Lovis, William A.
(Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1973)
Professor
Associate Director for Natural and Social Sciences and Curator of Anthropology, MSU Museum
lovis@msu.edu

WILLIAM A. LOVIS, Professor and Associate Director for Natural and Social Sciences/Curator of Anthropology at the MSU Museum, has been regularly engaged in fieldwork and analysis on projects in the Saginaw Valley of Michigan and in West Yorkshire, England. His Great Lakes research has focused on hunter-gatherer adaptations and the transition to horticulture in the region, while his English work addresses issues of Mesolithic hunter-gatherer mobility in the central uplands on sites related to Star Carr (www.hunter-gatherer.n3.net).

Michigan State University houses numerous Great Lakes/Michigan archaeological collections through the MSU Museum. These collections are accessible to students for both research and curation training purposes. Most recently, both undergraduate and graduate students were engaged in the analysis and reporting of two major archaeological sites (20BY387 and 20BY28) from the lower Saginaw basin in Bay City associated with a bridge replacement. In addition, major synthesis of geoarchaeological data from southern Michigan allowed the development of predictive temporal models for site burial and preservation in the region. The results of this research will be used for planning and management purposes.

A few recent publications include:

• Lovis, W. A. (Editor and Contributor of 5 chapters) A Bridge to the Past, The Post-Nipissing Archaeology of the Marquette Viaduct Replacement Sites 20BY28 and 20BY387. MSU Museum and Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing. (xii+ 427 pp, figures, tables, bibliography, appendices, 8.5 x 11). 2002.
• Lovis, W. A. (Editor and Contributor) An Upper Great Lakes Archaeological Odyssey: Essays in Honor of Charles E. Cleland . Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills. (xiv + 247 pp, figures, tables, references, index, 6 x 9). 2004. (ISBN 0-87737-045-1)
• Monaghan, G. W. and W. A. Lovis(Coauthor, with contributions by M. J. Hambacher) Modeling Archaeological Site Burial in Southern Michigan: A Geoarchaeological Synthesis. Environmental Research Series No. 1. Michigan Department of Transportation, Michigan State University Press, East Lansing. (v+278 pp, figures, tables, bibliography, appendices, 8.5 x 11, CD-ROM). 2005. (ISBN 0-87013-738-7)
• Lovis, W. A., R. Whallon and R. E. Donahue (Co-Editor and Contributor) Mesolithic Mobility, Contact and Interaction. Special Issue of Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 25(2). Elsevier Press. (Refereed, ISSN 0278-4165) 2006.
• Lovis, W. A., G. W. Monaghan, K. C. Egan-Bruhy, and B. A. Smith. Wetlands and Emergent Horticultural Economies in the Upper Great Lakes: A New Perspective from the Schultz Site. American Antiquity 66(4):615-632. 2001. (Refereed ISSN 0002-7316)
• Lovis, W. A., R. E. Donahue and M. B. Holman. Long Distance Logistic Mobility as an Organizing Principle among Northern Hunter-Gatherers: A Great Lakes Middle Holocene Settlement System. American Antiquity 70(4):669-693. 2005. (Refereed ISSN 0002-7316)
• Monaghan, G. W., W. A. Lovis, and K. C. Egan-Bruhy. The Earliest Cucurbita from the Great Lakes Region, Northern USA. Quaternary Research: An Interdisciplinary Journal 65(2):216-222. (Refereed ISSN 0033-5894) 2006.
• Donahue, R. E. and W. A. Lovis. Regional Settlement Systems in Mesolithic Northern England: Scalar Issues in Mobility and Territoriality. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 25(2). Elsevier Press. (Refereed, ISSN 0278-4165) 2006.
• Sauer, N. J., W. A. Lovis, J. Fillion, and M. Blumer. The Contributions of Archaeology and Physical Anthropology to the John McRae Case. In Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology, edited by D.W. Steadman, pp. 117-126. Prentice Hall. 2002. (Refereed ISBN 0-13-030567-7)
• Lovis, W. A., K. Kintigh, V. Steponaitis, and L. Goldstein. Archaeological Perspectives on the NAGPRA: Underlying Principles, Legislative History, and Current Issues. In Legal Perspectives on Cultural Resources, edited by J. Richman and M. Forsyth, pp. 165-184, Appendices E and F, pp. 270-273. AltaMira Press (Rowman and Littlefield), Walnut Grove. 2004. (Reviewed ISBN 0-7591-0448-4)
• Donahue, R. E. and W. A. Lovis. Regional Sampling and Site Evaluation Strategies for Predicting Mesolithic Settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, England (with R. Donahue). In Preserving the Early Past. Investigation, Selection and Preservation of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Sites and Landscapes, edited by E. Rensink and H. Peeters, pp. 13-24. Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten (NAR) 31. Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek (ROB, National Service for Archaeological Heritage), Amersfoort, The Netherlands. 2006. (Reviewed)