ANTHRO GRADUCATION
Learning from Anthro Grads
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About Us
Get to Know the Creators of the Website!
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Dana González Zavala
Archaeologist
Hello! My name is Dana González Zavala. I completed my BA in Archaeology/Biological Anthropology and Hispanic Studies at Western University, where I am now also pursuing my MA in Archaeology under the supervision of Dr. Neal Ferris. My research focuses on Indigenous archaeology, specifically, of the Late Woodland period (approx. 500 to 1650 AD) in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. In collaboration with the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, and in consultation with Descendant First Nations, I am currently conducting research on the artifact collection of the Lawson archeological site located adjacent to the museum. Through my research on the Lawson site, I seek to contribute to the discourse of the resilience, vastness, and continuity of Late Woodland Indigenous communities.
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Cristina Lama
Paleoanthropologist/Biological Anthropologist
Hi! My name is Cristina Lama and I am one of the creators of the site. I completed my BSc with a double major in Evolutionary Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Toronto. Presently, I am in my first year of my Master’s program at Western University, in the Archaeology/Biological Anthropology stream. As a biological anthropologist, I study the biological aspects of humans throughout time. My research interests are quite broad within this realm; I am interested in a lot of different categories, including human plasticity and variation, paleoanthropology, human skeletal biology, paleopathology, and human evolution. My research project, supervised by Dr. Jay Stock at Western, will look at how environmental conditions, such as climate, change the human skeleton to different extents.
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Rory Succee
Historical Archaeologist/Mortuary Archaeologist
Hello, I'm Rory, and I am a historical/mortuary archaeologist studying the impacts of migration on burial practices in D'Hanis, Texas. I have a BA in anthropology. I am an MA student at Western University under Dr. Patricia Markert. My research primarily uses gravestone design, motifs, and shape. As a bioarchaeologist I work with the remains of the dead and the material things associated with the dead, such as graves. Although, I work mostly with the dead, I am still interested in how the living perceive the dead and how people associate family/communal narratives with the buried. I believe that studying the past lives of migrants in D'Hanis will promote cultural, communal, and racial learning in Texas. I believe that issues surrounding migration are one of the most important things in Canada, The United States and the rest of the world!
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