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Waters, Michael Professor
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- Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on the following topics: Peopling of the Americas; Geoarchaeology; Late Quaternary history; and Americas and Northeast Asia.
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Publications
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O'Keefe, F. R., Dunn, R. E., Weitzel, E. M., Waters, M. R., Martinez, L. N., Binder, W. J., ... Lindsey, E. L.
(2023).
Pre-Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation at Rancho La Brea linked to fire-driven state shift. Science.
381(6659), eabo3594.
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Waters, M. R., Newell, Z. A., Fisher, D. C., McDonald, H. G., Han, J., Moreno, M., & Robbins, A.
(2023).
Late Pleistocene osseous projectile point from the Manis site, Washington-Mastodon hunting in the Pacific Northwest 13,900 years ago. 9(5), eade9068.
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Allen, A. J., Labella, D. A., Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., & Kersh, C. R.
(2023).
Effect of histology on stereotactic body radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer oligometastatic pulmonary lesions. Translational lung cancer research.
12(1), 66-78.
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Waters, M. R., Andruska, N., Fischer-Valuck, B. W., Agabalogun, T., Brenneman, R. J., Gay, H., Michalski, J. M., & Baumann, B.
(2023).
The Association of Radiation Dose With Overall Survival for Patients Treated With Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Cureus.
15(1), e34351.
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Smallwood, A. M., Jennings, T. A., Smith, H. L., Pevny, C. D., Waters, M. R., Loebel, T. J., ... Stephens, D.
(2022).
Using 3D Models to Understand the Changing Role of Fluting in Paleoindian Point Technology from Clovis to Dalton. American Antiquity.
87(3), 544-566.
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Waters, M. R., Newell, Z. A., & Smith, M. F.
(2021).
A Reexamination of the Paleoindian Bison Kill at the Alexon Site, Florida. PaleoAmerica.
7(3), 280-285.
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Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., Richardson, K. M., Spencer, K. M., Larner, J. M., & Kersh, C. R.
(2021).
A single institutional experience with central lung stereotactic body radiation therapy demonstrating encouraging results with increased inter-fraction time. Journal of Thoracic Disease.
13(2), 642-652.
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Sun, N., Brandon, A. D., Forman, S. L., & Waters, M. R.
(2021).
Geochemical evidence for volcanic signatures in sediments of the Younger Dryas event. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA.
312, 57-74.
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Waters, M. R., Keene, J. L., Prewitt, E. R., Everett, M. E., Laughlin, T., & Stafford, T.
(2021).
Late Quaternary geology, archaeology, and geoarchaeology of Hall's Cave, Texas. Quaternary Science Reviews.
274, 107276-107276.
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Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., Richardson, K. M., Spencer, K., Larner, J. M., McAllister, W. H., Sheehan, J. P., & Kersh, C. R.
(2020).
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases: a novel local control stratification by spinal region. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.
34(2), 1-10.
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Waters, M. R., Stafford, T. W., & Carlson, D. L.
(2020).
The age of Clovis-13,050 to 12,750 cal yr B.P. Science Advances.
6(43), eaaz0455.
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Sun, N., Brandon, A. D., Forman, S. L., Waters, M. R., & Befus, K. S.
(2020).
Volcanic origin for Younger Dryas geochemical anomalies ca. 12,900 cal B.P. Science Advances.
6(31), eaax8587.
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Perrotti, A. G., Winsborough, B., Halligan, J. J., & Waters, M. R.
(2020).
Reconstructing Terminal Pleistocene-Early Holocene Environmental Change at Page-Ladson, Florida Using Diatom Evidence. PaleoAmerica.
6(2), 181-193.
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Seersholm, F. V., Werndly, D. J., Grealy, A., Johnson, T., Keenan Early, E. M., Lundelius, E. L., ... Bunce, M.
(2020).
Rapid range shifts and megafaunal extinctions associated with late Pleistocene climate change. Nature Communications.
11(1), 2770.
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Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., Richardson, K. M., Spencer, K., Larner, J. M., Irvin, W. P., & Kersh, C. R.
(2020).
Stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Radiation Oncology.
15(1), 108.
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Waters, M. R., Goebel, T., & Graf, K. E.
(2020).
The Stemmed Point Tradition of Western North America. PaleoAmerica.
6(1), 1-3.
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Braje, T. J., Erlandson, J. M., Rick, T. C., Davis, L., Dillehay, T., Fedje, D. W., ... Waters, M. R.
(2020).
Fladmark+40: What Have We Learned about a Potential Pacific Coast Peopling of the Americas?. American Antiquity.
85(1), 1-21.
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Graf, K. E., Gore, A. K., Melton, J. A., Marks, T., DiPietro, L., Goebel, T., Waters, M. R., & Rhode, D.
(2020).
Recent excavations at Owl Ridge, interior Alaska: Site stratigraphy, chronology, and site formation and implications for late Pleistocene archaeology and peopling of eastern Beringia. Geoarchaeology.
35(1), 3-26.
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Swift, J. A., Bunce, M., Dortch, J., Douglass, K., Faith, J. T., Fellows Yates, J. A., ... Roberts, P.
(2019).
Micro Methods for Megafauna: Novel Approaches to Late Quaternary Extinctions and Their Contributions to Faunal Conservation in the Anthropocene. BIOSCIENCE.
69(11), 877-887.
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Waters, M. R.
(2019).
Late Pleistocene exploration and settlement of the Americas by modern humans. Science.
365(6449), 138-+.
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Waters, M.
(2019).
Early Exploration and Settlement of North America During the Late Pleistocene. 19(3), 34-39.
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Waters, M. R., Keene, J. L., Forman, S. L., Prewitt, E. R., Carlson, D. L., & Wiederhold, J. E.
(2018).
Pre-Clovis projectile points at the Debra L. Friedkin site, Texas-Implications for the Late Pleistocene peopling of the Americas. Science Advances.
4(10), eaat4505.
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Becerra-Valdivia, L., Waters, M. R., Stafford, T. W., Anzick, S. L., Comeskey, D., Devise, T., & Higham, T.
(2018).
Reassessing the chronology of the archaeological site of Anzick. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
115(27), 7000-7003.
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Tune, J. W., Waters, M. R., Schmalle, K. A., DeSantis, L., & Kamenov, G. D.
(2018).
Assessing the proposed pre-last glacial maximum human occupation of North America at Coats-Hines-Litchy, Tennessee, and other sites. Quaternary Science Reviews.
186, 47-59.
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Hollingshead, A., & Waters, M. R.
(2018).
Geoarchaeological Investigation at the Buffalo Ranch Site (41BU119), Texas. PaleoAmerica.
4(1), 64-67.
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Deviese, T., Stafford, T., Waters, M. R., Wathen, C., Comeskey, D., Becerra-Valdivia, L., & Higham, T.
(2018).
Increasing accuracy for the radiocarbon dating of sites occupied by the first Americans. Quaternary Science Reviews.
198, 171-180.
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Halligan, J. J., Waters, M. R., Perrotti, A., Owens, I. J., Feinberg, J. M., Bourne, M. D., ... Dunbar, J. S.
(2016).
Pre-Clovis occupation 14,550 years ago at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, and the peopling of the Americas. Science Advances.
2(5), e1600375.
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Bourne, M. D., Feinberg, J. M., Stafford, T., Waters, M. R., Lundelius, E. J., & Forman, S. L.
(2016).
High-intensity geomagnetic field 'spike' observed at ca. 3000 cal BP in Texas, USA. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
442, 80-92.
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Forman, S. L., & Waters, M. R.
(2016).
Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating and the Peopling of the Americas. PaleoAmerica.
2(1), 6-10.
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Jennings, T. A., Smallwood, A. M., & Waters, M. R.
(2015).
Exploring late Paleoindian and early Archaic unfluted lanceolate point classification in the Southern Plains. North American Archaeologist.
36(4), 243-265.
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Raghavan, M., Steinrcken, M., Harris, K., Schiffels, S., Rasmussen, S., DeGiorgio, M., ... Willerslev, E.
(2015).
POPULATION GENETICS. Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans. Science.
349(6250), aab3884.
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Waters, M. R., Stafford, T. W., Kooyman, B., & Hills, L. V.
(2015).
Late Pleistocene horse and camel hunting at the southern margin of the ice-free corridor: reassessing the age of Wally's Beach, Canada. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
112(14), 4263-4267.
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Waters, M. R., Amorosi, T., & Stafford, T.
(2015).
REDATING FELL'S CAVE, CHILE AND THE CHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT OF THE FISHTAIL PROJECTILE POINT. American Antiquity.
80(2), 376-386.
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Jennings, T. A., & Waters, M. R.
(2014).
PRE-CLOVIS LITHIC TECHNOLOGY AT THE DEBRA L. FRIEDKIN SITE, TEXAS: COMPARISONS TO CLOVIS THROUGH SITE-LEVEL BEHAVIOR, TECHNOLOGICAL TRAIT-LIST, AND CLADISTIC ANALYSES. American Antiquity.
79(1), 25-44.
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Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T.
(2014).
REDATING THE MILL IRON SITE, MONTANA: A REEXAMINATION OF GOSHEN COMPLEX CHRONOLOGY. American Antiquity.
79(3), 541-548.
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Rasmussen, M., Anzick, S. L., Waters, M. R., Skoglund, P., DeGiorgio, M., Stafford, T. W., ... Willerslev, E.
(2014).
The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana. Nature.
506(7487), 225-229.
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Driese, S. G., Nordt, L. C., Waters, M. R., & Keene, J. L.
(2013).
Analysis of Site Formation History and Potential Disturbance of Stratigraphic Context in Vertisols at the Debra L. Friedkin Archaeological Site in Central Texas, USA. Geoarchaeology.
28(3), 221-248.
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Wright, D. K., Waters, M. R., Loendorf, C., Woodson, M. K., Miles, W. D., & Darling, J. A.
(2013).
Late Archaic wells on the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona. Journal of Archaeological Science.
40(1), 45-57.
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Goebel, T., Smith, H. L., DiPietro, L., Waters, M. R., Hockett, B., Graf, K. E., ... Rhode, D.
(2013).
Serpentine Hot Springs, Alaska: results of excavations and implications for the age and significance of northern fluted points. Journal of Archaeological Science.
40(12), 4222-4233.
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Lindquist, A. K., Feinberg, J. M., & Waters, M. R.
(2011).
Rock magnetic properties of a soil developed on an alluvial deposit at Buttermilk Creek, Texas, USA. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
12(12), n/a-n/a.
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Waters, M. R., Stafford, T. W., McDonald, H. G., Gustafson, C., Rasmussen, M., Cappellini, E., ... Willerslev, E.
(2011).
Pre-Clovis mastodon hunting 13,800 years ago at the Manis site, Washington. Science.
334(6054), 351-353.
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Waters, M. R., Forman, S. L., Jennings, T. A., Nordt, L. C., Driese, S. G., Feinberg, J. M., ... Wiederhold, J. E.
(2011).
The Buttermilk Creek complex and the origins of Clovis at the Debra L. Friedkin site, Texas. Science.
331(6024), 1599-1603.
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Waters, M. R., Daniel, S., Urista, J., & Bonnichsen, R.
(2011).
An Archaic wooden bowl from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. 175-179.
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Wright, D. K., Forman, S. L., Waters, M. R., & Ravesloot, J. C.
(2011).
Holocene eolian activation as a proxy for broad-scale landscape change on the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona. Quaternary Research.
76(1), 10-21.
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Goebel, T., Slobodin, S. B., & Waters, M. R.
(2010).
New dates from Ushki-1, Kamchatka, confirm 13,000 cal BP age for earliest Paleolithic occupation. Journal of Archaeological Science.
37(10), 2640-2649.
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Tankersley, K. B., Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T.
(2009).
CLOVIS AND THE AMERICAN MASTODON AT BIG BONE LICK, KENTUCKY. American Antiquity.
74(3), 558-567.
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Feinberg, J. M., Renne, P. R., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Waters, M. R., Ochoa-Castillo, P., & Perez-Campa, M.
(2009).
Age constraints on alleged "footprints" preserved in the Xalnene Tuff near Puebla, Mexico. Geology.
37(3), 267-270.
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Waters, M. R.
(2009).
Archaeological Excavations of the Center Hill Site (SDM W-179), San Diego County, California. 54(4), 53-73.
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Waters, M. R., Forman, S. L., Stafford, T., & Foss, J.
(2009).
Geoarchaeological investigations at the Topper and Big Pine Tree sites, Allendale County, South Carolina. Journal of Archaeological Science.
36(7), 1300-1311.
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Waters, M. R., Stafford, T., Redmond, B. G., & Tankersley, K. B.
(2009).
THE AGE OF THE PALEOINDIAN ASSEMBLAGE AT SHERIDEN CAVE, OHIO. American Antiquity.
74(1), 107-111.
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Goebel, T., Waters, M. R., & O'Rourke, D. H.
(2008).
The late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas. Science.
319(5869), 1497-1502.
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Waters, M. R., Wiersema, J., & Stafford, T.
(2008).
A geoarchaeological evaluation of an early human burial from Brazoria County, Texas. Journal of Archaeological Science.
35(9), 2425-2433.
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Waters, M. R.
(2008).
Alluvial chronologies and archaeology of the Gila River drainage basin, Arizona. Geomorphology.
101(1-2), 332-341.
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Collins, M. B., Waters, M. R., Goodyear, A. C., Stanford, D. J., Pertierra, T., & Goebel, T.
(2008).
Paleoamerican Origins Workshop: A Brief Report. 25, 195-197.
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Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T. W.
(2007).
Redefining the age of Clovis: implications for the peopling of the Americas. Science.
315(5815), 1122-1126.
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Gingerich, J., & Waters, M. R.
(2007).
New dates from the Shawnee-Minisink site, Pennsylvania. Current Research in the Pleistocene.
24, 90-92.
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Hildebrand, J. A., Wiggins, S. M., Driver, J. L., & Waters, M. R.
(2007).
Rapid seismic reflection imaging at the Clovis period Gault site in central Texas. Archaeological Prospection.
14(4), 245-260.
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Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T.
(2007).
Response to comment on "Redefining the age of Clovis: Implications for the peopling of the Americas". Science.
317(5836), 320-320.
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Renne, P. R., Feinberg, J. M., Waters, M. R., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Ochoa-Castillo, P., Perez-Campa, M., & Knight, K. B.
(2005).
Geochronology: age of Mexican ash with alleged 'footprints'. Nature.
438(7068), E7-E8.
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Ravesloot, J. C., & Waters, M. R.
(2004).
Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Site Patterning on the Middle Gila River, Arizona. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
29(1-2), 203-214.
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Darling, J. A., Ravesloot, J. C., & Waters, M. R.
(2004).
Village drift and riverine settlement: Modeling Akimel O'odham land use. AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
106(2), 282-295.
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Buvit, I., Waters, M. R., Konstantinov, M. V., & Konstantinov, A. V.
(2003).
Geoarchaeological investigations at Studenoe, an Upper Paleolithic site in the Transbaikal Region, Russia. Geoarchaeology.
18(6), 649-673.
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Goebel, T., Waters, M. R., & Dikova, M.
(2003).
The archaeology of Ushki Lake, Kamchatka, and the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas. Science.
301(5632), 501-505.
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Waters, M. R., & Ravesloot, J. C.
(2003).
Disaster or catastrophe: Human adaptation to high- and low-frequency landscape processes - A reply to Ensor, Ensor, and Devries. American Antiquity.
68(2), 400-405.
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Ravesloot, J. C., & Waters, M. R.
(2002).
Geoarchaeology and archaeological site patterning on the Middle Gila River, Arizona. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
29(1-2), 203-214.
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Waters, M. R., & Haynes, C. V.
(2001).
Late Quaternary arroyo formation and climate change in the American Southwest. Geology.
29(5), 399-402.
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Waters, M. R., & Ravesloot, J. C.
(2001).
Landscape change and the cultural evolution of the Hohokam along the middle Gila River and other river valleys in south-central Arizona. American Antiquity.
66(2), 285-299.
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Goebel, T., Waters, M. R., Buvit, I., Konstantinov, M. V., & Konstantinov, A. V.
(2000).
Studenoe-2 and the origins of microblade technologies in the Transbaikal, Siberia. Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
74(285), 567-575.
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Waters, M. R.
(2000).
Alluvial stratigraphy and geoarchaeology in the American Southwest. Geoarchaeology.
15(6), 537-557.
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Waters, M. R., & Ravesloot, J. C.
(2000).
Late Quaternary geology of the middle Gila River, Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona. Quaternary Research.
54(1), 49-57.
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Goebel, T., & Waters, M. R.
(2000).
New AMS 14C Ages for the Tolbaga Upper Paleolithic Site, Transbaikal, Siberia. 17, 32-34.
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Goebel, T., Waters, M. R., & Meshcherin, M. N.
(2000).
Masterov Kliuch and the Early Upper Palaeolithic of the Transbaikal, Siberia. Asian Perspectives: the journal of archaeology for Asia and the Pacific.
39(1-2), 47-70.
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Waters, M. R., Forman, S. L., & Pierson, J. M.
(1999).
A comment on more about Diring Yuriakh: Unsolved geoarchaeological problems at a lower paleolithic site in central Siberia. Geoarchaeology.
14(4), 361-364.
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Waters, M. R., Byrd, B. F., & Reddy, S. N.
(1999).
Geoarchaeological investigations of San Mateo and Las Flores Creeks, California: Implications for coastal settlement models. Geoarchaeology.
14(3), 289-306.
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Pearl, F. B., & Waters, M. R.
(1999).
A Geoarchaeological Assessment of Alluvial Valleys at Camp Pendleton with an Overview of the Important Natural Site Formation Processes. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly.
35(1), 19-32.
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Waters, M. R., Forman, S. L., & Pierson, J. M.
(1999).
Late Quaternary geology and geochronology of Diring Yuriakh, an early paleolithic site in central Siberia. Quaternary Research.
51(2), 195-211.
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Waters, M. R.
(1998).
The effect of landscape and hydrologic variables on the prehistoric Salado: Geoarchaeological investigations in the Tonto Basin, Arizona. Geoarchaeology.
13(2), 105-160.
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Waters, M. R.
(1998).
The Sulphur Spring Stage of the Cochise Culture and its Place in Southwestern Prehistory. KIVA: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History.
64(2), 115-135.
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Waters, M. R., Forman, S. L., & Pierson, J. M.
(1997).
Diring Yuriakh: A lower paleolithic site in central Siberia. Science.
275(5304), 1281-1284.
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Waters, M. R., Forman, S., & Pierson, J.
(1997).
Evaluation of the stratigraphy and age of Diring Yuriakh: a Lower Paleolithic site in central Siberia. 14, 87-89.
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Waters, M. R., & Kuehn, D. D.
(1996).
The geoarchaeology of place: The effect of geological processes on the preservation and interpretation of the archaeological record. American Antiquity.
61(3), 483-497.
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WATERS, M. R., & NORDT, L. C.
(1995).
LATE QUATERNARY FLOODPLAIN HISTORY OF THE BRAZOS RIVER IN EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS. Quaternary Research.
43(3), 311-319.
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NORDT, L. C., BOUTTON, T. W., HALLMARK, C. T., & WATERS, M. R.
(1994).
LATE QUATERNARY VEGETATION AND CLIMATE CHANGES IN CENTRAL TEXAS BASED ON THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF ORGANIC-CARBON. Quaternary Research.
41(1), 109-120.
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Waters, M. R., Giardino, J. R., Ryter, D. W., & Parrent, J. M.
(1993).
Geoarchaeological investigations of St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica: The search for the Columbus Caravels and an assessment of 1000 years of human land use. Geoarchaeology.
8(4), 259-279.
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Waters, M. R.
(1993).
Paediatric resuscitation. Dosage inaccuracies may be dangerous. 306(6892), 1612-1613.
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ELLIS, G. L., & WATERS, M. R.
(1991).
CULTURAL AND LANDSCAPE INFLUENCES ON TUCSON BASIN HOHOKAM SETTLEMENT. AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
93(1), 125-137.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1991).
THE GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF GULLIES AND ARROYOS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
18(2), 141-159.
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LARGENT, F. B., WATERS, M. R., & CARLSON, D. L.
(1991).
THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLSOM PROJECTILE POINTS IN TEXAS. PLAINS ANTHROPOLOGIST.
36(137), 323-341.
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WOOSLEY, A. I., & WATERS, M. R.
(1990).
REEVALUATION OF EARLY COCHISE ARTIFACT ASSOCIATIONS WITH PLEISTOCENE LAKE COCHISE, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. American Antiquity.
55(2), 360-366.
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WATERS, M. R., & WOOSLEY, A. I.
(1990).
THE GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND PRECERAMIC PREHISTORY OF THE WILLCOX BASIN, SE ARIZONA. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
17(2), 163-175.
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Waters, M. R., & Woosley, A. I.
(1990).
The Geoarchaeology and Preceramic Prehistory of the Willcox Basin, SE Arizona. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
17(2), 163-163.
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Largent Jr, F. B., & Waters, M. R.
(1990).
The distribution of Folsom points in Texas. 7, 27-28.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1989).
LATE QUATERNARY LACUSTRINE HISTORY AND PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PLUVIAL LAKE COCHISE, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. Quaternary Research.
32(1), 1-11.
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Waters, M. R.
(1989).
Late Quaternary pluvial episodes of Lake Cochise Arizona. 6, 93-95.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1988).
HOLOCENE ALLUVIAL GEOLOGY AND GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SAN-XAVIER REACH OF THE SANTA-CRUZ RIVER, ARIZONA. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
100(4), 479-491.
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Waters, M. R.
(1988).
Implications of the alluvial record of the Santa Cruz River to the discovery of Paleo-Indian and early Archaic sites in the Tucson Basin, Arizona. 5, 98-99.
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Waters, M. R.
(1988).
The impact of fluvial processes and landscape evolution on archaeological sites and settlement patterns along the San Xavier reach of the Santa Cruz River, Arizona. Geoarchaeology.
3(3), 205-219.
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Waters, M. R., & Field, J. J.
(1986).
Geomorphic analysis of Hohokam settlement patterns on alluvial fans along the western Flank of the Tortolita Mountains, Arizona. Geoarchaeology.
1(4), 329-345.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1986).
THE SULFUR SPRING STAGE AND ITS PLACE IN NEW-WORLD PREHISTORY. Quaternary Research.
25(2), 251-256.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1986).
SULFUR-SPRINGS-WOMAN - AN EARLY HUMAN SKELETON FROM SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. American Antiquity.
51(2), 361-365.
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Waters, M. R.
(1986).
Comment and Reply on Late Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy of Whitewater Draw, Arizona: Implications for regional correlation of fluvial deposits in the American SouthwestREPLY. Geology.
14(7), 627-627.
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Waters, M. R.
(1985).
Early Holocene occupation along Whitewater Draw, southeastern Arizona: The Sulphur Spring stage. Current Research in the Pleistocene.
2, 31-33.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1985).
LATE QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY OF WHITEWATER DRAW, ARIZONA - IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL CORRELATION OF FLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST. Geology.
13(10), 705-708.
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WATERS, M. R.
(1983).
LATE HOLOCENE LACUSTRINE CHRONOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT LAKE CAHUILLA, CALIFORNIA. Quaternary Research.
19(3), 373-387.
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Waters, M. R.
(1983).
Man and Pleistocene Lake Cahuilla, California. 5(3), 1-3.
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O'Keefe, F. R., Dunn, R. E., Weitzel, E. M., Waters, M. R., Martinez, L. N., Binder, W. J., ... Lindsey, E. L.
(2023).
Pre-Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation at Rancho La Brea linked to fire-driven state shift. Science.
381(6659), eabo3594.
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book
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Waters, M. R., & Jennings, T. A.
(2015).
The Hogeye Clovis cache
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Waters, M. R.
(2012).
Principles of Geoarchaeology. Asakura Press.
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Carlson, D. L., Pevny, C. D., Jennings, T. A., & Waters, M. R.
(2011).
Clovis Lithic Technology Investigation of a Stratified Workshop at the Gault Site, Texas. Texas A&M University Press.
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Waters, M. R., Long, M., Dickens, W., Sweitz, S., Presley, A. L., Buvit, I., ... Dannhaeuser, N.
(2006).
Lone star stalag: German prisoners of war at Camp hearne
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Waters, M. R.
(1992).
Principles of Geoarchaeology A North American Perspective. University of Arizona Press.
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Waters, M. R.
(1989).
Rocks and structure of the southern Sapphire Mountains, Granite and Ravalli counties, western Montana
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Waters, M. R.
(1986).
The geoarchaeology of Whitewater Draw, Arizona. Univ of Arizona Pr.
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Waters, M. R., & Jennings, T. A.
(2015).
The Hogeye Clovis cache
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chapter
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Smith, M. F., Joy, S. A., Waters, M. R., Halligan, J. J., Faught, M. K., Thulman, D. K., ... Burke, A. M.
(2022).
Contributions of Submerged Archaeological Research to the Late Pleistocene and Early Halocene Record of the Southeast. Miller, D. S., Smallwood, A. M., & Tune, J. W. (Eds.),
The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age.
(pp. 213-229).
University of Alabama Press.
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Ravesloot, J. C., Darling, J. A., & Waters, M. R.
(2009).
Hohokam and Pima-Maricopa irrigation agriculturalists: Maladaptive or resilient societies. Fisher, C. T., Hill, J. B., & Feinman, G. M. (Eds.),
The Archaeology of Environmental Change: Socionatural Legacies of Degradation and Resilience.
(pp. 232-245).
University of Arizona Press.
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Waters, M. R.
(2008).
Alluvial chronologies and archaeology of the Gila River Drainage Basin, Arizona, Fluvial Deposits and Environmental History: Geoarchaeology, Paleohydrology, and Adjustment to Environmental Change. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.
(pp. 332-341).
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Waters, M. R.
(2006).
Prehistoric human response to landscape change in the American southwest. Doyel, D. E., & Dean, J. S. (Eds.),
Environmental change and human adaptation in the ancient American Southwest.
(pp. 26-45).
Univ of Utah Pr.
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Waters, M. R.
(2004).
The role of geoarchaeology in the search for the first Americans. Lepper, B. T., & Bonnichsen, R. (Eds.),
New Perspectives on the First Americans.
(pp. 187-192).
Center for the Study of the First.
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Waters, M. R.
(2003).
Dating late Quaternary alluvial stratigraphic sequences. Howard, A. J., Macklin, M. G., & Passmore, D. G. (Eds.),
Alluvial Archaeology in Europe.
(pp. 305-312).
CRC Press.
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Waters, M. R.
(1990).
Late Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy and early Holocene archaeology of Whitewater Draw, Arizona. Donahue, J. D., & Lasca, N. P. (Eds.),
Archaeological Geology of North America.
(pp. 315-322).
Geological Society of Amer.
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Waters, M. R.
(1990).
The Sulphur Spring - Clovis Controversy. Chronostratigraphy of the Paleolithic in North, Central, East Asia and America.
(pp. 249-254).
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Waters, M. R., & Haynes, C. V.
(1987).
Archaeological geology of Paleo-Indian sites in southeastern Arizona. Geologic Diversity of Arizona and its Margins: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5.
(pp. 212-220).
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Waters, M. R.
(1985).
Early man in the New World: An evaluation of the radiocarbon dated pre-Clovis sites in the Americas. Mead, J. I., & Meltzer, D. J. (Eds.),
Environments and Extinctions: Man in Late Glacial North America.
(pp. 125-143).
Center for the Study of Early Man.
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Waters, M. R.
(1982).
Ceramic data from Lowland Patayan sites. McGuire, R. H., & Schiffer, M. B. (Eds.),
Hohokam and Patayan prehistory of southwestern Arizona.
(pp. 571-580).
Academic Pr.
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Waters, M. R.
(1982).
The Lowland Patayan ceramic tradition. McGuire, R. H., & Schiffer, M. B. (Eds.),
Hohokam and Patayan prehistory of southwestern Arizona.
(pp. 275-298).
Academic Pr.
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Waters, M. R.
(1982).
The Lowland Patayan ceramic typology. McGuire, R. H., & Schiffer, M. B. (Eds.),
Hohokam and Patayan prehistory of southwestern Arizona.
(pp. 537-570).
Academic Pr.
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Waters, M. R.
(1982).
Trail shrines at site SDM C-1. McGuire, R. H., & Schiffer, M. B. (Eds.),
Hohokam and Patayan prehistory of southwestern Arizona.
(pp. 533-536).
Academic Pr.
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Smith, M. F., Joy, S. A., Waters, M. R., Halligan, J. J., Faught, M. K., Thulman, D. K., ... Burke, A. M.
(2022).
Contributions of Submerged Archaeological Research to the Late Pleistocene and Early Halocene Record of the Southeast. Miller, D. S., Smallwood, A. M., & Tune, J. W. (Eds.),
The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age.
(pp. 213-229).
University of Alabama Press.
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conference paper
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Waters, M. R., Inkman, M., Grigsby, P. W., Markovina, S., Schwarz, J. K., & Zhang, J.
(2022).
An 18-gene expression model predicts resistance to standard of care therapy on 3-month follow up 18FDG-PET in locally advanced cervical cancer. Cancer Research.
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Allen, A. J., LaBella, D., Waters, M. R., Kowalchuk, R. O., & Kersh, R.
(2022).
Biologically Effective Dose as a Predictor of Radiosurgery Treatment Outcomes for Pulmonary Metastases. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E402-E402.
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Waters, M. R., Price, A., Laugeman, E., Hugo, G. D., Stowe, H. B., Green, O. L., ... Baumann, B. C.
(2022).
CT-Based Online Adaptive Prostate SBRT Improves Target Coverage and Reduces Rectal Dose. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E587-E587.
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Stowe, H. B., Price, A., Henke, L. E., Laugeman, E., Robinson, C. G., Green, O. L., ... Baumann, B. C.
(2022).
CT-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy (CT-ART) Improves Target Coverage in Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E206-E206.
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Waters, M. R., Inkman, M., Kang, L. I., Denardo, D., Henke, L. E., Badiyan, S. N., ... Kim, H.
(2022).
Convolutional Neural Network Classification of Pretreatment Biopsies of Rectal Adenocarcinoma Predicts Complete Clinical Response to Short-Course Radiation and Consolidation Chemotherapy. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E152-E153.
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Waters, M. R., Inkman, M., Grigsby, P. W., Markovina, S., Schwarz, J. K., & Zhang, J.
(2022).
Exploiting Pretreatment Nodal Involvement to Identify Drivers of Chemoradiation Resistance in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
S90-S90.
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Andruska, N., Diaz, E. J., Gay, H. A., Agabalogun, T., Waters, M. R., Brenneman, R. J., ... Baumann, B. C.
(2021).
Can EBRT Dose-Escalation Above 80 Gy Yield Comparable Survival Rates Relative to EBRT Plus Brachytherapy Boost in Men With Unfavorable Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer?. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E264-E264.
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Brenneman, R. J., Andruska, N., Roy, A., Waters, M. R., Fischer-Valuck, B. W., Schiff, J. P., ... Michalski, J. M.
(2021).
Characterization of a Novel Radiopaque Perirectal Hydrogel Spacer for Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E536-E536.
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Waters, M. R., Kang, K. H., Brenneman, R. J., Caruthers, D., Spraker, M. B., & Abraham, C.
(2021).
Convolutional Neural Networks Naively Trained on Radiation Oncology-Specific DATA Outperforms Classical Natural Language Processing Approaches for Automated Identification of Common Toxicity Terms. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
S65-S66.
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Mockenhaupt, K., Tyc, K. M., McQuiston, A., Hariprashad, A., Biswas, D. D., Gupta, A. S., ... Kordula, T.
(2021).
Yin Yang 1 sets up the stage for cerebellar astrocyte maturation. Glia.
E565-E566.
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Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., Richardson, K. M., Spencer, K. M., Larner, J. M., Sheehan, J. P., McAllister, W. H., & Kersh, C. R.
(2020).
A Comparison Of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Metastases To The Sacral Spine And Treatment Of The Thoracolumbar Spine. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E692-E692.
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Waters, M. R., Kowalchuk, R. O., Harvin, A., Waters, T., & Kersh, C. R.
(2020).
Deep Learning Utilizing Generative Adversarial Neural Networks Facilitates Maker and Pathway Analysis for Radiosensitivity in Rare Uterine Carcinosarcoma. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
S162-S163.
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Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., Richardson, K. M., Spencer, K. M., Larner, J. M., & Kersh, C. R.
(2020).
Hilar Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Analysis of Outcomes in Patients Receiving One or Multiple Courses of Treatment. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E141-E141.
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Kowalchuk, R. O., Waters, M. R., Richardson, K. M., Spencer, K. M., Larner, J. M., & Kersh, C. R.
(2020).
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Salvage Treatment of Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E151-E152.
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Waters, M. R., Kyriakopoulos, C., Waters, T., & Bassetti, M. F.
(2019).
Global Genomic Profiling of Adrenocortical Carcinoma Reveals a Prognostic Chromosomal Modeling Signature Driving Radiation Response. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E258-E258.
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Waters, M. R., Fields, E. C., & Song, S.
(2018).
Combined Transcriptomics and Proteomics Analysis Reveals Deficient Ifn gamma Signaling in Treatment Resistant HPV plus Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
S137-S137.
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Waters, M. R., Todor, D. A., & Fields, E. C.
(2018).
Global Immune Profiling of Cervical Tumors Reveals a Protective T-Follicular Helper Cell Response Induced By Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
S83-S83.
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Slade, A. N., Waters, M. R., & Serrano, N.
(2018).
Long-Term Trends in Sleep Disturbance and Prescription Sleep Aid Use among Cancer Survivors in the United States. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E750-E750.
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Slade, A. N., Waters, M. R., & Serrano, N.
(2018).
A Comprehensive Analysis of Diabetes Self-Management among with Men with Prostate Cancer in the United States: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E423-E423.
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Slade, A. N., Waters, M. R., Zhao, S., & Serrano, N.
(2018).
Long-Term Trends in Use of Peripheral alpha-Adrenergic Antagonist and Antispasmodic Medications after Local Prostate Cancer Therapy: Evidence from a National Survey. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E423-E424.
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Fields, E. C., Waters, M. R., Melvani, R., Mukhopadhyay, N. D., & Todor, D. A.
(2017).
Understanding Outcome Beyond EQD2 in Tandem and Ovoid Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy Treatments. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics.
E291-E291.
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Fenerty, B., Bourne, M., Feinberg, J., Halligan, J., & Waters, M.
(2017).
INTEGRATED SURFACE DRAINAGE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA'S KARSTIC GULF COASTAL LOWLANDS LINKED TO SHIFTING SUBTROPICAL STORM TRACKS IN RESPONSE TO HIGH-LATITUDE POST-GLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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WATERS, M. R., ALBANO, J., SHARMAN, V. L., & RAMAN, G. V.
(1986).
THE EFFECT OF BODY-FAT CONTENT ON PHARMACOKINETICS OF CYCLOSPORINE-A. Clinical Science.
P2-P2.
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Waters, M. R., Inkman, M., Grigsby, P. W., Markovina, S., Schwarz, J. K., & Zhang, J.
(2022).
An 18-gene expression model predicts resistance to standard of care therapy on 3-month follow up 18FDG-PET in locally advanced cervical cancer. Cancer Research.
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review
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Waters, M. R.
(1999).
Geoarchaeology: The earthscience approach to archaeological interpretation; Geological methods for archaeology. Geoarchaeology.
365-369.
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Waters, M. R.
(1996).
Archaeological geology of the archaic period in North America. E. Arthur Bettis III (Editor), Geological Society of America Special Paper 297, vi + 154 p., $45.00 (paperbound). Geoarchaeology.
512-513.
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Waters, M. R.
(1995).
Dating in exposed and surface contexts - Beck,C. American Antiquity.
768-769.
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Waters, M. R.
(1993).
Radiocarbon after four decades: An interdisciplinary perspective. R. E. Taylor, A. Long, and R. S. Kra (Editors), 1992, SpringerVerlag (copublication with Radiocarbon), xviii + 596 pp., $89. 00 (clothbound). Geoarchaeology.
251-252.
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Waters, M. R.
(1988).
Dating methods of pleistocene deposits and their problems. Nathaniel W. Rutter, ed., 1985, Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 2, 87 pp., $12.00 (paperbound). Geoarchaeology.
305-306.
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Waters, M. R.
(1999).
Geoarchaeology: The earthscience approach to archaeological interpretation; Geological methods for archaeology. Geoarchaeology.
365-369.
editor of
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book
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Graf, K. E., Ketron, C. V., & Waters, M. R.
(2014).
Paleoamerican Odyssey
Waters, M. R. (Eds.),
Texas A&M University Press.
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Bonnichsen, R.
(2005).
Paleoamerican Origins Beyond Clovis
Bonnichsen, R., Lepper, B. T., Stanford, D., & Waters, M. R. (Eds.),
Texas A & M University Press.
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Graf, K. E., Ketron, C. V., & Waters, M. R.
(2014).
Paleoamerican Odyssey
Waters, M. R. (Eds.),
Texas A&M University Press.
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chapter
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Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T.
(2014).
The First Americans: A Review of the Evidence for the Late-Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas
Texas A&M University Press.
541-560.
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Waters, M. R., & Stafford, T.
(2014).
The First Americans: A Review of the Evidence for the Late-Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas
Texas A&M University Press.
541-560.
Research
principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ANTH202 Intro To Archaeology Instructor
- ANTH401 Ice Age Humans In Na Instructor
- ANTH484 Anthropology Internship Instructor
- ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH491 Research Instructor
- ANTH624 Geoarchaeology Instructor
- ANTH652 First Amer Archaeology Instructor
- ANTH685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH691 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geosciences, University of Arizona - (Tucson, Arizona, United States) 1983
- M.S. in Geosciences, University of Arizona - (Tucson, Arizona, United States) 1980
- B.S. in Geosciences, University of Arizona - (Tucson, Arizona, United States) 1977
awards and honors
- AAAS Fellow, conferred by American Association For The Advancement of Science - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2022
- Newsmaker Image Award, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2012
- Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2012
- Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award, conferred by Geological Society of America - (Boulder, Colorado, United States), 2004
- Fellow, conferred by Geological Society of America - (Boulder, Colorado, United States), 2004
- Kirk Bryan Award, conferred by Geological Society of America - (Boulder, Colorado, United States), 2003
- Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 1998
Contact
first name
- Michael
has last name
- Waters
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Anthropology
4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA
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- mwaters@tamu.edu