Faculty Profiles

Goldstein, J. Z., Moe, M. E., Wiedenmeyer, E. L., Banks, P. M., Mavroudas, S. R., & Hamilton, M. D. (2022). Humanitarian Action in Academic Institutions: A Case Study in the Ethical Stewardship of Unidentified Forensic Cases. Forensic Sciences Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2022.2035063

Afra, K., Hamilton, M. D., & Algee-Hewitt, B. (2022). Self-reported ancestry and craniofacial SNPs: Assessing correspondence with implications for forensic case analysis and reporting. Forensic Anthropology, 4(4), 181–191.

Hamilton, M. D., & Giacomello, E. M. (2022). Case No: WSCO2022-10-00438. Analysis of recovered human skeletal elements. Williamson County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2022). Case No: 2022-02458. Analysis of human cranium recovered from storage unit. Collin County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2022). Case No: 2022-00831. Analysis of human skeletal remains from Princeton, TX. Collin County, TX.

Afra, K., Algee-Hewitt, B., & Hamilton, M. D. (2021). Understanding the relationship between genetic markers and skeletal remains: Implications for forensic anthropology and phenotype-genotype studies. Human Biology, 93(2), 83–104.

Garza, S. L., kaplan, molly, Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0675. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Garza, S. L., Molly Kaplan, Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0670. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Kaplan, M., Garza, S. L., Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0666. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Molly Kaplan, Garza, S. L., Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0663. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Garza, S. L., Kaplan, M., Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0661. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Garza, S. L., Kaplan, M., Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0660. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Kaplan, M., Garza, S. L., Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0657. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Cameron County, TX.

Kaplan, M., Garza, S. L., Barron, J. A., Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2021). Case No: OpID 0641. Analysis of unidentified human remains from Starr County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2021). Case No: C79-0668. Consultation regarding human remains from 1979 in Washoe County, NV.

Hamilton, M. D., Garza, S. L., Kaplan, M., & Barron, J. A. (2021). Case No: F02-2021. Human skeletal remains found in Mason County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2021). Case No: 21-0096. Human skeletal remains found in DeWitt County, TX.

Aitkenhead-Peterson, J. A., Fancher, J. P., Alexander, M. B., Hamilton, M. D., Bytheway, J. A., & Wescott, D. J. (2021). Predicting postmortem interval for human cadavers in a sub-tropical climate using UV-Vis-near infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 66(1), 190–201. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14579

Siegert, C. C., Hamilton, M. D., Erhart, E., & Devlin, J. B. (2020). A comparative assessment of consolidation materials applied to burned bone. Forensic Science International, 310, 110224. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110224

Lennartz, A., Hamilton, M. D., & Weaver, R. C. (2020). Assessing Moisture Content in Decomposing, Desiccated, and Mummified Tissue. Forensic Anthropology, 3, 1–16.

Hamilton, M. D. (2020). Case No: 2020-00992. Trauma analysis of partial human skeletal remains. Collin County, TX.

Spradley, M. K., Veltri, M. F., Hamilton, M. D., & Fancher, J. P. (2020). Archeological Monitoring and Exhumations for the City of Austin’s Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Restoration Project, Travis County, Texas.  Volume II: Bioarcheology. Austin, Texas: City of Austin.

Wescott, D. J., & Hamilton, M. D. (2018). Recovery and anthropological analysis of Comal County Sheriff’s Office Case 18-05-6014.

Hamilton, M. D. (2018). Case No: 18-05-6014. Analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from Bulverde, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2018). Case No: 2018-03485. Analysis of multiple human skeletal remains from McKinney, TX. Collin County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2018). Case No: 2018-00926. Analysis of human skeletal remains from McKinney, TX. Collin County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D. (2017). Case No: 2017-01714. Analysis of human skeletal remains from McKinney, TX. Collin County, TX.

Fancher, J. P., Aitkenhead-Peterson, J. A., Farris, T., Mix, K. D., Schwab, A. P., Wescott, D. J., & Hamilton, M. D. (2017). An Evaluation of Soil Chemistry in Human Cadaver Decomposition Islands. Forensic Science International, 279, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.08.002

Spradley, M. K., & Hamilton, M. D. (2016). Case No: 2016-00046. Analysis of unidentified human skeletal remains from Kenedy County, TX.

Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2016). Case No: 2016-00040. Analysis of unidentified human skeletal remains from Kenedy County, TX.

Black, S., Spradley, M. K., & Hamilton, M. D. (2015). Crevice interments deconstructed. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, 2, 1–17.

Kjellstrom, A., & Hamilton, M. D. (2014). The Taphonomy of Maritime Warfare: A Forensic Reinterpretation of Sharp Force Trauma from the 1676 Wreck of the Royal Swedish Warship Kronan. In D. L. Martin & C. P. Anderson (Eds.), Bioarchaeological and Forensic Perspectives on Violence: How Violent Death is Interpreted from Skeletal Remains (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) (pp. 34–50). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hamilton, M. D., Connell, B., Jones, A. G., Redfern, R., & Walker, D. (2013). A Bioarchaeological Study of Medieval Burials on the Site of St Mary Spital: Excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Hamilton, M. D., & Erhart, E. M. (2012). Anthropology of poaching: cultural motives for animal harvesting and forensic techniques to aid in the recovery and preservation of evidence. In J. Huffman & J. Wallace (Eds.), Wildlife Forensics: Techniques and Applications (pp. 65–80). New York: Wiley-Blackwell.

Spradley, M. K., Hamilton, M. D., & Giordano, A. (2012). Spatial patterning of vulture scavenged human remains. Forensic Science International, 219, 57–63.

Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2012). Center for Archaeological Studies, NAGPRA Bioarchaeological Report on human skeletal remains from the bus loop/ticket booth construction.

Love, J. C., & Hamilton, M. D. (2011). Forensic Anthropology. In C. Noziglia & A. Mozayani (Eds.), The Forensic Laboratory Handbook: Procedures and Practice (Forensic Science and Medicine Series) (pp. 509–537). Totowa: Humana Press.

Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2011). Purported drug cartel use of vultures as a method for body disposal. Journal of Forensic Identification, 6, 425–429.

Sauerwein, K., & Hamilton, M. D. (2011). Forensic anthropology: Human remains in the legal context. PLEXUS Medical Transcription Magazine, March 7, 36–38.

Hamilton, M. D., & Stull, K. E. (2010). Center for Archaeological Studies, NAGPRA Bioarchaeological Report on human skeletal remains from the Wonder World Extension.

Hamilton, M. D. (2009). Adverse Reactions: Practicing Bioarchaeology among the Cherokee. In L. Lefler (Ed.), Under the Rattlesnake: Cherokee Health and Resiliency (pp. 29–60). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Hamilton, M. D., & Townsend, R. G. (2009). The Unintended Consequences of Prehistoric Skeletal Studies to Modern Cherokee Communities. In L. Lefler (Ed.), Under the Rattlesnake: Cherokee Health and Resiliency (pp. 23–28). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Hamilton, M. D., & Spradley, M. K. (2009). Texas Department of Transportation, NAGPRA Bioarchaeological Report on human skeletal remains on multiple human skeletal remains from the Texas panhandle.

Hamilton, M. D., Komar, D. A., & Buikstra, J. E. (2009). Forensic Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Practice. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Hamilton, M. D. (2008). Colonizing America: Paleoamericans in the New World. In L. Zimmerman & C. Smith (Eds.), Kennewick Man: Perspectives on the Ancient One (pp. 128–137). Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press (Sponsor: World Archaeological Congress).

Melbye, F. J., & Hamilton, M. D. (2008). Letter to the Editor - Re: Skull features as clues to age, sex, race, and lifestyle. Journal of Forensic Identification, 58, 401–404.

Marks, M. K., & Hamilton, M. D. (2007). Metastatic carcinoma: palaeopathology and differential diagnosis. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 17, 217–234.

Hamilton, M. D., & Sofaer, J. R. (2007). The Body as Material Culture: A Theoretical Osteoarchaeology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Hamilton, M. D. (2006). Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium. (G. F. Rakita, J. E. Buikstra, L. A. Beck, & S. R. Williams, Eds.), American Journal of Physical Anthropology.