Dr. Katherine A. Miller Wolf
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Tom Raper Hall 264
(765) 973-8314
kam7@iue.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Anthropology, Arizona State University, 2015
- M.A., Anthropology, Arizona State University, 2006
- B.A., Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, 2003
Current Research Interests
Bioarchaeology, social organization, kinship, identity, physical anthropology, human osteology, odontometry, biogeochemistry, archaeology, and Mesoamerica.
Courses Taught
Cultural Anthropology; Human Origins and Prehistory; Cultures of Africa; Forensic Anthropology; Introduction to Archaeology; Bioanthropology; Fieldwork in Guatemala/Belize
Selected Publications
- K. Miller Wolf. (2019) “Curating Large Skeletal Collections: An Example from the Ancient Maya Site of Copan,
Honduras” in the special issue “Curation and Conservation of Human Skeletal Remains: A Global Perspective of
Best Practices” of the Journal of Advances in Archaeological Practice, (Forthcoming January 2019).
- H. Plumer-Moodie, C. Quiroz, K. Miller Wolf, Y. Musa. (2019) “When Provenience is Lost: Achievements and
Challenges in Conserving the Historical St. John’s, Belize Skeletal Collection” in the special issue “Curation and
Conservation of Human Skeletal Remains: A Global Perspective of Best Practices” of the Journal of Advances in
Archaeological Practice, (Forthcoming January 2019).
- C. Frewiald and K. Miller Wolf. (2019) “Considering Conservation of Human Skeletal Remains in Archaeological
Contexts” in the special issue “Curation and Conservation of Human Skeletal Remains: A Global Perspective of
Best Practices” of the Journal of Advances in Archaeological Practice, (Forthcoming January 2019).
- C. Hughes, J. Lindo, T Pugh, C. Marshall, R Malhi, KA. Miller Wolf, C. Freiwald. “Assessing Ancestry at San
Bernabé’: Insights from an Ancient DNA Feasibility Study” in Colonialism at Tayasal, Peten, Guatemala, T. Pugh,
ed, University of Colorado Press.
- K. Miller Wolf. (2019). “Life and Death at the San Bernabé Spanish Mission” in Colonialism at Tayasal, Petén,
Guatemala, edited by T. Pugh. University of Colorado Press. (forthcoming)
- K. Miller Wolf and C. Freiwald. (2018). “A New Strontium Baseline for Honduras: Re-Thinking Ancient Maya
Migration.” 20:799-807
- K. Miller Wolf. (2016). “La Bioarqueología de Diversidad y Complejidad de la Antigua Sociedad Maya en Copán:
Resultados de un estuiod de estorncio y biodistancia.” In the XXX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicos en
Guatemala. Guatemala City: Ministerio de Cultura y Deortes: IHAH.
- K. Miller Wolf. (2016). “Un Enfoque Bioarqueológica a la Diversidad y la Complejidad de la Antigua Sociedad
Maya en Copán: Resultados de Nueva Estroncio y Biodistance Datos.” Yaxkin.
- T. Pugh, K. Miller Wolf, C. Freiwald, P. Rice. (2016) "Technologies of domination at Mission San Bernabé, Petén,
Guatemala." Ancient Mesoamerica 27(1):49-70.
- C. Stojanowski, C. Carver, K. Miller. (2014) "Incisor Avulsion, social identity and Saharan population history: New
data from the Early Holocene southern Sahara." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 35:79-91.
- T.D. Price, J. Burton, R. Sharer, J. Buikstra, L. Wright, L. Traxler, K. Miller. (2010). "Kings and commoners at
Copán: Isotopic evidence for origins and movement in the Classic Maya period." Yearbook Journal of
Anthropological Archaeology 29:15-32.
Selected Previous Employment Positions
- Visiting Instructor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2013.
- Instructor, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY, 2012-2014.
- Instructor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2011-2013.
Selected Research/Field Projects
- Director, Copan, Honduras Burial Project (Honduras), 2004-Present
- Tayasal and San Bernabe Mission Archaeological Project (Guatemala), 2011- Present
- Salinas de los Nueve Cerros Project (Guatemala), 2012- Present
- Ucanal Archaeological Project (Guatemala), 2013-Present
- Co-Director, Bioarchaeology Fieldschool with the Maya Research Program (Belize), 2015-
Present. www.mayaresearchprogram.org
Selected Academic Awards/Recognitions
- Excellence in Research Award, Indiana University East, 2018
- Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Council, Indiana University Board of Trustees (2017)
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, BCS-1207533, 2012-14.