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Spirit of adventure lives
in anthropology student
By Tim Hernandez
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Anthropology sophomore Alexis ‘Lexi’ Roberts
sorts Paleoindian lithic artifacts from the Clovis
period for the Gault School of Archaeological
Research lab at Texas State University in San
Marcos in spring 2015. Courtesy
Alexis ‘Lexi’ Roberts travers-
es Mount Snaefellsjokull on
the Snfellsnes Peninsula
of Iceland during summer
2014. Courtesy
Student volunteers in lab of Gault
School of Archaeological Research
at Texas State University.
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2401, Human Anatomy and Physiology 1,
which is a prerequisite for her planned future
in human osteology, a branch of anatomy
dealing with the bones.
Her goal is to continue her studies in
anthropology with a focus in bio-archaeology
because she wants to study human and pri-
While many students may have their sights
set on a trip to the beach this May, one young
woman has her eye on Iceland.
Meet Alexis ‘Lexi’ Roberts, a modern-day
Indiana Jones.
Roberts, initially a design student in her
first year of college, is an anthropology sopho-
more who, last summer, at 19, traveled to
Iceland to study the Icelandic language at the
University of Iceland on the Haskoli Islands
and the University of the Westfjords for three
months.
While in Iceland, she summited her first
mountain, Snaefellsjokull on the Snaefellsnes
peninsula.
This summer she will be returning to
Iceland to volunteer in a trail renovation pro-
gram near Brsmrk, which is in the moun-
tains near the volcano Eyjafjallajkull that
erupted in 2010, interrupting international
air travel.
Her work there next summer will be mainly
survey work and mapping out trails, as well
as taking part in erosion control around the
trails.
Roberts will be departing for her second
trip to Iceland May 31 for eight weeks.
This semester Roberts is volunteering at
the Gault School of Archaeological Research
lab at Texas State University in San Marcos
where she helps document and sort pre-
historic Paleoindian lithic artifacts from
the Clovis period, which archeologist place
between 13,200 to 12,900 years ago.
Part of her responsibilities include iden-
tifying excavated objects from the Gault Site,
located in Bell and Williamson counties, as
either flakes, pieces removed from the face
of a tool through percussion or bifaces, tools
flaked on two sides or faces.
She also determines how to best document
them in the lab’s data system along with the
other artifacts.
This semester Roberts is enrolled in BIOL
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“Consume as much information as possible
with regards to your potential field of study.
Test the waters by acting like your life is dedi-
cated to the field already. Read on it as much
as possible, share learned information and
find others who can share their own experi-
ences.
She continued, “It’s really all about discov-
ering the heart of the field you might want to
pursue. If you feel you’re set on a major, take
one class that’s unrelated and see if it pulls you
in another direction.
“I wanted to pursue art for six years and
one psychology class changed my mind
entirely. It helped me discover my love of
studying humans and how they interact and
respond to their environment.”
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