Title: Associate Director
Institution: University of Massachusetts Boston
Address: UMass Boston Anthropology, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Email: david.landon@umb.edu
Phone: (617) 287-6835
Visit David’s Research Website
Research Interests: Historical archaeology, environmental archaeology, zooarchaeology, cultural resources assessment and preservation
Biographical Sketch:
David Landon is the Associate Director of the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University in 1991. Prior to UMass Boston he was an Associate Professor at Michigan Technological University and Research Fellow in the Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution. Landon’s research interests are broadly the archaeology of historic and industrial period sites, environmental archaeology, and zooarchaeology. Landon’s recent projects include “Project 400: The Plymouth Colony Archaeological Survey,” supported by a Collaborative Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities; and “Catalog and Curate Archaeological Collections for Region 1 Parks,” supported by a Collaborative Ecosystem Study Unit Grant of the National Park Service.
Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects:
- Curating Boston African American National Historic Site Archeology Collections: Practical guidance on implementing preservation standards and strategies
- Catalog and Curate Archaeological Collections for Region 1 Parks