Associate Professor, Anthropology; Associate Director & Associate Curator, UMMAA; Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows; Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
garveyr@umich.eduHigh Latitude and Western North American Archaeology; Anthropological Archaeology; Archaeological Science; Environmental Archaeology; Prehistoric Archaeology; Archaeology at Michigan; South American Archaeology
Areas of Expertise
- Patagonian archaeology
- Human ecology
- Cultural evolution
- Niche construction / human - environment interaction
- Archaeological chronology and population history
- Landscape archaeology
- Archaeological theory and quantitative methods
Research Topics
- Hunter-gatherer mobility, settlement, and land use in Patagonia
- Wind’s effects on human culture and experience
- Lithic and projectile technology, including innovation and technological change
- Cultural transmission, social learning, spread of ideas / practices
- Prehistoric demography and population change
Courses
- Doing Archaeology: Essential Theory and Methods
- Ancient Technologies
- Human Ecology
- Archaeology I (grad seminar)
