Assistant Professor
Ph.D.: Arizona State University, 2000

Contact Information:
Phone: (405) 744-6123
Fax: (405) 744-5780
Office: 034 CLB

E-mail: stephen.perkins@okstate.edu

Personal Web Page

Stephen M. Perkins (Ph.D. 2000, Arizona State University) is a social anthropologist who specializes in the history and culture of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Guatemala). Currently, he is investigating the evolution of community organization in the Valley of Puebla's 19th century Independence-era pueblos. He also co-directs, with Richard Drass (Oklahoma Archeological Survey) and Susan Vehik (University of Oklahoma), the archaeological excavations at the Bryson-Paddock site in north central Oklahoma, where Wichita peoples traded with French explorers during the early 18th century. His courses at OSU include: Cultural Anthropology; Comparative Cultures; The Aztec Empire; Peoples of Mesoamerica; and Globalization and Culture.

"The House of Guzmán: An Indigenous Cacicazgo in Early Colonial Central Mexico"

"Corporate Community or Corporate Houses?: Land and Society in a Colonial Mesoamerican Community"

"Macehuales and the Corporate Solution: Colonial Secessions in Nahua Central Mexico"

Review of Representing Aztec Ritual: Performance, Text, and Image in the Work of Sahagún.

Review of To Defend Our Water with the Blood of Our Veins: The Struggle for Resources in Colonial Puebla.