Faculty Expert: American Historical Archeology, Archeology of Capitalism, Community-Based Research

Dr. Christopher N. Matthews, professor, received a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University. His research interests include the archaeology of capitalism and race in the United States and the practice of community-based research. His focus is the archaeology of slavery and freedom, and he has directed field projects in this area in Maryland, Louisiana, New York, and New Jersey. He teaches courses such as: the Anthropology of Race, Archaeology in Montclair, Native North Americans, and Introduction to Archaeology. He is the author of An Archaeology of History and Tradition and The Archaeology of American Capitalism and co-editor of Ethnographic Archaeologies: Reflections on Stakeholders and Archaeological Practice and The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast. He is also the editor of the Society for Historical Archaeology’s journal, Historical Archaeology.

Expert on the historical archaeology of capitalism and race in the United States, focusing on sites associated with slavery and freedom.