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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-AMHERST

  1. Institution Name:
    University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology:
    1. Battle-Baptiste, Whitney (Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin 2004; Asst. Prof) African Diaspora theory, Black Feminist Theory, African American expressive and material culture, Historical Archaeology, African Diaspora archaeology.
    2. Chilton, Elizabeth (Ph.D., Massachusetts 1996; Assoc. Prof.) New England Native history, contact period, ceramic analysis, maize horticulture, geoarchaeology.
    3. Paynter, Robert (Ph.D., Massachusetts 1980; Prof.) race, class, and gender issues of global capitalism, cultural landscape studies, spatial analysis, Northeast North America.
    4. Sugerman, Michael (Ph.D., Harvard 2000; Asst. Prof.) Archaeology of the East Mediterranean Bronze and Iron Age, ceramic petrography, Trade and Exchange in Ancient Complex Societies.
    5. Wobst, H. Martin (Ph.D., Michigan 1971; Prof.) theory and method, contemporary material culture studies, indigenous archaeologies.
  4. General Statement:
    The program situates studies of historic- and contact-period societies within the framework of four-field, historical anthropology. Our areal specialties concentrate on Eastern North America and the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean. In addition to these areas, we encourage students to work in other parts of the world, in a manner informed by political, economic, and/or cultural-ecological theories. Ongoing field and laboratory projects in historical archaeology include the archaeology of various sites throughout western Massachusetts, including studies of Deerfield Village and its environs, analyses of the W. E. B. Du Bois site in Great Barrington, the Hermitage in Tennessee, and Cyprus during the Bronze and Iron Age. Other programs of potential interest to students include an undergraduate certificate in Native American Indian Studies and Masters program in Public History through the Department of Hisotry. The Anthropology Department’s European Studies Program financially supports student research conducted in Europe. Citizens of third-world countries and Native American students may apply for financial support from the Sylvia Forman Third World Scholarship Fund. The M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are offered.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    Director of Graduate Admissions, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA; phone: 413-545-2221; fax: 413-545-9494; email: rpaynter@anthro.umass.edu Web page: http://www.umass.edu.