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Peter Schmidt, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor Email: schmidtp@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., African History and Anthropology, Northwestern M.A., African History/African Studies, UCLA Graduate Diploma Student, Archaeology/African Studies, Makerere University, Uganda A.B., History, Stanford Research Interests Historical Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Ethnotechnology, Iron Technology, Symbolic Interpretation, African Archaeology, Tanzania, Eritrea, Gabon, Cameroon, Oral Traditions and Archaeology Personal Statement My interests range across archaeology, symbolic […]

Ginessa Mahar

Alumni Email: gjmahar@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida M.A., Anthropology, City University of New York, Hunter College, 2010 B.A., Anthropology, Stony Brook University Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Wallis Research Interests Practice and Agency Theory, Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Southeastern USA Coastal Archaeology, Woodland Period Civic-Ceremonial Centers, Pre-Columbian Fishing Practices, North American Archaeology, Geophysical Prospection Selected Publications […]

Justin Dunnavant

Alumni Email: jdunnavant@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, 2013 B.A., Anthropology and History, Howard University, 2009 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Brandt Research Interests Historical Archaeology of Africa and the African Diaspora, Postcolonial Theory, World Systems, Atlantic and Indian Ocean Slave Trade, Representation and Identity, Oral History, African American History, Ethnoarchaeology, […]

Michael Heckenberger, Ph.D.

Professor Office: Turlington Hall, Room B309 Phone: (352) 294-7586 Email: mheck@ufl.edu Google Scholar Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1996 Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1995 B.A. Anthropology, University of Vermont, 1988 Research Interests Non-Western cultures of the humid tropics, especially Amazonia and Caribbean; pre-industrial complex societies; built environment, cultural memory […]