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David L. Haskell Columbus, Ohio |
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| Profile | Doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida. Current academic pursuits include dissertation fieldwork at Erongarícuaro, Michoacán, Mexico in order to investigate the processes involved in the expansion and consolidation of the Tarascan Empire of Western Mexico in the few centuries before European contact. |
| Education |
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Passed Qualifying Exams for Doctoral Candidacy, May 2004. Master of Arts, Anthropology, August 2003. Thesis: “History and Hierarchy in the Prehispanic Tarascan State: A Syntagmatic Analysis of the Relación de Michoacán. Graduate coursework focusing on Mesoamerican archaeology and ethnohistory, archaeological and anthropological theory, including four fieldwork courses. (August 2001 - May 2004) University of Illinois, Champaign, IL Graduate coursework focusing on Mesoamerican archaeology and ethnohistory and archaeological and anthropological theory. (August 2000 - May 2001) Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, Summa Cum Laude, June 2000. |
| Teaching Experience |
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Teaching Assistant, August 2001 – May 2004. Six semesters of experience as a teaching assistant in the Department of Anthropology. Three semesters of experience developing course syllabi, teaching discussion courses, designing lesson plans, preparing study guides and exams, and grading and keeping records of grades. Duties the remainder of the six semesters included preparing study guides and exams, leading review sessions and assisting students, and grading and keeping records of grades. Courses taught include Maya and Aztec Civilization, Development of World Civilization, and Intro to Archaeology. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL Teaching Assistant, August 2000 – May 2001. Two semesters of experience as a teaching assistant in the Department of Anthropology. Courses taught include World Archaeology and Aztec Civilization. |
| Field and Research Experience |
Erongarícuaro, Michoacán, Mexico 2006 Artifact Analysis. 2005 Excavation. Artifact Analysis, 2003. Survey and Excavation, 2001. Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Field school through Harvard University, 1999. |
Publications and Presentations |
"History, Ideology, and Problematic Assumptions in the Ethnohistoric Inquiry into the Development of the Tarascan State", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico. I am currently pursuing publishing this paper in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica along with the other papers from a symposium on Tarascan/Michoacán archaeology. Report to the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., February 2006 regarding fieldwork conducted at Erongaricuaro, Michoacan in the summer of 2006. Read the report and read about the field season on my page. "Hierarchy, History, and Ideology in the Tarascan State: a Structuralist Analysis of the Relación de Michoacán", Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Atlanta, GA, December 16, 2004. "Difference of Perception, Perception of Difference: Architecture and Hierarchy in Ancient West Mexico", Paper presented at the Annual Midwest Mesoamericanist Meetings of Archaeology and Ethnohistory in Lexington, KY, March 13, 2004. "Altars and Representations of Houses in Olmec Architecture, and their Role in the Negotiation of Rulership", Paper presented at the Annual Meeting for the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans, LA, November 20, 2002. |
| Awards |
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant awarded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research in April, 2005 for sourcing and dating of artifacts recovered during fieldwork at Erongarícuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. General Research Grant awarded in December, 2004 by the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI) for project “Investigating the Expansion and Consolidation of the Tarascan State: Proposal for Fieldwork at Erongarícuaro, Michoacán, Mexico,” to be carried out in the summer of 2005. Polly and Paul Doughty Research Award, Summer 2003, presented by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Florida. |
| Professional Affiliations |
American Anthropological Association. (2002 – present) Society for American Archaeology. (2004 – present) |