Nicholas P. Herrmann
- Biological Anthropologist, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Email: herrmann@anthro.msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-1781
Fax: 662-325-8690
Address: PO Box AR, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Curriculum Vitae
B.A. cum laude Washington University, St. Louis, Anthropology, 1988
M.A. Washington University, St. Louis, Biological Anthropology, 1990. Title: The Paleodemography of the Read Shell Midden, 15BT10
Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Biological Anthropology, 2002. Title: Biological Affinities of Archaic Period Populations from West-Central Kentucky and Tennessee
Herrmann's academic and research interests include bioarchaeology, skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, archaeology and GIS applications
in anthropology. He has conducted research in El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, the U.S. and Greece. His research focuses on the analysis and interpretation
of human skeletal remains from both archaeological and forensic contexts. His biological anthropology interests lie in the application of new
mathematical methods to assess age-at-death distributions in past populations, the analyis of cremated or burned human remains, stature estimation
in modern populations for applications in a forensic context, and measures of biological distance. Current field research involves the excavation
and analysis of a Woodland period burial sample from the Gulf Coast of Alabama. He also directs the Advanced Mortuary Archaeological Project in Greece.
His research at Mitrou focuses on the analysis of late Bronze Age and early Iron Age skeletal samples found at the site.
Herrmann has received support for
research from the National Institute of Justice, the Kentucky Heritage Council, The William M. Bass Endowment, Forsenic Anthropology Center at the University
of Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority and many other public and private institutions. His works are published in a variety of journals including Journal of Forensic Sciences,
Southeastern Archaeology, Tennessee Archaeology, and Dental Anthropology. He has also contributed to the Handbook of North American Indians. In addition
he has co-authored numerous book chapters focusing on bone trauma, burnt bone, the analysis of commingled human remains, paleodemography and longevity in the past.