Emily Stovel

  Emily Stovel

Education

  • Ph.D., Binghamton University (SUNY)
  • M. A., Binghamton University (SUNY)
  • B.Sc., Trent University

Current Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Anthropology
  • Archaeological Methods
  • Archaeological Laboratory Techniques
  • Introduction to Archaeology
  • Introduction to Museum Studies
  • Archaeological Field School
  • Tombs, Temples and Llamas: Archaeology in Latin America
  • Constructing Latin America: Identity and Society

 

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • Edited “Global Archaeological Theory: Contextual Voices and Contemporary Thoughts,” with P. P. Funari and A. Zarankin, Springer/Kluwer/Plenum Press, 2005
  • “Belonging in Death: Interaction, Social Fields and the South Central Andes,” in “Handbook of South American Archaeology,” edited by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell,  Kluwer/Plenum Press, in press
  • “South American Archaeology,” with P. P. Funari and A. Zarankin, in “The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology,” Oxford University Press, in press
  • “The Archaeology of Identity Construction: Ceramic Evidence from Northern Chile,” with P.P. Funari and A. Zarankin, in “Global Archaeological Theory: Contextual Voices and Contemporary Thoughts,” edited by P.P. Funari, A. Zarankin and E. Stovel, pp. 145-166, Kluwer/Plenum Press, 2005
  • “ Global Archaeological Theory: Introduction,” in  “Global Archaeological Theory: Contextual Voices and Contemporary Thoughts,” edited by P.P. Funari, A. Zarankin and E. Stovel, pp. 1-10.  Kluwer/Plenum Press, 2005
  • “Social Fields and South-Central Andean Archaeology,” to appear in a volume on South-Central Andes, 2002
  • “Patrones Funerarios en San Pedro de Atacama: Evidencias de Funebria Tiwanaku?”, “Boletín de Arqueología,” PUCP, Lima, Peru 5:375-396, 2001
  • “Tiwanaku (expansión a Argentina),” in “Diccionario Histórico de Bolivia,”  Grupo de Estudios Históricos, Sucre, Bolivia, 2000
  • “Informe de las excavaciones de la temporada del 2004 en los sitios de Kumi Kipa, Sonaji, y Chiripa,” field report submitted to the Department of Culture and Heritage of Bolivia, written with Dr. C. Hasdorf, Dr. M. Bandy, W. Whitehead and others, 2004
  • “Informe del Proyecto Arqueológico Iwawi,” field report submitted to the Department of Culture and Heritage of Bolivia, written with Dr. W.H. Isbell, J. Burkholder, T.G. O’Brien and C. Bencic , 1996

 

Areas of Interest

  • South American interaction studies, cultural classification, mortuary and household analysis, mobility models, ceramic analysis.
  • Problems with the archaeological definition of identity and interregional contact; issues of archaeology and nationalism, use of the past in modern identities.
  • Public archaeology programs with elementary and high school students.
  • The use of statistical methods in critical archaeology