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Christopher B. Rodning, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Tulane University
7041 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118 USA


crodning@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~crodning/


office 504.862.3067
department office 504.865.5336
department fax 504.865.5338
mobile 504.606.3788
INTERESTS
archaeology
architecture
culture contact and colonialism
mortuary practices
gender
chiefdoms
southeastern North America
western North Carolina


COURSES
Archaeology of Cultural Landscapes
Proseminar in Anthropology
Introduction to Archaeology
Archaeology of Colonialism
Archaeology of Gender
North American Prehistory
Southeastern U.S. Prehistory

NEWS
-Asheville Citizen Times article on archaeology in western North Carolina, June 2009
-Morganton News Herald article on annual public field day at the Berry site, 28 June 2009
-Annual public field day at the Berry site, 27 June 2009
-WMNC 92.1FM interview (MP3 file, 5:16) about archaeology at the Berry site, 26 June 2009
-Hickory Daily Record article on archaeology at the Berry site, 24 June 2009
-Morganton News Herald article on the Joara lily, by Millstone Meadows Farm, named for the Native American town at the Berry site, 23 June 2009
-Charlotte Observer article in the Catawba Valley Neighbors section on annual Exploring Joara Foundation public field day at the Berry site near Morganton, June 2009
-Archaeology magazine article on the archaeology of Fort San Juan, the Berry site, and Spanish colonial outposts in western North Carolina, July/August 2009 | PDF abstract | PDF article
-Chris Rodning, "Spanish Expeditions and Native American Towns in Western North Carolina, 1540-1568," Lecture Program, Archaeological Institute of America, South Florida Chapter, Boca Raton, 3/24/2010
-Chris Rodning, "Spanish Expeditions and Native American Towns in Western North Carolina, 1540-1568," Lecture Program, Archaeological Institute of America, New Mexico Chapter, Santa Fe, 9/21/2009
-Historical Marker for Fort San Juan, Burke County, North Carolina, North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Winter 2008
-Annual public field day at the Berry site, 12 July 2008
-American Archaeology article on the Berry site and Fort San Juan, Spring 2008
-Charlotte Observer article in the Catawba Valley Neighbors section about the Exploring Joara Foundation, March 2008
-Chapel Hill News editorial, February 2008
-Raleigh News and Observer article on the Spanish colony at Fort San Juan, February 2008
-Exploring North Carolina documentary: The First, Lost Colony, episode 405, broadcast on UNCTV, January 31, 2008
-Exploring North Carolina premiere: The First, Lost Colony, at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, January 30, 2008
-Warren Wilson College News, announcement of Exploring NC documentary and NC Museum premiere, January 2008
-Tulanian article, Fall 2007
-Tulane New Wave article, August 2007
-Annual public field day at the Berry site, 14 July 2007
-Charlotte Observer newspaper article on archaeology field day at the Berry site, July 2007
-Charlotte Observer newspaper article on archaeology at the Berry site, June 2007
-BBC History Magazine article on archaeology and the search for Fort San Juan, December 2006
-NSF grant awarded to Robin Beck, David Moore, and Chris Rodning, September 2006
      NSF Award #0542120 (URL)
      NSF Award #0542120 (PDF)
-Smithsonian magazine article on archaeology of Spanish exploration and native towns in western North Carolina, March 2006
-National Geographic News online article about excavations at the Berry site in western North Carolina, November 2004
-Raleigh News and Observer article about excavations at the Berry site and the search for Fort San Juan, August 2004
-Voice of the Foothills newspaper article about the Upper Catawba Valley Archaeology Project in western North Carolina, July 2004
-Our State magazine article about the Berry site and Fort San Juan, March 2003


PROJECTS
Exploring Joara, Upper Catawba Valley, Western North Carolina
(with David G. Moore, Ph.D., and Robin A. Beck, Jr., Ph.D.)
The Coweeta Creek Site and Cherokee Towns in Southwestern North Carolina

 
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Chris Rodning 30 June 2009 Tulane University