Anthropology Faculty
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Andrew Balkansky Associate Professor 3544 Faner Hall Department of Anthropology Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL 62901-4502 Phone: (618) 453-5083 Fax: (618) 453-5037 Email: abalkan@siu.edu |
| Research interests | Courses |
| Archaeology, ancient Mixtec civilization, pre-industrial urbanism, settlement patterns, ceramics; Middle America. | Anth 104 The Human Experience Anth 240C Introduction to Archaeology Anth 410K Ecological Anthropology Anth 500C Theory and Method in Archaeology Anth 511 Meso-American Archaeology Anth 576 Anthropological Research Design |
| Recent Fieldwork | |
| Mixteca Alta Formative Project (2003-present) This project concerns the origins of the Mixtec civilization, social inequality and change in early village societies, and the transition to urbanism. Excavations at the ca. 1000 BC site of Tayata are supported by the H. John Heinz III Fund, the National Geographic Society, and the National Science Foundation. |
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| Selected publications | |
| 2007 The Human Experience: A Recitation
Manual for Anthropology. Andrew K. Balkansky, Robert S. Corruccini,
and Meghan Sarah Harrison (editors). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, in press.
2007 Origins of the Ñuu: Archaeology in the Mixteca Alta, Mexico. Stephen A. Kowalewski, Andrew K. Balkansky, Laura R. Stiver Walsh and others. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, in press. 2002 The Sola Valley and the Monte Albán State: A Study of Zapotec Imperial Expansion. Memoirs No. 36. Ann Arbor: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan. |
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