Norder, John
(Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2002)
Assistant Professor
norder@msu.edu

Landscape archaeology, Woodland period archaeology, hunter-gatherer research, rock-art studies, religion and ritual, public and applied archaeology

JOHN W. NORDER has teaching and research interests in Native American ethnohistory and archaeology that focuses on Upper Great Lakes/Sub-Arctic hunting and gathering societies. His topical areas of specialization include: landscape archaeology, Woodland period archaeology, hunter-gatherer research, rock-art studies, religion and ritual, public and applied archaeology. His doctoral thesis and current research has examined the role of pictographic rock-art in the construction of social and sacred landscapes among northern Algonquian communities in northeastern Ontario. As part of this project, he works with contemporary indigenous communities in the region examining the status of traditional land tenure practices and landscape knowledge. His work and other interests in public and applied archaeology look at issues of cultural heritage management among indigenous communities in North America, pedagogical approaches to teaching indigenous culture and archaeology in the classroom, and the globalization of archaeology in the 21st century.

A few recent publications include:

• 2003 John Norder, Jane Eva Baxter, A. Russell Nelson, and John M. O'Shea Stone Tombs and Ancient Ritual: A New Burial Form and its Implications for the Early Late Woodland of Southeastern Michigan. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 28(2): 145-174.
• 2005 Jane Eva Baxter and John Norder. Experience the Difference: Teaching Social and Economic Organization through Simulation. In P. Rice and D. McCurdy (eds.). Strategies in Teaching Anthropology. 4th Edition. McGraw Hill, New York.
• 2005 John Norder Landscape Marking and Social Organization in Woodland Period NW Ontario. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Midwest Archaeological Conference, Dayton, Ohio. Oct. 20-23.
  (n.d.) Norder, John “Teaching Tradition Without Giving Up the Family Jewels: a pedagogical approach to discussing Native American religions in the classroom” submitted for review to Studies in American Indian Literatures.