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Professional PreparationSteven R. JamesBrief Biographical Sketch(Prepared for Environmental Studies Program 12-2007)University of California, Berkeley Anthropology B.A. 1975University of Utah Anthropology M.A. 1982Arizona State University Anthropology Ph.D. 1994Appointments (Recent Years)2006-present2006-presentAssociate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology,California State University, Fullerton, CA.Director, Archaeological Research Facility, Department of Anthropology,California State University, Fullerton, CA.2003-2006 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology,California State University, Fullerton, CA.2000-2003 Associate State Archaeologist, Cultural Resources Division, CaliforniaDepartment of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA (HeadquartersOffice).1995-2000 Project Director and Senior Research Analyst, Cultural ResourcesManagement Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, AZ.1994-2003 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, ArizonaState University, Tempe, AZ.1993-1994 Faculty Member in Anthropology, Social Sciences Department, GlendaleCommunity College, AZ.Service on Environmental Studies M.S. theses and projects2005-2007 Committee member on Jay Litvak’s thesis (with Bob Voeks [chair] and Mike Horn)2006-2007 Advisor on Ryan Cordero’s project2007-2008 Advisor on Matt Hon’s projectOther Background InformationAs part of the anthropology and archaeology courses that I teach in the AnthropologyDepartment, I have taught archaeological survey and excavation techniques to undergraduateand graduate anthropology students (and a few Environmental Studies graduate students) atCal State Fullerton (Anthropology 403, five fall semesters, 2003-2007). Fieldwork in the classhas involved a cultural resources survey of a new California state park near Yucaipa in SanBernardino County (2003), three seasons of test excavations at archaeological sites on SanNicolas Island (a Navy missile test base) in the southern Channel Islands (2004-2006), andmost recently an archaeological survey (Abalone Cove) of a portion of the land managed by thePalos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy in Los Angeles County (fall 2007). In addition to the1

fall field class, I have been conducting a field school (Anthropology 476, four summer sessions,2004-2007) in northern Arizona near Sedona at a major prehistoric pueblo cliff dwelling,Honanki Ruins, which dates from A.D. 1100 to 1300. This project is a joint effort with theCoconino National Forest archaeologist in Flagstaff and the Sedona Ranger District.Aside from students learning field techniques in the fall field class, the San NicolasIsland archaeological project has provided a number of opportunities for undergraduate andgraduate students at Cal State Fullerton to be involved in this research. The research potentialof the San Nicolas Island project and educational experiences for students include analyzingprehistoric materials for their class projects (Anthropology 404 taught in spring semester),developing master theses on this research (prehistoric marine mammals, fishes, andinvertebrates), and enabling them to present papers on the results of their research atprofessional meetings (e.g., Southern California Academy of Sciences, Society for CaliforniaArchaeology, etc.).I have been a member of the Nature Conservancy and other conservation organizations(e.g., Archaeology Conservancy, Sierra Club) for a number of years. I also served as anAssociate State Parks Archaeologist for California State Parks (2000-2003) at the State ParksHeadquarters Office in the Resources Building in Sacramento, and among a variety duties that Iconducted, I was involved in reviewing land acquisitions for new state parks that were to bepurchased with Park Bond funds. Before my position at State Parks, I served as a tribalarchaeologist (1995-2000) with the Gila River Indian Community, which is located just south ofthe Phoenix metropolitan area in southern Arizona. This cultural resource management tribalprogram was funded as part of a large irrigation water project by the Bureau of Reclamation,Arizona Projects Office. I have also lived and worked as an archaeologist in other areas of theWest and Southwest, including northern California, the Great Basin (Nevada and Utah), NewMexico, Texas, and Hawaii. From my interests and experience, I have attempted to instill in mystudents a conservation ethic for the preservation of both natural and cultural resources.Recent Refereed PublicationsIn prep Prehistoric Human Impacts on Marine and Terrestrial Mammals, Fish, and Shellfish:Examples from the American Southwest and the Channel Islands of Southern California.Chapter prepared for Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments, edited by RebeccaM. Dean. Occasional Paper Series, Center for Archaeological Investigations, SouthernIllinois University, Carbondale (in prep. 2008)2007 Late Prehistoric Human Impacts on Marine Fauna in Southern California: An Examplefrom San Nicolas Island in the Southern Channel Islands. Bulletin of the SouthernCalifornia Academy of Sciences 106(2):97.2006 Southwest Animals. In Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 3: Environment,Origins, and Population, edited by Douglas Ubelaker and others, pp. 313-330.Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.2005 Archaeofaunal Research at Late Holocene Prehistoric Sites on San Nicolas Island:Recent Excavations and Experimental Studies. Bulletin of the Southern CaliforniaAcademy of Sciences 104(2, Supplement):27 (with J. Wallace).2004 The Archaeology of Global Change: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment.Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C. 292 pp. (co-edited with C. L. Redman, P. R.Fish, and J. D. Rogers).2

2004 Dogs, Deer, or Guanacos: Zoomorphic Figurines from Pueblo Grande, Central Arizona.Journal of Field Archaeology 29(1 & 2):165-176. Published by Boston University,Boston, MA. (with M. S. Foster).2004 The Ecology of Human Colonization in Pristine Landscapes. In The Settlement of theAmerican Continents: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography, edited byC. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, D. R. Yesner, and G. A. Pearson, pp. 138-161. University ofArizona Press, Tucson (with C. M. Barton and S. Schmick).2004 Part I: Habitat Transformations and Animal Extinctions. In The Archaeology of GlobalChange: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment, edited by C. L. Redman, S. R.James, P. R. Fish, and J. D. Rogers, pp. 9-12. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C.2004 Hunting, Fishing, and Resource Depression: Prehistoric Cultural Impacts on Animals inSouthwest North America. In The Archaeology of Global Change: The Impact ofHumans on Their Environment, edited by C. L. Redman, S. R. James, P. R. Fish, and J.D. Rogers, pp. 28-62. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C.2004 Introduction: Human Impacts on Past Environments. In The Archaeology of GlobalChange: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment, edited by C. L. Redman, S. R.James, P. R. Fish, and J. D. Rogers, pp. 1-8. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C.(with C. L. Redman, P. R. Fish, and J. D. Rogers).2004 Mineral Hill Cave Avifauna. In Paleontological Investigations at Mineral Hill Cave, editedby B. Hockett and E. Dillingham, pp. 136-142. Contribution to the Study of CulturalResources No. 18. Bureau of Land Management, Reno.2004 Fishing and Marine Mammal Hunting Patterns from a 2500-Year Old Campsite on SanNicolas Island. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 103(2,Supplement):58-59.2003 Hunting and Fishing Patterns Leading to Resource Depletion. In Centuries of Declineduring the Hohokam Classic Period at Pueblo Grande, edited by David Abbott, pp. 70-81. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.3