NATHAN CRAIG
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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Office: 317 Carpenter Building |
| Telephone: (814) 863-4388 Fax: (814) 863-1474 | |
| Email: ncraig <at> psu.edu | |
| Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION:
B.A. University of California Santa Cruz, 1994
M.A. University of California Santa Barbara, 1997
Ph.D. University of California Santa Barbara, 2005
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:
The subjects of Craig’s inquiries are unified by a desire to understand human sociality. Research questions range from the development of persistent inequality to imperial expansion strategies. A theoretical pragmatist, Craig employs exploratory data analysis to examine multiple working hypotheses. Current fieldwork focuses on Peru. The themes of research emphasize 1) the Archaic to Formative transition and 2) warfare and diplomacy on the central coast. Data used include geographic positioning systems, total stations, space-borne and geophysical remote sensing, photogrammetry, pole aerial photography (PAP), and kite aerial photography (KAP). Using geographic information systems, these spatial data are organized and explored in relation to theoretical expectations in an effort to supply a greater understanding of human sociality. Prospective students are welcome to contact Craig by email.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:
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COURSES TAUGHT:
ANTH 424 Andean Ethnography and Archaeology
ANTH 497E GIS for Anthropology and Archaeology
ANTH 521 Current Literature in Archaeology: Recent papers published in Current Anthropology.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS :
- Craig, Nathan. (In Press). Cultural Dynamics, Climate, and Landscape in the South-Central Andes During the Mid-Late Holocene: A Consideration of Two Socio-Natural Perspectives. (Dinámica cultural, climatic y paisajista en los Andes Sur-Centrales durante el Holoceno Medio y Tardío: Un análisis de dos perspectivas socio-naturales). Paper accepted for publication in Chungara: Revista de Antropología Chilena.
- Craig, Nathan. (In Press) Transición del Arcaico Tardío al Formativo Temprano visto desde la arqueología doméstica en los sitios en el Río Ilave, Cuenca del Lago Titicaca (Late Archaic-Early Formative transitions as viewed from household archaeology at two sites in the Rio Ilave drainage, Lake Titicaca Basin). Paper accepted for publication in Arqueología de la Cuenca del Titicaca, Perú edited by Henry Tantalean and Luis Flores Blanco. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and el Museo de Arqueología y Antropología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
- Craig, Nathan, Mark Aldenderfer, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Baker, and Luis Flores Blanco (2011). Geologic Constraints on Rain-fed Qocha Reservoir Agricultural Infrastructure, Northern Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science. 38:2897-2907.
- Brown Vega, Margaret, Nathan Craig, Gerbert Asencios Lindo (2011). Ground Truthing of Remotely Identified Fortifications on the Central Coast of Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science. 38:1680-1689.
- Craig, Nathan, Robert J. Speakman, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Mark Aldenderfer, Luis Flores Blanco, Margaret Brown Vega, Michael D. Glascock, Charles Stanish. (2010). Macusani Obsidian from Southern Peru: A Characterization of its Elemental Composition with a Demonstration of its Ancient Use. Journal of Archaeological Science. 37(3):569-576.
- Craig, Nathan, Mark Aldenderfer, Paul A. Baker, and Catherine Rigsby. (2010). Terminal Archaic Settlement Pattern and Land Cover Change in the Rio Ilave, Southwestern Lake Titicaca Basin, Perú. In The Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments, edited by Rebecca M. Dean. Occasional Papers of the Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. No 37, Chapter 3, pp. 35-53.
- Nelson, Kit, Nathan Craig, Manuel Perales. (2010). “Piecing together the Middle: Wari Occupation of the Norte Chico, Peru” In Beyond Wari Walls: Regional Perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru. Edited by Justin Jennings. University of New Mexico Press. Chapter 10, pp. 171-187.
- Brown Vega, Margaret and Nathan Craig. (2009). New experimental data on the distance of sling projectiles. Journal of Archaeological Science. 36(6):1264-1268.
- Aldenderfer, Mark, Nathan Craig, Robert Speakman, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff (2008). 4,000 year old gold from the Lake Titicaca Basin, southern Peru. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(13):5002-5005 and Supporting Information.
- Craig, Nathan and Napoleon Chagnon. (2006). Horticultural Investment, Transportation, and Site Spacing: Remote Sensing of Yanomamö Landscape Features as a Test Case. In Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology of Mobility, edited by F. Sellet, R. Greaves and P. L. Yu, pp. 44-74. University of Florida Press, Miami.
- Craig, Nathan, Mark Aldenderfer and Holley Moyes. (2006). Multivariate Visualization and Analysis of Photomapped Artifact Scatters. Journal of Archaeological Science 33:1617-1627.
- Craig Nathan, Robert Speakman, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Michael D. Glascock, David J. Robertson, Steven Shackley, and Mark Aldenderfer. (2007). Comparison of XRF and PXRF for Analysis of Archaeological Obsidian from Southern Peru
- Popelka-Filcoff, Rachel S., Nathan Craig, Michael D. Glascock, D. J. Robertson, Mark Aldenderfer and Robert J. Speakman. (2007). Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ochre Artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Perú. In Archaeological Chemistry: Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation, edited by M. D. Glascock, R. J. Speakman and R. S. Popelka-Filcoff. American Chemical Society Symposium Series vol. 968: 480-404 American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.
"Nathan Craig and Bitaliana Campos Vilca, who is one of the owners of the site of Calapuja (Peru), after work on a Friday."
