Educational
Summary
BA, with honors in
Anthropology, Kansas University, Lawrence 1970
MA, Pennsylvania State
University, State College 1973
PhD, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville 1982
Areas of
Specialty
Physical anthropology with
primary research interests in human skeletal remains and historical medical
anthropology.
Publications
Author and co-author of more than 80 articles, chapters, monographs and books.
Recent publications include:
| 2005 |
Willey, P., Judy Stolen, George Crothers, and Patty Jo Watson
Preservation of Prehistoric Footprints in Jaguar Cave, Tennessee. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
67(1): 61-68.
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| 2005 |
Watson, Patty Jo, Mary C. Kennedy, P. Willey, Louise Robbins, and Ronald C. Wilson
Prehistoric Footprints in Jaguar Cave, Tennessee. Journal of Field Archaeology 30(1):25-43. |
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2004
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P. Willey,
Amanda Blanchard, Thomas D. Holland and Douglas D. Scott
A Case of Mistaken Identity: Skeleton in Custer National Cemetery Grave
No Longer Believed to be Corporal Lell. Greasy Grass, 20:16-21. |
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2003
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P. Willey, Amanda Blanchard,
Richard A. Glenner, Thomas D. Holland and Douglas D. Scott
Letter to the Editor: A Case
of Mistaken Identity. Journal of the American Dental Association,
134:1307 |
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1998
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Scott, Douglas
D., P. Willey, and Melissa A. Connor
They Died with Custer:
Soldiers’ Remains from the Battle of the Little Bighorn. University
of Oklahoma Press, Norman. 432 pages. Paperback edition to be published
fall 2002. |
Recent Professional
Activities and Awards
Nomination for International
Scientist of the Year 2002, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge,
England.
Appearances
"Archaeological Interpretations
of the Battle of the Little Bighorn" Hour-long feature produced by Granada
TV Productions. Premiered in the United Kingdom, August 2003. U.S. premiere
as "Custer at Little Bighorn" on History Channel, October 4, 2003.
Consultant, Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, Central Identification Laboratory. 1997-present.
Diplomate, American Board
of Forensic Anthropology. 1989-present
Morgue Supervisor and Senior Anthropologist, Mass Graves Project, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, U.S. Embassy, Iraq. August 2004 – February 2005
Current Research
Interests
Recently completed analyses
- 7th Cavalry trooper skeletons from the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Prehistoric footprints in a Southeastern U.S. cave
Current research includes
- Medical histories and enlistment
records of 7th Cavalry troopers based on documents
- Victims of a prehistoric
massacre on the Great Plains
- Anthropometry of Ishi,
the last Yahi
