Archaeology – Badger Talks – UW–Madison

Sarah Clayton

mreinfeldt — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:33:42 +0000

Sarah Clayton is an archaeologist who studies the growth and decline of the world’s earliest urban capitals and their impacts on surrounding landscapes and communities. She conducts field research in Mexico, where she investigates everyday life and social change at Teotihuacan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was the largest city of its time in the Americas. Rural-urban interaction, migration, and identity are major themes of her work. She is currently director of the Chicoloapan Archaeological Project, which examines community formation, land use, and resilience in association with the collapse of a regional state. Clayton’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation and conducted in collaboration with local community members and researchers from Mexico, the U.S., and France. She has been with UW-Madison since 2010.

Dr. Clayton prefers in-person talks only.

Gregg Jamison

mreinfeldt — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:05:55 +0000

Gregg Jamison is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Waukesha Campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is an anthropological archaeologist who studies the origins of states and civilizations and ancient craft production. He also serves as the Lead Archaeologist for the UW MIA Recovery and Identification Project.

Nam Kim

mreinfeldt — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:21:36 +0000

Dr. Nam C. Kim is an anthropological archaeologist interested in early forms of governments, states, and cities. His work also explores the complex relationships between modern politics, descendant communities, cultural heritage, and the material record. He is also interested in the cultural contexts and social consequences of organized violence and warfare, as manifested in various cultural, spatial and temporal settings. Much of his recent fieldwork has been geographically focused on East and Southeast Asia, including excavations at the legendary capital of ancient Vietnam (known as Co Loa).

Sissel Schroeder

jnweaver — Thu, 04 May 2017 16:36:45 +0000

Sissel Schroeder received her PhD from The Pennsylvania State University and is currently a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is also an affiliate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Center for Culture, History, and the Environment, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, and the Material Culture Studies Program. Her current research is focused on issues of sociopolitical complexity, climate change impacts, and historical ecology among ancient Native American societies of the southeastern and midwestern United States.