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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

  1. Institution Name:
    Columbia University
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology:
    1. D’Altroy, Terence N. (Ph.D., UCLA 1981; Prof.) complex politics and economics, Andean South America.
    2. Boyd, B. (Ph.D., Cambridge 1996; Adjunct Prof.) politics of archaeology in Israel and Palestine, queer theory, social production of technology.
    3. Crossland, Zoe (Ph.D., Michigan 2001; Assistant Prof.) semiotics, landscape, missions, materiality, the body, Madagascar and Britain.
    4. Fowles, Severin (Ph.D., Michigan 2004; Assistant Prof.) religion, materiality, landscape, posthumanism, rock art, American Southwest.
    5. Rothschild, Nan A. (Ph.D., NYU 1975; Prof. Emerita) urban archaeology, Colonial and contact periods in North America, especially northeastern and southwestern U.S.
  4. General Statement:
    The Columbia graduate archaeology program is well suited to the study of historical archaeology. Although it is does not have a specific focus on the subdiscipline, most archaeologists on the faculty work with documentary and archival sources as part of their research. There is also the opportunity to take courses (through the New York Archaeological Consortium) in other anthropology departments in New York City, and students may take classes within three excellent history departments at Columbia/Barnard, NYU, and CUNY. Archaeology is considered an interdisciplinary subject, drawing on art history, classics, the physical and biological sciences as well as anthropology and other specialized institutes, all brought together by the Columbia Center for Archaeology (columbia.edu). Library resources are particularly outstanding, including the New York Historical Society and the research branch of the New York Public Library. The William Duncan Strong Museum at Columbia contains the archaeological collections from the Stadt Huys and Hanover Square Block sites in NYC. Graduate students have the opportunity to conduct research or do internships at the National Museum of the American Indian, the New York Historical Society, the American Museum of Natural History, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and many others. Both M.A. and Ph.D.s are awarded. Ph.D. study is fully funded. A department fund is available to support archaeology students who wish to undertake independent fieldwork or to collaborate with faculty on historic sites and materials.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    Zoe Crossland, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA; phone: 212-854-4315; fax: 212-854-7347; Email: zc2149@columbia.edu; Web page: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/.