51°µÍø

PhD     Anthropology, 51°µÍø, 2016 

My research interests are grounded in exploring the connections between human societies and ecosystems from an evolutionary perspective. These interests emerged out of my experience as an undergraduate at Utah State University (2006) where I was first exposed to Great Basin archaeology and the rich body of theory provided by evolutionary ecology. I earned my MA from Washington State University, where my thesis project focused on reconstructing changes in vegetation cover and human subsistence activities in the northeastern Great Basin from a ~9,000 year pollen record from Mosquito Willie's Spring, Utah. My dissertation project focuses on reconstructing changes in vegetation cover and land-use strategies among late Iron Age populations of the Ngotto Forest, Central African Republic.

Title of Dissertation: Late Holocene Paleoenvironments and Anthropogenic Impacts in the Ngotto Forest, Central African Republic

Website: www.hck.org

Entered program in 2012 after beginning program at Washington State University.

Region of Study:

Great Basin, US
Central African Republic

Publications:

Kiahtipes, Christopher A. Fire in the Desert: Holocene Paleoenvironments in the Bonneville Basin. Pullman, Wash: Washington State University, 2009. Internet resource

Kiahtipes, C.A., K. Lupo, D.N. Schmitt, J-P Ndanga, J.G. Jones, and R. Lee
     2011 Prehistory and the Present: Paleoenvironments in the Northern Congo Basin. Before Farming 2011/2 article 4.