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About Douglas C. Wilson

Douglas C. Wilson, (Ph.D. 1991, University of Arizona). Since 2000, I have served as a National Park Service archaeologist and began partnering with Portland State University in 2001, running the Public Archaeology Field School. Since 2004, I have served as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, serving on the faculty of the Department, mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, serving on master’s committees, and teaching courses in archaeological method and theory, cultural resources management, historical archaeology, and running the archaeological field school. My primary research site is Fort Vancouver, which contains the remains of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s headquarters, supply depot, and colonial village (ca. 1825-1860) and Vancouver Barracks (1849 to 1948), the U.S. Army’s first permanent fort in the Pacific Northwest. I have also studied colonial period sites throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the Chinook Middle Village and Lewis & Clark's Fort Clatsop,and Fort Astoria/Fort George, the first terrestrial American fur trade post in the region. I integrate students from many Universities, with professional archaeologists, and volunteers with National Park Service staff to provide new scientific and historical research while interpreting National Park Service sites to the public in new and interesting ways. Major interests include public archaeology, historical archaeology, Pacific Northwest archaeology, and cultural resources management.

Positions

Present Adjunct Professor, Portland State University Anthropology
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Present Archeologist, National Park Service
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Honors and Awards

  • 2005 Cultural Resources Management Award: Cultural Resources Project, Pacific West Region, National Park Service, Fort Clatsop Project
  • 2011 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology, National Park Service
  • 2012 Oregon Archaeological Society President’s Award
  • 2016 Society for Historical Archaeology Diversity Field School Competition Award



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