Department of Anthropology
114 MacBride Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1322
Phone: 319-335-0522
Fax: 319-335-0653
E-mail: anthropology at uiowa.edu
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Iowa has expertise in ethnohistory and historical archaeology of the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Faculty members in archaeology study the impact of Euroamerican expansion and impact in the U.S. Midwest, the effects of Hispanic conquest and settlement in the Basin of Mexico and in the U.S. Southwest, and the expansion of Classical Greek and Roman civilizations within the Mediterranean basin and in northern Europe. Graduate students in recent years have conducted research on such topics as Roman frontier economy and Roman urban faunal exploitation, both in the Netherlands.
Faculty with Current or Recent Research Projects in Ethnohistory and Historical Archaeology:
Thomas H. Charlton
Glenn Storey
Current and Recent Graduate Students Conducting Research in Historical Archaeology:
Erik Filean-“Domestic Cattle and Political-Economic Change in the Roman-Period Lower Rhineland:The Civitas Batavorum” Ph.D. 2006. Supported by a Wenner-Gren Foundation Individual Research Grant.
William Whittaker “Zooarchaeological Analysis of the Roman Frontier Economy in the Eastern Netherlands” Ph.D. 2002 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant