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Abigail Verneuille (Anthropology, BA in Progress)

Abigail Verneuille is a senior majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Women and Gender Studies and a certificate in GIS. Her undergraduate thesis work aims to predict past streamflow heights of the Rio Grande River to identify years of agricultural instability. Through a modeling process, Abigail seeks to identify why Tewa speaking peoples migrated throughout the Velarde Valley throughout the Puebloan Classic Period by assessing potential flood years and subsequent transitions in agricultural techniques. She hopes to connect this work with Tewa petroglyphs of the Avanyu, or horned water serpent, and combine religious and climatological research in northern New Mexico!