Gordon Rakita

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Title
Professor of Anthropology; AVP for Faculty Excellence & Academic Engagement
Department
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Institution
University of North Florida
Email
grakita@unf.edu

Education

  • M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
  • B.A. degree, Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Research Interests

American Southwest   Bioarchaeology   Evolutionary Theory  

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Biography

I am a bioarchaeologist and Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work at the University of North Florida. I received both my M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico, and my B.A. degree in Anthropology (with a Philosophy minor) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. My areas of expertise include bioarchaeology, physical anthropology, evolutionary theory, anthropological approaches to mortuary and other ritual behavior, analytical data management and statistical analyses, emergent social inequality and complexity, and scientific research design. I have participated in variety of field and laboratory research including projects analyzing prehistoric cultures in Chihuahua, Peru, Spain, Barbados, the Virgin Islands, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Illinois, and North Carolina. My analytical experience includes work with human osteological remains, ceramic and lithic artifacts, radiocarbon date calibration and analysis, human paleodietary reconstruction utilizing isotopic and elemental analyses, and the interpretation of prehistoric mortuary behavior.

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  (904) 620-1658

Research
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List of Publications (61)
In 2024
61

Using AI Tools to Encourage Critical & Engaged Reading. G Rakita, L Howell .

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How AI Impacts the Teaching & Learning Process: The Need for Friction and Reclaiming Slowness. G Rakita, L Howell .

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Contextualizing AI in Higher Ed: Understanding the Tools and Their Impact. J Begle, G Rakita .

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Exploring ontologies of the precontact Americas: From individual bodies to bodies of social theory. GFM Rakita, MC Lozada University Press of Florida, 2024.

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In 2023
57

The Bioarchaeology of Social Control: Assessing Conflict and Cooperation in Pre-Contact Puebloan Society. Ryan P. Harrod. 2017. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. xix+ 172 pp. $84.99 .... GFM Rakita American Antiquity 88 (4), 619-620, 2023.

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In 2022
56

Introduction to Data Visualization with Tableau. J Murray, G Rakita .

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In 2021
55

Dental Disparities: A Quantitative & Regional Analysis of Male Oral Health in the United States. H Merritt, G Rakita .

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In 2020
54

The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and the Origins of Social Complexity. BRIAN T. HAYDEN. 2018. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. xii+ 398 pp. $125.00 .... GFM Rakita American Antiquity 85 (4), 816-818, 2020.

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Ancient Southwestern mortuary practices. JT Watson, GFM Rakita University Press of Colorado, 2020.

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In 2018
52

Not So Far from Paquime : Essays on the Archaeology of Chihuahua, Mexico. JANE HOLDEN KELLEY AND DAVID A. PHILLIPS JR., editors. 2017. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City .... GFM Rakita Latin American Antiquity 29 (4), 839-840, 2018.

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51

Bones of Complexity: Bioarchaeological Case Studies of Social Organization and Skeletal Biology. GFM Rakita Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies 6 (1-2), 158-160, 2018.

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In 2017
50

Mortuary Analysis. GFM Rakita The SAS Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.

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49

Hemenway, Hrdliika, and Hawikku: A Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological Research in the American Southwest. GFM Rakita Bioarchaeology, 117-134, 2017.

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Social interaction, social status, and the organization of Medio period craft production as evidenced in ground stone artifacts from 76 Draw. TL VanPool, KW Kircher, CS VanPool, GFM Rakita Lithic Technology 42 (2-3), 77-89, 2017.

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Phylogenetic Techniques and Methodological Lessons from Bioarchaeology. GFM Rakita Mapping Our Ancestors, 117-130, 2017.

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In 2016
46

Assembly lines or handicrafts: How things were made at paquime . GFM Rakita, RC Antillo n Discovering Paquime, 29, 2016.

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In 2015
45

Organization of production at Paquime . GFM Rakita, R Cruz Ancient Paquime and the Casas Grandes World, 58-82, 2015.

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44

Tracing Childhood: Bioarchaeological Investigations of Early Lives in Antiquity. GFM Rakita Journal of Anthropological Research 71 (1), 99-100, 2015.

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In 2014
43

Bioarchaeology as a process: An examination of bioarchaeological tribes in the USA. GFM Rakita Archaeological human remains: Global perspectives, 213-234, 2014.

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In 2013
42

Provenance studies of obsidian at 76 Draw. TL VanPool, CM Oswald, JA Christy, JR Ferguson, GFM Rakita, ... Advances in Jornada Mogollon archaeology: Proceedings of the 17th Jornada ..., 2013.

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Life in print: The publication record of Jane E. Buikstra. GFM Rakita The dead tell tales: Essays in honor of Jane E. Buikstra, ed. Maria C ..., 2013.

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In 2011
40

An Introduction to the 76 Draw Site, Luna County, New Mexico. GFM Rakita, CS VanPool, TL VanPool, S Sterling Patterns in Transition: Papers from the 16th Biennial Jornada Mogollon ..., 2011.

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In 2009
39

Ancestors and elites: emergent complexity and ritual practices in the Casas Grandes polity. GFM Rakita Rowman Altamira, 2009.

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38

Cerro del Diablo: Un sitio multi-componente de la cultura Casas Grandes en la regio n de Janos. T VanPool, GF Rakita, CS VanPool Espaciotiempo: Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades 3 ..., 2009.

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37

Camelid herders: the forgotten specialists in the coastal senorio of Chiribaya, southern Peru. MC Lozada, JE Buikstra, G Rakita, JC Wheeler Andean civilization: A tribute to Michael E. Moseley, 351-364, 2009.

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In 2008
36

Birds, bells, and shells: The long reach of the Aztatla n trading tradition. TL VanPool, CS VanPool, GFM Rakita, RD Leonard Touching the past: Ritual, religion, and trade of Casas Grandes, 5-14, 2008.

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Feather waving or the numinous? Archaeological perspectives on ritual, religion, and ideology. GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra An Archaeological Perspective on Ritual, Religion, and Ideology from ..., 2008.

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34

Mortuary and non-mortuary ritual practices at the pre-Hispanic site of Paquime (Casas Grandes), Chihuahua, Mexico. GFM Rakita Reanalysis and Reinterpretation in Southwestern Bioarchaeology ..., 2008.

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An archaeological perspective on ritual, religion, and ideology from American antiquity and Latin American antiquity. GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra (No Title), 2008.

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32

Reanalysis and Reinterpretation in Southwestern Bioarchaeology. ALW Stodder Arizona State University, 2008.

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In 2006
31

Ancestors and elites: Emergent complexity, ritual practices, and mortuary behavior at Paquime , Chihuahua, Mexico. GF Rakita Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest, Altamira Press, Lanham, MD, 219-233, 2006.

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In 2005
30

Interacting with the dead: Perspectives on mortuary archaeology for the new millennium. GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra, LA Beck, SR Williams .

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Corrupting flesh: reexamining Hertz's perspective on mummification and cremation. GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra Interacting with the dead: Perspectives on mortuary archaeology for the new ..., 2005.

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28

Secondary burial practices in Hohokam cremations. LA Beck, GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra, LA Beck, SR Williams Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New ..., 2005.

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Bodies and souls. GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New ..., 2005.

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Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium. WN Duncan, GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra, LA Beck, SR Williams Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida Press, 2005.

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Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium. W Ashmore, PL Geller, GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra, LA Beck, SR Williams .

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Bioarchaeology of Spanish Florida: The impact of colonialism. GFM Rakita Historical Archaeology 39 (4), 169-170, 2005.

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Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium. JE Buikstra, PD Tomczak, MC Lozada, GFM Rakita Ed. Gordon FM Rakita. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005.

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Secondary Processing of Human Remains at the Pre-Hispanic Site of Paquime (Casas Grandes), Chihuahua, Mexico. GFM Rakita, AE Warnock Poster presented at the 2005 American Association of Physical Anthropology ..., 2005.

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In 2004
21

'Dando la bienvenida a la muerte: El rol de los came lidos en las festividades funerarias chiribaya en la costa del Peru . MC Lozada, G Rakita, JE Buikstra, N Leo nardini, D Rodriguez, ... Imagen de la muerte. Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales y ..., 2004.

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In 2003
20

The temporal sensitivity of Casas Grandes polychrome ceramics. GFM Rakita, GR Raymond Kiva 68 (3), 153-184, 2003.

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In 2002
19

Staging ritual: Hopewell ceremonialism at the Mound House Site, Greene County. Illinois (vol 66, pg 754, 2001). J Hantman, J Buikstra, D Charles, G Rakita AMERICAN ANTIQUITY 67 (1), 4-4, 2002.

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In 2001
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History of the Triumphs of Our Holy Faith Amongst the Most Barbarous and Fierce Peoples of the New World. An English translation based on the 1645 Spanish .... GFM Rakita Latin American Antiquity 12 (4), 439-440, 2001.

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Style and function. TD Hurt, GFM Rakita Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology. Bergin & Garvey, Westport ..., 2001.

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Social complexity, religious organization, and mortuary ritual in the Casas Grandes region of Chihuahua, Mexico. GFM Rakita The University of New Mexico, 2001.

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Style and function: conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology. CD Vaughan, TD Hurt, GFM Rakita .

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Models, definitions, and stylistic variation: Comment on Ortman. TD Hurt, GFM Rakita, RD Leonard American antiquity 66 (4), 742-743, 2001.

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Student Affairs. JE Baxter SAA archaeological record 1 (4), 18-20, 2001.

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Explaining the co-occurrence of traits in the archaeological record: A further consideration of replicative success. TD Hurt, TL VanPool, GFM Rakita, RD Leonard Style and function: Conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology, 51-68, 2001.

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Style and function: conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology. CP Lipo, ME Madsen, TD Hurt, GFM Rakita .

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In 2000
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Style and function: Conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology. TD Hurt, G Rakita Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2000.

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[BOOK REVIEW] Staging ritual, Hopewell ceremonialism at the Mound House site, Greene County, Illinois. JE Buikstra, DK Charles, GFM Rakita Journal of Anthropological Research 56 (3), 406-407, 2000.

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In 1998
8

Staging Ritual: Hopewell Ceremonialism at the Mound House Site, Greene County, Illinois. JE Buikstra, DK Charles, GFM Rakita Center for American Archeology, 1998.

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In 1995
7

Mound House 1994: Archaeology and the great flood of'93. JE Buikstra, DK Charles, GFM Rakita Center for American Archeology, 1995.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RITUAL, RELIGION, AND IDEOLOGY. GFM Rakita .

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Bioarchaeology as a Process: An Examination of Bioarchaeological. GFM Rakita .

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Bodies of Evidence. MC Lozada, GFM Rakita EXPLORING ONTOLOGIES OF THE PRECONTACT AMERICAS, 1, 0.

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Body Parts and Partible Bodies. GFM Rakita, A Offenbecker, K Waller EXPLORING ONTOLOGIES OF THE PRECONTACT AMERICAS, 115, 0.

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Mortuary Pathways Leading to the Cenote at Chiche n Itza . GFM Rakita, JE Buikstra, LA Beck, SR Williams .

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