SUZANNE L. ECKERT curriculum vitæ - Department of ...

SUZANNE L. ECKERT
curriculum vitæ — January 10, 2012
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4352
email: sleckert@tamu.edu
Voicemail (979) 871-7136
FAX (979) 845-4070
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University, 2003
Dissertation: Social Boundaries, Immigration, and Ritual Systems: A Case Study from the
American Southwest
M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University, 1995
Thesis: The Process of Aggregation in the Post-Chacoan Era: A Case Study from the Lower
Zuni River Region
B.A. Anthropology (honors), University of California at Santa Cruz, 1992
Thesis: A Functional Approach to the Origins of the Pueblo Katsina Cult
Area of Expertise: Archaeology
Area of Interest: Southwestern United States and Western Polynesia
Theoretical and Methodological Emphases: economic archaeology; ceramic technological,
compositional, and stylistic analysis; post-Chacoan and Pueblo IV period ancestral Pueblo
groups; ancestral Polynesian groups; social dynamics in middle-range societies including
development of ethnic identity and religion; migration; process of aggregation; chronology
building techniques
Current Position
2011- present Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
2005-2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
2004-2005 Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
RESEARCH
Peer-Reviewed Books
Suzanne L. Eckert (2008) Pottery and Practice: The Expression of Identity at Pottery Mound
and Hummingbird Pueblo. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah Huntley, editors (2006) The Social
Life of Pots: Glaze Wares and Cultural Transformation in the Late Precontact Southwest.
University of Arizona Press, Tucson

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters
Suzanne L. Eckert (in press) Choosing Clays and Painting Pots in the 14 th Century Zuni Region.
In Technology as Practice: Polychrome Pottery and Social Dynamics among Prehispanic and
Colonial Communities in the American Southwest edited by Judith Habicht-Mauche and Linda
Cordell. submitted to University of Arizona Press
Suzanne L. Eckert and Daniel R. Welch (in press) Recent Work at Vainu’u: A Multi-Component
Highland Site on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. To be published July 2012 in Archaeology in
Oceania.
Suzanne L. Eckert and William D. James (2011) Investigating the Production and Distribution of
Plain Ware Pottery in the Samoan Archipelago with Laser-Ablation Inductively-Coupled-Plasma
Mass Spectrometry (LAICP-MS). Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 2155-2270
Suzanne L. Eckert and Tiffany Clark (2009) The Ritual Importance of Birds in 14th Century
Central New Mexico. Ethnobiology 29(1): 9-27
Suzanne L. Eckert (2008) The Dynamic Nature of Cultural Identity during the 14th and 15th
Centuries in Central New Mexico. In Archaeology Without Borders: Contact, Commerce, and
Change in the U.S. Southwest and Northwestern Mexico edited by L. D. Webster and M.
McBrinn, pp. 271-282. University Press of Colorado, Boulder
Suzanne L. Eckert (2007) Understanding the Dynamics of Segregation and Incorporation at
Pottery Mound through analysis of Glaze-Decorated Bowls. In New Perspectives on Pottery
Mound Pueblo edited by Polly Schaafsma, pp. 55-74. University of New Mexico Press.
P. R. Johnson, F. B. Pearl, S. L. Eckert and W. D. James (2007) INAA of Pre-contact Basalt
Quarries on the Samoan Island of Tutuila: A Preliminary Baseline for Provenance Study. Journal
of Archaeological Science 34: 1078-1086
Suzanne L. Eckert (2006) Black-on-white to Glaze-on-red: Migration, Ritual and Exchange in
the Middle Rio Grande. In The Social Life of Pots: Glaze Wares and Cultural Transformation in
the Late Precontact Southwest edited by J. A. Habicht-Mauche, S. L. Eckert and D. Huntley, pp.
163-178. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
Suzanne L. Eckert (2006) The Production and Distribution of Glaze-Painted Pottery in the
Pueblo Southwest: A Synthesis. In The Social Life of Pots: Glaze Wares and Cultural
Transformation in the Late Precontact Southwest edited by J. A. Habicht-Mauche, S. L. Eckert
and D. Huntley, pp. 34-59. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
Tiffany Clark, Gregson Schachner, Suzanne L. Eckert, Todd L. Howell and Deborah Huntley
(2006) Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase Village in East Central Arizona. Kiva 71(4):
397-428
Suzanne L. Eckert (2005) Zuni Demographic Structure, A.D. 1300-1680: A case study of
Spanish Contact and Native Population Dynamics. Kiva 70(3): 207-226
Suzanne L. Eckert and Linda S. Cordell (2004) Pueblo IV Community Formation in the Central
Rio Grande Valley (Albuquerque, Cochiti, and Lower Rio Puerco Districts). In The Protohistoric
Pueblo World: A.D. 1275-1600, edited by E. C. Adams and A. I. Duff. University of Arizona
Press, Tucson, Arizona.
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William M. Graves and Suzanne L. Eckert (1998) Decorated Ceramic Distributions and
Ideological Developments in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. In Migration and
Reorganization: The Pueblo IV Period in the American Southwest edited by K. Spielmann.
Arizona State University Anthropological Research Papers Series
Manuscripts Submitted to Peer-Reviewed Journals
Hawkins, Megan and Suzanne L. Eckert (in review) Exploring the Organization of Basalt Tool
Production at the Late Prehistoric Village of Fatumafuti on Tutuila Island, American Samoa.
Submitted to the Journal of the Polynesian Society
Manuscripts in Preparation for Peer-Reviewed Journals
Suzanne L. Eckert, Kari Schlecher, and William D. James (in prep) Village-level Identity and
Regional Social Negotiations: Santa Fe Black-on-white Ceramic Production and Distribution in
the Española Basin. manuscript in preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journal
American Antiquity by end of Spring 2012
Daniel R. Welch and Suzanne L. Eckert (in prep) Reevaluating the Samaon Cultural
Chronology. manuscript in preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journal Current
Anthropology by end of Spring 2012
Suzanne L. Eckert and David Snow (in prep) Revisiting Abeytas Pueblo and the production of
Glaze Ware in the Rio Abajo. manuscript in preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journal
Kiva by Spring 2012
Suzanne L. Eckert and Fred Pearl. (in prep) The Late Eastern Lapita Occupation at Aganoa
Village, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. manuscript in preparation for submission to peerreviewed
journal Journal of the Polynesian Society by end of Spring 2012
Deborah L. Huntley and Suzanne L. Eckert (in prep) 13th Century Community Formation and
Ritual Practice in the Fort Site vicinity, Zuni, New Mexico. manuscript in preparation for
submission to peer-reviewed journal Journal of Field Archaeology by Spring 2012
Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah L. Huntley (in prep) The Katsina Cycle: A Reassessment of
Mimbres Influence on 14th Century Pueblo Ceremonialism. manuscript in preparation for
submission to peer-reviewed journal American Antiquity by end of Summer Spring 2012
Invited Book Reviews
Suzanne L. Eckert. (2010)The Social Construction of Communities: Agency, Structure, and
Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest edited by Mark D. Varien and James M. Potter. Journal of
Anthropological Research 66(1): # - #
Suzanne L. Eckert (2008) Demography in Archaeology (Cambridge Manuals in
Archaeology) by Andrew Chamberlain. SAS Bulletin 31(2): 29-30
Suzanne L. Eckert (2007) The Peopling of Bandelier: New Insights from the Archaeology of the
Pajarito Plateau edited by Robert P. Powers. Kiva 73(1): 103-105
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Other Publications and Reports
Suzanne L. Eckert and Daniel R. Welch (2009) Excavations at Vainu’u: A Multi-Component
Highland Site near Tuaolo Village, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Prepared for National Park
Service and American Samoa Historic Preservation Office
Suzanne L. Eckert (2009) Grant # 7780: Making Pots and Breaking Rocks: Understanding Craft
Production Organization in Ancestral Polynesian Society. Prepared for The Wenner-Gren
Foundation.
Suzanne L. Eckert. (2009) Kuaua Ruin (Coronado State Monument). In Archaeology in America:
An Encyclopedia, Volume 3 edited by Francis McManamon, pp. 99-102. Greenwood Press
Linda S. Cordell, Suzanne L. Eckert, and Hayward H. Franklin. (2008) Profiles at Pottery
Mound: The 1979 UNM Test Units. In Chasing Chaco and the Southwest: Papers in Honor of
Joan Mathien edited by R. Wiseman, T. O’Laughlin, C. Snow, and C. Travis, pp. 67-82. The
Archaeology Society of New Mexico
Suzanne L. Eckert (2008) Pottery Technology in Prehispanic North America. In Encyclopaedia
of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures edited by Helaine
Seline. Kluwer Academic Publishers
Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah L. Huntley (2007) A Cultural Resource Inventory of the Section
of Land surrounding the Fort Site (LA 38692) for the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque
Office. A report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque Field Office
Suzanne L. Eckert (2007) A Petrography Analysis of 14 Chupadero Black-on-White Pottery
Sherds Collected from the Salinas and Sierra Blanca regions of New Mexico. A report prepared
for Tiffany Clark, Desert Archaeology, Tempe
Suzanne L. Eckert (2006) Production of Polynesian Plainware at the preContact village of
Aganoa, Tutuila Island. Journal of the Samoan Society 2:65-73
Suzanne L. Eckert and Frederic Pearl (2006) Report on Analysis of Polynesian Plain Ware from
the Ulu Tree Site, on the Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Journal of the Samoan Society
2:75-86
Suzanne L. Eckert and Frederic Pearl (2006) Report on Analysis of Polynesian Plain Ware from
the Ulu Tree Site, on the Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. A report prepared for David
Addison of American Samoa Power Authority Archaeology, Pago Pago
Suzanne L. Eckert (2004) Report on Petrographic Analysis of Chupadero Black-on-White
Pottery from Salinas and Sierra Blanca regions of New Mexico. A report prepared for Tiffany
Clark, Desert Archaeology, Tempe
Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah L. Huntley (2004) The Fort Site and Ojo Pueblo 2003 Mapping
Project. A report prepared for the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque Field Office
Suzanne L. Eckert, Janet Hagopian, and James W. Kendrick (2000) The Ceramics of Y Unit
Draw. In Households and Farms in Early Zuni Prehistory: Settlement, Subsistence, and the
Archaeology of Y Unit Draw edited by Jonathan E. Damp. Report for New Mexico State
Highway and Transportation Department Project No. NH-602 (27)04, CN 3286. Zuni Cultural
Resource Enterprises, Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico
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Invited Lectures and Symposium
2011 When is a polychrome slips, self-slips, and surfaces during the Pueblo IV period. Paper
presented in the invited symposium Beyond Pottery Types: Reconsidering ceramic design and
technology in the American Southwest organized by Suzanne L. Eckert and Deborah Huntley, at
the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento
2011 Past and Future Directions of Archaeometry at TAMU’s Center for Chemical
Characterization and Analysis. Paper presented in the invited symposium Archaeometry
organized by Mike Glascock, at the 13th International Conference on Modern Trends in
Activation Analysis, College Station
2011 (with Kari Schleher and William D. James) Finding a Successful Technique to Determine
the Production Provenance of Santa Fe B/w Pottery. Poster presented in the invited symposium
Archaeometry organized by Mike Glascock, at the 13th International Conference on Modern
Trends in Activation Analysis, College Station
2010 (with William D. James) Using LA-ICP-MS to determine production provenance for basalt
tempered glaze-painted pottery in the Rio Abajo, central New Mexico. Poster presented in the
invited symposium Recent Advances in Archaeological Science organized by Jeff Speakman, at
the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis
2009 Choosing Clays and Painting Pots in the Late Prehispanic Zuni Region. Paper presented
in the invited symposium Technology as Practice: Polychrome and Glaze-Painted Pottery in the
Late Prehispanic American Southwest organized by Linda S. Cordell, at the 74th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta
2009 (with William D. James) Clay Procurement Practices on Tutuila Island, American Samoa
during the Ancestral Polynesian Period. Poster presented in the invited symposium Landscape
archaeology in Oceania: recent applications and methodological advances organized by Mara
Mulrooney and Alex Morrison, at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Atlanta
2008 Economic Interaction between Ancestral Polynesian villages on Tutuila Island, American
Samoa. Paper presented in the invited symposium Recent Applications of Geochemical
Techniques in Polynesian Archaeology organized by Peter Mills and Suzanne L. Eckert, at the
73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver
2008 Applying Practice Theory to Understand the End of Pottery Prodcution in Samoa. Paper
presented in the invited symposium Archaeological Applications of Practice Theory organized by
Jun Sunseri and Sarah Marie Ginn, at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Vancouver
2007 Invited to Participate in the Rio Grande Glaze Ware Chronology Project at the Santa Fe
Institute. This conference was by invitation only and was organized around working groups
focused on specific topics, and not around symposium presentations
2007 We Ain't in the Galisteo Anymore: The Glaze Ware of Abeytas Pueblo. Paper presented in
the invited symposium Current Ceramic Research in the Galisteo Basin and Beyond, organized
by Deborah Huntley, at the 2007 Pecos Conference, Pecos, New Mexico.
2007 The Production and Exchange of Polynesian Plain Ware at Aganoa, Tutuila Island,
American Samoa. Paper presented in the invited symposium Current Research in Polynesia
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organized by Frederic Pearl and James M. Bayman, at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas
2007 (with Judith A. Habicht-Mauche and Deborah L Huntley) The Origin of Western Style
Glaze Ware at Tijeras Pueblo: Implications for Migration and Community Formation. Paper
presented in the invited symposium Honoring Linda Cordell: Demographic, Social, and
Ideological Perspectives on Population Movement organized by Margaret Nelson and Catherine
Cameron, at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas
2006 Invited to Participate in the Ancestral Polynesian Homeland Conference in Pago Pago,
American Samoa. This conference was by invitation only and was organized around working
groups focused on specific topics, and not around symposium presentations
2006 (with Deborah Huntley). The Mimbers Kachina Cult Revisited. Poster presented in the
invited symposium Recent Research on Mimbres Area Pottery in the American Southwest
organized by Suzanne L. Eckert, at the 71th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 Understanding the Dynamics of Segregation and Incorporation at Pottery Mound through
analysis of Glaze-Decorated Bowls. Paper presented in the invited symposium Pottery Mound,
70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2004 The Dynamic Nature of Cultural Identity during the Pueblo IV Period in Central New
Mexico. Paper presented in the invited symposium Converging Identities: Exploring Social
Identity Through Multiple Data Classes, 9th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Symposium,
Chihuahua, Mexico
2004 The Decorated Ceramic Assemblage of Pottery Mound. Paper presented at the School of
American Research seminar series, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Black-on-white to Glaze-on-red: Community Formation and Transformation in the Middle
Rio Grande. Paper presented in the invited symposium The Social Life of Pots: Glaze Wares
and Cultural Transformation in the Late Prehistoric Southwest, 67th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado
2001 Pottery, Identity, and Community Formation in the Lower Rio Puerco. Paper presented in
the invited symposium Cluster Analysis: The History and Organization of Pueblo IV Period (A.D.
1275-1540) Settlement Clusters in the American Southwest, 66th Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana
Other Professional Presentations
2007 (with Tiffany Clark) Integrating Ceramic Sourcing Analyses: A Study of Chupadero Blackon-white
Pottery Production. Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, Austin, Texas
2007 (with Eleanor Dahlin, Karl W. Laumbach, and Toni S. Laumbach) Socorro Black-on-White
Pottery in the Cañada Alamosa: Local Manufacture or Import Poster presented at the 72nd
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas
2006 (with Phillip R. Johnson, Frederic B. Pearl, and William D. James). INAA of Basalt
Quarries on the Samoan Island of Tutuila. Paper presented at the 71th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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2005 (with Stephanie Kulow and Deborah Huntley) Settlement, land use, and community
formation near the Fort Site in the Zuni region of New Mexico. Poster presented at the 70th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah
2004 (with Tiffany Clark) The Ritual Importance of Birds in 14th Century Central New Mexico.
Poster presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal,
Canada
2004 (with Deborah Huntley) Thirteenth Century Community Reorganization in Zuni, New
Mexico. Poster presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Montreal, Canada
2003 (with Tiffany Clark, Deborah Huntley, and Todd Howell) Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Tularosa
Phase Village in East Central Arizona. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Minnesota
1999 Report on the 1998 Arizona State University Summer Field Season at Hummingbird
Pueblo, New Mexico. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Chicago, Illinois
1998 Zuni Population Dynamics, A. D. 1300-1680: The Effect of European Diseases Prior to
Spanish Contact. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Seattle, Washington
1997 The Development and Organization of Social Hierarchies at the Hinkson Site, New
Mexico. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Nashville, Tennessee
1996 (with William M. Graves) Late Prehistoric Ideological Developments in the Northern and
Central Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana
1995 Social Differentiation at Post-Chacoan Great House Sites: A View from the Hinkson Site,
New Mexico. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Grants, Academic Honors, and Awards Received
2011 Program for the Enhancement of Scholary and Creative Activities ($10,000)
2009 National Science Foundation (as PI) ($137,413)
2009 National Science Foundation (as senior personnel) ($12,106 awarded to TAMU)
2008 Wenner-Gren Foundation ($25,000)
2008 Program for the Enhancement of Scholarly and Creative Activities ($10,000)
2007 American Samoa Historic Preservation Archaeology Grant ($43,290)
2007 Glasscock Center for Humanities Stipendiary Faculty Fellowship ($1500)
2006 Program for the Enhancement of Scholary and Creative Activities ($10,000)
2004 Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Ad Hoc Faculty Fellowship ($1000)
2003 Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque Office, Field Education Grant
2001 National Science Foundation Ph.D. Dissertation Improvement Grant (#0109885)
1999 Arizona State University Graduate Student Grant
1998 ASU Department of Anthropology Research and Development Grant
1992-1996 Graduate Assistantships, Arizona State University
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1992 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1992 College Honors, Crown College, University of California at Santa Cruz
1992 Honors in Anthropology, University of California at Santa Cruz
Field Experience
Project Director, Goat Spring Archaeological Project, July 2011. Suzanne Eckert, PI
Project Consultant, Center for Desert Archaeology field project at Mule Creek, June 2011.
Deborah Huntley, PI
Project Consultant, Center for Desert Archaeology field project at Mule Creek, June 2010.
Deborah Huntley, PI
Project Director, Mapping Cultural Resources in Samoa, June 2010 - August 2010
Project Director, Excavations at ‘Aoa, American Samoa, Nov 2009 - Jan 2010.
Project Director, Highland Survey of Tutuila Island, American Samoa, Summer 2009
Project Consultant, Mapping of TJ Ruins, New Mexico, August 2009. Deborah Huntley, PI
Project Director, Salvage Excavations at Vainu'u, American Samoa, November 2007
Project Co-director, Ancestral Polynesian Project, American Samoa, June-August 2006
Project Director, Fort Site Survey Project, New Mexico, July-August 2004
Project Director, Fort Site/Ojo Pueblo Project, New Mexico, July-August 2003
Project Director, Chaves-Hummingbird Archaeological Field Session (ASU Field School), New
Mexico, July-August 1998
Excavation Crew Chief, Chaves-Hummingbird Archaeological Project, New Mexico, March
1997. Dr. Michael Adler, director
Field Lab Director, Rudd Creek Archaeology Project (ASU Field School), Arizona, June-July
1996. Dr. Todd Howell, director
Survey Crew Chief, Park’s Lake Archaeological Survey, Arizona January-December 1996. Dr. R.
Dorn, director
Survey Crew Member, Southwestern Germany Archaeological Survey Project, Germany,
August-September 1995. Dr. Michael Jochim, director
Excavation Crew Chief, Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project (ASU Field School), Arizona,
June-August 1995. Dr. Keith Kintigh and Andrew Duff, directors
Excavation Crew Chief, Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project (ASU Field School), Arizona,
July-August 1994. Dr. Keith Kintigh and Andrew Duff, directors
Excavation Crew Chief, Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project (ASU Field School), New Mexico,
June-July 1994. Dr. Keith Kintigh, director
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Excavation Crew Chief, Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project (ASU Field School), Arizona,
July-August 1993. Dr. Keith Kintigh and Andrew Duff, directors
Survey Crew Member, Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, New Mexico, July-August 1992. Dr.
Keith Kintigh, director.
Excavation Crew Member, Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project (ASU Field School),
New Mexico, June-July 1991. Dr. Keith Kintigh, director
Laboratory Analysis
Ceramic Geochemical Analyst, INAA, Agua Fria Schoolhouse (LA2) Project, Cherie Scheik,
director
Ceramic Geochemical Analyst, LA-ICP-MS, Tunque Slip Project, 2010
Ceramic Geochemical Analyst, LA-ICP-MS, Salvage Excavations at Vainu'u, Jan - May 2008
Ceramic Geochemical Analyst, LA-ICP-MS, Aganoa Archaeological Project, Summer 2007, Fred
Pearl, co-director
Ceramic Geochemical Analyst, INAA, Rio Grande Glaze Ware Project, Fall 2006, Drs. Judith
Habicht-Mauche, Deborah L. Huntley, and Suzanne L. Eckert, directors
Ceramic Petrographic Analyst, American Samoa Power Authority, Ulu Tree Site, 2007, Timothy
Curry, director
Ceramic Analyst, American Samoa Power Authority, Spring 2006, David Addison, director
Ceramic Analyst, Aganoa Archaeological Project, Fall 2005, Fred Pearl, director
Ceramic Petrographic Analyst, Chupadero Black-on-white project, 2003, Tiffany Clark, director
Ceramic Petrographic Analyst, Anna O. Shepard Petrographic Project, Summer 2002. Drs.
Judith Habicht-Mauche and Linda Cordell, directors
Ceramic Petrographic Analyst, Anna O. Shepard Petrographic Project, Summer 2002. Drs.
Judith Habicht-Mauche and Linda Cordell, directors
Ceramic Analyst, Pottery Mound Ceramic Collection, Maxwell Museum, Summer 2001
Ceramic Petrographic Analyst, Anna O. Shepard Petrographic Project, Summer 2000. Drs.
Judith Habicht-Mauche and Linda Cordell, directors
Ceramic Analyst, Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise, January 1998 - January 2000. Dr. James
Kendrick, director
Artifact Analyst, Rudd Creek Archaeology Project, August - December 1996. Dr. Todd Howell,
director.
Ceramic Analyst, Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, February-May 1997. Dr. Keith Kintigh
and Andrew Duff, directors
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Ceramic Analyst, Cibola Archaeological Research Project, 1994-1997. Dr. Patty Jo Watson,
director
Ceramic Analyst, Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, 1994-1996. Dr. Keith Kintigh,
director
Ceramic and Lithic Analyst, Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, 1995. Dr. Keith Kintigh, director
Research Assistant, Santa Cruz Archaeological Research Facilities, 1991-1992. Dr. Diane
Gifford-Gonzalez, supervisor
TEACHING
Course Program
•Spring 2012, ANTH 446/646 Ceramic Analysis
•Spring 2012, ANTH 638 Grant Proposal Writing
•Fall 2011, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
•Spring 2011, ANTH 439/639 (and WMST 439/639) Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in
Archaeological Research
•Fall 2010, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
•Fall 2010, ANTH 689 A History of Americanist Archaeological Theory
•Spring 2010, ANTH 303 Archaeology and Anthropology of American Southwest
•Fall 2009, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
•Fall 2009, ANTH 689, Ceramic Technological Organization
•Spring 2009, ANTH 446/646, Ceramic Artifact Analysis
•Spring 2009, ANTH 638, Grant Writing
•Fall 2008, research leave
•Spring 2008, ANTH 303 Archaeology and Anthropology of American Southwest
•Fall 2007, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
•Fall 2007, ANTH 689 Gender in Archaeology
•Spring 2007, LBAR 204 (honors) Archaeology and Anthropology of American Southwest
•Spring 2007, ANTH 303 Archaeology and Anthropology of American Southwest
•Spring 2007, ANTH 689 Archaeology of Western Polynesia
•Fall 2006, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
•Fall 2006, ANTH 689 Economic Archaeology
•Spring 2006, ANTH 689 Archaeology of Ceramics
•Fall 2005, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
•Fall 2005, ANTH 689 Gender in Archaeology
•Spring 2005, ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
Principal Adviser of Graduates Working on Advanced Degrees
•2012-present, Rebecca Majors, PhD student (in progress)
•2011-present, Zac Selden, PhD student (in progress)
•2011-present, Zac Selden, PhD student (in progress)
•2009-present, Daniel Welch, PhD student (in progress)
•2008-present, Christopher Crews, PhD student (in progress)
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•2006-present, Philip Johnson, PhD student (in progress)
•2006-2009, Megan Hawkins, MA student (earned MA Dec 2009)
•2006-2008, Daniel Welch, MA student (earned MA Dec 2008)
•2006-2008, Christopher Crews, MA student (earned MA May 2008)
•2005-2010, David Foxe, MA student (withdrew)
•2005-2006, Lowell Kane, MA student (withdrew)
•2005-2008, Eleanor Dahlin, PhD student (withdrew)
Anthropology Graduate Student Debate Team Coach
2012 - faculty sponsor, Graduate Student Ethics Bowl Debate Team
2010 - faculty sponsor, Graduate Student Ethics Bowl Debate Team
2009 - faculty sponsor, Graduate Student Ethics Bowl Debate Team
2008 - faculty sponsor, Graduate Student Ethics Bowl Debate Team
Supervision of Undergraduate Independent Work
•Fall 2011 - Spring 2012, Emilee Thomason, senior thesis work
•Summer 2011 - Spring 2012, Colleen Kennedy, senior thesis work
•Fall 2010 - Spring 2011, Casey-Wayne Riggs, senior project work
•Summer 2010, Coby Parhem, senior project work
•Fall 2008 - Spring 2009, Christopher Bartek, senior thesis work
•Fall 2007 William Holmes, ceramic analysis independent work
•Spring 2006 Patricia Woods, ceramic analysis independent work
Previous Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Salt Lake Community College, Fall 2003
Adjunct Faculty, Southwest Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Utah, Spring 2003
Instructor, Archaeological Research Design, University of California at Santa Cruz, Winter 2001
Instructor, Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, University of California at Santa
Cruz, Spring 2001
Section Leader, Introduction to Archaeology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Spring 2000
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. San Diego City College, Spring 1999
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Introduction to Archaeology. San
Diego City College. Winter 1999
Instructor, Archaeology Summer Field Session, Arizona State University, Summer 1998
Field Lab Director, Archaeology Summer Field School, Arizona State University, Summer 1996
Teaching Assistant, Southwest Anthropology, Arizona State University, Spring 1996
Crew Supervisor, Archaeology Summer Field Session, Arizona State University, Summer 1995
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Teaching Assistant, Origins and Development of Culture, Arizona State University, Spring 1995
Crew Supervisor, Archaeology Summer Field School, Arizona State University, Summer 1994
Crew Supervisor, Archaeology Summer Field Session, Arizona State University, Summer 1993
Teaching Assistant, Shamanism Cross Culturally, Arizona State University, Spring 1993
Teaching Assistant, Origins and Development of Culture, Arizona State University, Fall 1992
SERVICE
Campus Service
2011- present: Board member Aggie Allies
2009 - present: Curator of Anthropology Research Collections
2009 - present: NAGPRA coordinator
2007-2008 academic year: Department representative to Liberal Arts Council
2007-2008 academic year: member Liberal Arts Council steering committee
2007-2008 academic year: Cultural Anthropology/Women Studies search committee member.
Cynthia Werner, chair
2007 (May): Graduation Marshall
2007 (Spring): Judge for Ecological Integration Symposium
2006-2007 academic year: Cultural Anthropology/Africana Studies search committee member.
Cynthia Werner, chair
2006-2007 academic year: Department representative to Liberal Arts Council
2006 (Spring): helped organize Pat Shipman’s visit for Women’s Week Lecture Series
2006 (Spring): ad hoc member of Liberal Arts Council
2006 (Spring): Judge for Student Research Week
2006 (August): Center for Teaching Excellence representative at Undergraduate Education
Forum at New Faculty Orientation.
2005-2006 academic year: member of Undergraduate Learning community subcommittee of the
President’s Task Force on the Undergraduate Experience. Nancy Simpson, chair
2005 (Spring): helped organize Linda Cordell’s visit for Women’s Week Lecture Series
2005 (August): Graduation Marshall
2004-present: member of Aggie Allies (a student, staff, and faculty network committed to
creating a safe space for members of the GLBT community on TAMU campus)
2004-2005 academic year: mentor, Regents Scholar Program. Suzanne Sealey, organizer
2004: NAN Ranch collection management including writing funding proposal and meeting with
curators of Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe to negotiate permanent housing
Service to Field
2011 - present: Research Associate with the Center for Desert Archaeology (a non-profit
concerned with Archaeological stewardship and preservation)
2011:
Reviewed 1 proposal for NSF
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2010:
Reviewed 1 proposal for NSF
Reviewed 1 book manuscript for University of Arizona Press
2009:
Reviewed 5 articles for Kiva
Reviewed 1 article for Ethnobiology
Reviewed 2 proposal for NSF
Review 1 article for American Antiquity
Reviewed 1 book manuscript for University of Colorado Press
2008:
reviewed 1 article for American Antiquity
2007:
reviewed 2 National Science Foundation grants
reviewed 1 article for Kiva
2006:
reviewed 1 book manuscript for University of Arizona Press
2004:
reviewed 1 book manuscript for University of New Mexico Press
Professional Affiliations
Society for American Archaeology
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
Center for Desert Archaeology
Register of Professional Archaeologists
The Archaeological Conservancy
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