STEPHEN H. LEKSON Museum of Natural History University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0218 303-492-6671, fax 492-4195 [email protected] CAREER SUMMARY 8/02 – University of Colorado: Curator of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History; and Associate Professor & Professor ('07), Anthropology. 8/97-8/02 University of Colorado: Curator of Museum Studies, Museum of Natural History; and Assistant Professor, Anthropology. 5/95-8/97 University of Colorado: Acting Curator of Anthropology and Research Associate, Museum of Natural History. 6/92-1/95 Crow Canyon Archaeological Center: President & CEO. 8/90-5/92 Museum of New Mexico: Curator of Archaeology. 1/87-7/90 Arizona State Museum: Research Associate. 5/76-5/86 National Park Service Chaco Center: Archaeologist. 6/74-5/76 Eastern New Mexico University: Research Archaeologist. 5/73-4/74 University of Tennessee, TVA Projects: Project Director. 5/72-5/73 Case Western Reserve University, Upper Gila Project: Project Director EDUCATION Ph.D. 1988 Anthropology, University of New Mexico. Dissertation: Sociopolitical Complexity at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Cert. 1981 Surveying and Cartography, Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute. M.A. 1978 Anthropology, Eastern New Mexico University. Thesis: Settlement Patterns in the Redrock Valley of the Gila River, New Mexico. B.A. 1972 Anthropology (honors), Case Western Reserve University. 1 Stephen H. Lekson HONORS AND AWARDS Plenary or Featured Speaker: Plenary Speaker, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, 1995; Plenary Speaker, Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, 1991 & 1996; Bandelier Lecturer, New Mexico Archaeological Society Annual Meeting 1991 & 2005; Distinguished Lecturer, Southern Methodist University 2001; Plenary Lecturer, Colorado Archaeological Society Annual Meeting 2001; Cynthia Irwin- Williams Memorial Lecturer, Eastern New Mexico University 2002; Plenary Speaker, Texas Archaeological Society Annual Meeting 2003; Banquet Speaker, Midwest Archaeological Conference 2006. Book awards: Borderlands Book of the Year (Ancient Lands, Ancestral Places, 1993); American Association of Museums Award of Distinction (Chaco Canyon: A Center and Its World, 1994); Colorado Book Award Finalist (Canyon Spirits, 2005). Poster Award: Society for American Archaeology ("Chaco and Casas Grandes," 1996) GRANTS, CONTRACTS & FELLOWSHIPS 2009 Chimney Rock Interpretive Association: “Chimney Rock,” $58000. 2008 National Park Service RM-CESU: "Dinosaur National Monument," $16000. 2008 National Park Service NAGPRA: "Museum Documentation," $75000. 2008 National Park Service NAGPRA: "Repatriation/Reburial," $14250. 2008 University of Colorado: Innovative Grant Program, "Pottery of the Ancient Southwest," $22850. 2008 National Science Foundation, Archaeology: "Pinnacle Ruin," $41882. 2007 National Park Service NAGPRA: “Museum Documentation,” $75000. 2007 National Park Service NAGPRA: "Repatriation/Reburial," $15000 2007 National Park Service NAGPRA: "Repatriation/Reburial," $15000 2007 University of Colorado: CARTSS grant "Yellow Jacket: Collaborative Archaeology at a Major Mesa Verde Site," $3800. 2007 University of Colorado: GCAH visiting scholar grant (Scott Ortman, Jonathan Till), "Yellow Jacket: the Largest Mesa Verde Town," $800. 2006 National Park Service NAGPRA: “Museum Documentation,” $75000. 2005 National Park Service RM-CESU: “Fort Union NAGPRA,” $10000. 2005 National Park Service NAGPRA: “Museum Documentation,” $75000. 2004 National Park Service NAGPRA: “Museum Documentation,” $75000. 2004 National Park Service RM-CESU: “Fort Union Ethnohistory,” $30000. 2004 University of Colorado: CRCW, “Aztec Ruins Geophysical Project,” $504. 2004 National Park Service NAGPRA: “Museum Documentation,” $75000 2004 Colorado State Historical Fund: “Yellow Jacket Collections,” $62843 2003 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship; $40000 2003 Clements Research Fellowship, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University $38500 (declined by SHL) 2 Stephen H. Lekson 2003 University of Colorado: CRCW special projects grant, “Sand Island: Time Etched in Stone,” $2060. 2003 University of Colorado: GCAH research grant, “Warm Spring Apache Ethnohistory;” $1000 2003 University of Colorado: CRCW research grant, “Archaeological Survey, Alamosa Creek, New Mexico;” $4335 2002 University of Colorado: CRCW grant-in-aid, “Pinnacle Ruin;” $4500. 2002 University of Colorado: GCAH visiting scholar grant (Peter Peregrine, Lawrence U.), “Southwest, Southeast, and Mexico,” $750. 2002 University of Colorado President’s Fund for the Humanities, “Mimbres Lives and Landscapes,” $4900. 2001 University of Colorado President’s Fund for the Humanities, “Sand Island: Time Etched in Stone,” $3500. 2000 University of Colorado: CRCW grant-in-aid, “Canada Alamosa Project;” $4125. 1998 University of Colorado: JFDA award; $5000. 1997-2004 National Park Service: “Chaco Synthesis;” $10000 (1997), $36218 (1998), $96987 (1999), $73238 (2000 extended to 2004). 1997 Colorado State Heritage Fund: “Dolores Data Conversion and Analysis;” $74435. 1997-1998 National Geographic Society: “Bluff Great House Project;” $18,000 (1997), $16000 (1998) (co-PI with C. Cameron). 1995 National Park Service: “Natural Bridges National Monument Archaeological Survey;” $10000. 1992-1995 Private, foundation, state and national agency sources: development for Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez CO; $600000+ per year. 1990 New Mexico Historic Preservation Division: “Chiricahua Apache History and Ethnohistory Conference;” $5000. 1990 Wenner-Gren: “Anasazi Cultures in Transition Conference;” $7000, (co-PI with W. Lipe). 1983 Bureau of Reclamation and New Mexico Historic Preservation Division: “Sierra County Rio Grande Project;” $14000. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Association for the Advancement of Science American Anthropological Association Council on Museum Anthropology Human Relations Area Files (Board of Directors, 2003-2007) American Association of Museums Society for American Archaeology World Archaeological Congress Archaeological Institute of America Register of Professional Archaeologists Archaeological Society of New Mexico 3 Stephen H. Lekson New Mexico Archaeological Council Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Arizona Archaeological Council Colorado Archaeological Society Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists (Executive Board, 2001-2004) Southeastern Archaeological Conference REVIEW AND EDITORIAL SERVICE Kiva, editorial board, 1987-1990; editor, 2006 – Archaeology, editorial board, 2001-2002; contributing editor, 2003 – Time & Mind, editorial board, 2007 – Native Peoples, editorial board 1993-1995 Scientific American’s Discovering Archaeology, editorial board, 1998-2000 Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, editorial board Colorado Prehistoric Contexts, 1997-1999 Colorado Historic Contexts, 2001-2007 Manuscript review: Current Anthropology; American Anthropologist; American Antiquity; Journal of Anthropological Research; Journal of Anthropological Archaeology; Journal of Field Archaeology; New Mexico Historical Review; University of Arizona Press; University of New Mexico Press; Oxford University Press; University Press of Colorado; University of Utah Press; Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Proposal review: National Science Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; National Geographic Society; Colorado Historic Preservation Fund. TEACHING (University of Colorado, Boulder) 1997 -- Museum and Field Studies: Introduction to Museum Studies (MUSM 4011/5011), Seminar in Museum Issues (MUSM 6116), Practicum in Anthropology (MUSM 4912/5912), Field Methods (MUSM 5462). 1995 -- Department of Anthropology: Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 2200), Archaeological Field Research (ANTH 4350/5350), Environmental Archaeology (ANTH 4330), Anthropological Perspectives: Contemporary Issues (ANTH 4180); Archaeology and Contemporary Society (ANTH 5460); Seminar: Archaeology of Selected Areas (ANTH 7140); Seminar: Archaeology (ANTH 7030). Graduate Students (date of degree): Karin Swain (MA 1998), Nicolette Meister (MA 1999), Tilly Laskey (MA 1999), Rita Cordalis (MA 2000), Anne Cornell (MA 2000), Dana Schaar (MA 2000), Michelle Leonard (MA 2000), Judy Newland (MA 2000), Joel Tyberg (MA 2000), Brian Yunker (MA 2001), William Urich (MA 2001), Chad Landsman (MA 2001), Mike Larkin (MA 2001), Ingrid Walsh (MA 2001), Tristan Tolland (MA 2001), JJ Lonsinger (MA 2001), Rebecca Latanich (MA 2001), Betsy Bennett (MA 2001), Erik Heikennen (MA 2001), David Cain (MA 2002), Julie Marino (MA 2002), Abby Bentz (MS 2004), Heidi McCann 4 Stephen H. Lekson (Cert 2005), Heidi Quist (MS 2005), Brad Caldwell (MS 2005), Lindsay Jones (MS 2006), Brenda Todd (MA 2005, PhD), Katy Putsavage (MS 2008, PhD), Erin Baxter (MS), Morgan Seamont (MA), Isabel Tovar (MS), Erica Garcia (MS), Audrey Gayou (MS). RESEARCH Principal Investigator, Chimney Rock Project, Archuleta County, Colorado; Summer 2009. Principal Investigator, University of Colorado-Human Systems Research Cañada Alamosa Project, Socorro County, New Mexico; Summer 2000, Summer 2001, Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2008. Principal Investigator, Yellow Jacket Analysis; Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009. Principal Investigator, Aztec Ruins North Geophysical Prospection Project, San Juan County, New Mexico; Summer 2004 Co-Principal Investigator, University of Colorado Bluff Great House Project, Bluff, Utah; Fall 1995, Summer 1996, Summer 1997, Summer 1998 (with Catherine M. Cameron).