J. BENJAMIN FITZHUGH

TITLES: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology; Adjunct Curator of Archaeology, Burke Memorial Washington State Museum; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195.

EDUCATION:

B.A. Anthropology, University of North Carolina, 1989.

M.S. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1991.

Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1996.

POSITION:

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1996-present

HONORS:

Phi Beta Kappa: UNC, 1988.

Honigman Award in Anthropology: UNC, 1989.

B.A. with Honors and Distinction: UNC, 1989.

Sigma Xi: UM, 1992.

Presidential Faculty Development Fellowship: UW, 2000-2001.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

1992 P.I., Shellfish Seasonality Study, University of Michigan Rackham Discretionary Grant, $2,000. University of Michigan Department of Anthropology Margaret Wray French Award, $1,000. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology James B. Griffin Award, $500.

1993-1994 P.D./Co-P.I., National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant and Supplement, OPP- 9311676, "Prehistoric Settlement and Land Use and the Development of Complex Social Systems in the North Pacific: A Case Study from Kodiak Island, Alaska," $21,917.

1994 P.I., Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Dissertation Grant for archaeological research in the Kodiak Archipelago, $7,000.

1994 P.I., University of Michigan Rackham School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Grant for archaeological research in the Kodiak Archipelago, $2,500.

1995 P.I., University of Michigan Rackham Discretionary Grant for archaeological research in the Kodiak Archipelago, $1,500.

1995 P.I., Sigma Xi Small Grant, paleoethnobotany of charcoal from Kodiak, $500.

1995-1997 P.I., Old Harbor Native Corporation grant for K-12 archaeological education, $2,500 (1995); $7,000 (1996); $4,000 (1997). Old Harbor School (through public education grants) grant for K-12 archaeological education, $1,000 (1995).

1998 P.I., National Science Foundation Small Grant for Exploratory Research, "Native Alaskan Archaeological Training," $1,500.

1999 P.I., National Science Foundation Small Grant for Exploratory Research, "Paleobiology and Biogeography of the Kurile Archipelago," $78,700.

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Osteologist/ lab assistant (UNC Research Labs in Anthropology, Trawick Ward, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.). (1988-1989).

Crew Member, Hillsborough, North Carolina (UNC Research Laboratory in Anthropology, Hillsborough Project, PI: Vincas Steponaitis). Excavation of a protohistoric palisaded village. (1988).

Supervisor, Ancash, Peru (Proyecto Queyash [Earthwatch], PI: Joan Gero, University of South Carolina-Columbia). Excavations at an Early Intermediate Period ridge-top administrative compound in the Northern Highlands. (1988).

Supervisor, Unalaska, Alaska (Unalaska Archaeology and History Project: University of Alaska- Anchorage and Fairbanks- and University of Arkansas. PI's: Allen McCartney, Douglas Veltre, Jean Aigner, and Lydia Black). Excavation of Proto-historic Aleutian long-house and associated features. (1989).

Crew Member, central Michigan (Great Lakes Archaeological Research) Phase I survey, CRM. (1989).

Researcher, (University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology). Archaeological marine shell analysis: collections from coastal Peru. (1989-1990).

Crew Member, Backscatter Archaeological Project, Tok, Alaska (AEIDC-University of Alaska, Anchorage). Phase III excavations. (1990).

Crew Member/ Supervisor, Saginaw County, Michigan (Great Lakes Research). Phase III excavations. CRM. (1991).

Principle Investigator Archaeological survey, Karluk River, Kodiak Island, Alaska and modern shellfish seasonality and taphonomy research, Larsen Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska. (1992).

Research Assistant (University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology). Collection inventory and photoprocessing. (1990-1994).

Principle Investigator Sitkalidak Archaeological Survey. Archaeological survey of prehistoric settlement and land use in SE Kodiak, Alaska. Research culminating in Ph.D. at the University of Michigan Department of Anthropology. (1993-1996).

Principal Investigator University of Washington Archaeological Field School. Archaeological excavation of the Tanginak Spring Site (KOD 481) in the Kodiak Archipelago. Stratigraphic excavation, electronic mapping, and geoarchaeological research at the earliest known stratified archaeological site in the Kodiak region. Directing a crew of 19 students (undergraduate and graduate). (1998-present).

Principal Investigator Paleobiology and Biogeography of the Kurile Archipelago. Archaeological survey of the Kurile Archipelago in the Russian Far East. Preliminary research with an international team of archaeologists and geologists to assess the potential of an extended future research project. (Affiliated with the International Kurile Island Project, studying the biotic diversity of the Kurile Islands, under the direction of Dr. Theodore Pietsch, UW Professor of Fisheries). (2000).

PUBLICATIONS:

"Clams and the Kachemak: Seasonal Shellfish Use on Kodiak Island, Alaska (1200 - 800 BP)." In Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 16, B. L. Isaac., ed. Pp. 129-176. (1995).

"Introduction: Islands as Laboratories: Archaeological Research in Comparative Context." (First Author with Terry Hunt). In Islands as Laboratories: Archaeological Research in Comparative Context, T. Hunt and B. Fitzhugh, guest eds. Special Issue of Human Ecology: 25(3), (1997).

(Book note) Traditional Beluga Drives of the Inupiat of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, by Charles V. Lucier and James W. Van Stone. Fieldiana, Anthropology, New Series, no. 25, 1995. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. (Book Note published in American Antiquity 62:170-171, 1997).

IN PRESS

The Evolution of Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological Evidence from the North Pacific. A volume in the series Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology edited by Michael Jochim. New York: Plenum. (In Press, pending revisions, March 1998).

"Thoughts on the Evolution of Social Inequality: A Paradigmatic Analysis." In Alternatives to Social Evolution, edited by N. Kradin. Archaeological Institute of the Russian Far East: Vladivostok. In Press (in English and Russian).

"Risk and Invention in Human Technological Evolution." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. In Press, revisions submitted October 2000.

"The evolution of complex hunter-gatherers on the Kodiak Archipelago." In Hunter-Gatherers of the Pacific Rim, edited by J. Habu and S. Koyama. In Press, revisions submitted March 2000.

"Residential and logistical strategies in the evolution of complex hunter-gatherers on the Kodiak Archipelago." In Beyond Foragers and Collectors: Evolutionary change in Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems, edited by Ben Fitzhugh and Junko Habu. Kluwer-Plenum Press, New York. In review.