CURRICULUM VITAE
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CURRICULUM VITAE |
René L. Vellanoweth
Department of Anthropology
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95523
(707) 826-4450
[RLV6@humboldt.edu]
EDUCATION
2001 Ph.D. University of Oregon, Department of Anthropology (Archaeology) Dissertation: "Coastal Archaeology of Southern California: Accounts from the Holocene." Major Advisor: Dr. Jon M. Erlandson 1996 M.A. California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Anthropology (Archaeology) Master's thesis: "Subsistence, Settlement, and Marine Resource Utilization at CA-SNI-161, San Nicolas Island, California." Major Advisor: Dr. Patricia A. Martz 1989 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Anthropology (Archaeology) 1986 A.A. Pasadena City College, Department of Social Sciences (Anthropology)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Present-Assistant Professor: Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University. Courses taught: 2001 Archaeology and World Prehistory, Archaeological Method and Theory, Environmental Archaeology, Coastal Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management, Laboratory Methods in Archaeology, Archaeology of North America. 2000 Instructor: Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. 2000- Laboratory Supervisor: Participatory Learning Experience Program, Department of Anthropology, 1995 University of Oregon. Taught shell midden analysis to 45 undergraduates. 1998 Instructor: Fundamentals of Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. 1998 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Dr. Jon M. Erlandson. 1997 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Dr. Dennis L. Jenkins. 1996 Teaching Assistant: Geoarchaeological Field School, Fort Rock Valley, Oregon, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Drs. C. Melvin Aikens and Dennis L. Jenkins. 1995- Teaching Assistant: Archaeological Field School, San Nicolas Island, California. Department of 1993 Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles, Dr. Patricia A. Martz. 1995- Laboratory Supervisor: Archaeology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, California State 1992 University, Los Angeles. 1988 Instructor: Introduction to Archaeology, Bruin Kids Summer Program, University of California, Los Angeles.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS
Present-Legacy Research Grant, US Navy, Point Mugu, California (~$20,000 annually). Archaeological research on 2001 San Nicolas and San Miguel islands. 2002 Lottery Funds Grant, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Humboldt State University ($17, 500). Archaeology Field and Laboratory Equipment. 2002 Faculty Development Grant, College of Research and Graduate Studies, Humboldt State University ($4,500). Release-time from teaching load for research and laboratory set-up, Spring Semester 2002. 2001 Lottery Funds Grant, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Humboldt State University ($12, 500). Archaeology Field and Laboratory Equipment. 2000 Legacy Research Grant, US Navy, Point Mugu, California ($6,000). AMS Radiocarbon Dating and Artifact Research. 2000- Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon ($19,500). 1997 Tuition Waiver and Stipend. 1998 The Bead Society Research Grant, Los Angeles, California ($2,200). AMS Radiocarbon Dating. 1998 Legacy Research Grant, US Navy, Point Mugu, California ($5,000). AMS Radiocarbon Dating. 1997 James A. Bennyhoff Memorial Fund Award, Society for California Archaeology ($800). AMS Radiocarbon Dating. 1996 Graduate School Fighting Fund Award, University of Oregon ($5,000). Tuition Waiver and Stipend. 1996 Target of Opportunity Laurel Award, Office of the Graduate School, University of Oregon, Eugene ($50,000). Tuition Waiver. 1996 Special Recognition in Graduate Studies, School of Natural and Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles. 1996 Outstanding Achievement Award, School of Natural and Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles. 1995 Special Recognition in Graduate Studies, School of Natural and Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles. 1995- Graduate Assistantship, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles ($3,000). 1994 Legacy Research Grant, US Navy, Point Mugu, California ($22,000). Master's Thesis research on San Nicolas Island, California. 1986 Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Anthropology, Department of Social Sciences, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California. 1986 Anthropological Film Grant, Department of Social Sciences, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California ($1,000).
PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, REPORTS
(peer reviewed contributions are marked with an asterisk)
Vellanoweth, René L *2001 AMS Radiocarbon Dating and Shell Bead Chronologies: Middle Holocene Trade and Interaction in Western North America. Journal of Archaeological Science 28: 941-950. *1998 Earliest Island Fox Remains on the Southern Channel Islands: Evidence from San Nicolas Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 20(1):100-108. *1995 New Evidence from San Nicolas Island Concerning the Distribution and Manufacture of Olivella Grooved Rectangle Beads. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 31:13-22. 1993 Sections in "Cultural Resources Investigation: Literature and Survey for Bee Canyon, Los Angeles County, California," Cultural Resource Management Services, Pasadena, California. 1993 Sections in "Cultural Resource Management Plan for Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii." Cultural Resource Management Services, Pasadena, California. 1992 Environmental Setting and Soils. In "Clougherty Ranch, Los Angeles County, California, Cultural Resources Investigation: Literature and Survey." Cultural Resources Management Services, Pasadena, California. Vellanoweth, René L., Jon M. Erlandson, Torben C. Rick, Melissa Lambright *2003 Early New World Maritime Technologies: Sea Grass Cordage, Shell Beads, and a Bone Tool from Cave of the Chimneys, San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science, in press. Vellanoweth, René L. and Jon M. Erlandson *2003 Coastal Paleogeography and Human Land Use at Tecolote Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California. Geoarchaeology, in press. Vellanoweth, R. L. and by Jeffrey H. Altschul *2002 Antiquarians, Culture Historians, and Scientists: The Archaeology of the Bight. In Islanders and Mainlanders: Prehistoric Context for the Southern California Bight, edited by J. H. Altschul and D. R. Grenda, pp. 85-112. SRI Press, Tucson, Arizona. Vellanoweth, R. L. and Donn R. Grenda *2002 Paradise or Purgatory: Environments, Past and Present. In Islanders and Mainlanders: Prehistoric Context for the Southern California Bight, edited by J. H. Altschul and D. R. Grenda, pp. 67-84. SRI Press, Tucson, Arizona. Vellanoweth, René L., Patricia A. Martz, and Steven J. Schwartz *2002 Complexity and the Late Holocene Archaeology of San Nicolas Island, California. In Catalyst to Complexity: The Late Holocene Archaeology of the California Coast, edited by J. M. Erlandson and T. L. Jones. Perspectives in California Archaeology. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, in press. Vellanoweth, René L. and Jon M. Erlandson *2000 Notes on a "Pleistocene" Millingstone Site at Tecolote Canyon, Santa Barbara, California. Current Research in the Pleistocene 17:85-87. Vellanoweth, René L. and Jon M. Erlandson *1999 Middle Holocene Fishing and Maritime Adaptations at CA-SNI-161, San Nicolas Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 21(2):257-274. Vellanoweth, René L., Torben C. Rick, and Jon M. Erlandson *1999 Middle and Late Holocene Maritime Adaptations on Northeastern San Miguel Island, California. Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, edited by D. R Brown, H. W. Chaney, and K. L. Mitchell, pp. 607-614. Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara. Erlandson J. M. and R. L. Vellanoweth 2002 Archaeological Investigations at CA-SBA-1666: A Large Middle Holocene Shell Midden on the Western Santa Barbara Coast. Proceeding of the Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings, Merced, California. Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, René L. Vellanoweth *2002 A Radiocarbon Chronology for Corona Del Mar (CA-SBA-54): A Middle Holocene Site on the Goleta Slough, Santa Barbara County, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 23(1):67-75. Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, René L. Vellanoweth 2000 CA-SBA-2067: A Buried Middle Holocene Site on the Western Santa Barbara Coast. Proceeding of the Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings, Riverside, California. Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, René L. Vellanoweth, and Douglas J. Kennett *1999 Maritime Subsistence at a 9,300 Year Old Shell Midden on Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of Field Archaeology 26(3):255-265. Raab, L. M., René L. Vellanoweth, William J. Howard, and Judith Porcasi *2003 The Southern Channel Islands and Desert West: Modeling Cultural Interaction and Change. In Cultural Evolution in Maritime Societies: Archaeology of the California Channel Islands. Plenum Press, New York, in review. Rick, T. C., C. E. Skinner. J. M. Erlandson, and R. L. Vellanoweth *2003 Obsidian Source Characterization and Human Exchange Systems on California's Channel Islands. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly, in review. Rick, C. Torben, René L. Vellanoweth, Jon M. Erlandson, and Doug J. Kennett *2002 The Antiquity of the Single-Piece Fishhook: AMS Radiocarbon Evidence from the Southern California Coast. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29:933-942. Rick, C. Torben, Jon M. Erlandson, and René L. Vellanoweth *2001 Paleocoastal Marine Fishing on the Pacific Coast of the Americas: Perspectives from Daisy Cave, San Miguel Island, California. American Antiquity, 66(4):595-613. Rick, C. Torben, Jon M. Erlandson, and René L. Vellanoweth *2000 A Radiocarbon Chronology for the Arozena Site (CA-SBA-141), Eastern Santa Barbara County, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 22(2):353-360 Rick, C. Torben, Jon M. Erlandson, and René L. Vellanoweth 2000 Early Holocene Vertebrate Fauna from Cave of the Chimneys, San Miguel Island, California: Preliminary Results. Proceeding of the Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings, Riverside, California.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Vellanoweth, René L ., Laurel D. Edgeworth, Chris M. Mercer, Gnesa E. Reynolds, Serra K. Richey, Monika Stoeffl, Jonathan Walton n. d. Village Stones Speak: Lithic Tool Production at a Late Pre-Columbian Site on San Nicolas Island, California. To be submitted to Journal of Field Archaeology. Vellanoweth, René L., Jon M. Erlandson, and Torben C. Rick n. d. An Early Bone Tool Tradition from Daisy Cave, California: Earliest Evidence for New World Hook and Line Fishing. To be submitted to Science. Vellanoweth, René L., Julia Knowles, Torben C. Rick, and Jon M. Erlandson n. d. A 4,500 Year Old Asphaltum Basketry Impression from San Miguel Island, California. To be submitted to Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly. Vellanoweth, René L., L. Mark Raab, Torben C. Rick, William J. Howard, Jon M. Erlandson, and Douglas J. Kennett n. d. Building a Context for Trade on the Channel Islands. In Cultural Evolution in Maritime Societies: Archaeology of the California Channel Islands. Under contract with Kluwer/Plenum Press, New York. Erlandson, Jon E., René L.Vellanoweth, Annie Caruso, and Melissa Reid n. d. Dentalium Shell Artifacts from a 6,600 Year Old Occupation of Otter Cave, San Miguel Island. To be submitted to Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly. Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, and René L. Vellanoweth n. d. Human Impacts on Ancient Environments: A Case Study from California's Channel Islands. In The Archaeology of Insularity: Examining the Past in Island Environments, edited by S. Fitzpatrick. Under contract with Greenwood Press, New York.
PAPERS AND LECTURES
Vellanoweth, René L. 2002 Continental Islands, Marginality, and the Evolution of Human Societies on San Nicolas Island, California. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings in Denver, Colorado. 1999 Bead Distribution, Chronology, and Meaning in Western North America. Guest Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. ANTH 213, Oregon Native Americans, Dr. Dennis Jenkins. 1998 Late Holocene Human Occupation on San Nicolas Island, California. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. 1998 Distribution of Beads in the Great Basin and their Connection to Southern California. Guest Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. ANTH 213, Oregon Native Americans, Dr. Dennis Jenkins. 1997 Problems and Perspectives of a Numic Expansion: A View from the California Coast. 30th Annual Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada. 1997 Middle Holocene Maritime Subsistence at CA-SNI-161, San Nicolas Island, California. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings, Rohnert Park, California. 1997 Welcoming Speech. Graduate Student Orientation, Graduate School, University of Oregon. 1996 Olivella Grooved Rectangle Beads in Southern California and the Great Basin. The 25th Biennial Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Kings Beach, California (with L. M. Raab, J. M. Erlandson, and D. L. Jenkins). 1996 Research for Beach Bums: Archaeology on San Nicolas Island, California. Association of Anthropology Graduate Students Friday Lectures, University of Oregon, Eugene. 1996 Earliest Island Fox Remains on the Southern Channel Islands: A View from San Nicolas Island. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Bakersfield, California. 1995 Cultural Ecology and Resource Management of a Coastal Dune Site: Test Excavations at CA-SNI-161. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Eureka, California. 1994 Channel Islands Archaeology and the Paleoenvironmental Record. Guest lecturer, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles. Laboratory Analysis in Archaeology, Dr. Patricia A. Martz. 1993 Introduction to San Nicolas Island Archaeology. Guest lecturer, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles. Archaeological Field Methods, Dr. Patricia A. Martz. 1992 Soils and Archaeology. Guest lecturer, Community Extensions Program, University of California, Los Angeles. Introduction to Archaeology, Dr. Judith Rasson. Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, and René L. Vellanoweth 2002 Human Impacts on Ancient Environments: A Case Study from California's Channel Islands. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings in Denver, Colorado. Vellanoweth, René L., Torben C. Rick, and Jon M. Erlandson 2000 Early Holocene Sea Grass Cordage and Shell Beads from Cave of the Chimneys, San Miguel Island, California. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Riverside, California Rick, Torben C., René L. Vellanoweth, Jon M. Erlandson 2000 Early Holocene Vertebrate Fauna from Cave of the Chimneys (CA-SMI-603), San Miguel Island, California. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Riverside, California Erlandson, Jon M., René L. Vellanoweth, and Torben C. Rick 2000 CA-SBA-2067: A Buried Middle Holocene Site on the Western Santa Barbara Coast. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meetings, Riverside, California.
MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Present Principal Investigator: Director of archaeological investigations associated with Verizon Wireless cell phone tower construction within a Native American village. Smith River Rancheria and HSU Cultural Resources Facility. Present-Principal Investigator: Director of archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations at a Native 2001 village site (CA-SNI-25) on San Nicolas Island. US Navy and HSU Department of Anthropology. Present-Principal Investigator: Director of on-going archaeological excavations of threatened sites on San Miguel 2000 Island, California. Present-Co-Principal Investigator: Co-director of archaeological research program at Tecolote Canyon, Santa 1997 Barbara County, California. Excavation, analysis, and synthesis of seven archaeological sites. For the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, Hyatt Hotels, and ADCO. 2002 Archaeological Consultant: Pedestrian survey associated with stream and timber road rehabilitation project. Sinkyone Wilderness State Park and HSU Cultural Resources Facility 2002 Archaeological Consultant: Pedestrian survey associated with Indian Gaming construction. Elk Valley Rancheria and HSU Cultural Resources Facility 1999- Principal Investigator: Archaeological and paleobiological research at Cave of the Chimneys 1997 (CA-SMI-603), San Miguel Island, California. US Navy and Channel Islands National Park. 1998- Project Director: Archaeological and paleobiological research at Daisy Cave (CA-SMI-261), 1996 San Miguel Island, California. US Navy and Channel Islands National Park. 1998- Senior Archaeologist: Hutash Consultants, a full-service and non-profit cultural resource consulting 1997 group affiliated with the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, Lompoc, California. 1995- Project Director: Master's thesis archaeological field and laboratory research on San Nicolas Island, 1992 California. 1995- Crew Chief: Archaeological field and laboratory research on San Nicolas Island, California. San Nicolas 1992 Island Archaeological Field School, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles. 1995- Crew Chief: Archaeological field investigations, Prado Dam, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, 1994 California. Statistical Research, Inc., Redlands, California. 1993- Staff Archaeologist: Proposals, literature searches, surveys, mapping, completion of site record 1992 forms, soils analysis, writing, and office management. Cultural Resource Management Services, Pasadena, California. 1990- Student Participant: Five anthropological trips to the American Southwest. Department of Social 1985 Sciences, Pasadena City College, California, Professor Elvio Angeloni. 1986- Student Volunteer: Excavation and laboratory analysis of Pleistocene fauna. Rancho La Brea Tar Pits 1984 and the George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles, California.
PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Society for American Archaeology (1993-present) Member, Society for California Archaeology (1992-present) Member, American Anthropological Association (2000-present) Member, Association of Oregon Archaeologists (1995-present) Member, Association of Anthropology Graduate Students, University of Oregon (1995-present) Member, Anthropological Society, California State University, Los Angeles (1991-1995) Member, Anthropology Club, University of California, Los Angeles (1987-1989) President, Anthropology Club, Pasadena City College (1984-1986)
REFERENCES
Dr. Jon M. Erlandson Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403-1218 (541) 346-5098 |
Dr. C. Melvin Aikens Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403-1218 (541) 346-5115 |
Dr. Madonna L. Moss Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403-1218 (541) 346-6076 |
Dr. Patricia A. Martz Department of Anthropology California State University, Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, California 90032-5000 (323) 343-2445 |
Dr. Steadman Upham Office of the President Claremont Graduate University 100 Harper Hall 150 E. Tenth Street Claremont, California 91711-6160 (909) 621-8000 |
Dr. Dennis L. Jenkins Oregon State Museum of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403 (541) 346-3026 |