Stephen Merritt

Stephen Merritt
Associate Professor

Associate Professor (P), Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences 2012 -
Associate Scientist (C), Nutrition Obesity Res Center (NORC) , Nutrition Sciences Research 2015 -

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	Don't cry over spilled ink: Missing context prevents replication and creates the Rorschach effect in bone surface modification studies 2019
2018	Hand grip diversity and frequency during the use of Lower Palaeolithic stone cutting-tools 2018
2018	FwJj70 – A potential Early Stone Age single carcass butchery locality preserved in a fragmentary surface assemblage 2018
2017	Investigating hominin carnivory in the Okote Member of Koobi Fora, Kenya with an actualistic model of carcass consumption and traces of butchery on the elbow 2017
2017	Landscape scale heterogeneity in the East Turkana ecosystem during the Okote Member (1.56–1.38 Ma) 2017
2017	Diagnostic properties of hammerstone-broken long bone fragments, specimen identifiability, and Early Stone Age butchered assemblage interpretation 2017
2017	Ecosystem evolution and hominin paleobiology at East Turkana, northern Kenya between 2.0 and 1.4 Ma 2017
2017	A new high-resolution 3-D quantitative method for identifying bone surface modifications with implications for the Early Stone Age archaeological record 2017
2016	Cut Mark Cluster Geometry and Equifinality in Replicated Early Stone Age Butchery 2016
2012	Factors affecting Early Stone Age cut mark cross-sectional size: Implications from actualistic butchery trials 2012

Principal Investigator On

IRES: Origins of Human Adaptability awarded by NSF - National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018

Teaching Activities

ANTH319 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH454 - Bio Anth Contemp Issues (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH496 - Spec Problems in Bio Anth (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH498 - Honors Thesis Research (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH619 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH654 - Bio Anth and Contemp Issues (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH694 - Spec Problems in Biolog Anth (Fall Term 2019) 2019

ANTH401 - Forensic Anthropology (Spring Term 2019) 2019

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2019) 2019

ANTH496 - Spec Problems in Bio Anth (Spring Term 2019) 2019

ANTH601 - Forensic Anthropology (Spring Term 2019) 2019

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Fall Term 2018) 2018

ANTH400 - Human Osteology (Fall Term 2018) 2018

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Spring Term 2018) 2018

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2018) 2018

ANTH319 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2017) 2017

ANTH454 - Bio Anth Contemp Issues (Fall Term 2017) 2017

ANTH654 - Bio Anth and Contemp Issues (Fall Term 2017) 2017

ANTH401 - Forensic Anthropology (Spring Term 2017) 2017

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2017) 2017

ANTH496 - Spec Problems in Bio Anth (Spring Term 2017) 2017

ANTH610 - Advanced Biological Anthro (Spring Term 2017) 2017

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Fall Term 2016) 2016

ANTH400 - Human Osteology (Fall Term 2016) 2016

ANTH613 - Human Osteology (Fall Term 2016) 2016

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Spring Term 2016) 2016

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2016) 2016

ANTH610 - Advanced Biological Anthro (Spring Term 2016) 2016

ANTH211 - Human Evolution (Fall Term 2015) 2015

ANTH319 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2015) 2015

ANTH619 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2015) 2015

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Spring Term 2015) 2015

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2015) 2015

ANTH610 - Advanced Biological Anthro (Spring Term 2015) 2015

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Fall Term 2014) 2014

ANTH400 - Human Osteology (Fall Term 2014) 2014

ANTH496 - Spec Problems in Bio Anth (Fall Term 2014) 2014

ANTH613 - Human Osteology (Fall Term 2014) 2014

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2014) 2014

ANTH610 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2014) 2014

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Fall Term 2013) 2013

ANTH319 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2013) 2013

ANTH401 - Forensic Anthropology (Fall Term 2013) 2013

ANTH601 - Forensic Anthropology (Fall Term 2013) 2013

ANTH619 - Food and Culture (Fall Term 2013) 2013

WS380 - Special Topics (Fall Term 2013) 2013

ANTH400 - Human Osteology (Spring Term 2013) 2013

ANTH453 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2013) 2013

ANTH496 - Spec Problems in Physical Anth (Spring Term 2013) 2013

ANTH610 - Advanced Physical Anthropology (Spring Term 2013) 2013

ANTH613 - Human Osteology (Spring Term 2013) 2013

ANTH671 - Evolution of Human Carnivory (Spring Term 2013) 2013

ANTH101 - Intro to Cultural Anthropology (Fall Term 2012) 2012

ANTH102 - Intro to Biological Anth (Fall Term 2012) 2012

ANTH211 - Human Evolution (Fall Term 2012) 2012

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Rutgers University : New Brunswick 2011

Master of Arts in Anthropology, Rutgers University : New Brunswick 2005

Full Name

Stephen Merritt