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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE

  1. Institution Name:
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology:
    1. Heath, Barbara J. (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1988; Professor) Middle Atlantic, southeastern US, Caribbean, historical archaeology method and theory,
      African diaspora, landscapes, colonialism, consumerism
    2. Hollenbach, Kandace (Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill, 2005; Associate Professor) southeastern US, paleoethnobotany, foodways
    3. Janzen, Anneke (Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz, 2015, Assistant Professor), East Africa, US, pastoralism, zooarchaeology, stable isotope analysis, Zooarchaeology by
      Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS)
    4. Lofaro, Ellen M. (Ph.D. University of Florida, 2016; Curator of Archaeology) southeastern U.S., Andes, bioarchaeology, museum curation, NAGPRA, cultural heritage, isotope geochemistry, identity and mobility
  4. General Statement:
    The department offers a range of graduate studies in historical archaeology including the postcontact Western Hemisphere, colonialism, zooarchaeology, paleoethnobotany, and quantitative methods. The M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are awarded. Departmental facilities and resources include an historical archaeology laboratory and collections, zooarchaeology laboratory and collections, paleoethnobotanical laboratories, and geophysical and geoarchaeology equipment. Students also have access to the staff, facilities, and collections of the McClung Museum on campus.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    Barbara J. Heath, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Strong Hall Room 502A, Knoxville, TN 37996-1525, phone 865-974-1098, fax 865-974-2686; email bheath2@utk.edu, Web page: https://anthropology.utk.edu/