Archaeology Faculty Specializations

David Abbott 
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1994; Associate Professor
Archaeology, community organization, ceramic analysis, large-scale irrigation management, quantitative analysis; Hohokam, Southwestern United States

Brenda J. Baker 
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts—Amherst, 1992; Associate Professor
Bioarchaeology, human osteology, paleopathology; North America, Egypt, Nubia, Cyprus

C. Michael Barton 
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1987; Professor
Archaeology, hunter-gatherers and agricultural origins, human ecology, geoarchaeology, lithic technology, spatial technology and computer applications, evolutionary theory; Old World, Western North America

Jane E. Buikstra 
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972; Professor
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 
Prehistoric skeletal populations from the Americas, bone microstructure, social dimensions of mortuary behavior, forensic anthropology, paleopathology, paleonutrition, biological distance, biological impact of European colonization in the Americas, host-pathogen co-evolution

Christopher Carr 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1979; Professor
Archaeology, method and theory, quantitative analysis, ecology, death and dying across cultures, mortuary practices, worldview, symbolism, style, art; Eastern United States

Geoffrey Clark 
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1971; Regents' Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Old World prehistory, systematics in paleoanthropology, logic of inference, human evolution: Western Europe, Near East, Africa

Steven Falconer 
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1987; Professor
Archaeology, complex societies, urbanism and ruralism, ceramic analysis, settlement patterns, landscape change; Near East, Mediterranean Basin (especially Cyprus), Levant, Mesopotamia

Michelle Hegmon 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1990; Professor
Southwestern archaeology, social theory, socio-ecology, ceramics, gender

Keith Kintigh 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor
Archaeology, quantitative analysis, sociopolitical organization, settlement patterns, archaeological data integration; Southwestern United States

Kelly Knudson 
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2004; Assistant Professor
Bioarchaeology, archaeological chemistry, residential mobility and paleodiet; Andes

Curtis Marean 
Ph.D., University of California—Berkeley, 1990; Professor
Human origins, evolution and diversity, societies and their natural environments, archaeology, paleoanthropology, zooarchaeology; Africa, Near East

Ben A. Nelson 
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University—Carbondale, 1980; Professor
Archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, political transformations (especially in frontier contexts), long-distance exchange; Mesoamerica, Southwestern United States

Margaret C. Nelson 
Ph.D., University of California—Santa Barbara, 1981; Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Archaeology, technology, land use, mobility; Southwestern United States

Charles Redman 
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1971; Professor
Urbanization, research design, human impact on the environment, public involvement; Southwestern United States, Old World (Near East and Africa)

Rachel Scott 
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006; Assistant Professor
Bioarchaeology, identity, body and identity, social construction of disease and disability, mortuary practices, osteology, paleopathology; Britain, Ireland

Arleyn Simon 
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1988; Associate Research Professor
Archaeology, ceramic technology and analysis, quantitative methods; Southwestern United States, Great Plains

Michael E. Smith 
Ph.D., University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign, 1983; Professor
Mesoamerican archaeology, political economy of ancient states, urbanization, empires; Postclassic Central Mexico, Aztecs

Katherine A. Spielmann 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor
Archaeology, ecology, craft specialization, exchange; North America

Barbara L. Stark 
Ph.D., Yale University, 1974; Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 
Archaeology, complex society; Mesoamerica

Christopher Stojanowski
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2001; Assistant Professor
Contact-era population biology, Native Americans, biocultural skeletal biology, quantitative microevolution; Southeastern and Southwestern United States, Africa

Sander van der Leeuw 
Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 1976; Professor
Environmental archaeology, ceramic technology, theory, regional and interdisciplinary approaches