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Thomas E. BerresPh.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998Assistant Professor and Project Director, Contract Archaeology Program Dr. Berres is a North American archaeologist with specific interests in cultural resource management, faunal analysis, and late prehistoric cultural interaction in the Mid-continent. He has conducted public outreach programs with museums, libraries, park districts, and avocational archaeological societies with the purpose of enhancing scientific literacy and communication between scientists and the public as well as demonstrating the importance of preserving biodiversity and cultural diversity. His faunal research focuses on studying changing climatic/environmental conditions during the Holocene as well as interpreting zooarchaeological remains from both subsistence and religious perspectives. In addition, he routinely offers a night course (Introduction to Anthropology: ANTH 120) each year during the spring. Selected PublicationsRevision of Hopewellian Trading Patterns in Midwestern North America Based on Mineralogical Sourcing. Geoarchaeology co-author with R.E. Hughes, D.M. Moore, and K.B. Farnsworth, 1998. Climatic Change and Lacustrine Resources at the Period of Initial Aztec Development. Ancient Mesoamerica, 2000. Power and Gender in Oneota Culture. Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, IL, 2001. Contact Information Dr. Thomas E. Berres
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Department
of Anthropology
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: (815) 753-0246 Fax: (815) 753-7027 |
Departmental
Chair: Dr. Mark Mehrer (mmehrer@niu.edu) |