NATHAN CRAIG
Assistant Professor of Archaeological Anthropology
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Office: 424 Carpenter Building |
| Telephone: (814) 863-4388 Fax: (814) 863-1474 | |
| Email: ncraig@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 and 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 involves investigating the Archaic to Formative transition in the northern Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru. Data used include geographic positioning systems, total stations, space-borne and geophysical remote sensing, and high-resolution digital photography. 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.
COURSES TAUGHT:
ANTH 497E GIS for Anthropology and Archaeology
ANTH 521 Current Literature in Archaeology: Recent papers published in Current Anthropology.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS :
- 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."
