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    Research Scientist Associate
    Dr. Mary Whisenhunt has conducted archaeological research in the U.S. Southwest and in Texas since 2014 and has worked at CAR since 2020. She received her doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2020, performing her field work in southeast Arizona in the Gila River Valley. Her research focused on the social resilience of precontact Indigenous people on the western boundary of the Mimbres region. In Texas, her interests include the study of Indigenous hunter-gatherer sites on the Texas Coastal Plain. Her methods background includes archaeological survey, drone operations and photo analysis, geospatial information systems, and community engagement in the preservation of archaeological sites.

    Dr. Whisenhunt also has undergraduate degrees in English, Communications, and Theater, and MA’s in Anthropology and International Relations. She has also worked in international Strategic Communication programs and as an international political-military analyst.



    EDUCATION

    • 2020 Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio
    • 2017 MA Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio
    • 1990 MA International Relations, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
    • 1980 BA English/Communication, University of Wisconsin-Superior

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND POSTERS

    Whisenhunt, Mary E.
    2022 The Potential and Pitfalls of Collector Collaboration in Southeast Arizona. Advances in Archaeological Practice 10(1):65-72.

    2020 Investigating Resilience in Southeast Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley: Prehistoric Settlement Patterns and Material Diversity. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio.

    Mary Whisenhunt, John R. Roney, Robert J. Hard, Lori Barkwill Love and Toni Laumbach
    2020 Living on the Mimbres Western Edge: Regional Affiliation in Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley A.D. 750 – 1300. Poster electronically presented at online Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 15-17, 2021.

    Whisenhunt, Mary E., Robert J. Hard and John R. Roney
    2019 Archaeological Survey in Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley: 2014-2018. In Collected Papers from the 20th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, edited by Lonnie C. Ludeman. Edwards Brothers Malloy, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    Whisenhunt, Mary E., John R. Roney and Robert J. Hard
    2019 Archaeological Survey in Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley: 2014 – 2019. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, April 12, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Hard, Robert J., John R. Roney, A. C. MacWilliams, Mary Whisenhunt and Karen R. Adams
    2019 The Sanchez Site: An Early Agricultural & Early Pithouse Period Cerro de Trincheras on the Upper Gila River, Arizona. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, April 12, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Whisenhunt, Mary E., Kristin Corl, John Whisenhunt, Robert J. Hard, John R. Roney and Toni Laumbach
    2018 Archaeological Survey in Southeastern Arizona: Partnering with Land Owners and Local Informants. Poster, Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

    Whisenhunt, Mary E.
    2017 Archaeological Site Prospecting in the Upper Gila River Valley, Arizona. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, March 29-April 2, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    Hard, Robert J., John Roney, A.C. MacWilliams, and Mary Whisenhunt
    2017 Early Agricultural Period Cerros de Trincheras on the Upper Gila River. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 6 – 9, Orlando FL.

    Whisenhunt, Mary E.
    2017 Archaeological Survey and Predictive Modeling in the York-Duncan Valley, Southeastern Arizona. Collected Papers from the 19th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, edited by Lonnie C. Ludeman. Edwards Brothers Malloy, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    2016 Survey in Duncan Valley, Arizona: Mimbres Mogollon Aggregation and Unintended Consequences. Presented for the 19th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, University of Las Vegas, Nevada, October 5 – 7, 2016.

    Whisenhunt, Mary E., Robert J. Hard, and John R. Roney
    2016 Cerros de Trincheras on the Upper Gila River, Arizona: Implications for Defense. Presented at the South Texas Archaeological Association Quarterly Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April 30, 2016.

     

    Hard, Robert J., John R. Roney, Art MacWilliams, Karen Adams and Mary E. Whisenhunt
    2016 Round Mountain and Other Cerros de Trincheras of the Upper Gila River, Arizona. Poster prepared and presented for the 15th Biennial Southwest Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, 15 - 16 January, 2016.

     

    Hard, Robert J., John R. Roney, Art MacWilliams, Mary E. Whisenhunt and Ashley Jones
    2015 Preliminary Field Report for 2015 University of Texas-San Antonio Archaeological Field School: Investigations near Duncan, Arizona.

    Hard, Robert J., John R. Roney, Art MacWilliams and Mary E. Whisenhunt
    2015 Initial Investigations at Round Mountain Cerro de Trincheras Site, Arizona. Report submitted to Bureau of Land Management, March, 2015.

    Jones, Ashley E. and Mary Whisenhunt
    2015 The Caddo Southwest Boundary: Climate, Risk and Agricultural Possibilities. Prepared for the 57th Annual Caddo Conference, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, March 2015.

    Roney, John R., Robert J. Hard, Art McWilliams and Mary E. Whisenhunt
    2014 Initial Investigations at Round Mountain Cerro de Trincheras Site, Arizona. Prepared for the 18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico.