What makes us different is what makes us human..
James B. Richardson III
Professor
James Richardson received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1969. He is also the Chair of the Division of Anthropology at The Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
He is an archaeologist whose interests include the rise of complex societies, geoarchaeology, maritime and riverine adaptations, historic archaeology, ethnohistory, and museology.
He has a long-term research program in Peru focusing on maritime economic developments and the impact of natural catastrophes upon cultural developments.
He also works extensively in western Pennsylvania and southeastern Massachusetts.
Faculty
- Kathleen M. S. Allen
Archaeology, Iroquois, ethnoarchaeology - Joseph S. Alter
Cultural, India, medical anthropology - Marc Bermann
Archaeology, Andes, households - Nicole Constable
Cultural, China, modernity - Olivier de Montmollin
Archaeology, Maya, states - Kathleen M. DeWalt
Cultural, Latin America, medical anthropology - Robert D. Drennan
Archaeology, Latin America, complex societies - Bryan K. Hanks
Archaeology, Russia, zooarchaeology - Robert M. Hayden
Cultural, Eastern Europe, law - Margaret Judd
Physical, Near East, paleopathology - Terrence Kaufman
Linguistic, Mesoamerica, writing systems - Katheryn M. Linduff
Archaeology, China, nomads - Gabriella Lukacs
Cultural, Japan, media - Emily McEwan-Fujita
Linguistic, Scotland, ethnolinguistic revitalization - Mark P. Mooney
Physical, comparative anatomy - Hugo G. Nutini
Cultural, Mesoamerica, social structure - Leonard Plotnicov
Cultural, US, urban studies - James B. Richardson III
Archaeology, Andes, ecology - Harry Sanabria
Cultural, Andes, economic anthropology - Richard Scaglion
Cultural, Pacific, conflict - Jeffrey H. Schwartz
Physical, hominids, evolution - Michael I. Siegel
Physical, functional anatomy, craniofacial - Andrew J. Strathern
Cultural, Pacific, ethnography