 Mark
Mehrer
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
Associate Professor
Director of the Contract Archaeology Program
Professor Mehrer is an archaeologist with research interests in
North American prehistory, settlement studies, household archaeology,
remote sensing, and GIS. He recently co-organized an international
conference on GIS and archaeological site location modeling that
was held at Argonne National Laboratory. He has done research in
Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, and Missouri. A past-president of the
Illinois Archaeological Survey (the organization of professional
archaeologists in Illinois), he also directs NIU's Contract Archaeology
Program, and teaches courses in North American archaeology, Illinois
archaeology, and introduction to prehistory.
Selected Publications
Heterarchy and Hierarchy: The Community Plan as Institution in
Cahokia's Polity, in The Archaeology of Communities: A New World
Perspective, edited by Marcello A. Canuto and Jason Yaeger,
pp. 44-57. Routledge. London, 2000.
Early Pottery in Midwestern North America. Revista de Arquelogia
Americana 14:135-151. Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e
Historia. Mexico, D.F., 1998.
Cahokia's Countryside: Household Archaeology, Settlement Patterns
and Social Power. Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb,
1995.
Household Archaeology at Cahokia and in its Hinterlands. In Mississippian
Communities and Households, edited by Bruce D. Smith and J.
Daniel Rogers, pp. 32-57. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.
[with James M. Collins], 1995.
Contact Information:
Dr. Mark Mehrer
Department of Anthropology
Stevens Building 102
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Voice: 815-753-7544
Fax: 815-753-7644
Email: mmehrer@niu.edu
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