Elizabeth Weiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5205396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Weiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiss |
| SIGNATURE | WEISS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Jose State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 146 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss gives a blow-by-blow report based on her participation in the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference on November 4th and 5th of 2022. The conference was organized in the wake of the unprecedented censorship of Stanford scientists who dissented from established policy during the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference featured a range of perspectives on the state of academic freedom as well as suggestions for counteracting c…
Anthropology's three ontological turns: A Reply to Marks & Geller At38(5)
Repatriation and the Threat to Objective Knowledge
The values of multiculturalism and scientific progress collide with federal laws such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which require that human remains and cultural items discovered on tribal lands be given over to the descendants of Native Americans. For many of these descendants, the scientific study of objects that could improve our understanding of North American culture, history, and biology is not a high priori…
Repatriation and Erasing the Past
Bipedalism and Musculoskeletal Stress Markers: Variation and What It Reveals About Adaptation, Environmental Stress, and Reconstructing Activity Patterns
Hand osteoarthritis and bone loss: Is there an inverse relationship?
A paracondylar process and early onset cervical osteoarthritis in a California Amerind adult
Olduvai Hominin 8 foot pathology: A comparative study attempting a differential diagnosis
Brief communication: Radiographic study of metatarsal one basal epiphyseal fusion: A note of caution on age determination
This study examines radiographs of first metatarsals of 131 individuals from age 17–88 years to determine whether internal basal epiphyseal lines may be visible past the age of metatarsal fusion, which usually occurs between 14 and 16 years of age (Scheuer and Black: The juvenile skeleton. San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004 ). In 29% (38 out of 131) of the radiographed first metatarsals (MT1s) the basal epiphyseal scar is visible, including…
Cranial muscle markers: A preliminary examination of size, sex, and age effects
Sex differences in humeral bilateral asymmetry in two hunter‐gatherer populations: California Amerinds and British Columbian Amerinds
This study uses two prehistoric Amerindian populations of hunter‐gatherer subsistence patterns to determine whether levels of sexual dimorphism in humeral bilateral cross‐sectional asymmetry are related to sex‐specific differences in activities among these populations. Results confirmed that males of the California Amerind population who engaged in the more unimanual activities of spear hunting and warfare were more asymmetrical than were their f…
Muscle markers revisited: Activity pattern reconstruction with controls in a central California Amerind population
Anthropologists frequently use musculoskeletal stress markers to reconstruct past activity patterns. Yet, researchers have called into question the reliability of muscle marker measurements in part because body size and age affect muscle marker scores. In this study, the author examined an aggregate upper limb muscle marker to determine if after controlling for the effects of body size and age, one could reconstruct activity patterns of a prehist…
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of. Uniquely Human Way of Life. Philip G. Chase. New York: Springer Press, 2006. 227 pp
Humeral cross‐sectional morphology from 18th century Quebec prisoners of war: Limits to activity reconstruction
This study uses measures of cross‐sectional robusticity and asymmetry (based on humeral areal and inertial cross‐sectional components) to test a prediction from bone remodeling theory that a physically active 18th century Quebec prisoner of war sample (N = 25) should have more robust and asymmetrical humeri than a nonphysically active 20th century New Mexico suburbanite sample (N = 27). Narrative accounts document that prisoners of war engaged in…
Understanding muscle markers: Lower limbs
Musculoskeletal markers are frequently used to reconstruct past lifestyles and activity patterns. Yet the reliability of muscle marker measurements has been called into question because they may be confounded by body size. In this study, an aggregate muscle marker variable was calculated using 20 insertion sites (14 femoral, 6 tibial), and I examined their effects on lower limb size (as a proxy for body size), age, and sex. Analyses were made of …
Drought-Related Changes in Two Hunter–Gatherer California Populations
Skeletal remains from two California cemeteries bracketing a severe drought that began around 1200 yr B.P. are analyzed to determine drought-related quality of life changes in Native Americans. Cemetery 1 predates the drought at 2895±160 yr B.P. to 1845±90 yr B.P. and Cemetery 2 dates it at 1100±90 yr B.P. to 1220±200 yr B.P. Quality of life was assessed through femoral computerized tomography scan measures of cortical thickness, age at adult dea…
Muscle markers revisited: Activity pattern reconstruction with controls in a central California Amerind population
Anthropologists frequently use musculoskeletal stress markers to reconstruct past activity patterns. Yet, researchers have called into question the reliability of muscle marker measurements in part because body size and age affect muscle marker scores. In this study, the author examined an aggregate upper limb muscle marker to determine if after controlling for the effects of body size and age, one could reconstruct activity patterns of a prehist…
Understanding muscle markers: Lower limbs
Musculoskeletal markers are frequently used to reconstruct past lifestyles and activity patterns. Yet the reliability of muscle marker measurements has been called into question because they may be confounded by body size. In this study, an aggregate muscle marker variable was calculated using 20 insertion sites (14 femoral, 6 tibial), and I examined their effects on lower limb size (as a proxy for body size), age, and sex. Analyses were made of …
Sex differences in humeral bilateral asymmetry in two hunter‐gatherer populations: California Amerinds and British Columbian Amerinds
This study uses two prehistoric Amerindian populations of hunter‐gatherer subsistence patterns to determine whether levels of sexual dimorphism in humeral bilateral cross‐sectional asymmetry are related to sex‐specific differences in activities among these populations. Results confirmed that males of the California Amerind population who engaged in the more unimanual activities of spear hunting and warfare were more asymmetrical than were their f…
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of. Uniquely Human Way of Life. Philip G. Chase. New York: Springer Press, 2006. 227 pp
Humeral cross‐sectional morphology from 18th century Quebec prisoners of war: Limits to activity reconstruction
This study uses measures of cross‐sectional robusticity and asymmetry (based on humeral areal and inertial cross‐sectional components) to test a prediction from bone remodeling theory that a physically active 18th century Quebec prisoner of war sample (N = 25) should have more robust and asymmetrical humeri than a nonphysically active 20th century New Mexico suburbanite sample (N = 27). Narrative accounts document that prisoners of war engaged in…
Brief communication: Radiographic study of metatarsal one basal epiphyseal fusion: A note of caution on age determination
This study examines radiographs of first metatarsals of 131 individuals from age 17–88 years to determine whether internal basal epiphyseal lines may be visible past the age of metatarsal fusion, which usually occurs between 14 and 16 years of age (Scheuer and Black: The juvenile skeleton. San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004 ). In 29% (38 out of 131) of the radiographed first metatarsals (MT1s) the basal epiphyseal scar is visible, including…
Anthropology's three ontological turns: A Reply to Marks & Geller At38(5)
Drought-Related Changes in Two Hunter–Gatherer California Populations
Skeletal remains from two California cemeteries bracketing a severe drought that began around 1200 yr B.P. are analyzed to determine drought-related quality of life changes in Native Americans. Cemetery 1 predates the drought at 2895±160 yr B.P. to 1845±90 yr B.P. and Cemetery 2 dates it at 1100±90 yr B.P. to 1220±200 yr B.P. Quality of life was assessed through femoral computerized tomography scan measures of cortical thickness, age at adult dea…
Understanding muscle markers: Lower limbs
Musculoskeletal markers are frequently used to reconstruct past lifestyles and activity patterns. Yet the reliability of muscle marker measurements has been called into question because they may be confounded by body size. In this study, an aggregate muscle marker variable was calculated using 20 insertion sites (14 femoral, 6 tibial), and I examined their effects on lower limb size (as a proxy for body size), age, and sex. Analyses were made of …
Humeral cross‐sectional morphology from 18th century Quebec prisoners of war: Limits to activity reconstruction
This study uses measures of cross‐sectional robusticity and asymmetry (based on humeral areal and inertial cross‐sectional components) to test a prediction from bone remodeling theory that a physically active 18th century Quebec prisoner of war sample (N = 25) should have more robust and asymmetrical humeri than a nonphysically active 20th century New Mexico suburbanite sample (N = 27). Narrative accounts document that prisoners of war engaged in…
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of. Uniquely Human Way of Life. Philip G. Chase. New York: Springer Press, 2006. 227 pp
Muscle markers revisited: Activity pattern reconstruction with controls in a central California Amerind population
Anthropologists frequently use musculoskeletal stress markers to reconstruct past activity patterns. Yet, researchers have called into question the reliability of muscle marker measurements in part because body size and age affect muscle marker scores. In this study, the author examined an aggregate upper limb muscle marker to determine if after controlling for the effects of body size and age, one could reconstruct activity patterns of a prehist…
Sex differences in humeral bilateral asymmetry in two hunter‐gatherer populations: California Amerinds and British Columbian Amerinds
This study uses two prehistoric Amerindian populations of hunter‐gatherer subsistence patterns to determine whether levels of sexual dimorphism in humeral bilateral cross‐sectional asymmetry are related to sex‐specific differences in activities among these populations. Results confirmed that males of the California Amerind population who engaged in the more unimanual activities of spear hunting and warfare were more asymmetrical than were their f…
Cranial muscle markers: A preliminary examination of size, sex, and age effects
Olduvai Hominin 8 foot pathology: A comparative study attempting a differential diagnosis
Brief communication: Radiographic study of metatarsal one basal epiphyseal fusion: A note of caution on age determination
This study examines radiographs of first metatarsals of 131 individuals from age 17–88 years to determine whether internal basal epiphyseal lines may be visible past the age of metatarsal fusion, which usually occurs between 14 and 16 years of age (Scheuer and Black: The juvenile skeleton. San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004 ). In 29% (38 out of 131) of the radiographed first metatarsals (MT1s) the basal epiphyseal scar is visible, including…
Hand osteoarthritis and bone loss: Is there an inverse relationship?
A paracondylar process and early onset cervical osteoarthritis in a California Amerind adult
Bipedalism and Musculoskeletal Stress Markers: Variation and What It Reveals About Adaptation, Environmental Stress, and Reconstructing Activity Patterns
Repatriation and Erasing the Past
Repatriation and the Threat to Objective Knowledge
The values of multiculturalism and scientific progress collide with federal laws such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which require that human remains and cultural items discovered on tribal lands be given over to the descendants of Native Americans. For many of these descendants, the scientific study of objects that could improve our understanding of North American culture, history, and biology is not a high priori…
Anthropology's three ontological turns: A Reply to Marks & Geller At38(5)
Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss gives a blow-by-blow report based on her participation in the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference on November 4th and 5th of 2022. The conference was organized in the wake of the unprecedented censorship of Stanford scientists who dissented from established policy during the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference featured a range of perspectives on the state of academic freedom as well as suggestions for counteracting c…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Anatomy (7 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Anatomy (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Pathology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)