Archaeology Faculty

Professor Ofer Bar-Yosef
Peabody Museum 57 D
(617) 495-2252
(617) 495-1279
Research Interests: The origin of modern humans and early farming societies; Near East.
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Professor David Carrasco
Wing Chair and
Director of Graduate Studies in Archaeology (DGS)
Peabody Museum 57 A
(617) 384-9499
Divinity Hall 304
(617) 384-7953
Research Interests: Urban ecology and ceremonial centers, ritual violence and state organization: Mesoamerica.
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Professor William L. Fash
Peabody Museum 24-2
(617) 496-4884
Research Interests: Cultural process, settlement pattern analysis,symbolism and archaeological conservation, Mesoamerica.
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Assistant Professor Rowan Flad
Peabody Museum 57G
(617) 495-1966 
Research Interests: Chinese Archaeology; emergence and persistance of complex societies in the Sichuan Basin; Specialization; Zooarchaeology.
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Professor C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Peabody Museum 57 J
(617) 496-8162
Research Interests: The urban process and exchange networks that tie the Near East, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian peninsula, and Central Asia into spheres of economic and political interaction.
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Senior Lecturer Richard H. Meadow
Archaeology Wing Tutor
Peabody Museum 35 B
(617) 495-3354
Research Interests: Archaeology of South and West Asia; the Indus Civilization; Zooarchaeology; domestication of animals; origins of agriculture.
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Senior Lecturer Jeffrey Quilter
Peabody Museum 37
(617) 495-9655
Deputy Director Curatorial Affairs & Curator, Intermediate Area Collections, Peabody Museum
Research Interests: Andean South America, The Intermediate Area, and interactions between and shared culture among New World peoples. Social change and transformations. Ancient and Non-Western Art. The limits and potentials of archaeology in understanding the past.
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Lecturer Ann Seiferle-Valencia
Peabody Museum 47
(617) 496-8259
Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2, toponymy, Aztec constructions of space/place
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Professor Noreen Tuross
Peabody Museum 58 D
Research Interests: Application of biogeochemical techniques, including immunology and mass spectrometry, to archaeological questions. Ancient DNA and DNA damage. Human impacts on the land, paleodiet, migration and seasonality.
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Assistant Professor Jason Ur
Peabody Museum 57F
(617) 495-8920
Research Interests:ancient landscapes, archaeological survey, GIS and remote sensing, early complex society and urbanism, Near East, southern Caucasus
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On leave 2007-08

Professor Gary Urton
Peabody Museum 59 A-C
(617) 496-8534
Research Interests: South American archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnology; ancient accounting and record keeping; state formation; Inka civilization; Peru, Bolivia, Chile
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Khipu Database Project

Lecturer Marc Zender
Peabody Museum 35C
(617) 496-7186
Research Interests: Cognitive archaeology, Historical Linguistics, Epigraphy, Comparative Writing Systems, Symbolism; Mesoamerica
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