<p>Global Comparative Study of the Origins and Development of Complex Societies (especially chiefdoms); Archeological Data Analysis; Regional Settlement Analysis; Household; Archeology; Community Studies; China</p>
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Email Address:
drennan@pitt.edu
Family Name:
Drennan
Publications:
2012 Archaeology as a Social Science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2012 Comparative Archaeology: A Commitment to Understanding Variation. In The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies, edited by Michael E. Smith, pp. 1–3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
2012 Challenges for Comparative Study of Early Complex Societies. In The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies, edited by Michael E. Smith, pp. 62–87. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Qualifications:
PhD, University of Michigan, 1975
Department:
Anthropology
Region:
East Asia
Office:
3302 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
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Rank:
Distinguished Professor
Biography:
<p>Robert Drennan is an archaeologist engaged in the comparative analysis of early complex societies from their beginnings in characteristics humans share with many other species to the enormous diversity of organizational patterns displayed by regional chiefdoms around the world. Topics emphasized in his research include regional settlement and demography, community structure at all scales, household archaeology, quantitative data analysis, spatial analysis, and GIS. These topics are all involved in his fieldwork in China, Mesoamerica, and northern South America.</p>
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