What makes us different is what makes us human..
Robert D. Drennan
Distinguished Professor
Robert Drennan received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1975. He is an archaeologist whose interests focus on the origins and development of complex societies (especially chiefdoms), regional settlement pattern studies, and household archaeology.
His principal methodological specialty is quantitative data analysis and computer applications.
He does fieldwork in China, Mesoamerica and northern South America.
Research
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