Larkin Chapman
Ph.D. Student
Year entered program: 2021
Department: Anthropology
Mentor: Emily Jones, Ph.D.
Interests: ArchaeologyLarkin Chapman graduated from Iowa State magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology and French and a minor in Russian. She is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and is completing the master's portion of her PhD coursework. Larkin is advised by Associate Professor Emily Jones and Associate Professor Bruce Huckell.
Chapman's research interests include utilizing stable isotopes, aDNA analysis, and radiocarbon dating to investigate the peopling of the Americas at the end of the Pleistocene and the faunal extinctions that coincided with this event. She is honored to have been selected to participate in UNM's Museum Research Traineeship program. She will complete her research utilizing invaluable museum collections to study the extinction of prehistoric horses in North America at the end of the last ice age.
In spring 2022, Larkin will present at the Society for American Anthropologist's Annual Meeting with two collaborators from Iowa State on the percentage of maize found in the paleodiet of prehistoric domestic dogs in Iowa. Larkin is also completing her 6th year of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) eligibility and will compete in cross country, and track meets for the Lobos during the 2021-2022 school year.
Department: Anthropology
Mentor: Emily Jones, Ph.D.
Interests: Archaeology
Bio
Chapman's research interests include utilizing stable isotopes, aDNA analysis, and radiocarbon dating to investigate the peopling of the Americas at the end of the Pleistocene and the faunal extinctions that coincided with this event. She is honored to have been selected to participate in UNM's Museum Research Traineeship program. She will complete her research utilizing invaluable museum collections to study the extinction of prehistoric horses in North America at the end of the last ice age.
In spring 2022, Larkin will present at the Society for American Anthropologist's Annual Meeting with two collaborators from Iowa State on the percentage of maize found in the paleodiet of prehistoric domestic dogs in Iowa. Larkin is also completing her 6th year of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) eligibility and will compete in cross country, and track meets for the Lobos during the 2021-2022 school year.
