Madeline E. Mackie
March 2024
March 2024
EDUCATION
2019 Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
2014 M.A. Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
2011 B.S. Anthropology, University of California, Davis
2019 Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
2014 M.A. Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
2011 B.S. Anthropology, University of California, Davis
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2021 – Present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Weber State University.
2019 – 2021 Postdoc for the Populating a Radiocarbon Database of North America project, University of Wyoming.
2021 – Present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Weber State University.
2019 – 2021 Postdoc for the Populating a Radiocarbon Database of North America project, University of Wyoming.
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED
2023 Surovell, Todd A., McKenna L. Litynski, Sarah A. Allaun, Michael Buckley, Todd A. Schoborg, Jack A. Govaerts, Matthew J. O’Brien, Spencer R. Pelton, Paul H. Sanders, Madeline E. Mackie, and Robert L. Kelly. Use of Hare Bone for the Manufacture of a Clovis Bead, Scientific Reports 14:2937, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53390-9.
2023 Kelly, Robert L., Madeline E. Mackie, and Andrew Kandel. Rapid Increase in Production of Symbol Artifacts After 45,000 Years Ago is Not a Consequence of Taphonomic Bias. Journal of Archaeological Sciences 160:105885, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105885.
2023 Mackie, Madeline and Heather Rockwell. Beyond Market Share: Accounting for Program Size in Recent Rates of Anthropology Faculty Job Placement, PLoS One 18(5):e0285330, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285330.
2023 Allaun, Sarah A., Todd A. Surovell, C. Vance Haynes Jr., Spencer Pelton, Madeline E. Mackie, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, Josè M. Capriles, and Shannon Mahan. The Geochronological and Geoarchaeological Context of the Clovis-Age La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming, Paleoamerica, https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2023.2245191.
2022 Pelton, Spencer, Madeline Mackie, Robert L Kelly, and Todd Surovell. Accurate Population Proxies Do Not Exist Between 10 and 15 kya in North America, Nature Communications 13:4694, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32355-4.
2022 Kelly, Robert L., Madeline E. Mackie, Erick Robinson, Jack Meyer, Michael Berry, Matthew Boulanger, Brian F. Codding, Jacob Freeman, Carey James Garland, Joseph Gingerich, Robert Hard, James Haug, Andrew Martindale, Scott Meeks, Myles Miller, Shane Miller, Timothy Perttula, James Railey, Ken Reid, Ian Scharlotta, Jerry Spangler, David Hurst Thomas, Victor Thompson, and Andrew White. A New Radiocarbon Database for the Lower 48 States. American Antiquity 87:581-590, 10.1017/aaq.2021.157.
2022 Kitchel, Nathaniel and Madeline E. Mackie. Plants and Subsistence During the Fluted Point Period of the Northeast, American Antiquity 87:368-376, 10.1017/aaq.2021.125.
2022 Koenig, Charles W., David Kilby, Christopher J. Jurgens, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, Christopher W. Ringstaff, J. Kevin Hanselka, Leslie L. Bush, Charles D. Frederick, Stephen L. Black, Amanda M. Castañeda, Ken L. Lawrence, Madeline E. Mackie, and Jim I. Mead. A Folsom-age Bison Butchery Assemblage in Eagle Cave, Texas, and Implications for Early Paleoindian Rockshelter Use. American Antiquity 87:377-388, https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2021.126
2022 Bird, Darcy, Lux Miranda, Marc Vander Linden, Erick Robinson, Chris Nicholson, R. Kyle Bocinsky, José Capriles, Judson Bird Finley, Eugenia M. Gayo, Adolfo Gil, Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, Julie Hoggarth, Andrea Kay, Emma Loftus, Umberto Lombardo, Madeline Mackie, Alessio Palmissano, Steinar Solheim, Robert L. Kelly, and Jacob Freeman. P3k14c - A Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates, Scientific Data 9:27, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7
2021 Mackie, Madeline and Randall Haas. Estimating the Probability of Coincidental Spatial Associations between Clovis Artifacts and Proboscidean Remains in North America, Quaternary Research 103:182-192, https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.1.
2020 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd A. Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, Spencer Pelton, C. Vance Haynes, George C. Frison, Robert Yohe, Steve Teteak, Heather Rockwell, and Shannon Mahan. Confirming a Cultural Association at the at the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming, American Antiquity 85:554-572, https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2020.8.
2019 Zarzycka, Sandra E., Todd A. Surovell, Madeline E. Mackie, Spencer R. Pelton, Robert L. Kelly, Paul Goldberg, Janet Dewey, and Meghan Kent. Long Distance Transport of Red Ocher by Clovis Foragers, Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports 25:519-529, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.001.
2019 Pelton, Spencer R., Rachael Shimek, Brigid Grund, Madeline E. Mackie, and Todd A. Surovell. The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) and its Relation to the Ancestral Crow on the Northwest Plains. Plains Anthropologist 64(249):68-92, https://doi.org/10.1080/00320447.2018.1464369.
2015 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, and Matthew O’Brien. Identifying Stone Alignments Created by Adults and Children: A Case Study from a Dukha Reindeer Herder Summer Camp, Khövsgöl Aimag, Mongolia. Sibirica 14(2):29-44, https://doi.org/10.3167/sib.2015.140202.
2015 Mackie, Madeline E. Estimating age and sex: Paleodemographic identification using rock art hand sprays, an application in Johnson County, Wyoming. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 3:333-341, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.06.023.
2013 Eerkens, Jelmer W., Madeline E. Mackie, and Eric J. Bartelink. Brackish Water Foraging: Isotopic Landscapes and Dietary Reconstructions in Suisun Marsh, Central California. Journal of Archaeological Science 40(8):3270-3281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.023.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
2022 Mackie, Madeline E, Todd A. Surovell, Spencer Pelton, Matthew O’Brien, Robert L. Kelly, George C. Frison, Robert Yohe, Steve Teteak, Beth Shapiro, and Joshua Kapp. Spatial Analysis of a Clovis Hearth Centered Activity Area at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming. Diversity in Open Air Site Structure Across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary, eds. Carlson, K.C. and Lee Bement. University of Colorado Press: Boulder.
2021 Surovell, Todd, Spencer Pelton, Madeline Mackie, Chase Mahan, Matthew O’Brien, Robert L. Kelly, C. Vance Haynes, and George Frison. The La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming USA: Initial Impressions from the First Five Years in Human-Elephant Interactions from Past to Present, eds. Konidaris, G. Tübingen University Press: Tübingen. Link.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
2018 Mackie, Madeline E., National Register of Historic Places Nomination for the Jameson site (48JO2), Johnson County, Wyoming. Listed: September 13.
2017 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, and Spencer Pelton, The 2016 Field Season at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Douglas, Wyoming. Prepared for Quest Archaeological Research, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
2016 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, and Spencer Pelton, The 2015 Field Season at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Douglas, Wyoming. Prepared for Quest Archaeological Research, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
2023 Surovell, Todd A., McKenna L. Litynski, Sarah A. Allaun, Michael Buckley, Todd A. Schoborg, Jack A. Govaerts, Matthew J. O’Brien, Spencer R. Pelton, Paul H. Sanders, Madeline E. Mackie, and Robert L. Kelly. Use of Hare Bone for the Manufacture of a Clovis Bead, Scientific Reports 14:2937, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53390-9.
2023 Kelly, Robert L., Madeline E. Mackie, and Andrew Kandel. Rapid Increase in Production of Symbol Artifacts After 45,000 Years Ago is Not a Consequence of Taphonomic Bias. Journal of Archaeological Sciences 160:105885, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105885.
2023 Mackie, Madeline and Heather Rockwell. Beyond Market Share: Accounting for Program Size in Recent Rates of Anthropology Faculty Job Placement, PLoS One 18(5):e0285330, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285330.
2023 Allaun, Sarah A., Todd A. Surovell, C. Vance Haynes Jr., Spencer Pelton, Madeline E. Mackie, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, Josè M. Capriles, and Shannon Mahan. The Geochronological and Geoarchaeological Context of the Clovis-Age La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming, Paleoamerica, https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2023.2245191.
2022 Pelton, Spencer, Madeline Mackie, Robert L Kelly, and Todd Surovell. Accurate Population Proxies Do Not Exist Between 10 and 15 kya in North America, Nature Communications 13:4694, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32355-4.
2022 Kelly, Robert L., Madeline E. Mackie, Erick Robinson, Jack Meyer, Michael Berry, Matthew Boulanger, Brian F. Codding, Jacob Freeman, Carey James Garland, Joseph Gingerich, Robert Hard, James Haug, Andrew Martindale, Scott Meeks, Myles Miller, Shane Miller, Timothy Perttula, James Railey, Ken Reid, Ian Scharlotta, Jerry Spangler, David Hurst Thomas, Victor Thompson, and Andrew White. A New Radiocarbon Database for the Lower 48 States. American Antiquity 87:581-590, 10.1017/aaq.2021.157.
2022 Kitchel, Nathaniel and Madeline E. Mackie. Plants and Subsistence During the Fluted Point Period of the Northeast, American Antiquity 87:368-376, 10.1017/aaq.2021.125.
2022 Koenig, Charles W., David Kilby, Christopher J. Jurgens, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, Christopher W. Ringstaff, J. Kevin Hanselka, Leslie L. Bush, Charles D. Frederick, Stephen L. Black, Amanda M. Castañeda, Ken L. Lawrence, Madeline E. Mackie, and Jim I. Mead. A Folsom-age Bison Butchery Assemblage in Eagle Cave, Texas, and Implications for Early Paleoindian Rockshelter Use. American Antiquity 87:377-388, https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2021.126
2022 Bird, Darcy, Lux Miranda, Marc Vander Linden, Erick Robinson, Chris Nicholson, R. Kyle Bocinsky, José Capriles, Judson Bird Finley, Eugenia M. Gayo, Adolfo Gil, Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, Julie Hoggarth, Andrea Kay, Emma Loftus, Umberto Lombardo, Madeline Mackie, Alessio Palmissano, Steinar Solheim, Robert L. Kelly, and Jacob Freeman. P3k14c - A Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates, Scientific Data 9:27, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7
2021 Mackie, Madeline and Randall Haas. Estimating the Probability of Coincidental Spatial Associations between Clovis Artifacts and Proboscidean Remains in North America, Quaternary Research 103:182-192, https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.1.
2020 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd A. Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, Spencer Pelton, C. Vance Haynes, George C. Frison, Robert Yohe, Steve Teteak, Heather Rockwell, and Shannon Mahan. Confirming a Cultural Association at the at the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming, American Antiquity 85:554-572, https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2020.8.
2019 Zarzycka, Sandra E., Todd A. Surovell, Madeline E. Mackie, Spencer R. Pelton, Robert L. Kelly, Paul Goldberg, Janet Dewey, and Meghan Kent. Long Distance Transport of Red Ocher by Clovis Foragers, Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports 25:519-529, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.001.
2019 Pelton, Spencer R., Rachael Shimek, Brigid Grund, Madeline E. Mackie, and Todd A. Surovell. The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) and its Relation to the Ancestral Crow on the Northwest Plains. Plains Anthropologist 64(249):68-92, https://doi.org/10.1080/00320447.2018.1464369.
2015 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, and Matthew O’Brien. Identifying Stone Alignments Created by Adults and Children: A Case Study from a Dukha Reindeer Herder Summer Camp, Khövsgöl Aimag, Mongolia. Sibirica 14(2):29-44, https://doi.org/10.3167/sib.2015.140202.
2015 Mackie, Madeline E. Estimating age and sex: Paleodemographic identification using rock art hand sprays, an application in Johnson County, Wyoming. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 3:333-341, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.06.023.
2013 Eerkens, Jelmer W., Madeline E. Mackie, and Eric J. Bartelink. Brackish Water Foraging: Isotopic Landscapes and Dietary Reconstructions in Suisun Marsh, Central California. Journal of Archaeological Science 40(8):3270-3281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.023.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
2022 Mackie, Madeline E, Todd A. Surovell, Spencer Pelton, Matthew O’Brien, Robert L. Kelly, George C. Frison, Robert Yohe, Steve Teteak, Beth Shapiro, and Joshua Kapp. Spatial Analysis of a Clovis Hearth Centered Activity Area at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming. Diversity in Open Air Site Structure Across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary, eds. Carlson, K.C. and Lee Bement. University of Colorado Press: Boulder.
2021 Surovell, Todd, Spencer Pelton, Madeline Mackie, Chase Mahan, Matthew O’Brien, Robert L. Kelly, C. Vance Haynes, and George Frison. The La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming USA: Initial Impressions from the First Five Years in Human-Elephant Interactions from Past to Present, eds. Konidaris, G. Tübingen University Press: Tübingen. Link.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
2018 Mackie, Madeline E., National Register of Historic Places Nomination for the Jameson site (48JO2), Johnson County, Wyoming. Listed: September 13.
2017 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, and Spencer Pelton, The 2016 Field Season at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Douglas, Wyoming. Prepared for Quest Archaeological Research, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
2016 Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, and Spencer Pelton, The 2015 Field Season at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Douglas, Wyoming. Prepared for Quest Archaeological Research, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
Grants
2024-2025 Co-PI, Bureau of Reclamation Financial Assistance Action, CoPI: David Yoder, Title: Willard Bay Collection Assessment, $10,605.
2020 – 2024 Co-PI, Senior Archaeology Grant, National Science Foundation. Co-PIs: Todd A. Surovell (PI), Spencer Pelton, Matthew O’Brien, and Robert L Kelly, Title: Human Adaptations to New Environments (NSF-19-47297, link), $225,814.
2024 Co-PI, Fund for Wyoming Archaeology, George C. Frison Institute: Co-PI: Brianna Doering, Title: What's new at this old mammoth site? Applying remote sending techniques to improve our understanding of Clovis hunting at the Colby site, $10,000.
2023 Professional Development Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Weber State University (WSU), $5594
2023 Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Travel Grant, WSU, $485
2023 Professional Development Airfare Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, WSU, $365.
2022 Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Weber State University, Collaborator: Ryan Frazier, funds used to purchase DJI M3000 Drone with MicaSense RX Sensor and associated equipment, $26,500.
2022 Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Travel Grant, WSU, $635.
2021 June Frison Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Title: Cooperation or Persistence of Place? New Radiocarbon Dates and Isotopic Analysis of the Colby Mammoths, $2165.
2021 Collaborating Researcher, University of Wyoming College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Research Grant, Stable Isotopes for the Colby Mammoth Site, PI: Bree Doering, $9800.
2019 June Frison Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Title: Dating the Claypool Mammoth, Washington County, Colorado, $950.
2019 Co-PI, Tyrrell Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Co-PI: Alex Garcia-Putnam, Title: The Application of Near-Infrared Imaging in Locating Historic Graves, $770.
2018 Collaborating Student, College of Arts & Sciences FY2019 Interdisciplinary Seed Grant RFP. PIs: Naomi Ward and Todd Surovell, Co-Collaborating Student: Macy Ricketts, Title: Reconstructing the ancient microbiome of the La Prele Mammoth site, $18,286.
2018 Harry Walts Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Loveland Archaeological Society, $600.
2018 Jason Reher Memorial Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, $5,000.
2018 Rhoda Owen Lewis Award, George C. Frison Institute, April 2018, $500.
2018 Co-PI, Fund for Wyoming Archaeology, George C. Frison Institute, Co-PI: Todd A Surovell, Title: Finding the Bishop Mammoth, $2000.
2017 Dean’s Graduate Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming, $2500.
2017 Jason Reher Memorial Research Fund, University of Wyoming, Title: Experimental Application of Three-Dimensional Photogrammetry for Lithic Microwear Analysis, $1438.
2017 Jensen/Robson Doctoral Travel Award, the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Wyoming Archaeological Foundation, and the Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists, $750.
2016 Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund (#212-17-S), Supervisor: Todd A. Surovell, Title: Excavation of a Wyoming Mammoth Kill Site, $13,000.
2016 June Frison Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Title: Identification of Faunal Remains using Ancient DNA from the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401) Converse County, Wyoming, $1000.
2013 George C. Frison Master’s Scholarship, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Title: Determining the Age and Sex of Rock Art Hand Spray Artists, $1,000.
2013 Robert Lund Memorial Scholarship, Loveland Archaeological Society, $300.
2010 Presidents Undergraduate Fellowship, University of California at Davis, Supervisor: Jelmer Eerkens, Title: The Relationship of Diet and Health in an Ancient California Population, $800.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Eccles Fellowship, Honors Program, WSU
2022 Emerging Researcher Award, RISE Awards, Weber State University, Fall.
2018 University of Wyoming Science Initiative Graduate Assistantship, UW, Spring.
2017 & 2018 Nominee, UW Women in STEM Own It Award, Wyoming EPSCoR, UW, April.
2016 Student Service Award, College of Arts & Sciences Board of Visitors, UW, April.
2013 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award, Department of Anthropology, UW, May.
2020 – 2024 Co-PI, Senior Archaeology Grant, National Science Foundation. Co-PIs: Todd A. Surovell (PI), Spencer Pelton, Matthew O’Brien, and Robert L Kelly, Title: Human Adaptations to New Environments (NSF-19-47297, link), $225,814.
2024 Co-PI, Fund for Wyoming Archaeology, George C. Frison Institute: Co-PI: Brianna Doering, Title: What's new at this old mammoth site? Applying remote sending techniques to improve our understanding of Clovis hunting at the Colby site, $10,000.
2023 Professional Development Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Weber State University (WSU), $5594
2023 Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Travel Grant, WSU, $485
2023 Professional Development Airfare Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, WSU, $365.
2022 Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Weber State University, Collaborator: Ryan Frazier, funds used to purchase DJI M3000 Drone with MicaSense RX Sensor and associated equipment, $26,500.
2022 Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Travel Grant, WSU, $635.
2021 June Frison Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Title: Cooperation or Persistence of Place? New Radiocarbon Dates and Isotopic Analysis of the Colby Mammoths, $2165.
2021 Collaborating Researcher, University of Wyoming College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Research Grant, Stable Isotopes for the Colby Mammoth Site, PI: Bree Doering, $9800.
2019 June Frison Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Title: Dating the Claypool Mammoth, Washington County, Colorado, $950.
2019 Co-PI, Tyrrell Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Co-PI: Alex Garcia-Putnam, Title: The Application of Near-Infrared Imaging in Locating Historic Graves, $770.
2018 Collaborating Student, College of Arts & Sciences FY2019 Interdisciplinary Seed Grant RFP. PIs: Naomi Ward and Todd Surovell, Co-Collaborating Student: Macy Ricketts, Title: Reconstructing the ancient microbiome of the La Prele Mammoth site, $18,286.
2018 Harry Walts Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Loveland Archaeological Society, $600.
2018 Jason Reher Memorial Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, $5,000.
2018 Rhoda Owen Lewis Award, George C. Frison Institute, April 2018, $500.
2018 Co-PI, Fund for Wyoming Archaeology, George C. Frison Institute, Co-PI: Todd A Surovell, Title: Finding the Bishop Mammoth, $2000.
2017 Dean’s Graduate Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming, $2500.
2017 Jason Reher Memorial Research Fund, University of Wyoming, Title: Experimental Application of Three-Dimensional Photogrammetry for Lithic Microwear Analysis, $1438.
2017 Jensen/Robson Doctoral Travel Award, the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Wyoming Archaeological Foundation, and the Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists, $750.
2016 Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund (#212-17-S), Supervisor: Todd A. Surovell, Title: Excavation of a Wyoming Mammoth Kill Site, $13,000.
2016 June Frison Fund, George C. Frison Institute, Title: Identification of Faunal Remains using Ancient DNA from the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401) Converse County, Wyoming, $1000.
2013 George C. Frison Master’s Scholarship, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Title: Determining the Age and Sex of Rock Art Hand Spray Artists, $1,000.
2013 Robert Lund Memorial Scholarship, Loveland Archaeological Society, $300.
2010 Presidents Undergraduate Fellowship, University of California at Davis, Supervisor: Jelmer Eerkens, Title: The Relationship of Diet and Health in an Ancient California Population, $800.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Eccles Fellowship, Honors Program, WSU
2022 Emerging Researcher Award, RISE Awards, Weber State University, Fall.
2018 University of Wyoming Science Initiative Graduate Assistantship, UW, Spring.
2017 & 2018 Nominee, UW Women in STEM Own It Award, Wyoming EPSCoR, UW, April.
2016 Student Service Award, College of Arts & Sciences Board of Visitors, UW, April.
2013 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award, Department of Anthropology, UW, May.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course
Archaeological Laboratory Techniques Archaeological Theory, Method, and CRM Principles of Archaeology (Intro) North American Archaeology Introduction to Anthropology Archaeology of Early Civilizations Hunter-Gatherers Ethnoarchaeology Human Osteology Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
Semester(s)
F23 S23, S22 F23, F20* S23, S22 F23, S23, F22, S22, F21 F22, F21 F21, S21* F20* S17 F15 |
Institution
WSU WSU WSU, UW WSU WSU WSU WSU, UW UW UW UW |
* Online Course
WSU- Weber State University
UW- University of Wyoming
WSU- Weber State University
UW- University of Wyoming
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED
- Mackie, Madeline E., Todd Surovell, Spencer Pelton, Robert Kelly, and Matthew O’Brien, Clovis and Folsom Overlap at the La Prele Mammoth site, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (SAA).
- Doering, Briana and Madeline E. Mackie, Considering the Role of Mammoth and Other Megafauna in Food Systems Across North America, SAA.
- Kelly, Robert L., Madeline Mackie, and Andrew Kandel. Rapid Increase in Symbol Production After 45,000 Years Ago is Not a Consequence of Taphonomic Loss, SAA.
- Baka, Abby, Kenneth Vernon, Madeline E. Mackie, Jerry Spangler, and Alexandra Greenwald. Exploring the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition Archaeology Record on the Colorado Plateau, SAA.
- Mackie, Madeline E., Briana Doering, Fox Nelson, Molly Herron, and Carlton Shield Chief Gover. New Context from an Old Site: Collections Research on the Colby Mammoth Clovis Site, SAA, Mar 30 (poster).
- Kelly, Robert L., Madeline E. Mackie, Erick Robinson, and Spencer Pelton. A Precontact, Late Prehistoric Decline in the North American Indigenous Population, SAA, Apr 1.
- McDonough, Katelyn and Madeline E. Mackie. Cooking Across the Continent: Overview of Pleistocene Archaeobotanical Remains and Exploration of Biases Affecting Botanical Visibility, SAA, Mar 31.
- Fox Nelson, Briana Doering, Megan Reel, and Madeline Mackie. The Curation Crisis and the Bones of the Colby Mammoth Site, SAA, Mar 30 (poster).
- Mackie, Madeline E., Todd A. Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Spencer Pelton, and Matthew O’Brien. Investigating an Associated Camp at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (SAA), April 1.
- Rockwell, Heather and Madeline E. Mackie. An Employment Crisis Among Anthropology PhD’s: Considering Program Size in Rates of Faculty Job Placement, SAA, April 1.
- Doering, Briana, Molly Herron, and Madeline E. Mackie. Colby Revisited: Re-Evaluating the Chronology and Context of a Clovis Mammoth Kill Site, SAA, April 1 (poster).
- Koenig, Charles W., Madeline E. Mackie, J. David Kilby, Tressa Munger, and Charles D. Frederick. Evaluating the Integrity and Origins of a Clovis-Age Assemblage from Eagle Cave, Texas, SAA, April 1 (poster).
- Kilby, David, Charles Koenig, Marcus Hamilton, Madeline E. Mackie, and Robert Kelly. Reconsidering Early Paleoindian Use of Rockshelters in Central and Southwest Texas, SAA, April 1.
- Ricketts, Macy, Naomi Ward, Todd Surovell, and Madeline Mackie. Evaluating Potential Time Signatures within Extant Microbial Communities in Stratified Soils at the La Prele Mammoth Site, SAA, virtual, April.
- Herron, Molly, Todd Surovell, and Madeline Mackie. Identification of Fragmented Mammoth Ivory in Archaeological Sites, SAA, virtual, April.
- Surovell, Todd A., Madeline E. Mackie, Robert L. Kelly, Spencer R. Pelton, and Matthew J. O’Brien. The La Prele Mammoth Site: A Clovis mammoth kill/butchery and campsite in Eastern Wyoming, U.S.A., Human Elephant Interactions from Past to Present, Hannover, Germany, October 18.
- Surovell, Todd A. and Madeline E. Mackie. Finding the Bishop Mammoth, Wyoming Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Casper, May 4.
- Card, Anne-Marie and Madeline E. Mackie. The Jameson Site: A Multicomponent site in Johnson County, Wyoming Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Casper, May 4.
- Mackie, Madeline E., Todd A. Surovell, Matthew O’Brien, and Robert L. Kelly. The La Prele Mammoth Site: A Clovis Mammoth Site with an Associated Campsite, Converse County, Wyoming, Session: Human Interactions with Extinct Fauna, SAAs, Albuquerque, April 13.
- Craib, Alexander, Madeline E. Mackie, Spencer Pelton, Judson B. Finley, Erick N. Robinson, and Robert L. Kelly. The Effects of Population and Climate Change on Site Use at Alm Rockshelter, Bighorn County, Wyoming, SAAs, Albuquerque, April 12. (Poster)
- Herron, Molly A., Madeline E. Mackie, and Todd A. Surovell. Camping with Mammoths? Identification of Ivory Fragments at the La Prele Mammoth Site using Microscopy, SAAs, April 13. (Poster)
- Zarzycka, Sandra, Todd A. Surovell, Madeline Mackie, Spencer Pelton, Robert L. Kelly, Paul Goldberg, Janet Dewey, and Meghan Kent. Long-distance Transport of Red Ocher by Clovis Foragers using Geochemical Sourcing, SAAs, Albuquerque, April 12. (Poster)
- Surovell, Todd A., Madeline Mackie, Matthew O’Brien, and Robert Kelly. An update on the La Prele Mammoth site, Converse County, Wyoming. Archaeology and Paleontology Symposium, Washakie Museum, Worland, July 14.
- Mackie, Madeline E. What Are the Chances? Estimating the Probability of Coincidental Artifact Association with Megafauna Remains. SAAs, Washington D.C., April 12.
- Mackie, Madeline E. The La Prele Mammoth: A Clovis-Aged Mammoth Site near the Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Canmore, September 22.
- Surovell, Todd A, Madeline E. Mackie, Robert L. Kelly, Spencer Pelton, George C. Frison, and Matthew J O’Brien. Wyoming’s Other Mammoth Kill: The La Prele Mammoth Site, Archaeology and Paleontology Symposium, Washakie Museum, Worland, July 15.
- Mackie, Madeline, Todd A. Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, and Matthew O’Brien. New Excavations at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming. SAAs, Vancouver, April 1.
- Mackie, Madeline. The 2015 Excavations at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Wyoming Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Cheyenne, May 7.
- Mackie, Madeline, Todd A. Surovell, Robert L. Kelly, Matthew O’Brien, C. Vance Haynes, Spencer R. Pelton, and George C. Frison. New Investigations at the La Prele Mammoth Locality, Wyoming Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Riverton, May 2.
- Mackie, Madeline. Wyoming Hand Sprays: Insights into the Creators of Three Rock Art Sites, Johnson County, Wyoming, Wyoming Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Pinedale, May 3.
- Mackie, Madeline. Determining the Age and Sex of Rock Art Hand Spray Artists, Johnson County, Wyoming. SAAs, Austin, April 24.
- Mackie, Madeline. Determining Age and Sex of Hand Spray Artists from Johnson County, Wyoming: A Preliminary Report. Plains Anthropological Society, Loveland, October 4.
- Mackie, Madeline. The Relationship of Diet and Health in an Ancient California Population, UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference, Davis, April 29. (Poster)
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED
- 2024 Three Sides of a Career: Papers in Honor of Robert L. Kelly. Organized with Geoff Smith and Erick Robinson, SAA, April.
INVITED LECTURES
2023
- Peopling of the Americas, Weber County Library, November.
- Ice Age Mammoth Hunters, Weber Historical Society, October.
- 40 Years Later: New Work on the Colby Mammoth site, co-presenter: Bree Doering, Washakie Museum Archaeology Symposium, September.
- Mammoth Hunters of the High Plains, Pacific Northwest Archaeological Society, April (virtual).
- Ice Age Extinctions, Social Science Education Center Seminar Series, WSU, Feburary.
- La Prele: A Mammoth Processing Camp, Texas Panhandle Archaeological Society, Studer Banquet Speaker, December (virtual).
- La Prele: A Clovis Camp and Mammoth Butchery Site, Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists Speaker Series, April (virtual).
- Stone Tools, Bone Needles, and Red Ocher: Camp Organization at a Mammoth Butchery Site, Explorations in Archaeology Speaker Series, Anthropology Graduate Students of the University of Kansas, October (virtual).
- Mammoth Hunting in the Ice Age: A View from the La Prele Mammoth Site, Loveland Stone Age Fair, Loveland, September.
- Mammoth Hunting in the Terminal Pleistocene: Recent Work at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Wyoming, Evolutionary Wing Colloquium, University of California Davis, May (virtual).
- Mammoth Hunters of Ice Age Wyoming, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Pumpkin Buttes Chapter, April (virtual).
- An Archaeological Radiocarbon Database of the Lower 48, Quaternary Conversations, University of Wyoming, March (virtual).
- A 14C Database of the Contiguous United States, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants Brown Bag Lecture Series, November (virtual).
- Hints of Clovis Social Organization at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Quaternary Conversations, University of Wyoming, Laramie, October.
- Ice Age Hunters of North America, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Casper Chapter, September.
- Museum Records and Family Photos: Finding the Bishop Mammoth (co-author: Todd Surovell), Archaeology and Paleontology Symposium, Washakie Museum, Worland, July 13.
- Megafauna Hunting in Southeastern Wyoming, Wyoming Archaeological Society, June Frison Chapter, Laramie, October.
- The Jameson Site (48JO2), Wyoming State Review Board, National Register of Historic Places, Kaycee, July.
- Identifying Species from Nondiagnostic Faunal Remains: Results of Ancient DNA Analysis on Faunal Remains from the La Prele Mammoth Site, George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Board Meeting, Laramie, September.
- Estimating Age and Sex of Rock Art Hand Spray Artists at the Hole in the Wall Ranch, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Pumpkin Buttes Chapter, Gillette, September.
- Identifying Artists: Aging and Sexing the Creators of the Hole-In-The-Wall Ranch Handsprays, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Casper Chapter, March.
- The La Prele Mammoth Kill, Converse County, Wyoming, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Cheyenne Chapter, October.
- The La Prele Mammoth Site, George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Board Meeting, Laramie, September.
- Identifying Artists: An Application to the Hole in the Wall Ranch Handsprays, Wyoming Archaeological Society, Cheyenne Chapter, February.
- The Hole in the Wall Ranch Hand Sprays, George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Board Meeting, Laramie, September.
Service
University Service
2022 – Present Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University (WSU).
2023 Research, Innovation, Success, and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Award Committee, September, WSU.
2023 Substitute Member (Spring), Environment Initiatives Committee, WSU.
2015 – 2016 Central Student Technology Committee, University of Wyoming (UW).
College Service
2022 – Present College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (CSBS) Development Grant Committee, WSU.
2024 CSBS Innovating Teaching and Mentoring Brown Bag on Students in Field Research, March, WSU
2023 CSBS Strategic Planning Retreat, June, WSU.
2018 – 2019 College of Arts & Sciences Central Committee, UW.
2016 – 2017 College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee, UW.
2015 – 2017 College of Arts & Sciences Student Computer Fee Committee, UW.
Departmental Service
2021 – Present Faculty Advisor, Student Anthropology Club, WSU.
2021 – Present Conover Faculty Endowment Fund Committee, Sociology & Anthropology Dept., WSU.
2022 Search Committee Member, Sociology & Anthropology Admin Specialist II, WSU
2022 Search Committee Member, Cultural/Linguistic Anthropologist, WSU
2019 – 2020 Speaker Series Organizer, Anthropology Department, UW.
Professional Service
Peer Reviewer: Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports, Journal of World Prehistory, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, The Wyoming Archaeologist, Hunter-Gatherer Research, and Paleoamerica.
2016 – 2021 State Librarian, Wyoming Archaeological Society.
2018 Applying to Graduate School, a panel hosted by the Wyoming Anthropological Association (undergraduate group), University of Wyoming.
2014 – 2015 President, June Frison Chapter (Laramie), Wyoming Archaeological Society.
2022 – Present Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University (WSU).
2023 Research, Innovation, Success, and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Award Committee, September, WSU.
2023 Substitute Member (Spring), Environment Initiatives Committee, WSU.
2015 – 2016 Central Student Technology Committee, University of Wyoming (UW).
College Service
2022 – Present College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (CSBS) Development Grant Committee, WSU.
2024 CSBS Innovating Teaching and Mentoring Brown Bag on Students in Field Research, March, WSU
2023 CSBS Strategic Planning Retreat, June, WSU.
2018 – 2019 College of Arts & Sciences Central Committee, UW.
2016 – 2017 College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee, UW.
2015 – 2017 College of Arts & Sciences Student Computer Fee Committee, UW.
Departmental Service
2021 – Present Faculty Advisor, Student Anthropology Club, WSU.
2021 – Present Conover Faculty Endowment Fund Committee, Sociology & Anthropology Dept., WSU.
2022 Search Committee Member, Sociology & Anthropology Admin Specialist II, WSU
2022 Search Committee Member, Cultural/Linguistic Anthropologist, WSU
2019 – 2020 Speaker Series Organizer, Anthropology Department, UW.
Professional Service
Peer Reviewer: Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports, Journal of World Prehistory, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, The Wyoming Archaeologist, Hunter-Gatherer Research, and Paleoamerica.
2016 – 2021 State Librarian, Wyoming Archaeological Society.
2018 Applying to Graduate School, a panel hosted by the Wyoming Anthropological Association (undergraduate group), University of Wyoming.
2014 – 2015 President, June Frison Chapter (Laramie), Wyoming Archaeological Society.
MISCELLANEOUS
PUBLIC OUTREACH
2022 Girl Scout Cadette STEM Day at WSU, Indigenous Art, Ogden, Oct 8.
2020 Co-Author, Wyoming State Archaeology Month Poster Brochure, with Spencer Pelton and Todd Surovell, link.
2017 – 2019 Volunteer Coordinator, Wyoming Archaeology Fair, Laramie.
2019 Hosted the Wyoming Archaeological Society summer meeting at the La Prele Mammoth site, June 28-30.
2019 Featured on “Why Wyoming Wednesday,” UW College of Arts & Sciences, April 22.
2019 Human Ancestor Workshop, Polaris Expeditionary Learning School, hosted in Laramie.
2017 Featured Project: The La Prele Mammoth Site, Bulletin of the Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology 30:3-4, link.
2016 Creating 3D Models from Photographs, Bulletin of the Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology 29:1, link.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Video
2022 Mammoth Country, Ancient Yellowstone (s2 e1), available through Curiosity Stream, link.
Print
2023 High Plains Mammoth Hunters, Archaeology Magazine, January/February.
2022 Bringing the Past to Life, UWyo Magazine, Fall 24(1):70-72, click here for link.
2022 Save the Dates, Archaeology Magazine, July/August, click here for link.
2022 Sampling Mammoth Fossils, Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Mammoth News, Winter, link.
2021 La Prele: The Perplexing History of a Mammoth Kill Site, Mammoth Trumpet, October.
2019 A Mammoth Pay Off, Douglas Budget, September 25, link.
2019 Excavations at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse County offers clues about Wyoming’s first peoples, Elevations, 4:2-3.
2018 UW Anthropology Department Asks for Public’s Help in Mammoth Mystery, University of Wyoming News, August 21, link.
2018 A Mammoth Discovery, The Cody Enterprise, April 23, link.
Social Media
2021 Podcast Guest, A Life in Ruins, Episode 71, link.
2020 Guest post on Ethnocynology Instagram page, April 13, link.
GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES
Abby Baka, PhD, University of Utah, in progress (committee member)
Paris Franklin, MA, University of Wyoming, 2023 (committee member)
Molly Herron, MA, University of Wyoming, 2022 (committee member)
Tressa Munger, MA, University of Wyoming, 2022 (committee member)
2022 Girl Scout Cadette STEM Day at WSU, Indigenous Art, Ogden, Oct 8.
2020 Co-Author, Wyoming State Archaeology Month Poster Brochure, with Spencer Pelton and Todd Surovell, link.
2017 – 2019 Volunteer Coordinator, Wyoming Archaeology Fair, Laramie.
2019 Hosted the Wyoming Archaeological Society summer meeting at the La Prele Mammoth site, June 28-30.
2019 Featured on “Why Wyoming Wednesday,” UW College of Arts & Sciences, April 22.
2019 Human Ancestor Workshop, Polaris Expeditionary Learning School, hosted in Laramie.
2017 Featured Project: The La Prele Mammoth Site, Bulletin of the Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology 30:3-4, link.
2016 Creating 3D Models from Photographs, Bulletin of the Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology 29:1, link.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Video
2022 Mammoth Country, Ancient Yellowstone (s2 e1), available through Curiosity Stream, link.
2023 High Plains Mammoth Hunters, Archaeology Magazine, January/February.
2022 Bringing the Past to Life, UWyo Magazine, Fall 24(1):70-72, click here for link.
2022 Save the Dates, Archaeology Magazine, July/August, click here for link.
2022 Sampling Mammoth Fossils, Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Mammoth News, Winter, link.
2021 La Prele: The Perplexing History of a Mammoth Kill Site, Mammoth Trumpet, October.
2019 A Mammoth Pay Off, Douglas Budget, September 25, link.
2019 Excavations at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse County offers clues about Wyoming’s first peoples, Elevations, 4:2-3.
2018 UW Anthropology Department Asks for Public’s Help in Mammoth Mystery, University of Wyoming News, August 21, link.
2018 A Mammoth Discovery, The Cody Enterprise, April 23, link.
Social Media
2021 Podcast Guest, A Life in Ruins, Episode 71, link.
2020 Guest post on Ethnocynology Instagram page, April 13, link.
GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES
Abby Baka, PhD, University of Utah, in progress (committee member)
Paris Franklin, MA, University of Wyoming, 2023 (committee member)
Molly Herron, MA, University of Wyoming, 2022 (committee member)
Tressa Munger, MA, University of Wyoming, 2022 (committee member)