R. LEE LYMAN
Professor and Chair
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1982

My major research interests lie in zooarchaeology and vertebrate taphonomy. I am also interested in the method and theory of Americanist archaeology. The graduate level classes I teach focus on integrating methodological and theoretical concepts in order to build strong arguments for a particular conclusion. I tend to have minimal vested interest in many conclusions, but rather find the techniques of obtaining answers to be most exciting; figuring out how we do what we do is important to me. I oversee the organization and use of the zooarchaeology comparative collection.

Contact: LymanR@missouri.edu

Recent publications include:

Books
Lyman, R. L., and K. P. Cannon (editors). 2004. Adding Prehistory to Conservation Biology: Zooarchaeological Studies from North America. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
in press.

O'Brien, M. J., and R. L. Lyman. 2003. Cladistics and Archaeology. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

O'Brien, M. J., and R. L. Lyman (editors). 2003. Style, Function, Transmission: Evolutionary Archaeological Perspectives. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Lyman, R. L., and M. J. O'Brien. 2003. W. C. McKern and the Midwestern Taxonomic Method. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Lyman, R. L. 2004. Prehistoric Biogeography, Abundance, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Elk (Cervus elaphus) in Washington State. In Adding Prehistory to Conservation Biology: Zooarchaeological Studies from North America, edited by R. L. Lyman and K. P. Cannon. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. in press.

Lyman, R. L., and K. P. Cannon. 2004. Applied Zooarchaeology, Because It Matters. In Adding Prehistory to Conservation Biology: Zooarchaeological Studies from North America, edited by R. L. Lyman and K. P. Cannon. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. in press.

Lyman, R. L. 2004. Aboriginal Overkill in the Intermountain West of North America: Zooarchaeological Tests and Implications. Human Nature 15, in press.

Lyman, R. L. 2004. Identification and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Late Quaternary Ermine (Mustela erminea) in the Central Columbia Basin, Washington, Northwestern USA. The Holocene 14, in press.

Lyman, R. L. 2003. Biogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Implications of Late Quaternary Pygmy Rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Eastern Washington. Western North American Naturalist 63, in press.

O'Brien, M. J., and R. L. Lyman. 2003. Resolving Phylogeny: Evolutionary Archaeology's Fundamental Issue. In Essential Tensions in Archaeological Method and Theory, edited by T. L. VanPool and C. S. VanPool, pp. 115-135. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Lyman, R. L. 2003. Pinniped Behavior, Foraging Theory, and the Depression of Metapopulations and Nondepression of a Local Population on the Southern Northwest Coast of North America. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 22, in press.

Lyman, R. L., and M. J. O'Brien. 2003. Cultural Traits: Units of Analysis in Early Twentieth-Century Anthropology. Journal of Anthropological Research 59:225-250.

Lyman, R. L., E. Power, and R. J. Lyman. 2003. Quantification and Sampling of Faunal Remains in Owl Pellets. Journal of Taphonomy 1:3-14.

Lyman, R. L., and J. Zehr. 2003. Archaeological evidence of Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) Mandibles as Chisels and Engravers on the Northwest Coast. Journal of Northwest Anthropology 37:89-100.

Church, R. R., and R. L. Lyman. 2003. Small Fragments Make Small Differences in Efficiency When Rendering Grease from Fractured Artiodactyl Bones by Boiling. Journal of Archaeological Science 30:1077-1084.

Lyman, R. L., and R. J. Lyman. 2003. Lessons from Temporal Variation in the Mammalian Faunas from Two Collections of Owl Pellets in Columbia County, Washington. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 13:150-156.

Lyman, R. L. 2003. The Influence of Time Averaging and Space Averaging on the Application of Foraging Theory in Zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 30:595-610.

Lyman, R. L., and J. L. Harpole. 2002. A. L. Kroeber and the Measurement of Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle. Journal of Anthropological Research 58:313-338.

Lyman, R. L. 2002. Taphonomic Agents and Taphonomic Signatures. American Antiquity 67:361-365.

Lyman, R. L. 2002. Cultural Resource Management-Driven Spatial Samples in Archaeology: An Example from Eastern Washington. Journal of Northwest Anthropology 36:51-67.

Lyman, R. L., and S. Wolverton. 2002. The Late Prehistoric-Early Historic Game Sink in the Northwestern United States. Conservation Biology 16:73-85.

Lyman, R. L., J. L. Harpole, C. Darwent, and R. Church. 2002. Prehistoric Occurrence of Pinnipeds in the Lower Columbia River. Northwestern Naturalist 83:1-6.

O'Brien, M. J., and R. L. Lyman. 2002. Darwinian Evolutionism in Archaeology: Current Status and Prospects for Synthesis. Evolutionary Anthropology 11:26-36.

O'Brien, M. J., R. L. Lyman, Y. Saab, E. Saab, J. Darwent, and D. S. Glover. 2002. Two Issues in Archaeological Phylogenetics: Taxon Construction and Outgroup Selection. Journal of Theoretical Biology 215:133-150.

Lyman, R. L., and M. J. O'Brien. 2002. Classification. In Darwin and Archaeology: A Handbook of Key Concepts, edited by J. P. Hart and J. E. Terrell, pp. 69-88. Bergin & Garvey, Westport, CT.

Darwent, C., and R. L. Lyman. 2002. Detecting the Postburial Fragmentation of Carpals, Tarsals, and Phalanges. In Advances in Forensic Taphonomy, edited by W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg, pp. 355-377. CRC Press, Boca Raton.