Ithaca College

Associate professor Jack Rossen, chair of the Department of Anthropology, has recently published two book chapters:

"Field School Archaeology, Activism, and Politics in the Cayuga Homeland of Central New York." In: Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology, edited by Stephen W. Silliman, University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, Arizona.

"Exploring New Dimensions in the Study of Archaeological Plants." In Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany II, edited by John P. Hart. Bulletin Series No. 512, New York State Museum, Albany.

The first discusses the complex aspects of performing Cayuga archaeology while seeking approval and guidance from Native American leaders and maintaining scientific objectivity. The second discusses theoretical advances and case studies in understanding ancient plants as tools of culture change, status, social boundaries, political repression, and resistance to imperial power.