Douglas C. Wilson (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1991) serves as archaeologist in the National Park Service. Since 2001, he has served as adjunct associate professor, teaching classes and working with students, volunteers, and stakeholders to conduct historical archaeology in the Pacific Northwest, including the exploration of western colonialism, and public and community archaeology. Dr. Wilson brings professional experience in National Park Service projects and programs including the identification, documentation and evaluation of properties associated with history and cultural heritage. He teaches classes in historical archaeology, cultural resources managment, field techniques in archaeology, the archaeology of colonialism, and archaeological theory. He directs the public archaeology program for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, including Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Among his awards are the 2011 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology and the 2016 Society for Historical Archaeology’s Diversity Field School Competition Award.
Selected Works:
- Wilson, Douglas C., Amy Clearman, and Kaitlyn Hosken (2022) Decolonizing Fort Vancouver through Archaeological Interpretation. In Creating Participatory Dialogue in Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Interpretation: Multinational Perspectives, edited by John H. Jameson and Sherene Baugher, Springer (in press).
- Taber, Emily C., Douglas C. Wilson, Robert Cromwell, Katie Wynia, and Alice Knowles (2019) Transfer-Printed Gastroliths and Identity at Fort Vancouver’s Village. Historical Archaeology 53(1), 86–102.
- Wilson, Douglas C. (2018) The Fort and the Village: Landscape and Identity in the Colonial Period of Fort Vancouver. In British Forts and Their Communities: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives, edited by Christopher R. DeCorse and Zachary J. M. Beier, pp. 91-125. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Wilson, Douglas C., Kenneth M. Ames, and Cameron M. Smith (2017) Contextualizing the Chinook at Contact: The Middle Village. In Frontiers of Colonialism, edited by Christine D. Beaule, pp. 110–144. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- Wilson, Douglas C. (2015) A Mongrel Crowd of Canadians, Kanakas and Indians: The United States National Park Service Public Archaeology Programme and Fort Vancouver’s Village. Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage 2(3):221–237. https://doi.org/10.1179/2051819615Z.00000000044
- Wilson, Douglas C. and Theresa E. Langford, Editors (2011) Exploring Fort Vancouver. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Courses Taught:
- Anth 355U Colonial and Postcolonial Historical Archaeology
- Anth 454/554 Archaeological Field School
- Anth 456/556 Cultural and Heritage Resources Management
- Anth 461/561 Advanced Topics in Archaeology
- Anth 550 Core Seminar in Archaeology