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Rhonda R. Bathurst
PERSONAL DETAILS
Nationality: Canadian
EDUCATION
PUBLICATIONS
(2010) Bathurst,
Rhonda R, Davide Zori and
Jesse Byock. Diatoms as bioindicators
of site use: locating turf structures from the Viking Age. Journal of Archaeological Science
37(11):2920-2928.
(2009) Walker, Phillip L, Rhonda R Bathurst,
Rebecca Richman, Thor Gjerdrum and Valerie A Andrushko. The causes of porotic
hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia:
a reappraisal of the iron-deficiency-anemia
hypothesis. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 139(2): 109-125.
(2008) Bathurst, Rhonda
R, Catherine Merritt, Crystal Forrest and Susan Pfeiffer. Skeletal
Data Collection Protocol: For Loose, Disarticulated and Disassociated Human
Remains. Unpublished monograph and digital database on file. Ontario
First Nations Heritage Initiative, Department of Anthropology, University of
Toronto.
(2008) Bead
Hill: Osteological Analysis Report for the Ontario First
Nations Heritage Initiative. Unpublished report on file. Ontario First
Nations Heritage Initiative, Department of Anthropology, University of
Toronto.
(2008)
Cannon, Aubrey, Meghan Burchell and Rhonda Bathurst.
Trends and strategies in shellfish gathering on the Pacific Northwest Coast
of North America. In (Antczak, A. and Cipriani, R., Eds) Early Human Impact on Megamolluscs.
British Archaeological Reports, International Series, pp. 7-22. Oxford: Archaeopress.
(2006- 2007) Mosfell Archaeological Project 2007 Field Season:
Excavation Report. Contributor.
(2005). Archaeological evidence of
intestinal parasites from coastal shell middens. Journal
of Archaeological Science 31(1): 115-123.
(2004) Bathurst, Rhonda R and Jodi Lynn Barta. Molecular evidence of tuberculosis induced
hypertrophic osteopathy in a 16th C. Iroquois dog. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(7): 917-925.
(2003) Regional comparisons of canine
skeletal stress. In (Stewart, K. M. & Stewart, F. L., Eds)
Transitions in Zooarchaeology: New Methods and New Results, pp. 3-17. Ottawa,
ON: Canadian Museum
of Nature.
(2000/2001) Keeping up with the (Indiana)
Jones’s: Addressing aspects of archaeological representation. The Canadian Student Journal of
Anthropology: Nexus 14: 1-10.
(2000) Faunal
Report for Sites AfHo-4 and AfHo-12. Report prepared for Paul
O’Neal, Mayer Heritage Consultants, London ON.
(1999) Dundurn
Castle Faunal Report: Fish Otoliths
Report prepared for John Triggs, director of
archaeology, Dundurn Castle, Hamilton ON.
TEACHING & LECTURE EXPERIENCE
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Jan-Apr
2008
Jun-Aug
2005
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Instructor, University of
Toronto
The
Bioarchaeology of Infectious Disease (Year IV)
Instructor, McMaster
University
Plagues
& People (Year II)
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Jan-Apr
2005
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Instructor,
McMaster University.
The
Archaeology of Hunters & Foragers (Year IV)
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Jan-Apr
2005
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Teaching
Assistant,
McMaster University.
The
Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (Year II)
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Sept- Dec 2004
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Teaching
Assistant,
McMaster University.
Plagues
& People (Year II)
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Jan-Apr
2004
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Teaching
Assistant,
McMaster University.
Plagues & People (Year II)
Guest
lecture:
Investigating Disease in the Past
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Sep-Dec
2000-2003
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Teaching
Assistant,
McMaster University.
Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology (Year II)
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Jan-Apr
2003
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Teaching
Assistant, McMaster University.
Introduction to World Prehistory (Year I)
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Jan-Apr
2002
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Teaching
Assistant,
McMaster University.
The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (Year II)
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Jan
- Apr
2000
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Teaching
Assistant,
The University
of Western Ontario.
Introduction to World Archaeology (Year II)
Guest lecture:
The Civilizations of Mesoamerica
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Sept-Dec
1999
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Teaching
Assistant, The University of Western
Ontario.
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology (Year I)
Guest lecture:
Art and the Aesthetic
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Jan
- Apr
1999
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Teaching
Assistant,
The University
of Western Ontario.
Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (Year I)
Guest lecture:
New World Plant and Animal Domestication
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Sep
- Dec
1998
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Teaching
Assistant,
The University
of Western Ontario.
Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (Year I)
Guest lecture:
Introduction to Archaeology
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WORK EXPERIENCE: ARCHAEOLOGY
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Feb
2000
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Faunal
Analyst, Mayer Heritage
Consultants.
Archaeological collections.
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June
1999
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Assistant
Field Technician, D.R. Poulton and Associates.
Stage 3 historic assessments, Vaughan
ON.
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Sept
1996
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Research/Laboratory
Assistant, McMaster University.
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May
1998
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Shellfish
processing, identification, quantification.
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Spring
1998
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Faunal
Analyst,
Dr. Shelley Saunders, McMaster University.
Forensic case.
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June
1997
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Laboratory
Technician, Pacbitun Archaeological
Project, Belize.
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Oct
- Nov
1995
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Assistant
Field Technician, D.R. Poulton and Associates.
Stage 3 - 4, historic and Archaic site, Stoney Creek ON.
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Mar
- Sep
1995
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Assistant
Field Technician, M.M. Dillon.
Stage 1 & 2, Burlington, ON; Stage 4 of 15th C. Huron Village, Brampton ON.
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Sep
- Apr
1995-96
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Faunal
Lab Research Assistant, Archaeology lab, McMaster University.
Archaeological collection, maritime.
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Nov
- Dec
1994
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Assistant
Field Technician, M.M. Dillon.
Stage 1, 2 & 3, highway 407 corridor, Greater Toronto Area, ON.
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Jul
- Aug
1991
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Artifacts Committee, Westfield Heritage Center, Rockton ON.
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WORK EXPERIENCE: PUBLISHING
PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCE PAPERS
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2009
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Guest talk: Viking Age Archaeology
in Iceland: The Mosfell Archaeological Project. Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS), London Chapter, London, ON.
September 11.
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2008
2008
2008
2006
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Reappraising Iron Deficiency as a Cause of Porotic
Hyperostosis. Co-authors Phillip L Walker, Rebecca Richman, Thor Gjerdrum and Valerie A Andrushko.
Canadian Association for
Physical Anthropology (CAPA), Hamilton, ON, Nov.5-8.
The Causes of Porotic Hyperostosis and Cribra Orbitalia: A
Reappraisal of the Iron Deficiency Anemia
Hypothesis. Lead author Thor Gjherdrum,
with Phillip Walker, Rhonda Bathurst, Rebecca Richman and Valerie Andrushko. XVII Paleopathology Association European
Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark. Aug. 25-27. (winner
of the Institute of Bioarchaeology Poster Prize).
Diatoms as Indicators
of Viking Age Site Formation Processes. Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Vancouver, BC, March 27.
Guest talk: Evidence of Ancient Parasitosis along the Pacific Coast of North America. Department of Anthropology, University
of California, Santa Barbara, CA, February 14.
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2005
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Guest talk:
Sweating the Small Stuff: Shell Midden Matrix Under The Lens. Department of Anthropology, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, BC,
Nov. 3.
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2005
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Guest talk:
Sweating the Small Stuff: Shell Midden Matrix Under The Lens. Fall Quarter Archaeological Lecture Series,
Department of Anthropology, University
of Washington, WA,
Oct. 28.
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2005
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Guest talk:
Sweating the Small Stuff: Shell Midden Matrix Under The Lens. Department of Anthropology, Portland State University, OR,
Oct. 19.
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2005
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Guest talk:
Sweating the Small Stuff: Shell Midden Matrix Under The Lens. Archaeological Research Facility, University of California,
Berkeley, CA, Oct. 11.
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2005
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Beyond Disease: The Archaeological Significance of
Parasites. Canadian
Archaeological Association (CAA), Nanaimo,
BC, May 11-14.
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2005
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With Cannon, A. and Burchell,
M. Shell Growth Increments and Shellfish Harvesting Strategies on
the Central British Columbia Coast. Canadian
Archaeological Association (CAA), Nanaimo,
BC, May 11-14.
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2005
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Guest talk: Inside(s) Out: Investigating Health in
Antiquity with Fossil Parasites. McMaster History of Medicine Unit. McMaster
University Hospital,
Hamilton, ON, March 9.
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2004
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Reconstructing an Epidemiology of
Parasite Infection on the Northwest
Coast. Canadian Association
of Physical Anthropology (CAPA), London,
ON, Oct. 27-30.
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2004
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Archaeological
Parasites of Coastal Hunter-Gatherers
Society
for American Archaeology (SAA), Montreal,
QC, Mar. 31-Apr. 4.
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2004
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Guest
talk: Investigating
Health in Archaeology: From Archaeoparasitology
to Zooarchaeology. McMaster Anthropology Society’s Professional
Symposium, “Health and Anthropology”. McMaster
University, Hamilton, ON,
March 13.
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2004
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Department
Seminar:
Merde! The Consequences of Parasite
Burden for Coastal Hunter-Gatherers. Department of Anthropology Speaker
Series, McMaster University, Hamilton,
ON. Feb. 10.
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2003
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Guest
talk:
Evidence of Parasites from BC Shell Middens.
Symposium in honour of visiting Whidden Lecturer,
Jean-Daniel Stanley, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, November 11.
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2003
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Guest
Lecture:
Coprolites Happen: The Use of Parasitology in Archaeology.
In-service for Regional Parasitology Lab, St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Hamilton ON. June 20.
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2003
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Session
Chair:
The Archaeology of
Health
Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA), Hamilton ON.
May 8-10.
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2003
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Defining
Standards of Archaeoparasite Analysis. CAA (above), Hamilton ON.
May 8.
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2003
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Plenary
session contribution: Current and Future Directions in
Archaeology at McMaster
University.
Co-authors S. Bonesteel,
S.B. Milne, C. Cluney, M. Burchell
and P. Bangarth. CAA (above), Hamilton ON.
May 9.
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2003
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Ancient
DNA Diagnosis of Canine Tuberculosis
Co-author
J. Barta Graduate Appreciation Day, McMaster University (Social Science Poster
Award), March 7.
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2002
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Ancient DNA Diagnosis of Canine Tuberculosis
Co-author
J. Barta. International Council for Archaeozoology conference, Durham, England, August
22-28.
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2001
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Hyperpulmonary Osteoarthropathy: A Canine Bioarchaeological
Case Study.
Graduate Appreciation Day, McMaster
University (1st place
poster award), March.
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2001
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Hyperpulmonary Osteoarthropathy: A
Canine Bioarchaeological Case Study. Society for
American Archaeology (SAA), New
Orleans, LA,
April 18-22.
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2000
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Temperate
Parasite Preservation: Archaeological Evidence From the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Canadian
Association of Physical Anthropology (CAPA), Burlington ON.
October 25-28.
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2000
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Canine
Health and Human Analogy: Dogs as Surrogate Indicators of Human Health
Status.
Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA), Ottawa ON.
May 4-6.
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2000
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Sick as a Dog? Canine Paleopathology and
Economic Stress at Namu,
British Columbia. Society for
American Archaeology (SAA), Philadelphia,
PA, April 5-9.
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1999
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Temperate
Parasite Preservation: Archaeological Evidence From the Pacific Northwest Coast. Society for
American Archaeology, Chicago,
IL, March 24-28.
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1998
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Keeping
Up with the (Indiana)
Joneses: Addressing Aspects of Archaeological Representation. McMaster
Anthropology Society Student Research Forum, McMaster University,
January.
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AWARDS
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2003
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Certificate
of Achievement, Mary Keyes Outstanding Leadership and Service, McMaster University
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2003
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Poster
Award (with Jodi Barta).
McMaster University Graduate Appreciation Day.
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2002
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Poster
Award. McMaster
University Graduate
Appreciation Day.
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FELLOWSHIPS
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2005-07
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Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (SSHRC)
University of California, Santa
Barbara
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2001-04
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Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC)
McMaster University
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2000-04
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Harry Lyman Hooker
Senior Fellowship, McMaster
University
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2000
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Dienje Kenyon Fellowship (Inaugural), The Society
for American Archaeology (SAA)
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GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
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2000-01
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Ontario Graduate
Scholarship (OGS)
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1999-2000
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Ontario Graduate
Scholarship (OGS)
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1998-2000
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Special University Scholarship, The University of Western
Ontario
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COMMITTEES
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Sep
2001-
Oct 2003
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Graduate
Representative, University Senate Committees:
McMaster University Planning Committee &
University Budget Committee
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Apr
2002-May 2003
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Conference Planning Committee, Canadian
Archaeological Association
McMaster University,
Hamilton,
May 7-10
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Jan
- Mar
2003
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Graduate Representative, Archaeology
Faculty Selection Committee
Department of Anthropology, McMaster
University
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Mar
2002
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Event Planning Committee, Hooker
Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture Series (Prof. Ian Hodder, Stanford
University). McMaster University, Mar. 25-28
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May
- Sep
2001
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Graduate Student Representative,
Department of Anthropology, McMaster
University
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Jun
- Oct
2000
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Conference
Coordinator, Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology (CAPA)
Burlington, ON (hosted by McMaster).
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Jul
- Aug
1999
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Event
Coordinator, 25th Year Departmental Anniversary Homecoming,
Department of Anthropology, McMaster
University.
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCATIONS
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OAS
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Ontario
Archaeological Society
Member since 2009
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PPA
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Paleopathology Association
Member since 2005
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ICAZ
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International Council for Archaeozoology
Member since 2002
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BARFAA
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Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association
Member since 1999
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CAA
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Canadian Archaeological Association
Member since 1999
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CAPA
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Canadian Association for Physical
Anthropology
Member since 1997
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SAA
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Society For American Archaeology
Member since 1996
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