Cornell University
Intercollege Program
 

ARCHAEOLOGY  CORE  FACULTY
     
 
Director of
Graduate Studies

Kurt Jordan
Assistant Professor,
Anthropology and
American Indian Studies

kj21@cornell.edu
607.255.3109
210 Mc Graw Hall
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Education
  • Columbia University, Anthropology (Archaeology), Ph.D., 2002
  • Columbia University, Anthropology (Archaeology), M.A., 1994
  • Cornell University, B.A., Anthropology and Government, 1988
Teaching Experience
  • Cornell University -- 5 years
  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges -- 1 year
  • Columbia University -- 0.5 years
  • SUNY-Cortland -- 0.5 years
 
Research Interests
Iroquois Archaeology and History, Historical Archaeology of Indigenous Peoples, Political Economy, Colonialism and Cultural Entanglement, Relations between Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities, Shell Bead Wampum, Red Pipestone and Red Slate
 
Research Experience
  • Director, White Springs Project, 2007-present
  • Director/Co-Director, Townley-Read/New Ganechstage Project, 1996-present
 
Selected Publications
  • In press: The Seneca Restoration, 1715-1754: An Iroquois Local Political Economy. Monograph under contract with the Society for Historical Archaeology and University Press of Florida; publication expected August 2008.
  • In press: Colonies, Colonialism and Cultural Entanglement: The Archaeology of Postcolumbian Intercultural Relations. In Teresita Majewski and David Gaimster, editors: International Handbook of Historical Archaeology. Volume under contract with Springer; publication expected March 2008.
  • In press: Regional Diversity and Colonialism in Eighteenth Century Iroquoia. In Timothy D. Knapp and Laurie E. Miroff, editors: Tipping the Scale: Levels of Analysis in Iroquoian Archaeology. Volume under contract with University of Tennessee Press; publication expected early 2008.
  • In preparation: Not Just 'One Site Against the World': Seneca Iroquois Intercommunity Connections and Autonomy, 1550-1779. In Laura L. Scheiber and Mark D. Mitchell, editors: Across the Great Divide: Continuity and Change in Native North American Societies, 1400-1900. Amerind Seminar volume under consideration by the University of Arizona Press.
  • 2004: Seneca Settlement Pattern, Community Structure, and Housing, 1677-1779.  Northeast Anthropology 67:23-60.
  • 2003: An Eighteenth Century Seneca Iroquois Short Longhouse from the Townley-ReadSite, c. A.D. 1715-1754.  The Bulletin: Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association 119: 49-63.