Rich,
I have been buried in my dissertation (or perhaps
buried under it) too long to really be up to date with
the current HA students here. If you are in touch
with Dave Killick, he can probably direct you to what
you are looking for better than I.
Off the top of my head, I know recent PhDs here did
work on AZ historical sites including WWII
Japanese-American relocation camps in AZ (Nicole
Branton) and ranching landscapes (Michael Heilen).
Current student projects that I know of (albeit,
vaguely) involve contact period Pueblo ceramics
(Jonathan Scholnick), work on protohistoric Sobaipuri
camps (Jim Vint), archaeology of a 19th century town
in Minnesota (Tim Tumberg), and my work on power
relations in a 19th century company town in Michigan.
Scholnick is the only UA student I have heard mention
possibly presenting at the SHAs, but there could be
others.
Heilen and Scholnick might have used some technical
approaches, but probably not quite the "new technical
advances" that you are looking for? I assume you mean
archaeometry, archaeometalurgy, etc.?
You probably already know about work by Noah Thomas on
Spanish colonial ore processing in New Mexico. I
think that is the kind of project you are looking for.
Dave Killick is his adviser.
Long story short: I am probably not the best person to
ask about current HA research at UA, especially
technical approaches. If you are actively looking for
something in particular, I recommend asking the
faculty here at UA – Killick, Reid, Majewski, Ayres,
and Pavao-Zuckerman. Here is a link for their contact
information:
http://anthro.web.arizona.edu/people/faculty.php
Contact me off-list if you would like contact info for
any of the students.
Good luck with your project.
Sarah Cowie
--- Rich Lundin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sarah:
>
> What kinds of Historical Archaeology projects are
> being done at U of A and
> are any of you presenting at SHA? Any from sites in
> Arizona? We have been
> talking with Dave Kilick about some students doing
> CSF field
> archaeogeophysical and archaeochemical work on our
> Babocomari Ranch Project
> and similar work on the awesome Terrenate Presidio
> site. I am interested
> because I am gathering up studies of this type for
> my dissertation in the UK
> on new technical advances that can be applied to
> archaeology.
>
> I understood from Dr. Hoffman of NAU that when Dr.
> Fontana retired the
> formal program at ASU retired too.
>
> Rich Lundin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah Cowie" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:38 AM
> Subject: Re: An academic-type question
>
>
> > Rich and Histarchers,
> >
> > Yes, Dave Killick mentors a number of historical
> > archaeologists here at UA, as do Terry Majewski,
> Jim
> > Ayers, Jeff Reid, and Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman (and
> > maybe others?). We have no formal Historical
> > Archaeology program, concentration or major, but
> there
> > are a number of us graduate students who refer to
> > ourselves as historical archaeologists,
> nonetheless.
> >
> > I suspect there are a lot of departments out there
> > that, like UA, do not have formal HA programs, but
> > have a number of qualified and interested faculty
> to
> > teach HA and mentor. However, it would be good to
> see
> > more cohesive HA programs and full-time HA faculty
> > positions in the future.
> >
> > Sarah Cowie
> > PhD candidate
> > Department of Anthropology
> > University of Arizona
> >
> > --- Rich Lundin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Ron:
> >>
> >> When I did my survey of Historical Archaeology
> >> programs for my MA in 1997 at
> >> NAU, there were several Historical Archaeology
> >> programs listed in
> >> California. Sadly, I believe the only active
> >> programs now are at UCB and
> >> CSU-Humboldt. It appears, that like Arizona,
> >> California anthropology
> >> departments got rid of the Historical Archaeology
> >> programs when the funds
> >> got short and the administrators and prehistoric
> >> archaeologists believed
> >> that their projects would be threatened and "Who
> >> needs to look at this
> >> recent junk anyway?" That approach turns out to
> be
> >> so short-sited (pun
> >> intended) with our governmental mandate of
> looking
> >> at the data from a
> >> moving window of 50 years from the present-you
> have
> >> to deal with this "junk"
> >> anyway. The success and growth of SHA proves
> this
> >> out. In Arizona, I
> >> believe I was the last Historical Archaeology MA.
> >> There may be some work
> >> being done on historical sites out of University
> of
> >> Arizona's Archaeological
> >> Science Program under Dave Killick, an ex-pat
> from
> >> the UK like Noel Hume.
> >>
> >> Rich Lundin, BA, MA, RPA, ISAP
> >> Consulting Historical Archaeologist and Remote
> >> Sensing Specialist
> >> Director, Wondjina Research Institute
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:28 AM
> >> Subject: Re: An academic-type question
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > In a message dated 7/18/2007 6:32:31 P.M.
> Pacific
> >> Daylight Time,
> >> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >> >
> >> > archaeology depts
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I believe the University of California, Los
> >> Angeles has an archaeology
> >> > department. However, I would be surprised if
> they
> >> had an historical
> >> > archaeologist
> >> > on staff.
> >> >
> >> > Ron May
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