Anthropology Faculty
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Dr. Tammy Gamza
Lecturer
3542 Faner Hall
Department of Anthropology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale IL 62901-4502
Phone: (618) 453-3298
Fax: (618) 453-5037
Email gamza@siu.edu
Research interests
Courses
My main research interests are in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. Specifically, I have worked in the areas of dietary reconstruction, dental pathology, dental microwear, and analysis of cremated human remains. Fall 2009

Anth 231: Forensic Anthropology CSI
Anth 455E: Biomedical Anthropology (Paleopathology)
Anth. 531: Topics in Bioarchaeology (graduate seminar)
Selected publications
(A few of the publications are in my maiden name, Greene)
2008 Early Archaic Cremations from Southern Indiana. In CW Schmidt and SA Symes (eds.) The Analysis of Burned Human Remains. Academic Press. Pp 227-237 with CW Schmidt (first author), C Tomak, RA Lockhart and GA Reinhardt
2007 Diet and Dental Health in Predynastic Egypt: A Comparison of Hierakonpolis and Naqada. VDM Verlag DR Mueller
2005 Quantifying calculus: a suggested new approach for recording an important indicator of diet and dental health. HOMO. 56:119-132. With CL Kuba and JD Irish
2005 Dental Health at the Predynastic Cemetery HK43. Nekhen News, 17: 19-20
2001 Dental Evidence for Maize Consumption during the Albee Phase in Indiana. In: Redmond BG and Jones III JR (eds.) Facing the Final Millenium: Studies in the Late Prehistory of Indiana, A.D. 700-1700. with CW Schmidt (first author)