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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

  1. Institution Name:
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology:
    1. Athanassopoulos, Effie F. (Ph.D., Pennsylvania 1993; Assoc. Prof.) archaeology, historical archaeology, landscape archaeology, Europe, Mediterranean.
    2. Bleed, Peter (Ph.D., Wisconsin 1973; Prof.) archaeology, historical archaeology, technology, material culture, conflict and military culture, Great Plains, Japan.
    3. Demers, Paul (Ph.D., Michigan St. 2001; Asst. Prof) historical archaeology (emigrant trails, fur trade, military sites), borders and frontiers, CRM education, ethnohistory, utopian and communal societies, Great Lakes, Great Plains.
    4. Raymond Hames (Ph.D. University of California-Santa Barbara, 1978; Prof and Chair) Behavioral ecology, economic exchange, time allocation, anthropology of war)
    5. Martha McCollough (Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 1996; Assoc. Prof.) Native North Americans, ethnohistory, conflict studies, emigrant trails, Great Plains, Arctic.
    6. LuAnn Wandsnider (Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1989; Assoc. Prof.) Archaeological method and theory, archaeological landscapes, time in archaeology, North American Central and High Plains, Hellenistic-Roman Asia Minor.
    7. Scott, Douglas (Ph.D., Colorado-Boulder 1977; Adj. Prof.) battlefield archaeology, forensic archaeology.
    8. William J. Hunt Jr., (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1989; Adj. Prof.) American fur trade (focus on Fort Union National Historic Site), historical archaeology of tourism with a special interest in the development of tourism in Yellowstone National Park
    9. Mark Lynott, (Ph.D. Southern Methodist University, 1977; Adj Prof) cultural resource management, cultural ecology, geophysics, earthworks and mounds of the Midwest
    10. Vergil Noble, (Ph.D. Michigan State University 1983; Adj. Prof.) historical archaeology, 18th-century French fur trade, 19th-century settlement and transportation systems, Great Lakes and Mississippi River valley, cultural resource management and heritage tourism
  4. General Statement:
    UNL offers training in historical archaeology within the framework of anthropological and archaeological research. Excavation, CRM, and collections management experience is offered through contract research projects and internships. The department has close contacts with the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) of the National Park Service (staff includes Steve DeVore, William Hunt, Mark Lynott Vergil E. Noble, and Jeff Richner) and also with the Nebraska State Historical Society. We offer an M.A. in Anthropology and an MA program in Professional Archaeology. Current research projects in historical archaeology include emigrant trails and battlefields.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    Paul Demers, Peter Bleed, or Effie Athanassopoulos, Department of Anthropology and Geography, 810 Oldfather Hall , University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0368 USA; phone: 1-402-472-2411; fax: 402-472-9642; Email: efa@unl.edu; Web page: http://www.unl.edu/anthro/index.shtml