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Bradley Andrew Newbold
CURRICULUM VITAE
387 College Hall
Department of Anthropology
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164
Phone: 801.472.6987
Email: bnewbold@wsu.edu
EDUCATION
PhD Anthropology
Washington State University, May 2013 (anticipated)
Dissertation: Archaeogenetic Assessment of the Ancient Fremont Culture: A modelbased phylogeography
Chair: Brian M. Kemp
Major GPA: 3.80
MA Anthropology
Brigham Young University, April 2009
Thesis: Paleoindian Lifeways of Paleoarchaic Peoples: A faunal analysis of early
occupations at North Creek Shelter, Utah
Chair: Joel C. Janetski
Major GPA: 3.92
GRE: 800 Quantitative, 600 Verbal, 4.5 Analytical Writing
BA Anthropology, Archaeology emphasis
BYU, December 2005
Senior Thesis: Formative Period Resource Depression within the Escalante Valley, Utah
Advisor: Joel C. Janetski
Major GPA: 3.82
SAT: 750 Math, 600 Verbal
ACT: 33 Composite (34 Math, 32 Science, 34 Reading, 30 English)
GRANTS, AWARDS, and SCHOLARSHIPS
2009-2011
IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling Fellowship, WSU
Training in model-based approaches to biological and cultural evolution
Projects: Mapping the Memetics Meme: Towards a better understanding of the
transmission and evolution of scientific concepts; On Costly Signaling and
Optimal Group Size
Senior Principal Investigators: Tim A. Kohler, Eric Alden Smith (University of
Washington)
2008
Grace Elizabeth Shallit Memorial Grant, Department of Anthropology, BYU
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Project: Paleoindian Lifeways of Paleoarchaic Peoples: A faunal analysis of early
occupations at North Creek Shelter, Utah
Research Presentation Award, Graduate Student Association, BYU
Project: Early Human History on the Northern Colorado Plateau: The View from
North Creek Shelter. Poster presented at the 73 rd Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, Vancouver
2007
Warren Van Pelt Scholarship, Dept. of Anthropology, BYU
Project: Identification and study of Basketmaker human remains housed at the
American Museum of Natural History, NY
In affiliation with NSF Grant BCS-0722798 Grand Gulch Basketmaker: Stable
Isotope Chemistry, AMS Radiocarbon Dating and Documentation of Burial
Context.
Principal Investigators: Joan Brenner Coltrain (University of Utah), Joel C. Janetski
2004
Office of Research and Creative Activities Mentored Learning Grant, BYU
Project: Scanning electron microscopic identification and analysis of hair
recovered from Anasazi occupation of Arrowhead Hill, Utah
Advisor: Joel C. Janetski
2001-2003
Alumni Association Scholarship, BYU
1997-1998
University Scholar, BYU
RESEARCH and TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fellow
2009-2011
NSF IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling, WSU
Research Assistant
2009-2013
Kemp Lab, Department of Anthropology and School of Biological Sciences, WSU
Extraction and analysis of ancient DNA from archaeological specimens
2005-2009
Department of Anthropology/Museum of Peoples and Cultures, BYU
Artifact analysis, osteological identification, site survey and excavation, and
report compilation for archaeological projects in the western US and Middle East
Teaching Assistant/Instructor
2007
Zooarchaeology Method and Theory (graduate and undergraduate sections),
Department of Anthropology, BYU
Teaching Assistant/Crew Supervisor
2006-2008
BYU Archaeological Field School
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Trained and supervised students in archaeological field method, faunal and
human osteology, and laboratory analysis at projects in Utah, Arizona, and Petra,
Jordan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Manager
2009
William Self Associates, Inc.
Holly Power/UNEV Pipeline Project
Assistant Field Director
2008
North Creek Shelter Project, BYU
Zooarchaeological Analyst/Subcontractor
2009
William Self Associates, Inc.
Holly Power/UNEV Pipeline Project
2007-2009
Western Land Services
Faunal analyst for Utah Department of Transportation cultural resource projects
2005
Ashley National Forest Heritage Department
Analyzed faunal remains from Ashley National Forest sites
Findings presented in “Borderland Processes along the Northeastern Fremont
Frontier” by Michelle Knoll and Byron Loosle at the 30th Great Basin
Anthropological Conference, Las Vegas, 2006
Field/Lab Technician
2005-2009
BYU Office of Public Archaeology
Survey, excavation, artifact analysis, and report compilation.
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming The Early Holocene on the Colorado Plateau of Utah: A Paleoclimatic
Reconstruction, to be submitted to Quaternary Research or Quaternary Science
Review (third author with Joel C. Janetski, David T. Yoder, Mark L. Bodily, and
Sara Hill)
Paleoarchaic/Early Archaic Transition on the Colorado Plateau: A Faunal Analysis,
to be submitted to Journal of Archaeological Science or Kiva (first author with
Joel C. Janetski, David T. Yoder, Mark L. Bodily, and Sara Hill)
Paleoarchaic/Early Archaic Obsidian Use on the Colorado Plateau, to be
submitted to Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (third author
with Mark L. Bodily, Joel C. Janetski, David T. Yoder, and Sara Hill)
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Paleoarchaic/Early Archaic Projectile Point Sequence at North Creek Shelter,
Utah, to be submitted to Kiva (third author with Mark L. Bodily, Joel C. Janetski,
David T. Yoder, and Sara Hill)
Notched Flake Use in the Paleoarchaic of the Colorado Plateau, to be submitted
to Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology or Utah Archaeology (third
author with Mark L. Bodily, Joel C. Janetski, David T. Yoder, and Sara Hill)
10,000 Years at North Creek Shelter, to be submitted to Utah Archaeology and
BYU/MPC Occasional Papers Series (third author with Joel C. Janetski, David T.
Yoder, Mark L. Bodily, and Sara Hill)
2003-2004 BYU-GSENM Archaeological Project, BYU/MPC Occasional Papers
Series (fourth author with Joel C. Janetski, Richard K. Talbot, Lane T. Richens,
David T. Yoder, Deborah C. Harris, B. Jacob Skousen)
2011
Deep Human History in the Escalante Valley of Southern Utah. Utah Historical
Quarterly 79(3). (second author with Joel C. Janetski, Mark L. Bodily, and David T.
Yoder).
2010
Onset of Small Seed Processing on the Colorado Plateau. Kiva 75(4):425-446.
(third author with David T. Yoder, Joel C. Janetski, Mark L. Bodily, and Sara Hill).
Paleoarchaic to Early Archaic Transition on the Colorado Plateau: the
Archaeology of North Creek Shelter. American Antiquity, accepted for
publication with revisions. (second author with Joel C. Janetski, David T. Yoder,
Mark L. Bodily, and Sara Hill)
Early Holocene Turkey Remains from Southern Utah: Implications for the Origins
of the Puebloan Domestic Turkeys. Kiva, in review. (first author with Joel C.
Janetski, Mark L. Bodily, and David T. Yoder)
Home Sweet Home or Happy Hunting Ground? Insights into Fremont Settlement
in Utah Valley through Faunal Analysis. Utah Archaeology, in review.
2008
Preliminary Report on the 2008 Season in Wadi Mataha. Annual of the
Department of Antiquities of Jordan vol. 52. (second author with David J.
Johnson).
2007
“Goshen Island (42UT636): Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric Occupations in
Goshen Bay,” in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology in Utah Valley, Occasional Paper
of the BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures No. 12, J. C. Janetski and G. C.
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Smith, eds., University of Utah Press (third author with Joel C. Janetski, Grant C.
Smith, Sarah Creer, and Ryan Van Dyke).
2006
“A Preliminary Report on Human Occupations at North Creek Shelter: A Stratified
Site in Escalante Valley,” in Proceedings of the 2006 GSENM Science Symposium,
M. Eaton, ed., Bureau of Land Management, Kanab, Utah. (second author with
Joel C. Janetski and David T. Yoder)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2010 Fremont Bioarchaeology and Population Genetics: Toward a More Complete
Demographic History. Paper to be presented in the symposium, “Dr. J’s Legacy: Papers
in Honor of Joel C. Janetski” at the 32nd biennial Great Basin Anthropological
Conference, Layton, Utah.
Early Holocene Diminution of Deer at North Creek Shelter: A Product of Natural or
Artificial Selection? Poster presented at the 32nd biennial Great Basin Anthropological
Conference, Layton, Utah.
Big Game Specialization and Small Seed Intensification: Are They Mutually Exclusive?
Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
St. Louis.
Subsistence Change and Continuity during the Paleoarchaic/Archaic Transition on the
Northern Colorado Plateau. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, St. Louis (third author with David T. Yoder, Joel C. Janetski,
Mark L. Bodily, and Sara Hill).
2009 Home Sweet Home or Happy Hunting Ground? Insights into Fremont Settlement in Utah
Valley through Faunal Analysis. Paper presented at the Utah Professional Archaeological
Council Winter Meeting, Salt Lake City.
2008 The Onset of Small Seed Processing on the Colorado Plateau: Insights from North Creek
Shelter. Poster presented at the 31st biennial Great Basin Anthropological Conference,
Portland (third author with Joel C. Janetski, David T. Yoder, Sara Hill, and Mark L. Bodily).
Early Human History on the Northern Colorado Plateau: The View from North Creek
Shelter. Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Vancouver (second author with Joel C. Janetski and David T. Yoder).
Deeper into the Past: Four Years of Excavation at North Creek Shelter. Paper presented
at the Utah Professional Archaeological Council Winter Meeting, Salt Lake City.
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2006 Some Simple Comparisons between Upland and Lowland Virgin Anasazi. Paper
presented at the 30th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Las Vegas (second author
with James R. Allison, Molly A. Hall, Jennifer A. Taylor, and Aaron R. Woods).
Early Holocene Occupations at North Creek Shelter: A Stratified Site in Escalante Valley.
Paper presented at the 30th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Las Vegas, Utah
Statewide Archaeological Society Meeting, Provo, Utah, and Learning from the Land: the
10th Anniversary Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Forum, Cedar
City, Utah (second author with Joel C. Janetski and David T. Yoder).
North Creek Shelter: Ten Millennia in the Escalante Valley. Paper presented at the Utah
Professional Archaeological Council Winter Meeting, Salt Lake City.
2005 Resource Depression and Formative Subsistence Patterns in the Escalante Area. Paper
presented at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Forum,
Escalante, Utah.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for American Archaeology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bioarchaeology (ancient DNA, stable isotope chemistry, paleopathology, etc.), zooarchaeology,
paleodemography, computational/mathematical modeling of archaeological data, PaleoAmerican lifeways, Southwestern/Great Basin archaeology, European archaeology, ancient
texts and languages
LANGUAGES
Speak English and French.
Working knowledge of Spanish and German
Written translation of Latin, Greek, Hebrew (modern and Biblical), Coptic, Middle Egyptian
(hieroglyphs and hieratic), and Classic Mayan hieroglyphs
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