Dr. Scott Hammerstedt
Lecturer
Bio
I am a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and a senior researcher at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey. My research focuses on the archaeology of what is now the southeastern and midwestern United States, particularly on late precontact (ca. AD 1000-1500) Mississippian and ancestral Caddo people. Current field projects are centered around Spiro Mounds and related sites in eastern Oklahoma, although I also have a project at Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. I have published numerous articles and book chapters and recently co-authored The Ritual Landscape of the Late Precontact Eastern Oklahoma: Archaeology from the WPA Era Until Today (2019; University of Alabama Press).
Education
- B.A. in Anthropology/History, Pennsylvania State University
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of Alabama
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests
- Archaeological Geophysics
- Monumental Architecture
- Ceramic Analysis
- Settlement Patterns