Dr. Timothy Pauketat

Biography

Professor Emeritus Timothy Pauketat is an archaeologist focused on the broad relationships between history, materiality, agency, affect, ontology, religion, and urbanism in North America. His research primarily concerns local historical contexts, especially in the central Mississippi Valley, as well as pan-American narratives that interconnect Mesoamerican, Southwestern, and Mississippi Valley societies. Pauketat has conducted field research on the ancient American Indian city of Cahokia and has held academic positions at the University of Oklahoma, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Illinois. His general research interests include materiality, agency, religion, ontologies, urban landscapes, global medievalism, climate change, North American archaeology, Woodland Mississippian cultures, and indigenous Prairie-Plains history. His publications encompass a range of topics and he has edited several influential books in the field including 'Archaeology of Ancient North America' and 'New Materialisms in Ancient Urbanisms.'

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