Richard A. Knecht
University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, Department of Archaeology
St. Mary’s, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, Scotland, UK
Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 1995. Dissertation title: The Late Prehistory of the Alutiiq
People; Culture Change on the Kodiak Archipelago From 1200-1750 A.D.
M.A. in Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 1985. Thesis title: Nunakhaknak; Koniag Society on the
Russian Frontier.
B.A. in Anthropology, with Honor, Michigan State University, 1981
Current Positions and Appointments
2008- present
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, School of
Geosciences, University of Aberdeen.
2008- present
Affiliate Professor of Rural Development, Department of Alaska Native and Rural
Development, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Current Teaching Responsibilities:
Advanced Archaeological Practice (Course Coordinator)
Archaeology of the North: Lifeways and Worldviews (Course Coordinator)
Indigenous Archaeology (Course Coordinator)
Archaeology of the North: Colonisations and Culture Contact
North American Archaeology
Alaskan Field School
Academic Employment History
2005- 2008
Assistant Professor, Academic Program Head (Fall 2007), Department of Alaska
Native and Rural Development, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Academic Council
Division Head, College of Rural and Community Development.
Teaching Responsibilities; University of Alaska
Strategic Planning for Rural Communities, Rural Tourism: Planning and Principles, Natural History of
Alaska (Department of Biology), Individual, Society and Culture (Department of Anthropology),
Community-Based Research Methods, Management Strategies for Rural Development
Political Economy of the Circumpolar North, Circumpolar Health Issues.
Seminars (taught with other department members and U.S. National Park Service staff):
Managing Natural and Cultural Landscapes. Kotzebue, Alaska.
Traditional Knowledge, Environmental Change and Development in the Arctic. Barrow.
Alaska Natives and Federal Relationships. Washington, D.C.
Community-Based Research Methods Seminar. University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Other Teaching Experience
2006-10
Academic Lead, Summer Science Field Program at Nash Harbor, Nunivak Island.
Kuskokwim Campus, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
1996-04
Adjunct Instructor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Aleutian Pribilof Rural Center.
Courses: Anthropology of Southwest Alaska, Archaeological Lab Techniques,
Archaeological Field School, Modern World History, Introduction to
Paleoethnobotany, Zooarchaeology of Marine Fish.
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Other Teaching Experience (continued)
1988-94
Adjunct Instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage; Kodiak College.
Courses: Introduction to Anthropology, Field Methods in Archeology, Anthropology
of Kodiak Island, Fundamentals of Archaeology, History of Anthropology.
1984
Instructor, Harcum Community College Program for Gifted Children. Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania. Course: Prehistoric Archaeology.
1984
Instructor, Mainline Adult School Night Association. Harcum, PA.
Course: American Indian Cultures.
Graduate Committee Service: Chair
2010
Pearl Brower, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rural Development, MA
2010
Gordy Pullar, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rural Development, MA
2009
Patricia Gilliam, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rural Development, MA
2008
Vanessa Norman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rural Development, MA
2007
Ayapaq George Owletuck, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rural Development, MA
2007
Nina Heyano, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rural Development, MA
Non-Academic Employment History
2004 – 2005
Cultural Anthropologist; Bureau of Arts and Culture, Republic of Palau
Head of Ethnography and Oral History Section. Collected oral history, ethnographic
data, supervised fieldwork and trained staff. Assisted with UNESCO World Heritage
Site nominations, long-term preservation planning, and WWII repatriation negotiations
with Japan. Helped draft 5-year HPO Plan, write successful grants totaling $1.2
million for BAC and partnering agencies.
1995 - 2004
Founding Director; Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, Alaska
Planning, programming, and design of a 9,300 sq. foot museum serving the Aleutian
Island region. Supervised staff, directed research, exhibitions, and curation of
collections. Wrote successful construction and operations grants totaling $5.2 million.
Managed cultural resource management contracts yielding $900,000 in gross revenue.
Worked in close cooperation with Alaska Native tribes and ANCSA corporations.
1994 -1996
Founding Director; Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak
Planning, programming, and design of a 7,000 sq. foot museum serving the Kodiak
Archipelago and owned by the Alutiiq Nation. Supervised museum staff, established
and curated archaeological, ethnographic, historical and archival collections. Wrote and
managed museum construction grant for $1.5 million.
1987 -1994
Culture and Heritage Program Administrator, Kodiak Native Association
Designed and implemented research, cultural preservation and educational outreach
programs in City of Kodiak and six outlying Native villages of Kodiak Archipelago.
Wrote successful grant proposals and managed grants totaling $1.1 million. Founding
Director; Alutiiq Culture Center.
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Curren Archaeological Field Research- Bering Sea, Yukon Delta
2006-present
Site survey and excavation, Nash Harbor, Nunivak Island. Principal Investigator.
2008-present
Quinhagak survey excavation and shoreline erosion study. Principal Investigator.
Archaeological Field Research Experience- Aleutian Islands
2001-02
Hog Island Blade Site. Co-PI, with Richard Davis, Bryn Mawr
2001
Amaknak Spit Site. Co-PI with Richard Davis.
2000-04
Amaknak Bridge Site. Co-PI with Richard Davis.
2000
English Bay Site Survey. Principal Investigator.
1999
Unalga Island Site Survey. Principal Investigator.
1999
Hog Island Excavation. Co-PI, with Don Dumond, U. of Oregon.
1998
Sedanka Island Survey, Co-PI with Gary Carver, Humboldt State U.
1996-97
Margaret Bay Project. Co-PI with Richard Davis.
Archaeological Field Research Experience - Kodiak Archipelago and Alaska Peninsula
2008
Woody Island Testing. Co-PI with Mark Rusk, Woody Island Tribal Council.
1994-95
Dig Afognak. Archaeological Director for research and eco-tourism project.
1994-95
Karluk One Rescue Archaeology. Principal Investigator.
1992-93
Malina Creek Site. Principal Investigator.
1991-92
Awa'uq Refuge Rock Project. Principal Investigator.
1992
Kodiak Island Site Survey. Principal Investigator.
1990
Three Saints Bay. Co-PI with A. Crowell, University of California – Berkeley.
1988-90
Rice Ridge Project. Co-PI with P. Knecht, Harvard University.
1986
Crag Point Project. With Richard Jordan, Principal Investigator, Bryn Mawr.
1983-87
Karluk Archaeological Project. With Richard Jordan, Principal Investigator.
Archaeological Research Experience - Russian Far East
1991
Aleutka Bay, Kuril Islands. With Valery Shubin, Sakhalin Regional Museum.
Archaeological Consulting and CRM Work; Aleutian Islands
2003-4
Amaknak Bridge Project. Alaska Department of Transportation.
2001-02
Amaknak Spit Site Excavation. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
2001
Unalaska Airport Rock Quarry Monitoring. City of Unalaska.
2000
Amaknak Bridge Site Testing. Alaska Department of Transportation.
2000
Unalaska Small Boat Harbor Study. U.S Army Corps of Engineers.
1999
Cultural Resource Survey. Aleutian Housing Authority
1999
Agnes Beach Site Damage Assessment. Ounalashka Corporation.
1998
Summer Bay Oil Spill Remediation. Kuroshima Shipping.
1998
Unalaska Cemetery Mapping. City of Unalaska.
Archaeological Consulting and CRM Experience; Kodiak Archipelago and Alaska Peninsula
2002
Expert Witness. Aleutians West Borough vs. State Board of Elections.
1995
Miller Fields DGPS Radio Beacon Project. U.S Coast Guard.
1994-97
Expert Witness. Afognak Native Corporation vs. Exxon Shipping Company
1992-94
Lake Leanne Hydroelectric Project. Trihey and Associates.
1991
U.S Navy Seals Training Facility. Kumin Associates.
1991
Woody Islands Line Extension. Kodiak Electrical Association.
1990-91
Kodiak Paleoseismicity Study. Dames & Moore.
1989
Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill, National Park Service, Exxon Shipping Company.
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Archaeological Consulting and CRM Experience; Pacific Basin
2009-present
Consulting Archaeologist, WWII Battlefield Survey, Bureau of Arts and Culture,
Republic of Palau.
2005
Acting Staff Archaeologist, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands Historic
Preservation Office. Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, Saipan.
2004
Peleliu Battlefield NHL Damage Assessment. Palau, Micronesia.
2004
WWII Human Remains Recovery, Palau Post Office. Palau.
Archaeological Consulting and CRM Work; Continental United States
1983-86
Field Archaeologist; McCormick - Taylor Associates, Philadelphia.
Survey and excavation at 13 sites in eastern United States.
1984
Keyser Mill Excavation; Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks.
1981-83
Field Archaeologist; Gilbert Commonwealth Associates, Jackson, Michigan.
Survey and Excavation at 268 Prehistoric and Historic Sites in 14 states.
Grants Awarded
2008
Greenland Partnership Initiative. University of Alaska Fairbanks. $24,418.
2006
Development Issues in the Circumpolar North. National Science Foundation, Division
of Polar Programs. $15,000
2005
Implementation Grant, Island-wide Ecosystem Based Management in Palau.
David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Co-PI with Mark Tupper, Palau International
Coral Reef Center, Tiare Holm, Elizabeth Matthews, Palau Conservation Society,
Portia Franz, Palau EQB, Kathrina Fabricus, Australian Institute of Marine Science,
and Hiajime Kayanne, University of Tokyo. $1,018,095
2005
Palau´s Lost Priest: The Search for Father Luis de Granada. Spanish Program for
Cultural Cooperation, $9,500.
2004
Museum Operations Grant-in-aid, City of Unalaska, $225,000.
2003
Museum Operations Grant-in-aid, City of Unalaska, $225,000.
2002
Alaska State Museum Grant-in-aid, $7,000.
2002
Socio-ecological Change in the Aleutians. National Marine Fisheries Service,
with Marie Lowe and Tom Loughlin. $24,000.
2002
Museum Operations Grant, City of Unalaska Grant-in-aid, $225,000.
2001
Socio-ecological Change in the Aleutians. National Marine Fisheries Service,
with Marie Lowe and Tom Loughlin. $23,628.
2001
Museum Operations Grant-in-aid, City of Unalaska, $225,000.
2000
Museum Operations Grant-in-aid, City of Unalaska, $250,000.
1999
Museum Operations Grant-in-aid, City of Unalaska, $265,000.
1998
Publication Series Grant, Middlecott Foundation, $7,000.
1998
Museum Construction and Exhibitry Grant, City of Unalaska, $4 million.
1996
Unangan Repatriation, NAGPRA grant, U.S. National Park Service, $70,000.
1996
Community Archaeology, Unalaska Historic Preservation Commission, $7,000.
1995
Museum Operations, Alutiiq Heritage Foundation, $400,000.
1994
Museum Construction Grant, Exxon-Valdez Trustee Council, $1.5 million
1994
Dissertation Grant, Afognak Native Corporation, $10,000.
1994
Alutiiq Heritage Program, Afognak Native Corporation, $64,000.
1994
Karluk Rescue Archaeology, Koniag, Inc., $20,000.
1993
Village Cultural Resources, Administration for Native Americans, $86,541.
1993
Malina Creek Archaeological Excavation, Afognak Joint Venture, Inc., $26,000
1992
Kodiak Island Site Survey, Akhiok-Kaguyak, Inc., $3,000.
1992
Awa'uq Refuge Rock Project, Old Harbor Native Corporation, $1,000.
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Grants Awarded (continued)
1991
Alutiiq Lost Villages Study, U.S. National Park Service, $50,000.
1990
Village Archaeologist Program, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, $35,000.
1990
Family Cultural Program, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, $65,000.
1989
Traditional Healing. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $150,000.
1989
Skin Boats of Antiquity Conference, Alaska Humanities Forum, $4,000.
1988
Adaq'wy Cultural Heritage Program, Alaska Legislative Grant, $80,000.
1988
Kodiak Culture Heritage Conference, Alaska Humanities Forum, $12,000.
1986
Max Richter Fellowship, Bryn Mawr College.
1985
Senior Fellowship, Bryn Mawr College
1984
Federica De Laguna Fund Research Grant, Bryn Mawr College. $500
Public Outreach; Selected Media Projects and Presentations
2010
Invited Lecture: ‘Archaeology and Indigenous Communities in Alaska’. Hokkaido
University Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies. Sapporo, Japan.
2006
Interview and photos, The Fight for Ancient Alaska, Archaeology magazine.
2005
Interview; Earliest Settlement in Micronesia. Australian Public Radio, Melbourne.
2003
Archaeological Research in the Aleutians. U.S. Arctic Research Commission,
2002
Interviews, production assistance, Blue Latitudes; Boldly Going Where Captain Cook
has Gone Before, by Tony Horwitz.
2002
Building Museums and Culture Centers; University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of
Alaska Native and Rural Development Seminar, Nome.
2002
Archaeology and Environmental Change on the North Pacific. Southwest
Alaska Municipal Conference, Unalaska.
2001
Interviews, production assistance; The Aleutians: Cradle of the Storms.
Natural History New Zealand, Ltd. Dunedin, PBS.
2000
Interviews, production assistance, Mystery of the Alaskan Mummies. Original
Productions, Discovery Channel.
2000
Production assistance, The Bloody Aleutians. Mediabridge Entertainment, Toronto
History channel.
2000
Interview: De Wereld van Boudewijn Buch; VARA Television, Amsterdam.
2000
Interview; The Harriman Expedition Revisited, Florentine Films, PBS.
1999
Production assistance, Aleutian Adventure: Kayaking in the Birthplace of the
Winds. National Geographic Book Division
1999
Interview; The Bering Sea Ecosystem; All Things Considered, National Public Radio.
With Noel Adams.
1998
Alutiiq Identity and Archaeology on Kodiak Island. Anchorage Museum of History and
Art. U.S. National Park Service.
Publications
In Press:
2009
The Eastern Aleutian Archaeological Sequence: Issues of Continuity and Change. With
Richard Davis. Manuscript accepted, Human Biology.
Multiple Ways of Knowing: Life stories, Oral history and Education. With Theresa John. In:
Collingon B. and Therrien M. (eds). Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference. Paris:
INALCO / CNRS.
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Publications (continued)
2008
Hair Methylmercury Levels of Aleutian Islands Mummies, Alaska. With Grace Egeland, Rafael
Ponce, Nicolas S. Bloom, Steven Loring and John Middaugh. Journal of Environmental
Research 11:4.
2008
The Ancients; A Culture Revealed through Archaeology. In: The Aleutian Islands of Alaska;
Living on the Edge. Ken Wilson and Jeff Richardson, editors. University of Alaska Press.
2008
The Amaknak Bridge Site; Cultural Change and the Neoglacial in the Eastern Aleutians. With
Richard Davis. Arctic Anthropology 45:1, pp. 61-78.
2005
Evidence for the Arctic Small Tool Tradition in the Eastern Aleutians. With Richard Davis.
Alaska Journal of Anthropology 3:2, pp. 3-17.
2005
Settlement of the Estate. With Meked Besebes and Melson Miko. Palau Society of Historians,
Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs. Koror, Palau.
2004
Traditional Laws and Principles of Palau. With Meked Besebes and Melson Miko. Palau
Society of Historians, Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs. Koror, Palau.
2003
Tapping Into a Sense of Wonder: Community Archaeology and Museum Building in the
Aleutian Islands. In: Archaeologists and Local Communities: Partners in Exploring the Past.
Pp. 97-110. Linda Derry and Maureen Malloy, editors. Society for American Archaeology,
Washington D.C.
2003
Awa'uq: Discovery and Excavation of an 18th Century Refuge Rock in the Kodiak
Archipelago. With Sven Haakanson and Shawn Dickson. In: To The Aleutians and Beyond; The
Anthropology of William S. Laughlin, pp. 177-191. Publications of the National Museum
Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Edited by Bruno Frohlich, A. Harper, and R. Gilberg. National
Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.
2002
Prehistory of Unalaska Island. Alaska Geographic 29:4, pp. 90-92.
2002
Archaeology and Cultural Identity on Kodiak Island, and Postscript: Using the Community
Archaeology Model Elsewhere in Alaska. In: Working Together; Native Americans and
Archaeologists, pp. 147-153. Edited by Kurt Dongoske, Mark Aldendefer and Karen Doehner.
Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.
2001
An Early Blade Site in the Eastern Aleutians. With Don E. Dumond. In: Archaeology in the
Aleut Zone of Alaska, pp.9-34. Don E. Dumond, editor. University of Oregon Anthropological
Papers 58.
2001
The Margaret Bay Site and Eastern Aleutian Prehistory. With Richard Davis and Gary Carver.
In: Archaeology of the Aleut Zone of Alaska, pp. 35-69. Don Dumond, editor. University of
Oregon Anthropological Papers 58.
2001
A Prehistoric Sequence for the Eastern Aleutians. With Richard Davis. In: Archaeology in the
Aleut Zone of Alaska, pp.269-288. Don Dumond, editor. University of Oregon Anthropological
Papers 58.
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Publications (continued)
2001
The Karluk Archaeological Project and the Changing Cultural Landscape of Kodiak Island. In:
Looking in Both Ways: The Rebirth of Alutiiq Identity. Edited by Aron Crowell, Amy Steffian,
and Gordon Pullar. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks.
2000
Holocene Sea Level Changes and Resettlement of Maritime People in the Eastern Aleutian and
Kodiak Islands, Alaska. In: EOS, v.81, no.48. With G. Carver, R. Davis, P. Saltonstall, and J.
Sauber.
1999
Trace Metals in Ancient Hair from the Karluk Archaeological site, Kodiak, Alaska. With
Grace M. Egeland, Rafael Ponce, Nicolas H. Bloom, Janice Fair and John M. Middaugh.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health 58:1.
1998
Karluk One: Social Change During the Little Ice Age, A.D. 1400 to 1710. Pictures of
Record, Inc., Weston CT. With Amy Steffian.
1995
Alutiiq. In: Crossroads-Alaska: Native Cultures of Siberia and Alaska. With Gordon Pullar.
Valerie Chaussonet, Editor. Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution.
1994
Archaeology and Alutiiq Cultural Identity on Kodiak Island. In: Working Together, Society for
American Archeology Bulletin, 12(5): 8-10.
1992
Prehistory of the Kodiak Archipelago. Alaska Geographic, 19:3.
1988
Archaeological Research on Western Kodiak Island, Alaska: The Development of Koniag
Culture. With Richard Jordan. In: Late Prehistoric Development of Alaska's Native People,
pp.225-306. R. Shaw, R. Harrit, and D. Dumond, editors. Aurora: Alaska Anthropological
Association Monograph series no.3.
1985
Nunakhaknak: A Historic Period Koniag Village in Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska. With
Richard Jordan. Arctic Anthropology, 22:17-35
Published Research and Cultural Resource Management Reports
2006
Republic of Palau Five-year Historical and Cultural Preservation Plan 2006-2011. With Victoria
N. Kanai. Palau Bureau of Arts and Culture and Historic Preservation Office, Ministry
of Community and Cultural Affairs, Koror, Palau.
2005
Archaeological Site Inventory and Oral History Survey of Ngatpang State. With Meked
Besebes, Melson Miko, Rita Olsudong, Calvin T. Emesiochel, and Errolflynn T. Kloulechad.
Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs, Koror, Palau.
2005
Archaeological Site Inventory and Oral History Survey of Ngarchelong State. With Meked
Besebes, Melson Miko, Rita Olsudong, Calvin T. Emesiochel, and Errolflynn T. Kloulechad.
Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs, Koror, Palau.
2005
South Channel Bridge Project No. MGS-STP-BR-0310(S)/52930, Amaknak Bridge Site Data
Recovery Project Final Report. With Richard Davis. Museum of the Aleutians. Unalaska.
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Published Research and Cultural Resource Management Reports (continued)
2004
Vandalism and Looting at Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark. Bureau of Arts and
Culture, Koror Palau.
2004
Archaeological Site Inventory and Oral History Survey of Hatohobei State. With
Meked Besebes, Melson Miko, Rita Olsudong, Calvin T. Emesiochel, and Errolflynn T.
Kloulechad. Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs, Koror, Palau.
2004
Archaeological Site Inventory and Oral History Survey of Sonsorol State. With Meked Besebes,
Melson Miko, Rita Olsudong, Calvin T. Emesiochel, and Errolflynn T. Kloulechad. Ministry of
Community and Cultural Affairs, Koror, Palau.
2003
Archaeological Evaluation of Tanaxtaxak, the Amaknak Spit Site. With Richard Davis.
Museum of the Aleutians.
2001
Archaeological Surveys of Unalaska Island; 1998-2000. Museum of the Aleutians.
2001
Unalaska South Channel Bridge Replacement Cultural site Boundary Survey. Museum of the
Aleutians.
2000
Archaeological Site Survey of Unalga Island. With Melia Knecht. Museum of the Aleutians.
2000
Cultural Resource Impacts of Proposed Unalaska Navigation Improvement Sites.
Museum of the Aleutians.
1999
Oil Spill Response and Restoration at the Summer Bay Archaeological Site. With Richard
Davis. Museum of the Aleutians,
1999
A Cultural Resource Inventory of the Newhall Subdivision, Unalaska, Alaska. With Gary
Carver. Museum of the Aleutians.
1994
Archaeological Investigations at Miller Field, Cape Chiniak, Alaska. Alutiiq Culture Center,
Kodiak Area Native Association.
1992
Archaeological Investigations at Lake Leanne and No-Name Lake. Alutiiq Culture Center,
Kodiak Area Native Association.
1991
Archaeological Investigations at the U.S. Navy Seals Cold Weather Training Facility,
Kodiak, Alaska. Alutiiq Culture Center, Kodiak Area Native Association.
1991
Archaeological Investigations at Woody Island, Alaska. Kodiak Area Native Association.
1985
Assateague Island National Seashore Historical Archaeological Survey. With M.E. Lazenby.
U.S. National Park Service, McCormick, Taylor & Associates.
1984
Archaeological Investigations at Keyser Mill. Bryn Mawr College.
1983
Historic Architecture, Historic Sites, and Historic Still Sites. In: A Cultural Resource Survey of
Jordan Dam and Lake. Gilbert- Commonwealth Associates.
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Published Research and Cultural Resource Management Reports (continued)
1983
Phase II Archeological Investigations at Sharpley's Bottom Historic Sites, Tombigbee River
Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. With J.R. Kern, J.D. Tordoff, S. Demeter,
and T. Martin. Commonwealth Associates, Jackson, MI.
1983
Methodology in Historic Artifact analysis. In: Ottawa National Forest Cultural Resource
Survey Report. Gilbert-Commonwealth Associates.
1980
Historic Glass Analysis. In: Archaeological Investigations at Downer Drain, Michigan State
University Museum.
Published Ethnographic Research Reports
2006
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Melekeok State, Republic of Palau. With Charlene
Mersai. Bureau of Arts & Culture/Historic Preservation Office, Ministry of Community and
Cultural Affairs, Republic of Palau.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Ngiwal State, Republic of Palau. With Carmen C.H.
Petrosian-Husa, Melson Miko, and Meked Besebes. Published in English and Palauan. Palau Bureau
of Arts and Culture & Historic Preservation Office. Ministry of Community and Regional Affairs,
Koror.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Nchesar State, Republic of Palau. With Carmen C.H.
Petrosian-Husa, Melson Miko, Meked Besebes. Published in English and Palauan. Palau Bureau of
Arts & Culture and Historic Preservation Office. Ministry of Community and Regional Affairs,
Koror.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Aimeliik State, Republic of Palau. With Lorne Holyoak,
Florencio Gibbons, Melson Miko, and Meked Besebes. Published in English and Palauan. Palau
Bureau of Arts and Culture & Historic Preservation Office Ministry of Community and Regional
Affairs, Koror.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Ngeremlengui State, Republic of Palau. With Lorne
Holyoak, Florencio Gibbons, Melson Miko, and Meked Besebes. Published in English and Palauan
Palau Bureau of Arts and Culture & Historic Preservation Office. Ministry of Community and
Regional Affairs, Koror.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Kayangel State, Republic of Palau. With Lorne
Holyoak, Florencio Gibbons, Melson Miko, and Meked Besebes. Palau Bureau of Arts and Culture
& Historic Preservation Office. Ministry of Community and Regional Affairs, Koror.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Ngarchelong State, Republic of Palau. Published in English
and Palauan. With Lorne Holyoak, Florencio Gibbons, Melson Miko, and Meked Besebes. Palau
Bureau of Arts and Culture & Historic Preservation Office. Ministry of Community and Regional
Affairs, Koror.
2005
Ethnographic and Oral History Survey of Ngaraard State, Republic of Palau. Published in English
and Palauan. With Lorne Holyoak, Florencio Gibbons, Melson Miko, and Meked Besebes. Palau
Bureau of Arts and Culture and Historic Preservation Office. Ministry of Community and Regional
Affairs, Koror.
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Conference Papers, Workshops, and Sessions
2008
Higher Education and Indigenous Leadership in the Arctic Session; Co-chair with Gordon Pullar,
Tradition and Development in Rural Alaska, with Gordon Pullar. Sixth International Arctic Social
Sciences Association meeting, Nuuk, Greenland.
2008
Bone and Ground Stone Artifacts from the Amaknak Bridge Site. Alaska Anthropological
Association, Anchorage.
2008
History of Research at the Amaknak Bridge Site, Unalaska. Alaska Anthropological Association,
Anchorage. With Richard Davis.
2006
Development and Tradition at Ellikarrmiut, Nunivak Island, Alaska. 15th International Inuit
Studies Conference, Paris. Session Chair with Theresa John.
2006
Household Archaeology on Unalaska Island, Alaska; The First 7,000 Years. Poster session with
Richard Davis. Society for American Archaeology, San Juan.
2006
Parallel but Separate Worlds: Comparing the Archaeological Sequences of the Eastern Aleutians
and the Kodiak Archipelago. With Richard Davis. Alaska Anthropological Association, Kodiak.
2005
The Eastern Aleutian Archaeological Sequence. With Richard Davis. Alaska Anthropological
Association, Anchorage.
2004
Excavations at the Amaknak Bridge Site, Unalaska: A 3000 BP Ice-Bound Village on the Bering
Sea. With Richard Davis. 12th Annual Arctic Conference. Smithsonian Institution.
2004
Evidence for and Genesis of the Arctic Small Tool Tradition in the Eastern Aleutians. With
Richard Davis. International Conference of Arctic Social Science, Fairbanks.
2004
New Light on the Anangula Tradition: The Uknadok Site in Unalaska Bay. Poster session with
Richard Davis. Society for American Archaeology, Montreal.
2001
New Excavations at the Amaknak Bridge Site (UNL-50), Unalaska. With Richard Davis. Society
for American Archaeology, New Orleans.
2000
An Early Blade Site in the Eastern Aleutians. With Don Dumond. Alaska Anthropological
Association, Anchorage.
2000
Toward a Prehistoric Sequence for the Aleutian Islands: New Data from Unalaska. With Richard
Davis. Alaska Anthropological Association, Anchorage.
1999
Holocene Sea Levels and Coastal Occupation in the Eastern Aleutians. With Gary Carver. Alaska
Anthropological Association, Fairbanks.
1998
Geoarchaeology of the Margaret Bay Site. With Gary Carver and Richard Davis. Aleutian
Research Symposium, Anchorage.
1998
Early Prehistoric Cultures of the Eastern Aleutians and the Kodiak Archipelago. With P. Knecht
and R. Davis. Alaska Anthropological Association, Anchorage.
1996
An Archaeological Perspective of Mercury Exposures. With G. Egeland and R. Ponce. Tenth
International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Anchorage.
1996
Earthquakes, Subsidence, and Prehistoric Site Attrition: A View from Afognak Bay, Alaska. With
P. Saltonstall and G. Carver. Alaska Anthropological Association,
1995
Late Prehistoric Culture Change on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Society for American Archaeology,
Minneapolis.
1995
Alutiiq Culture and Identity Since 1400 A.D. With Gordon Pullar. Alaska Anthropological
Association, Anchorage.
1995
The Karluk One Site and the Late Prehistory of Kodiak Island, Alaska. New Dimensions in Wet
Site Archaeology, Vancouver.
1995
Late Prehistoric Culture Change on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Alaska Anthropological Association,
Anchorage.
1994
Holocene Seismic and Volcanic Events Recorded on the Kodiak Islands, Eastern Aleutian Arc,
Alaska. With L. M. Gilpin and G. Carver. Geological Society of America, Seattle.
1993
Archaeological Programs at the Kodiak Area Native Association. Hopi Nation, Arizona.
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Conference Papers, Workshops, and Sessions (continued)
1993
Cultural Conservation and Archaeology on Kodiak Island. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center,
Colorado.
1991
Historic Archaeology of the Kurile Islands. Harbor of Good Accord Conference, Unalaska.
1990
Natives and Archaeologists, the Kodiak Experience. With R. H. Jordan. Canadian Archaeological
Association, Whitehorse.
1989
The Development of Ranked Eskimo Societies on Kodiak Island, Alaska. With R.H. Jordan.
Circum-Pacific Prehistory Conference, Seattle.
1989
Archaeology and the Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill. Anchorage Museum of History and Art.
1988
Oral Traditions and Archaeology: New Data from Kodiak Island. First Kodiak Island Culture
Heritage Conference, Kodiak.
1988
Koniag Society in Russian America. With R. H. Jordan. Second International Conference on
Russian America, Sitka.
1987
The Koniag: Origin and Development of a Ranked North Pacific Society. Society for Historical
Archaeology, Sacramento.
Other Appointments and Positions
2009-present
Museum Planning Advisory Committee; Association of Village Council Presidents.
Bethel, Alaska.
2004-present
Vice-Chair, Peleliu Battlefield Preservation Society, Alaska and Palau.
1990-present
Board Member, Unalaska Historic Preservation Commission.
1999-2003
Board Member, Museums Alaska.
1996-2000
Board Member, Alaska Keepers of the Treasures.
1991-1996
Society for American Archaeology Committee on Native American and Professional
Relations.
1992-1994
Board Member, Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group, representing
subsistence users.
1988-1994
Board Member, Museum Collections Advisory Committee, Alaska State Museums.
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