BAM CV

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Education

2021 Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida

2015 M.A., Anthropology, The Catholic University of America

2012 B.A., Anthropology, University of Florida

Awards

Thompson Earth Systems Institute Lifelong Learners Outreach and Education Grant

Florida Museum of Natural History Bullen Award for Student Excellence in Research

James C. Waggoner Jr. Grants-in-Aid Award

Center for Latin American Studies Field Research Grant

First Prize, Anthropology Research Exhibition Poster Award

Grinter Fellowship Award

Publications

Weksler, Marcelo, Christina M. Giovas, Brittany A. Mistretta, Samuel T. Turvey
2021 Correction to “Extinct insular oryzomyine rice rats (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Grenada Bank, southern Caribbean.” (Zootaxa 4951 (3): 434-460) and reply to Ronez and Pardiñas (2021). Zootaxa 5061(2), 392–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.12

Keegan, William F., Colleen B. Young, Michelle J. LeFebvre, Michael P. Pateman, Jonathan A. Hanna, Lee Ann Newsom, Brittany A. Mistretta, Andy J. Ciofalo, Ann H. Ross
2021 Unique Lucayan Sand Dune Burials on Long Island, The Bahamas. Journal of Osteoarchaeology,1– 10. DOI: 10.1002/oa.3055

Mistretta, Brittany A., Christina M. Giovas, Marcelo Weksler, Samuel T. Turvey
2021 Extinct insular oryzomyine rice rats (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Grenada Bank, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa 4951(3): 434-460. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.2

Mistretta, Brittany A.
2019 Grenada’s Extinct Rice Rats (Oryzomyini): Zooarchaeological Evidence for Taxonomic Diversity. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24:71-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.12.018

Research and Teaching

2017-2021 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida

2018 Workshop Instructor, 3D Printing and Digital Dissemination, University of Florida Libraries

2017 Zooarchaeologist, Montreuil Archaeology Project, Grenada | PI, Jonathan A. Hanna

2017 Research Intern, Grenada National Museum

2016 Research Assistant, Caribbean Archaeology Lab, Florida Museum of Natural History

Conference Activity

Discussant

2018 The Intangible Dimensions of Food in the Caribbean Ancient and Recent Past. Forum at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Washington, DC, April.(Invited)

Papers & Posters

Mistretta, Brittany A. and Michelle J. LeFebvre
2019 Having Reservations: A Discussion on Recognizing the Dynamic Qualities of “Food” within Archaeological Contexts from the pre-Columbian Caribbean. Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April. (Invited)

Mistretta, Brittany A. and Jonathan A. Hanna
2018 Breadth of Fresh Air: a continued examination of the “crab-shell” dichotomy in Grenada’s prehistory. Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Washington, DC, April.

Mistretta, Brittany A.
2018 Grenada National Museum’s Amerindian Online Exhibit. Poster presented at the University of North Florida International Studies and Digital Humanities Symposium in Jacksonville, FL, March.

Mistretta, Brittany A. and Jonathan A. Hanna
2017 Fishing for More: A Preliminary Reexamination of Faunal Exploitation in Grenada’s Prehistory. Paper presentation at the 27th Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, July.

Memberships

Association for Environmental Archaeology

International Association for Caribbean Archaeology

International Council for Archaeozoology

Sigma Xi, Associate Membership

Society for American Archaeology