Department of Anthropology

Penn State University

Claire McHale Milner

Director of Exibits and Curator of the Matson Museum of Anthropology

Faculty Image Office: 209 Carpenter Building
Telephone: (814) 865-2033 Fax: (814) 863-1474
Email:

cmm8@psu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Massey Site Photos for Anth 380 Visit

 

EDUCATION:

  • B.A., Northwestern University, 1978
  • M.A., University of Michigan, 1981
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1998

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

Claire McHale Milner is a North American archaeologist who focuses on the Late Prehistoric period of the Upper Great Lakes. Her current research combines ethnohistorical and ceramic style data to investigate the adaptation of forager-farmer populations to high-risk environments. Her interests include tribal societies, ethnohistory, ceramic analysis, and museum studies.

COURSES TAUGHT::

  • Anth 380 Museology
  • Anth 146 North American Indians

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

  • Milner, C.M. and John M. O'Shea 1998.  The socioeconomic role of Late Woodland enclosures in northern Lower Michigan.  In Ancient Earthen Enclosures of the Eastern Woodlands, edited by R.C. Mainfort, Jr. and L.P. Sullivan, pp. 181-201.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  • Milner, C.M. 1998.  Ceramic Style, Social Differentiation and Resource Uncertainty in the Late Prehistoric Upper Great Lakes.  Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  • 2005. The next generation: Museum techniques at Penn State's Matson Museum of Anthropology. In Engaged Anthropology: Research Essays on North American Archaeology, Ethnobotany, and Museology, edited by M. Hegmon and B. S. Eiselt, pp. 238-254. Anthropological Papers, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, No. 94.

MATSON MUSEUM EXHIBITS:

  • 1995      Hieroglyphic Bench at Copan, Honduras
  • 1995      Corn Agriculture in the Americas (with Joshua Borstein)
  • 1995      Weaving in Latin America (with Susan Barsom)
  • 1995      El Dia de Los Muertos: Day of the Dead (with Emily Cierpilowski)
  • 1995      DNA: Blueprint for Life (with Anne Stone)
  • 1995      Evolution Timeline (with Anth 100 students)
  • 1996      DeForest Pottery Collection
  • 1997      Tracking Human Evolution (with Anth 100 students)
  • 1997      Studies in Genetics
  • 1997      The Piltdown Hoax: Triumph of the Scientific Method
  • 1997      Laetoli Footprints
  • 1998      Images of Ourselves (with Carla Ricci)
  • 1998      Rural Crafts in Ethiopia (with Zakia Posey)
  • 1998      Expressing Culture through Style (with Erika Pell)
  • 1998      Windows into the Past (with Maria Gablan)
  • 1999      Jydepotter (with Jaimin Weets)
  • 1999      Sananguatavut: from the real to the unreal (with Sarah Renish)
  • 1999      Afghanistan: Land of Discord (with Anth 100 students)
  • 1999     Life in the Birthplace of Storms: Ancient People of the Aleutian Islands (with Jane LeGrow)
  • 1999      Secrets of the Human Skeleton (with Jaimin Weets)
  • 2000      Expressing Culture Through Music (with Eric Carbonara)
  • 2000     Our Brutish Ancestors? (with Jaimin Weets)
  • 2000      Encountering the Taino
  • 2001      Glimpses into the Pacific (with Anth 100 students)
  • 2001     Pottery and the Dawning of Civilization (with Laura Strauss)
  • 2001      A Tour of Masks (with Elizabeth Nolan)
  • 2001      Congo Images (with Sarah Bent)
  • 2001      The Lingis Collection
  • 2001     Continuity and Change in Native American Commerce (with Anth 100 students)
  • 2002     Adapting to the Rain Forest: People of Lowland South America (with Shelly Becker)
  • 2002     My Legacy Will Be My Student (with Scott Hammerstedt)
  • 2003     Artisans in Afghanistan: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Skills (with Anth 380 students)
  • 2003     A Journey Across Asia: Enduring Traditions and Customary Goods (with Anth 380 students)
  • 2003     Tameran and Tumbuan Carvings of New Guinea (with Anth 380 students)          
  • 2003     Drawer Display