Stefanie Mills, M.A.
Faunal Analyst & Project Archaeologist
Email | frs27@txstate.edu
Stefanie Mills is a lithic/faunal analyst, Project Archaeologist, 
and graduate student in Anthropology at Texas State University. Originally from Round Rock, Texas, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Archaeology from the University of Colorado Denver and completed her Master’s degree in Anthropology at Texas State University in 2023 after several years working in cultural resource management. Her master’s research integrated experimental archaeology and microscopic use-wear analysis to examine stone tool function and woodworking activities, focusing on informal flake tools from the Zatopec Site in San Marcos, Texas.
Stefanie’s research interests center on pre-contact and contact lithic analysis, with additional experience in faunal analysis across a range of archaeological contexts. Her professional and research experience includes work in the Western Great Basin of California, the High Plains of Wyoming, Florida and Texas sites, Andean pre-Incan complex societies, and historic sites in Ireland. Notable Texas and Oklahoma projects include Headwaters at Comal, Hueco Tanks, Jewett (Oklahoma), Rockwood, and Frost Town. Her current research focuses on experimental ballistics and high-powered microscopy to investigate the technological transition from the atlatl to the bow in Texas.