Joyce Marcus (Ph.D., Harvard, 1974). Robert R. Carneiro Distinguished University Professor of Social Evolution; Curator, Latin American Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology; Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology. Ethnohistory, ancient writing systems, early complex societies; Mexico, Central America, South America.
| joymar@umich.edu | webpage |

John O'Shea (Ph.D., Cambridge, 1978). Professor, Anthropology; Curator, Great Lakes, Museum of Anthropology. Prehistoric economics, theory and method; Old World archaeology, North America. On leave Fall 2008
| joshea@umich.edu | webpage |

Carla Sinopoli (Ph. D. Michigan, 1986) Professor, Anthropology; Director, Museum of Anthropology; Curator, Asian Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology. Complex societies craft specialization, ceramics. Political economy of early states and empires; archaeology and history; material culture -- use, technology, and social meaning, ethnoarchaeology, gender; South Asia.
| sinopoli@umich.edu | webpage |

John D. Speth (Ph.D., Michigan, 1971). Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Anthropology; Curator, North American Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology. Hunters and gatherers, cultural ecology, diet and subsistence, Paleolithic and PaleoIndian studies; North America.
| jdspeth@umich.edu | webpage |

Robert Whallon (Ph.D., Chicago, 1966). Professor, Anthropology; Curator, European Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology. Ecology and evolution of hunter-gatherers, quantitative methods, prehistory; Europe, Middle East.
| whallon@umich.edu | webpage |

Henry T. Wright (Ph.D., Chicago, 1967). Professor, Anthropology; Curator, Mesopotamian and African Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology. Origins of the state, political and economic operation of developed chiefdoms and archaic states; Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean, Eastern USA.
| hwright@umich.edu | webpage |

Norman Yoffee (Ph.D., Yale, 1973) Professor, Anthropology. Assyriology, Mesopotamian culture, languages, history; Near Eastern archaeology; late prehistoric and early historic periods; Comparative early civilizations; Legal anthropology.
| nyoffee@umich.edu | webpage |

Lisa C. Young (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1996) Lecturer IV, Anthropology; Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist, Museum of Anthropology Archaeology, agricultural societies, American Southwest, settlement and subsistence, technology.
| lcyoung@umich.edu | webpage |