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Department of Anthropology Evolutionary Wing
- 1 Shields Avenue
- Davis, CA 95616
Thomas Jamison Snyder
Education
- 2021 - M.A. Anthropology (UC Davis)
- 2019 - B.A. Anthropology (Vanderbilt University)
About
My research focuses on the biocultural response to climate change in ancient populations of the Peruvian Andes. Specifically, I study the way that different groups responded to periods of dramatic climate change, using bioarchaeological theory and methods such as stable isotope analysis and osteological analysis. More broadly, I am also interested in questions of mobility, violence, and disease in ancient populations.
Research Focus
Climate change, bioarchaeology, osteology, sociopolitical buffering systems, stable isotope analysis, paleopathology, Andean archaeology