Next session · Thursday, Nov. 12
What MSU Archaeologists Are Digging
Three MSU archaeologists, three short research talks and an open Q&A. A lecture series from the MSU Department of Anthropology.
When
Thursday, Nov. 12
5 p.m.
Where
McDonel Hall, Room C-103
Michigan State University
How to join
Open to all
In person. Can’t make it? A recording will be posted afterward.
Meet the November 12 speakers
Each speaker will give a short overview of their current research.
Dr. Stacey Camp
Associate Professor, Director of the Campus Archaeology Program and Curator of Archaeology at the MSU Museum
A historical archaeologist who studies immigrant and diaspora communities in the 19th- and 20th-century United States. Since 2009 she has excavated the Kooskia Internment Camp in Idaho, a World War II site where Japanese Americans were held.
Dr. Samantha Ellens
Archaeology Collections Manager, MSU Museum
A historical archaeologist who studies trade, labor and identity in urban and colonial settings in Ontario, the Midwest and the Caribbean. She directs the Richmond Hill Estate Survey and Excavations on Montserrat.
Dr. Jessica Yann
NAGPRA Program Manager, with a secondary appointment in Anthropology
An archaeologist of the Midwest and Great Lakes who studies how colonialism shaped trade networks and social interaction in the 18th and 19th centuries, and how museums can address their colonial heritage through policy.
Past sessions
Oct. 8: Dr. Phyllis Johnson, Dr. Madeline Mackie and Dr. Gabriel Wrobel
- Dr. Phyllis Johnson, Assistant Professor and Director of the Cultural Resources Lab (CuRL): stone tool production and use at Fort Ancient sites in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana
- Dr. Madeline Mackie, Assistant Professor: forager archaeology, North American Pleistocene populations, megafauna hunting and food systems
- Dr. Gabriel Wrobel, Professor: bioarchaeology of ancient Maya communities in Belize, including current fieldwork at Sarteneja
Archaeology Now is a new lecture series from the MSU Department of Anthropology, featuring faculty, graduate students, alumni and researchers working locally and abroad.