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William McFarlane

William McFarlane

Professor and Chair

Education:

  • BA, Anthropology, 1995 (University of Central Florida)
  • MA, Anthropology, 1999 (SUNY-Buffalo)
  • PhD, Anthropology, 2005 (SUNY-Buffalo)

Courses Taught:

  • Archaeology
  • Archaeology of Ancient North America
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Ethnicity in Central America
  • Fieldwork in Anthropology
  • The Good Life
  • History of Central America
  • Method and Theory in Archaeology
  • Methods in Cultural Anthropology
  • Peoples and Culture of Mesoamerica
  • Physical Anthropology

Research Interests:

  • Mesoamerica
  • Lithic analysis
  • Ancient economic systems and political economy
  • Cooperation and corporate political systems
  • Community-based archaeology
  • Midwest Archaic societies
  • Well-being