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Vicki Cassman, Asst Professor
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PhD: Arizona State U, 1997


Interests: Andean archaeology, preservation, textile analyses, museum studies and perishables.

I am committed to improving curation standards in anthropology, which improves research within museums and repositories. As a conservator and archaeologist I know we can and must do better.

Selected publications

  • In progress (late 2005-early 2006). (with Nancy Odegaard & Joseph Powell, Eds.). Human Remains: Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions. Submitted to AltaMira Press.
  • 2004. (with Nancy Odegaard). The Conservator’s Role. Studies in Conservation. London. 49: 1-12.
  • 2004. Book Review of Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, edited by Robert Layton, Peter G. Stone and Julian Thomas (2001). One World Archaeology #41, Routledge, London. American Antiquity 69/1: 162-163.
  • 2003. (with Larry Cartmell and Eliana Belmonte). Coca as Symbol and Labor Enhancer in the Andes: A Historical Overview. Stimulating Trade: Drugs, Labor and European Expansion, 149-158. William Jankowiak and Daniel Bradburd, Eds. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
  • 2001. Prehistoric Ethnicity and Status Based on Textile Evidence from Arica, Chile. Chungará 32/2: 253-257.
  • 2001. (Belmonte, Eliana; Marietta Ortega, Patricia Arévalo, Vicki Cassman, and Larry Cartmell). Presencia de la Hoja de Coca en el Ajuar Funerario de Tres Cementerios del Periodo Tiwanaku: AZ-140, AZ-6 y PLM-3. Chungará 31/1: 125-136.
  • 2000. Prehistoric Andean Ethnicity and Status: The Textile Evidence. Beyond Cloth and Cordage, 253-266. Penny Drooker and Laurie Webster, Eds.. University of Utah Press.