Elizabeth Reitz

She received her BA (1969), MA (1975), and her PhD (1979) in Anthropology from the University of Florida.

[6] The Fryxell Award is given to scholars who have made significant contributions in the application of the zoological sciences in archaeology.

[9] "Reitz has worked throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States, studying vertebrate remains from coastal archaeological sites dating from the late Pleistocene era into the 20th century.

[1] A reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Archaeology praised Reitz and Wing's book, Zooarchaeology as "the best available introductory text on the subject for undergraduate students".

[11] Lyman notes that she is a "vocal advocate for using bone weight allometry as a measure of taxonomic abundance".