Marta P Alfonso-Durruty, Ph.D.

 A native Chilean Dr. Alfonso-Durruty has conducted research on human remains in Chile, Easter Island, and Arkansas. A common emphasis in these studies has been the assessment of the health status and degree of environmental and social adaptation of past populations. Dr. Alfonso-Durruty has also investigated the health consequences of the transition from hunter-gathering economies to agriculturalist ones, gender and social status differences, and the degree of adaptational success of past populations. 

For her Doctoral Project Dr. Alfonso-Durruty  assessed the accuracy of Harris lines as a non-specific stress marker. The results of this study has been published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Dr. Alfonso Durruty has also collaborated in the Chaco Area Reproductive Ecology (CARE) project (C.A.R.E. Director; Dr. Valeggia). This longitudinal project includes anthropometric, nutritional, growth, maturation, health, hormonal and life-history data. Working in this project has allowed Dr. Alfonso-Durruty  to bridge life-history theory and studies in living populations with the analysis of life history in past populations.

Dr. Alfonso-Durruty is also an Editorial Board Member of Magallania, a peer-reviewed journal published by Instituto Patagonia.

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Selected Publications & Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Experimental Assessment of nutrition and bone growth effects on Harris lines formation Am J Physical Anthropol 145
Revisiting the Dead at Helena Crossing South Eastern Archaeology Journal 29
Análisis bioantropológico de un enterratorio humano en Cabo Nose  Magallania 39
Reevaluating Harris Lines -A comparison between Harris lines and enamel hypoplasia  Collegium Anthropologicum 29
Ethics of the flesh & Bone Human Remains  (Cassman, Ondegard & Powel, Eds) pp. 5-19
Transition to Agriculture in Northern Chile Ancient Health (Cohen & Crane-Kramer, Eds). pp. 113-129.
 

CONTACT INFORMATION
Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty
Assistant Professor
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work Department
Kansas State University
Waters Hall 008
Manhattan KS 66506
Phone: (785)532-4982

email: alfonsod@ksu.edu