Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Teresa Hsu

Museum Specialist
Department / Division
Education

B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Anthropology
M.A., University of Southampton, Osteoarchaeology

Collections Areas

Responsible for collection management activities, such as specimen preparation, cataloging, loans, and assisting visitors, as well as scientific imaging needs (micro-CT, x-ray, photography)

Affiliations

Society for American Archaeology

Research Interests

Ancient DNA, comparative osteology, functional morphology, and archaeology with specialization in archaeofauna of central Mexico (Teotihuacan)

Publications

Sugiyama, Nawa, and Yen-shin T. Hsu. 2025. “Where’s the Turkey? Discussing the Absence of Turkey at Teotihuacan, Mexico.” In Aurélie Manin, Camilla F. Speller, Eduardo Corona-M, and Erin K. Thornton (Eds.), Exploring the History of Turkey Management and Domestication: A Transatlantic Perspective. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Natures en Sociétés, 10: 98, Inist-CNRS.

Almécija, Sergio, Pugh, Kelsey D., Anaya, Alisha, Smith, Christopher M., Simmons, Nancy B., Voss, Robert S., Duncan, Neil, Lunde, Darrin P., Viera, Megan K., Hsu, Teresa, Gilissen, Emmanuel, Maiolino, Stephanie A., Winchester, Julie M., Patel, Biren A., Orr, Caley M., Tocheri, Matthew W., Delson, Eric, Hammond, Ashley S., Boyer, Doug M., and Catalano, Santiago A. 2024. "Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource." Scientific Data, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04261-5.

Boback, Scott M., Snow, Ray W., Hsu, Teresa, Peurach, Suzanne C., Dove, Carla J., and Reed, Robert N. 2016. "Supersize me: Remains of three white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in an invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) in Florida." BioInvasions Records, 5, (4) 197-203. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.02.