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, Mortuary Behavior, Migration & Culture Contact/Interaction; North America, Egypt, Nubia, Cyprus

C. Michael Barton 
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1987; Professor
Archaeology, Human Ecology & Landscapes, Hunter-Gatherers & Agricultural Origins, Geoarchaeology, Geospatial Technology & Computer Modeling, Lithic Technology, Evolutionary Theory; Mediterranean, 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 
Prehistorical 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, Bioarchaeology of Identity; the Americas

Christopher Carr 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1979; Professor
Archaeology, Method & Theory, Religion, Social Organization, World View, Mortuary Practices, Iconography, Art, Style, Quantitative Analysis; North America (Eastern)

Anick Coudart
Ph.D., University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), 1987; Research Professor
European Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Domestic Architecture, Method & Theory; Europe, North America (Southwest), New Guinea

Steven Falconer 
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1987; Professor
Archaeology, Complex Societies, Urbanism & Ruralism, Ceramic Analysis, Settlement Patterns, Landscape Change; Near East, Mediterranean Basin (especially Cyprus), Levant, Mesopotamia

Michelle Hegmon 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1990; Professor
Southwest Archaeology, Social Theory, Socio-Ecology, Ceramics, Gender; North America (Southwest)

Keith Kintigh 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor
Archaeology, Digital Repositories & Data Integration, Quantitative Analysis, Sociopolitical Organization, Settlement Patterns, Ancestral Pueblo; North America (Southwest)

Kelly Knudson 
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2004; Associate Professor
Archaeological Chemistry, Isotope Analysis, Bioarchaeology; the Andes

Curtis Marean 
Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 1990; Professor
Human Origins, Evolution & Diversity, Societies & their Natural Environments, Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Zooarchaeology Africa, Near East

Kostalena Michelaki
Ph.D., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 1999; Associate Professor
Archaeology, Archaeometry, Social Theory, Material Culture, Ceramic Technology, Small-Scale Societies, Neolithic, Early Bronze Age; Southern Italy, Ontario

Ben A. Nelson 
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, 1980; Professor
Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Political Transformations (esp. in Frontier Contexts), Long-Distance Exchange; Mesoamerica, North America (Southwest)

Margaret C. Nelson 
Ph.D., University of California – Santa Barbara, 1981; President's Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Archaeology, Resilience & Vulnerability, Land Use, Mobility; North America (Southwest)

Charles Redman 
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1971; Professor
Human Impacts on the Environment, Sustainable Landscapes, Rapidly Urbanizing Regions, Urban Ecology, Environmental Education, Public Outreach; North America (Southwest), Near East, North Africa

Rachel Scott 
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006; Assistant Professor
Bioarchaeology, Body & Identity, Social Construction of Disease & Disability, European Archaeology, Mortuary Practices, Paleopathology; Britain, Ireland

Arleyn Simon 
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1988; Associate Research Professor
Archaeology, Ceramic Technology & Analysis, Quantitative Methods ; North America (Southwest & Great Plains)

Michael E. Smith 
Ph.D., University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, 1983; Professor
Mesoamerican Archaeology, Comparative Urbanism, Political Economy of Ancient States, Households, Empires, Aztecs

Katherine A. Spielmann 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor
Archaeology, Social-Ecological Systems, Craft Specialization, Exchange, Small-Scale Societies; North America

Christopher Stojanowski
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2001; Associate Professor
Bioarchaeology, Colonial Native Americans, Quantitative Microevolution; North America (Southeast), North Africa

Sander van der Leeuw 
Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 1976; Professor
Environmental Archaeology, Ceramic Technology, Theory, Regional & Interdisciplinary Approaches