatstone, is described and utilized in order to provide a rough date for the skeletal material. The cultural material is identified as Woodland and is compared w1th other Woodland material in the region. The results of the skeletal analysis compare fav…
Walnut creek massacre: Identification and analysis
The purpose of this study is to add to our understanding of skeletal material from the American pioneer period. Eight White and two Negro skeletons were washed out of their graves during flood conditions of 1973, but the recovery and subsequent storage of this material permitted commingling, and identification of the individual skeletons had to be undertaken before the material could be analyzed. Variation in age, sex, race, metric, non‐metric tr…
Empirical comparison of distance equations using discrete traits
The use of the Grewal‐Smith statistic in measuring biological distance among skeletal population samples has been questioned since it was first applied to human populations. Recently, in an attempt to stabilize the variance of the Grewal‐Smith statistic for use with non‐metric analysis, Sjøvold ('73) and Green and Suchey ('76) have introduced corrections and alternative transformations which may enhance the meaning of biological distance among po…
The Lewis CENTRAL SCHOOl Site (13PW5): A Resolution of Ideological Conflicts at an Archaic Ossuary in Western Iowa
Due to strong Indian opposition and ambiguous state laws, Iowa archaeologists have found it impossible to investigate aboriginal cemetery areas in recent years. The accidental discovery of an Archaic ossuary at a construction site on the grounds of the Lewis Central School in southwestern Iowa provided a turning point in Indian-archaeologist relations which ultimately led to a resolution of the problem through the enactment of new sections in the…
Anomaly or pathology: The Stafne defect as seen in archaeological material and modern clinical practice
Classification systems for discrete variables used in forensic anthropology
In recent years a number of papers have been presented on the usefulness of non‐metric traits of the cranial and infracranial skeleton in order that one, some few, or a subsample of crania may be allocated to a pair, family, or larger group. These papers have explored (1) which traits should be used, (2) the theoretical implications of assignment, and (3) the methodology for making these assignments. This paper addresses itself to the theoretical…
A Seated Burial and Associated Boatstone from Northwestern Kansas
The skeletal remains of an adult male individual from the 14TO301 site was analyzed to the extent allowed by the condition of the bony skeleton. In addition to the skeleton, one cultural object, a boatstone, is described and utilized in order to provide a rough date for the skeletal material. The cultural material is identified as Woodland and is compared w1th other Woodland material in the region. The results of the skeletal analysis compare fav…
Walnut creek massacre: Identification and analysis
The purpose of this study is to add to our understanding of skeletal material from the American pioneer period. Eight White and two Negro skeletons were washed out of their graves during flood conditions of 1973, but the recovery and subsequent storage of this material permitted commingling, and identification of the individual skeletons had to be undertaken before the material could be analyzed. Variation in age, sex, race, metric, non‐metric tr…
A Keith Phase Burial on the High Plains of Kansas
A flexed adult male burial was excavated from the cut bank of a dry tributary of Museum Creek, Sheridan County, Kansas. Associated artifacts include a well-worn grinding stone and a bone tool of indeterminate function. Analysis of sediment from the grinding stone led to the identification of diagnostic opal phytoliths from hackberry fruits. The geographic location of the burial and a radiocarbon age determination of 1370 ± 70 RCYBP are sufficient…
A Middle Archaic Burial from East Central Kansas
In late 2001, investigators excavated a solitary Middle Archaic burial from the Plains-Prairie border in east-central Kansas. The burial was contained in a dissected colluvial apron at the foot of the valley wall, in a soil horizon that began accumulating around 9000 B.P. Burial goods include deer bone, a drill, and a side-notched projectile point/knife, the morphology of which is consistent with side-notched Middle Archaic points of the North Am…
Human Skeletal Remains from Bradford House III, Site 5JF52, Jefferson County, Colorado
The skeletal remains of an adult male individual from the 5JF52 site was analyzed to the extent allowed by the condition of the bony skeleton. The analysis includes a description of the material, dentition, demographic information pertinent to age, sex, stature and race, and a complete analysis of metric and non-metric variation. A Stafne defect was found on the inferior margin of the mandible which is analyzed relative to other Archaic material.…
Walnut creek massacre: Identification and analysis
The purpose of this study is to add to our understanding of skeletal material from the American pioneer period. Eight White and two Negro skeletons were washed out of their graves during flood conditions of 1973, but the recovery and subsequent storage of this material permitted commingling, and identification of the individual skeletons had to be undertaken before the material could be analyzed. Variation in age, sex, race, metric, non‐metric tr…
A Seated Burial and Associated Boatstone from Northwestern Kansas
The skeletal remains of an adult male individual from the 14TO301 site was analyzed to the extent allowed by the condition of the bony skeleton. In addition to the skeleton, one cultural object, a boatstone, is described and utilized in order to provide a rough date for the skeletal material. The cultural material is identified as Woodland and is compared w1th other Woodland material in the region. The results of the skeletal analysis compare fav…
The Lewis CENTRAL SCHOOl Site (13PW5): A Resolution of Ideological Conflicts at an Archaic Ossuary in Western Iowa
Due to strong Indian opposition and ambiguous state laws, Iowa archaeologists have found it impossible to investigate aboriginal cemetery areas in recent years. The accidental discovery of an Archaic ossuary at a construction site on the grounds of the Lewis Central School in southwestern Iowa provided a turning point in Indian-archaeologist relations which ultimately led to a resolution of the problem through the enactment of new sections in the…
Human Skeletal Remains from Bradford House III, Site 5JF52, Jefferson County, Colorado
The skeletal remains of an adult male individual from the 5JF52 site was analyzed to the extent allowed by the condition of the bony skeleton. The analysis includes a description of the material, dentition, demographic information pertinent to age, sex, stature and race, and a complete analysis of metric and non-metric variation. A Stafne defect was found on the inferior margin of the mandible which is analyzed relative to other Archaic material.…
Empirical comparison of distance equations using discrete traits
The use of the Grewal‐Smith statistic in measuring biological distance among skeletal population samples has been questioned since it was first applied to human populations. Recently, in an attempt to stabilize the variance of the Grewal‐Smith statistic for use with non‐metric analysis, Sjøvold ('73) and Green and Suchey ('76) have introduced corrections and alternative transformations which may enhance the meaning of biological distance among po…
Classification systems for discrete variables used in forensic anthropology
In recent years a number of papers have been presented on the usefulness of non‐metric traits of the cranial and infracranial skeleton in order that one, some few, or a subsample of crania may be allocated to a pair, family, or larger group. These papers have explored (1) which traits should be used, (2) the theoretical implications of assignment, and (3) the methodology for making these assignments. This paper addresses itself to the theoretical…
Anomaly or pathology: The Stafne defect as seen in archaeological material and modern clinical practice
Archaic Skeletal Remains from the Central Plains: Demography and Burial Practices
Recently a number of reports on Plains Archaic skeletal material have been published which quadruple the number of burials described and analyzed in the literature. Although the total number of burials is still relatively small, it is large enough to allow research to begin in paieodemographic aspects of the central part of thePlains and the suggestion of burial patterns for these materials. By combining all Archaic burials from the Plains a demo…
A Middle Archaic Burial from East Central Kansas
In late 2001, investigators excavated a solitary Middle Archaic burial from the Plains-Prairie border in east-central Kansas. The burial was contained in a dissected colluvial apron at the foot of the valley wall, in a soil horizon that began accumulating around 9000 B.P. Burial goods include deer bone, a drill, and a side-notched projectile point/knife, the morphology of which is consistent with side-notched Middle Archaic points of the North Am…
A Keith Phase Burial on the High Plains of Kansas
A flexed adult male burial was excavated from the cut bank of a dry tributary of Museum Creek, Sheridan County, Kansas. Associated artifacts include a well-worn grinding stone and a bone tool of indeterminate function. Analysis of sediment from the grinding stone led to the identification of diagnostic opal phytoliths from hackberry fruits. The geographic location of the burial and a radiocarbon age determination of 1370 ± 70 RCYBP are sufficient…
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in ancient populations from the Carpathian Basin – A possible relationship between lifestyle and risk of development
Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Anatomy (3 works) · Anatomy (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works)