Mindy Pitre
www.ualberta.ca/~pitre
Department of Anthropology
13-15 HM Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
T6G 2H4
Current Research
My PhD research involves the analysis of skeletal material from the Bronze Age site of Tell Leilan in Syria for microscopic signs of disease. Working under a bioarchaeological framework, I am integrating data from the human skeletal remains at Tell Leilan with information from historical texts, the archaeological context, and the local ecological setting to understand the effects of socio-political change on population health.
Degrees
Ph.D Candidate in Physical Anthropology, University of Alberta (UofA)
M.A. in Physical Anthropology, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN)
B.Sc. Honours in Anthropology, Cum Laude, Laurentian University (LU)
Selected Publications and Conferences
Papers
Pitre, M. and Lovell, N. A sacral anomaly from the Quaker Cemetery, Kingston-upon-Thames, England. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Accepted 24 September 2008.
De Dapper, M., P. French, C. Gallorini, M.C. Gatto, R.. Gerisch, S. Giuliani, E. Hart, S. Hendrikcx, T. Herbich, I. Klose, M. Marée, H.-Å. Nordström, M. Pitre, J. Pyke, D. Raue, S. Roma, P. Rose, D. Swiech, D. Usai, and D. Zampetti. 2009. The Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project: Report of the 2007 and 2008 Field Seasons. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo. Accepted.
Pitre, M., Gatto, M.C., Giuliani, S. 2007. Nag el-Qarmila, Aswan (Egypt), season 2007. Bioarchaeology of the Near East. 1:59-64.
Conferences
De Dapper M, Eyckerman M, Gatto MC, Gerisch R, Hart B, Hendrickx S, Herbich T, Joris H, Nordström H, Pitre M, Roma S, Swiech D, and Usai D. Rescue Excavation of a Predynastic Site in Nag el Qarmila (Kubbaniya). Egypt at its Origins: Third International Colloquium on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt. London, England 2008 (Poster)
Pitre, M. “Sacral Variability in a Historic British Skeleton.” Annual meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Columbus, Ohio, 2008 (Poster)
Pitre, M. “Human Remains from the 2007 Field Season at Nag el Qarmila, Egypt.” Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Banff, Alberta, 2007 (Poster)
Pitre, M. “Developmental Defects in Two English Skeletal Collections.” Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Winnipeg, 2005
Selected Awards
2008 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship (Province of Alberta), $15,000.00
2007 Margaret Brine Scholarship (Canadian Federation of University Women - Edmonton), $6,500.00
2005 J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award (UofA), $800.00
2004 PhD Recruitment Scholarship (UofA), $78,941.16
2003 School of Graduate Studies Masters Scholarship, $7,000.00
2003 Masters Graduate Assistantship (MUN), $3,000.00
2002 F.A. Alderich Fellowship (MUN), $15,000.00
2002 Honours in Anthropology, Cum Laude (LU)
2001 Dean’s Honours List (LU)
2001 In-Course Scholarship, (LU), $2,000.00
2000 Dean’s Honours List (LU)
2000 In-Course Scholarship (LU), $1,000.00
1999 Geology Book Prize (LU)
1998 Entrance Scholarship, (LU), $1,000.00
Selected Experience
Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta: ANTHR 209 – Introduction to Physical Anthropology
May – June 2008
Forensic Consultant/Osteoarchaeologist, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
July 2007
Principal Osteologist, The Nag Qarmila Archaeological Salvage Project, Aswan, Egypt
January – March 2007
Archaeological Field Assistant, Altamira Consulting Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta
August 2006
Data Research Analyst, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta
May – August 2005