Details of all undergraduate research projects under Heather M.-L. Miller's supervision.
All projects were completed by senior students in Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, except where noted.
2024 - 2025 Zachary Buck Quantifying Iconographic Relationships of Gobekli Tepe and the Tas Tepeler. Research paper. (University of Toronto St. George student.)
2023 - 2024 Hailey Moon Cultural connections in the production of medieval Fennoscandian textiles - archaeological and experimental perspectives. Research paper. Also paper presentation at UTM Anthropology Society Conference in April 2024.
2023 May Scholars-in-Residence Program, Jackman Humanities Institute, https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/sir/about-sir/what-sir, intensive research training & projects in Experimental Archaeology topics of their choice for five junior and senior students from a variety of backgrounds and U of T campuses:
Valentina Guzman-Martinez: Nahua (Aztec) Feather-working
Megan Hoang: Hemp Fabric Production & Dyes in Early Dynastic China (continued research as occasional paid work through summer and fall)
Fallon Hunt: European Upper Paleolithic Antler Harpoons (replication)
Hailey Moon: Sami and Norse Weaving in Medieval Fennoscandia
Lisa Wolff: Roles of Dogs in Predynastic Egypt
Oral presentation and pop-up museum displays at UTM Jackman Scholars-in-Residence final event, end May 2023; Hoang continued research and presented with Masters student collaborator at UofT Anthropology Medusa conference in March 2024.
2009 - 2010 Jessica Thiele Research in Map Collections Management
2005 - 2006 Sharon McCartan Advanced Research in Artifact Collections Management
2003 - 2004 Research Opportunity Programs (ROP) for seven 2nd year students in Experimental Archaeology topics of their choice:
Sharon McCartan: Thule metal drill types
Lucas Melbye: Lithics and heat-treatment in Ontario
Nisha Srivastava: Harappan refractory materials
Chris Meyers: Fijian groundstone tools
Carrie Rai: Ontario clay sources & analytical methods for pottery sourcing (subsequent Masters at McMaster University on this topic)
Katherine Patterson: prehistoric Ontario pottery production techniques
Frank Palmay: Lithic analysis & testing experimental assemblages for potential archaeological production information
2002 - 2003 Barbara Sanders Archaeology of burial practices. Independent Reading Project.