DW 2267 Weikamp Hall
Phone: 574 520 4618
E-mail: jmvander@indiana.edu
CV: vanderveencv.pdf

Interests

My current research is focused on the interactions between cultures, especially as played out in the Caribbean in the 15 th century and the United States in more recent years. As a tool to learn more about how different groups influenced each other, I am applying biochemical analyses to archaeological artifacts to reconstruct their diets. Food is of particular interest to me, both that used by people in the past and dishes I create here in the present.

Course Taught

• Archaeology of Ethnicity in America
• Archaeology of Sports and Games
• Evolution, Human Origins, and Prehistory
• Forensic Anthropology
• Human Osteology and Bioanthropology
• Pre-Columbian Cultures of Mesoamerica
• Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilizations
• Scientific and Pseudoarchaeology

Selected Publications

• In review. “People, Pots, and Prosperity: The Ceramic Value Index and an Assumption of Economic Class.” Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology.
• In review. “R econstructing the Geometric and Morphological Performance Characteristics of Ancient Water Storage Bottles from the Dominican Republic.” Caribbean Journal of Science.
• 2005. “ El Reconocimiento Arqueológico de la Regíon de Bahía Isabela.” Boletín del Museo del Hombre Dominicano 39: 43-47.
• 2004. “ Site Preservation or Self Preservation?: The Issue of Stewardship and Control.” The SAA Archaeological Record 4(1): 30-33.
• 2003. “Review of Archaeology at La Isabela: America’s First European Town, by Kathleen Deagan and José María Cruxent; and Columbus’s Outpost among the Taíno: Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493—1498, by Kathleen Deagan and José María Cruxent.” Latin American Antiquity 14: 504-506.

Honors and Awards

• J. Stewart and Dagmar K. Riley Graduate Fellowship (2005-06).
• Harold K. Schneider Economic Anthropology Paper Prize (2005).
• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Award (2004).
• Outstanding Graduate Instructor Teaching Award (2004).
• Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (2003-04).
• David C. Skomp Fellowship (2000, 2002-05).
• Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant (2002, 2003).