Present positions

Professor of Archaeology and Director of theSchool of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
External Faculty Member, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Chair in Archaeology, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.

Education and Qualifications

1990	Master of Arts Cambridge University
1976-77	Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. Research in Anthropology and Archaeology (Economic Anthropology, Ecology, Systems approaches).
1972-76	Doctor of Philosophy University of Amsterdam Thesis: "Studies in the Technology of Ancient Pottery", Amsterdam, 2 vols.
1968-72	Doctoraalexamen (equivalent to ABD/M.Litt) University of Amsterdam Double degree programme in: * Medieval history (coursework and minors (optional subjects) in Medieval Archaeology and Modern History) * Prehistory (coursework, thesis and minors in Medieval History and Medieval Archaeology), cum laude
1964-68	Kandidaatsexamen (equivalent to B.A.) University of Amsterdam History, with minors (optional subjects) in prehistory and 16th century Spanish (on documents relating to the conquest of the Americas)
1963-64	Fulbright Exchange Studentship University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A. (Courses taken in Cultural Anthropology,, Archaeology, History, Spanish and some other subjects)

Employment History

2004 - present	Professor of Archaeology and Director School of Human Evolutiona and Social Change (formerly Department of Anthropology), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
2001	Promotion to 'Professeur 1ère classe'
1995-2004	Professor in the "Archaeology and History of Techniques" Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France
1988-1995	Lecturer (since 1991 with tenure) Cambridge University, U.K.
1985-1988	Assistant Lecturer Cambridge University, U.K.
1976-1985	Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer ('Wetenschappelijk Medewerker I'), from 1981 with tenure University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1972-76	Co-investigator in a project researching the technology of ancient pottery in the Euphrates Valley, NW Syria University of Leiden/Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO)
1967-72	Graduate Research Assistant University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Temporary Positions and Appointments

2003-2004	Deputy Director, Social Sciences Division,Centre national de la recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.
2003-2004	Deputy Director, Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, Paris, France.
2002-2003	"Marion R. & Adolph J. Lichtstern Distinguished Research Scholar," University of Chicago, USA.
2002 - present	Chair of Archaeology, Institut universitaire de France, Paris, France.
2001-2003	Rapporteur Général, Conseil National de Coordination des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société, Paris, France.
2000 - present	Member of the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
2000 - present	Member, UMR 7041 of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and director of its 'Environmental Archaeology' research team.
1999-2000	Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
1999-2000	Visiting Scholar, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
1997-1998	Member, EP 1730 of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.
1992-1995	Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological research, Cambridge University, U.K.
1995 - present	Corresponding Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences.
1995	Chercheur Associé, UPR 7520 of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
1991 - present	Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, U.S.A.
1988 - present	Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute (U.K.).
1988	Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris, France.
1987	Visiting Lecturer, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
1986-1996	Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, U.K.
1984	Visiting Fellow, Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
1983 - present	Member, New York Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
1982-1988	Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, U.S.A.
1982-1985	Associate in Research, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
1982-1985	Honorary Member, Department of Archaeology, Reading University, Reading, U.K.
1982-1985	Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.

Scholarships

1999-2000	Visiting Fellowship, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
1988	Distinguished Visiting Lectureship, Ministère de la Recherche, France.
1987	Visiting Professor, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, Mass, U.S.A.
1984	Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
1976-1977	Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Scholarship for work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
1963-1964	I.I.E./Fulbright Undergraduate Scholarship for study at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Publications and Scientific Presentations

Please see the Publications page for more information and reprints in PDF format.

Scientific Activity

2004 - present	Member, Editorial Board, Ecology & Society.
2004 - present	Member, Editorial Board, Global Environmental Change.
2004 - present	Founding Member, Arizona Academy of Science, Technology and Arts.
2004 - present	Member, Scientific Council of the International Human Dimensions of Global Change Program.
2002-2006	Co-ordinator (with D. Lane and G. West) of the research programme "The Information Society as a Complex System," funded by the DG Research of the European Union as part of Key Ation "The user-friendly information society."
2002-2005	Co-ordinator (with C. Redman and A. Kinzig, Arizona State University, USA) of the research programme "The resilience of urbanised socio-natural systems," funded by the McDonnell Foundation (USA).
2002-2005	Coordinator (with C. Lévèque) of the programme "A European network on long-term socio-environmental research," funded by the DG Research of the European Union.
2002-2004	Member of the Steering Committee of the Concerted Action " MODLUC," funded by the DG Research of the European Union.
2002 - present	Member, Editorial Board, Natures, Sciences, Sociétés, (Elsevier, Paris).
2001-2003	"Chargé de Mission" on Environmental Archaeology for the Institut National de la Recherche en Archéologie Préventive (INRAP), France.
2001-2002	Member of the Steering Committee, CNRS (Programme "Environnement, Vie, Société") initiative on "Zones Atelier."
2001-2002	Member, Working Group preparing a report for the French Prime Minister on the development of the social sciences and humanities in a European context.
2001-2003	Secretary-General ('Rapporteur-Général'), French National Coordination Council for the Social Sciences and Humanities, Ministry of Research.
2001-2003	Fellow, Spatial Modelling Centre, University of Umea, Sweden.
2001-2002	Member, Steering Committee, CNRS Research Programme on "Société, Environnement, Développement Durable."
2001-2003	Member, Steering Committee, Concerted Action "MEDRAP", DG Research, European Union.
2001-2003	Member, Editorial Board, Ecosystems (U.S.A.).
2001-2004	Director of the section "Archéologie environnementale" of the UMR 7041-ArScAn, CNRS/Universités de Paris 1 et 10, Nanterre, France.
2000-2001	Member, Comité scientifique and Comité de suivi, Colloque "Les SHS dans l'espace européen de Recherche", Ministère de la recherche, Paris.
2000 - present	Member, Conseil Scientifique, Fondation Fyssen, Paris.
1999-2002	Member, Advisory Board, Mappa Mundi Project of the Hollandse Maarschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem, Netherlands.
1998-2003	Co-coordinator, European Heritage Laboratory "Archives of European Archaeology," federating 15 academic institutions in 11 european countries, financed by DG X of the European Union and various national bodies.
1998-2000	Consultant, "MODULUS" Project (DG XII, European Union), Research Institute for Knowledge Systems, Rijksuniversiteit Maastricht, Netherlands.
1998-2001	Co-coordinator, Concerted Action "Environmental Communication" of DG XII of the European Union.
1997-2004	Director of the DEA "Environnement et Archéologie," Universities of Paris I, Paris VI, Paris X, MNHN, Université de Franche Comté.
1997 - present	Expert to DG X of the Commission of the European Union on matters concerning the Archaeological Heritage.
1997 - present	Expert to DG XII of the Commission of the European Union on matters concerning the Climate and Natural Hazards Research Programme.
1996-2000	Member, International Scientific Board, Spatial Modelling Centre, Universities of Uppsala and Umea, Kiruna, Sweden.
1996-1999	Member, Steering Committee of the Concerted Action "Degradation and Desertification in Europe" of DG XII of the European Union.
1995-2002	Co-editor of the series Environment and Society, Gordon and Breach publishers, London.
1992-2000	Coordinator, European Union (DG XII-Environment) Research Programme ARCHAEOMEDES on "Understanding the Natural and Anthropogenic Causes of Land Degradation and Desertification in the Mediterranean Basin", federating teams at the Universities of Amsterdam (NL), Paris I, Besançon, Strasbourg, Dijon (all F), Barcelona (Autonoma & Pompeu Fabra) (both ES), Cambridge, Cranfield (both UK), Athens, Ioannina (both GR), Padua (I), Coimbra (PT), together with INRA and the CNRS (France), the Greek Geological Service (IGME) and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences.
1991-1993	External examiner, Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
1989-1993	Coordinator, ERASMUS programme on Archaeology with Universities of Amsterdam, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Université de Paris I-Sorbonne, Universitá di Padova, Universität des Saarlandes, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli.
1989-1992	Member, Editorial Board, MAN (U.K.)
1988-1991	Member of the Council, Royal Anthropological Institute (and Chair, Archaeology-Anthropology Committee).
1988-1994	Member, Conseil Scientifique, Centre de Recherches Archeologiques, CNRS, France.
1988-1993	Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology (U.K.).
1987-2001	Member, Editorial Board, Journal of World Prehistory (Plenum, U.S.A.).
1986-2000	Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory (U.S.A.).
1984	Founder-Member of the Dutch Society for Ethnoarchaeological Research (SEAON), Utrecht (and presently member of its Advisory Board).

Fieldwork

2003	Analysis of bronze-age ceramics from the Hili cemetery, United Arab Emirates, 1 week.
2002	Analysis of bronze-age ceramics from the Hili cemetery, United Arab Emirates, 1 week.
1996-98	Survey and soundings of the roman pottery workshops in the Argonne, France, 5 months.
1995	Survey and soundings in the Massif des Maures (Var, France), 1 month.
1994	Soundings in the Massif des Maures (Var, France), 1 month.
1993	Soundings in the Massif des Maures (Var, France), 1 month.
1991-1993	Survey of Massif des Maures (Var, France), 12 weeks.
1991	Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork on decision making among potters, Michoacan, Mexico, 1 month.
1990-1991	Excavation of an Iron Age defended hilltop site, Peigros (Ste Maxime, Var, France), 2 months.
1989	Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork on decision making among potters, Michoacan, Mexico, 1 month.
1988	Excavation of Late Neolithic/Middle Iron Age site, Saconin nr. Soissons, France, 3 wks.
1988	Analysis of Burial Remains of Late Mississippian Cemetery at Nodena, Arkansas in Alabama Museum of Natural History, Mound State Monument, AL, U.S.A.
1987	Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork on decision making among potters, Mexico, 1 month.
1987	Excavations of Iron Age artificial mound, Uitgeest, Holland, 1 month.
1987	Consultant on ceramic technology, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, Mass., U.S.A.
1981-1985	Oer-IJ Estuary project, Holland, Survey and excavations, Co-investigator and consultant.
1981	Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork on pottery manufacture, Bais Anthropological Project, University of Michigan, Negros Oriental, Philippines, 2 months.
1979-1981	Regional research programme, including survey, soundings and excavations, Assendelver Polders, Holland. Director (with R.W. Brandt and A. Voorrips), total fieldwork 9 months.
1979-1980	Consultant on ceramic analysis, Lubbub Archaeological Project, University of Michigan, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.
1978	Excavation of Late Iron Age settlement in Schagen, Holland, Director, 2 months.
1972-1974	Survey, soundings and excavations in the Euphrates Valley, Syria (Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Medieval periods). Field director (with H.J. Franken in 1st and 2nd seasons) in toto about 15 months.
1971	Excavation of medieval deserted village at Kootwijk, Holland. Field director ad interim (Project directors H.H. van Regteren Altena and H.A. Heidinga), 1 month.
1970	Excavation of medieval church (Nicolaikerk), Utrecht, Holland. Field director (Project director H.H. van Regteren Altena), 6 months.
1968	Excavation of Neolithic/Bronze Age settlement near Medemblik, Holland. Director: H.H. van Regteren Altena, 2 months.

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