Assistant Teaching Professor
Email: robmann@boisestate.edu
Phone: (208) 426-1532
Office: Hemingway Center, Room 114
Biography
Rob Mann is an anthropological archaeologist with interests in indigenous archaeology, historical archaeology, archaeological theory, ethnohistory, and the North American fur trade. His research centers on the processes of colonialism and ethnogenesis. In the Great Lakes, his research has focused on the role of tobacco pipes and smoking in the daily lives of the Native and European participants in the fur trade. He is also a public archaeologist with interests in cultural resource management (CRM) and conflict archaeology.
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, Binghamton University (SUNY)
M.A., Anthropology, Ball State University
B.A., Anthropology, Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis
Concentration: Historical Archaeology
Dissertation Title: Colonizing the Colonizers: Canadien Fur Traders and Fur Trade
Society in the Great Lakes Region, 1763-1850.
Research Interests
- Historical Archaelogy
- Indigenous Archaelogy
- Archaeological Theory
- North American Fur Trade
- Ethnohistory
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Introduction to Cultural Resource Management
- Archaeology of North America