ELIZABETH H. HARMON
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455003
Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5003
harmone@unlv.nevada.edu
EDUCATION
1998–Present PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University Dr. William
Kimbel, Chair, Drs. Kaye Reed, Charles Lockwood, Donald Johanson and Carol Ward,
Committee members
Oral defense date: March, 2005
1998
MA Anthropology, Bioarchaeology Concentration
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1990
BS Anthropology
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Grants:
2003
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant
2003
Arizona State University Department of Anthropology Research and Development Grant
2002
Arizona State University Preparing Future Faculty Travel Grant
Fellowship:
2003
American Association of University Women American Fellowship
Nominated:
1998
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate College ASU
1998
Outstanding Graduate Student, Graduate College ASU
PUBLICATIONS
Plavcan, JM, Lockwood, CL, Kimbel, WH, Lague, MR, Harmon EH (in press) Sexual dimorphism in
Australopithecus afarensis revisited: how strong is the case for a human-like pattern of dimorphism?
Journal of Human Evolution.
Harmon, EH (revise and resubmit) Hominoid proximal femur shape: a geometric morphometric
analysis. Journal of Anatomy
Harmon, EH (2004) Comparing proximal femur morphology using three-dimensional morphometrics.
Abstract in Supplement 33 to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Annual Meeting Issue.
Harmon, EH and Lockwood CA (2000) Sex ratio, operational sex ratio and body size dimorphism:
Phylogenetic and nonphylogenetic tests of association. Abstract in Supplement 30 to the American
Journal of Physical Anthropology, Annual Meeting Issue.
Harmon, EH (1998) A Demographic Analysis of Northern and Western European Mesolithic Cemeteries.
Abstract in Supplement 25 to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Annual Meeting Issue.
Harmon, EH and Czarzasty, JL (1997) Non-metric Cranial and Dental Traits as Population
Discriminators: A Comparison. Abstract in Supplement 24 to the American Journal of Physical
Anthropology, Annual Meeting Issue.
PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK
2000 & 2002 Research Assistant and Field Manager for the Institute of Human Origins Hadar Research
Project, Hadar, Ethiopia
1999 & 2000 Teaching Assistant for the Paleoanthropology Field School, Makapansgat, South Africa,
Dr. Kaye Reed and Dr. Kevin Kuykendall, co-directors
Research Assistant for the Institute of Human Origins Hadar Research Project, Ethiopia.
1998
Teaching Assistant for the Paleoanthropology Field School, Makapansgat, South Africa,
Dr. Kaye Reed and Dr. Kevin Kuykendall, co-directors.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty:
2004-present Visting Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, Unversity of
Nevada, Las Vegas
Courses: “Introduction to Physical Anthropology”; “Primate Evolution”
Teaching:
2001 -2003
Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Course: “Human Origins”
Instructor, Department of Human Behavior, Community College of Southern Nevada,
Henderson, Nevada.
Course: “Introduction to Anthropology”
Advising:
2000
Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona
Teaching Assistant:
1996–1998
Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona
‘Peopling of the World”, Dr. Christy Turner II.
“Human Origins”, Dr. Donald Johanson.
“Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology”, Dr. Daniel Benyshek
“Death and Dying in Cross-cultural Perspective”, Dr. Christopher Carr,
“Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology”, Dr. Lyle Steadman
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
2004
Invited presentation entitled “Crossing the Threshold: Stone Tools and Early Humans at
Hadar, Ethiopia”, Archaeological Institute of America, Nevada Chapter.
2004
Poster presentation entitled “Evaluating the hominoid proximal femur using geometric
morphometrics”, presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists, Tampa, Florida.
2003
Podium presentation entitled “Preliminary taphonomic analysis of hominin remains from
A.L. 333, Hadar Formation, Ethiopia”, presented at the 2003 meeting of the
Paleoanthropology Society, Tempe, Arizona.
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2002
Invited presentation entitled “Renewed Paleoanthropological Fieldwork at Hadar,
Ethiopia” University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology, Las Vegas
Nevada.
2000
Podium presentation entitled “Sex ratio, operational sex ratio and body size dimorphism:
Phylogenetic and nonphylogenetic tests of association”, presented at the 2000 meeting of
the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Antonio, Texas.
1998
Poster presentation entitled “A demographic analysis of northern and western
European mesolithic cemeteries”, presented at the 1998 meeting of the
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1997
Poster presentation entitled “Non-metric cranial and dental traits as population
discriminators: a comparison” presented at the 1997 meeting of the American Association
of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, Missouri.
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK
1990-1996
Archaeological Research Services, Inc., Lyle M. Stone Owner and Principal Investigator,
Tempe, Arizona
Dames & Moore, Everett Bassett Principal Investigator, Phoenix, Arizona
SWCA, Inc., Mark Slaughter Principal Investigator, Tucson, Arizona
Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants, Mark Bond Principal Investigator; Southern Utah
Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, John Craib Principal Investigator; Hawaii and
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands
International Institute of Archaeological Research, Inc., Mac Goodwin Principal
Investigator; Honolulu, Hawaii
Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Pat Mikkelson Principal Investigator
Micronesian Archaeological Research Services, Darlene Moore Owner and Principal
Investigator, Guam CNMI
Laboratory of Archaeology and Anthropology, Portland State University, Greg Burtchard
Principal Investigator, Oregon
PUBLICATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Primary Author:
1995 A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.63 Acre Sampson Home Site on
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land South of Thomas Road, Between Alma School
Road and Extension Road, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project
Report No. 95:64, Tempe, Arizona.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.63 Acre Parcel of Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community Land for the Proposed Castenda Property Home Site East of
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Longmore Road, and North of Thomas Road, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological
Research Services Project Report No. 95:65, Tempe, Arizona.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.63 Acre Washington Home Site on
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land North of McDowell Road, and West of Gilbert
Road, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:78,
Tempe, Arizona.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.59 Acre Smith Home Site on Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land North of McDowell Road, and East of Stapley
Drive, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:90,
Tempe, Arizona.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.58 Acre Myore Home Site on Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land North of McDowell Road, and East of Stapley
Drive, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:91,
Tempe, Arizona.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.76 Acre Jimenez Home Site on Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land North of Indian School Road, and West of Center
Street, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:93,
Tempe, Arizona.
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Approximately 0.63 Acre Camerena Home Site on
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land South of Thomas Road, and Between Stapley
Drive and Harris Street, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project
Report No. 95:95, Tempe, Arizona.
Cultural Resource Inventory of United Metro Materials Parcel 203, North of Coolidge, Central
Pinal County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:51, Tempe,
Arizona.
Elizabeth H. Harmon and Teresa L. Cadiente A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed 0.60
Acre Marez Home Site on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land South of Jackrabbit
Road and East of Alma School Road, Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research
Services Project Report No. 95:92, Tempe, Arizona.
Elizabeth H. Harmon and Teresa L. Cadiente A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed
Approximately 0.76 Acre Chiago Home Site on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Land North of McDowell Road and West of Gilbert Road, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:66, Tempe, Arizona.
1994
Elizabeth H. Harmon and Lisa J. Beyer Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 40 Miles of
Proposed State Route 85 Right-of-Way (And Associated Alternative Routes) Between Gila Bend
and Buckeye, Southwestern Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services
Project Report No. 94:45, Tempe, Arizona.
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Contributing Author:
1996 Matthew H. Bilsbarrow (ed.) The Mazatzal Rest Area Archaeological Data Recovery Project:
Archaic and Salado Settlement and Subsistence Patterns Along Hardt Creek, Tonto Basin, Gila
County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:14C, Tempe, Arizona.
1995
Teresa L. Cadiente and Elizabeth H. Harmon A Cultural Resources Survey of an Approximately 3
Acre Parcel of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land for the Proposed Eagle Wing
Project Located East of Alma School Road and North of Osborn Road, Maricopa County,
Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:50, Tempe, Arizona.
Teresa L. Cadiente and Elizabeth H. Harmon A Cultural Resources Survey of an Approximately 5
Acre Parcel of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Land for the Red Mountain Rubbish
Removal Lease, south of the Arizona Canal and West of Gilbert Road, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Archaeological Research Services Project Report No. 95:63, Tempe, Arizona.
Bradford W. Stone and Elizabeth H. Harmon Cultural Resources Survey of a 17.31 Mile Segment
of Southern Pacific Railroad Between Bisbee Junction and Bisbee, and Between Paul Spur and
Douglas South Central Cochise County, Arizona. Archaeological Research Services Project
Report No. 95:60, Tempe Arizona.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1998–1999
Physical Anthropology Subdiscipline Representative, Department of Anthropology, ASU
1995-1998
Administration of graduate student funding guide for the Association of Anthropology
Graduate Students, Department of Anthropology, ASU
1995
Assisted in the creation of an outside funding guide for anthropology graduate students for
the Association of Anthropology Graduate Students, Department of Anthropology, ASU
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Preparing Future Faculty Fellow
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Paleoanthropology Society
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REFERENCES
Dr. William Kimbel
Institute of Human Origins
Department of Anthropology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-4101
480-727-6582
Wkimbel.iho@asu.edu
Dr. Donald Johanson
Institute of Human Origins
Department of Anthropology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-4101
480-727-6578
Johanson.iho@asu.edu
Dr. Kaye Reed
Institute of Human Origins
Department of Anthropology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-4101
480-727-6583
kreed.iho@asu.edu
Dr. Charles Lockwood
Department of Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
University College London
Gower Street - London - WC1E 6BT
England
+44 20 7679 2367
c.lockwood@ucl.ac.uk
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