Jack N. Fenner, BS (Michigan State), MS (Purdue), MA (ENMU), PhD (Wyoming)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Natural History
Email: jack.fenner@anu.edu.au
Biographical Statement
I have a continuing project to investigate prehistoric animal procurement in Wyoming, USA through isotope ratio measurement and faunal analysis. This project, with Dr. Mark Miller as co-PI, includes excavation and analysis of the deepest known anthropogenic component of the Trappers Point pronghorn bonebed. I am currently evaluating opportunities to apply related techniques to archaeological questions in Australia and the Pacific. I also supervise the department’s osteology comparative collection and archaeological material quarantine facility.
Research Interests
Faunal analysis, Isotope ratio analysis for archaeology and environmental reconstruction, North American and Austronesian prehistory, Human behavioral ecology, Quantitative methods in archaeology, GIS and computer applications, Human universals
Key Publications
- Occasional Hunts or Mass Kills? Investigating the Origins of Archaeological Pronghorn Bonebeds in Southwest Wyoming. American Antiquity. Accepted for Publication.
- (with Carol Frost) Modern Wyoming Plant and Pronghorn Isoscapes and Their Implications for Archaeology. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. In press.
- The use of stable isotope ratio analysis to distinguish multiple prey kill events from mass kill events. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:704-716, 2008.
- (with Danny N. Walker) Mortality Date Estimation Using Fetal Pronghorn Remains. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 18:45-60, 2008.
- Cross-Cultural Estimation of the Human Generation Interval for Use in Genetics-Based Population Divergence Studies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128:415-428, 2005.
Career Highlights
Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics. Prior to switching to archaeology, I spent 15 years working as a computer engineer for several American technology companies
