People
Jennifer Byrnes
Office:
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Email:
jfbyrnes@buffalo.edu
Title:
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, SUNY at Buffalo
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, SUNY at Buffalo
Education:
MA: Anthropology (Physical Anthropology). 2009
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
BS: Biology. 2006
SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.
Research Interests:
Late Roman/Early Byzantine period, Near Eastern bioarchaeology, migration, social and political complexity, identity, bone chemistry, isotope analyses, skeletal biology, and forensic anthropology applications.
Current Research Project:
Çatalhöyük, Turkey: Chalcolithic excavation. Directed by Dr. Peter Biehl.
Selected Publications:
Byrnes, JF, Lee EJ, Merriwether DA, Sirianni JE. Utilizing mtDNA to look at cold cases: Who were the people in the Jackson Street Burials? Poster presentation at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 79th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, April 14-17, 2010.
Byrnes, JF, Bush P, Lee EJ, Merriwether DA, Sirianni JE. Validity of Portable X-ray Fluorescence in Assistance with Identification of Individuals in a Burial Setting by Comparison with mtDNA. Paper presentation at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle, WA, February 22-27, 2010.
Byrnes, JF, Bush P, Sirianni JE. Use of Portable XRF to determine potential relationships among individuals from an unknown graveyard. Poster presentation at the University at Buffalo Chapter of Sigma Xi’s annual Graduate Student Research Day and Poster Competition, April 7th, 2009.
Byrnes JF, Bush P, and Sirianni JE. Application of Portable X-ray Fluorescence to determine relationships between individuals from an unknown graveyard based on strontium readings. Poster presentation at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 78th Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 1-4, 2009.
Byrnes JF, and Bush P. Practical Considerations in Trace Element Analysis of Bone by Portable X-ray Fluorescence. Paper presentation at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 61st Annual Scientific Meeting in Denver, CO, February 16-21, 2009.