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- Retired Professor
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Wright, Lori Professor
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- Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Wright, L. E.
(2018).
Before Kukulkan: Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuna. Latin American Antiquity.
29(4), 842-843.
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Wright, L. E.
(2017).
Oxygen Isotopes. 567-574.
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Wright, L. E., MacPhee, R., & Comuzzie, A. G
(2015).
Obituary--D. Gentry Steele (1941-2014). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
158(4), 527-529.
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Fenner, J. N., & Wright, L. E.
(2014).
Revisiting the strontium contribution of sea salt in the human diet. Journal of Archaeological Science.
44(1), 99-103.
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Wright, L. E.
(2013).
EXAMINING CHILDHOOD DIETS AT KAMINALJUYU, GUATEMALA, THROUGH STABLE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF SEQUENTIAL ENAMEL MICROSAMPLES*. Archaeometry.
55(1), 113-133.
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Wright, L. E.
(2012).
Immigration to Tikal, Guatemala: Evidence from stable strontium and oxygen isotopes. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
31(3), 334-352.
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Bartelink, E. J., & Wright, L. E.
(2011).
Benign Mandibular Tumours: Two Case Studies From the Maya Lowland Site of Tikal, Guatemala. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
21(3), 351-359.
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Wright, L. E.
(2011).
Bilateral talipes equinovarus from Tikal, Guatemala. International Journal of Paleopathology.
1(1), 55-62.
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Price, T. D., Burton, J. H., Sharer, R. J., Buikstra, J. E., Wright, L. E., Traxler, L. P., & Miller, K. A.
(2010).
Kings and commoners at Copan: Isotopic evidence for origins and movement in the Classic Maya period. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
29(1), 15-32.
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Wright, L. E., Antonio Valdes, J., Burton, J. H., Price, T. D., & Schwarcz, H. P.
(2010).
The children of Kaminaljuyu: Isotopic insight into diet and long distance interaction in Mesoamerica. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
29(2), 155-178.
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Werner, C.
(2009).
Bride abduction in post-Soviet Central Asia: marking a shift towards patriarchy through local discourses of shame and tradition. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
15(2), 314-331.
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Price, T. D., Burton, J. H., Fullagar, P. D., Wright, L. E., Buikstra, J. E., & Tiesler, V.
(2008).
Strontium Isotopes and the Study of Human Mobility in Ancient Mesoamerica. Latin American Antiquity.
19(2), 167-180.
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Purvis-Roberts, K. L., Werner, C. A., & Frank, I
(2007).
Perceived risks from radiation and nuclear testing near Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: a comparison between physicians, scientists, and the public. Risk Analysis: an international journal.
27(2), 291-302.
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Scherer, A. K., Wright, L. E., & Yoder, C. J.
(2007).
Bioarchaeological evidence for social and temporal differences in diet at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Latin American Antiquity.
18(1), 85-104.
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Werner, C., & Purvis-Roberts, K.
(2006).
After the Cold War: international politics, domestic policy and the nuclear legacy in Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey.
25(4), 461-480.
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Wright, L. E.
(2005).
Identifying immigrants to Tikal, Guatemala: Defining local variability in strontium isotope ratios of human tooth enamel. Journal of Archaeological Science.
32(4), 555-566.
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Wright, L. E
(2005).
IN SEARCH OF YAX NUUN AYIIN I: Revisiting the Tikal Project's Burial 10. Ancient Mesoamerica.
16(1), 89-100.
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Dincer, T
(2004).
More on Isotopic Analysis of Teeth and Bones. PHYSICS TODAY.
57(6), 15-15.
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Wright, L. E.
(2004).
More on isotopic analysis of teeth and bones - Comment. PHYSICS TODAY.
57(6), 15-15.
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Wright, L. E., & Vsquez, M. A.
(2003).
Estimating the length of incomplete long bones: forensic standards from Guatemala. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
120(3), 233-251.
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Wright, L. E., & Yoder, C. J.
(2003).
Recent Progress in Bioarchaeology: Approaches to the Osteological Paradox. Journal of Archaeological Research.
11(1), 43-70.
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Werner, C.
(2003).
The new silk road: Mediators and tourism development in Central Asia. Ethnology.
42(2), 141-159.
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Wright, L. E.
(2002).
Biogeochemical approaches to paleodietary analysis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
118(3), 298-299.
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Carlsen, T. M., Peterson, L. E., Ulsh, B. A., Werner, C. A., Purvis, K. L., & Sharber, A. C.
(2001).
Radionuclide contamination at Kazakhstan's Semipalatinsk Test Site: Implications on human and ecological health. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment.
7(4), 943-955.
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Werner, C
(2000).
Gifts, Bribes, and Development in Post-Soviet Kazakstan. Human Organization.
59(1), 11-22.
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Emery, K. F., Wright, L. E., & Schwarcz, H.
(2000).
Isotopic Analysis of Ancient Deer Bone: Biotic Stability in Collapse Period Maya Land-use. Journal of Archaeological Science.
27(6), 537-550.
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Wright, L. E., & Schwarcz, H. P.
(1999).
Correspondence between stable carbon, oxygen and nitrogen isotopes in human tooth enamel and dentine: Infant diets at Kaminaljuyu. Journal of Archaeological Science.
26(9), 1159-1170.
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Wright, L. E., & Schwarcz, H. P.
(1998).
Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in human tooth enamel: identifying breastfeeding and weaning in prehistory. 106(1), 1-18.
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Werner, C.
(1998).
Household networks and the security of mutual indebtedness in rural Kazakstan. Central Asian Survey.
17(4), 597-612.
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Wright, L. E.
(1998).
Integrating archaeological demography: Multidisciplinary approaches to prehistoric population. American Antiquity.
63(4), 703-705.
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Wright, L. E., & Chew, F.
(1998).
Porotic hyperostosis and paleoepidemiology: A forensic perspective on anemia among the ancient Maya. AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
100(4), 924-939.
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Wright, L. E.
(1997).
Intertooth patterns of hypoplasia expression: implications for childhood health in the classic Maya collapse. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
102(2), 233-247.
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Wright, L. E.
(1997).
Biological Perspectives on the Collapse of the Pasin Maya. Ancient Mesoamerica.
8(2), 267-273.
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Wright, L. E., & White, C. D.
(1996).
Human biology in the Classic Maya collapse: Evidence from paleopathology and paleodiet. Journal of World Prehistory.
10(2), 147-198.
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Wright, L. E., & Schwarcz, H. P.
(1996).
Infrared and Isotopic Evidence for Diagenesis of Bone Apatite at Dos Pilas, Guatemala: Palaeodietary Implications. Journal of Archaeological Science.
23(6), 933-944.
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Wright, L. E.
(1996).
Regional approaches to mortuary analysis. Edited by Lane Anderson Beck. New York: Plenum Press. 1995. 278 pp. ISBN 0306449315. $45.00 (cloth). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
100(2), 297-298.
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Burton, J. H., & Wright, L. E
(1995).
Nonlinearity in the relationship between bone Sr/Ca and diet: paleodietary implications. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
96(3), 273-282.
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Werner, C. A.
(1994).
A preliminary assessment of attitudes toward the privatization of agriculture in contemporary Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey.
13(2), 295-303.
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Healy, P. F., Emery, K., & Wright, L. E.
(1990).
Ancient and Modern Maya Exploitation of the Jute Snail (Pachychilus). Latin American Antiquity.
1(2), 170-183.
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Wright, L. E
(1990).
Stresses of conquest: A study of Wilson bands and enamel hypoplasias in the Maya of Lamanai, Belize. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY.
2(1), 25-35.
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Wright, L. E.
(2018).
Before Kukulkan: Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuna. Latin American Antiquity.
29(4), 842-843.
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book
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Wright, L. E.
(2006).
Diet, Health, and Status Among the Pasin Maya A Reappraisal of the Collapse. Vanderbilt University Press.
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Whittington, S. L., Wright, L. E., Gerry, J. P., Gettelman, K. D., Jacobi, K., Reed, D. M., & Danforth, M. E.
(2006).
Bones of the Maya: Studies of ancient skeletons
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Wright, L. E.
(2006).
Diet, Health, and Status Among the Pasin Maya A Reappraisal of the Collapse. Vanderbilt University Press.
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chapter
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Wright, L. E., & Vasquez, M. A.
(2017).
Stature at Tikal Revisited. BONES OF COMPLEXITY: BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL CASE STUDIES OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SKELETAL BIOLOGY.
(pp. 52-81).
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Scherer, A. K., & Wright, L. E.
(2015).
Dental Morphometric and Strontium Isotope Evidence for Population History at Tikal, Guatemala. Cucina, A. (Eds.),
Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya.
(pp. 109-118).
Springer Nature.
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Brede, N., Barcus, H. R., & Werner, C.
(2015).
Negotiating Everyday Islam After Socialism: A Study of the Kazakhs of Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia. The Changing World Religion Map.
(pp. 1863-1890).
Springer Nature.
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Price, T. D., Burton, J. H., Fullagar, P. D., Wright, L. E., Buikstra, J. E., & Tiesler, V.
(2015).
Strontium Isotopes and the Study of Human Mobility Among the Ancient Maya. Cucina, A. (Eds.),
Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya.
(pp. 119-132).
Springer Nature.
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Werner, C., & Purvis-Roberts, K.
(2013).
Cold war memories and post-cold war realities: The politics of memory and identity in the everyday life of Kazakhstans radiation victims. Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia: Performing Politics.
(pp. 285-310).
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Price, T. D., Burton, J. H., Wright, L. E., White, C. D., & Longstaffe, F.
(2007).
Victims of Sacrifice: Isotopic Evidence for Place of Origin. Tiesler, V., & Cucina, A. (Eds.),
New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society.
(pp. 263-292).
Springer Nature.
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Valdes, J. A., & Wright, L. E.
(2004).
The Early Classic and its antecedents at Kaminaljuyu: A complex society, with complex problems. Bell, E. E., Canuto, M. A., & Sharer, R. J. (Eds.),
Understanding Early Classic Copan.
(pp. 337-355).
UPenn Museum of Archaeology.
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Buikstra, J. E., Price, T. D., Wright, L. E., & Burton, J. A.
(2004).
Tombs from the Copn Acropolis: A Life History Approach. Bell, E. E., Canuto, M. A., & Sharer, R. J. (Eds.),
Understanding Early Classic Copan.
(pp. 191-212).
UPenn Museum of Archaeology.
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Wright, L. E.
(2003).
Continuities and Changes in Maya Archaeology, Perspectives at the Millennium. Golden, C., & Borgstede, G. (Eds.),
Continuities and Changes in Maya Archaeology: Perspectives at the Millennium.
(pp. 179-192).
Taylor & Francis.
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Wright, L. E.
Ecology or society? Paleodiet and the collapse of the Pasin Maya lowlands. Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons.
(pp. 181-195).
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Wright, L. E., & Vasquez, M. A.
(2017).
Stature at Tikal Revisited. BONES OF COMPLEXITY: BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL CASE STUDIES OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SKELETAL BIOLOGY.
(pp. 52-81).
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conference paper
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Hoffmeister, K. K., & Wright, L. E
(2018).
Childhood stress during the rise of sociopolitical stratification at Colha, northern Belize. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
122-123.
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Canterbury, J. A., Beck, C. W., Dozier, C. A., Greenfelder, M. L., Magaro, J., Mendha, A., ... Wright, L. E
(2016).
Eating oneself? Stable isotopic enrichment during weight loss and tissue turnover in humans. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
108-108.
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Bartelink, E. J., & Wright, L. E
(2007).
Marine and terrestrial resource consumption in late holocene central california: Stable isotopic evidence from san francisco bay and the lower sacramento valley. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
68-68.
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Yoder, C. J., Parks, M. S., Scherer, A. K., & Wright, L. E
(2003).
Skeletal indicators of diet at Piedras Negras, Guatemala: An isotopic and osteological analysis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
229-229.
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Burton, J. H., Price, T. D., Cahue, L., & Wright, L. E.
(2003).
The use of barium and strontium abundances in human skeletal tissues to determine their geographic origins. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
88-95.
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Wright, L. E., & Vasquez, M. A
(2000).
Estimating stature from incomplete long bones: New standards from Guatemala. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
326-326.
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Wright, L. E
(1999).
Stable isotopic analysis of enamel microsamples: examining childhood dietary change at Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
281-282.
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Hoffmeister, K. K., & Wright, L. E
(2018).
Childhood stress during the rise of sociopolitical stratification at Colha, northern Belize. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
122-123.
Research
principal investigator on
- Arch-DDRI: The Relationship Between Emerging Sociopolitical Complexity and Mortuary Behavior Among the Preclassic Maya in Northern Belize awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2018
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: The Relationship Between Mortuary Practice and Social Organization awarded by Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2018
Teaching
teaching activities
- ANTH423 Bioarchaeology Instructor
- ANTH425 Human Osteology Instructor
- ANTH484 Anthropology Internship Instructor
- ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH491 Research Instructor
- ANTH626 Human Paleopathology Instructor
- ANTH627 Human Paleonutrition Instructor
- ANTH638 Anth Proposal Writing Instructor
- ANTH640 Anth Ethics And Prof Instructor
- ANTH681 Seminar Instructor
- ANTH685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH691 Research Instructor
- FIVS491 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States) 1994
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States) 1989
- B.Sc. in Anthropology and Biology, Trent University - (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) 1987
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Lori
has last name
- Wright
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Anthropology
4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA
Other
- lwright@tamu.edu