Degrees: PHD, 1998, Columbia Univ; MPHIL, 1994, Columbia Univ; MA, 1991, Columbia Univ; BA, 1989, George Washington Univ

Bio:

Research Interests:

• Historical Archaeology
• Urban Archaeology
• Public Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
• American Landscapes
• Critical and Historical Theory
• Plantation Studies
• Creolization and Race
• North America

Recent Publications:

• An Archaeology of History and Tradition: Annapolis and the Making of the Modern Landscape. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, New York, 2002.
• "Black, White, Light, and Bright: A Narrative of Creole Color." The Stanford Archaeology Journal. Home Page, 2002
• "Power In Place: Site, Region, And Landscape In Historical Archaeology." In The Dynamics of Power, Maria O'Donovan, ed., pp. 324-340. Occasional Paper 30, Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL., 2002.
• "The Political Economy of Archaeological Cultures: Marxism and American Historical Archaeology," with Mark P. Leone and Kurt A. Jordan. Journal of Social Archaeology 2(1): 109-134, 2002.
• "Race and Political Economy: Comparative Archaeologies of Annapolis and New Orleans in the 18th Century." In A Contribution to Race and the Archaeology of Identity, C. Orser, ed., pp 71-87. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. 2001

Current Research :

I am current writing a book on the archaeology of creole cultures in New Orleans. This book analyzes ceramic and other archaeological data from my own and other excavations in New Orleans dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. The focus is on the relationship between shifting cultural/racial identities and the development of the market from other forms of exchange. I am also developing a new research project on the archaeology of commemoration in New York City in the 19th century. This work will involve Hosftra's first archaeological field school to begin in the Summer of 2004 at King Manor in Queens.