Shelby L. Anderson is a Professor in Anthropology at Portland State University. She obtained her BA from Western Washington University in 2001, and her MS and PhD from the University of Washington in 2011. Her research interests include human eco-dynamics, climate resilience, food technologies, STEM equity, and collaborative research with Indigenous communities of the Arctic, Subarctic and Pacific Northwest.
Selected Works:
- Cody, T. R and S.L. Anderson (2021) LiDAR Predictive Modeling of Pacific Northwest Mound Sites: A Study of Willamette Valley Kalapuya Mounds, Oregon (USA). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, Vol.30:103008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103008
- Anderson, S.L. and J. Feathers (2019) Applying Luminescence Dating to the Problem of Dating Arctic Archaeological Sites. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 112:105030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.105030
- Anderson, S.L., James Jordan, and Adam Freeburg (online, 2018) Human Settlement and Mid-Late Holocene Coastal Environmental Change at Cape Krusenstern, Northwest Alaska. Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.10.028
- Anderson, S.L., S. Tushingham, and T. Buonasera (2017) Maritime Adaptations and the Adoption of Arctic Ceramic Technology: Results of Residue Analysis. American Antiquity, Vol. 83(3):452-479. https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2017.8
- Anderson, S.L., T.J. Brown*, J. Junge*, J. Duelks* (2019) Demographic Fluctuations and the Emergence of Arctic Maritime Adaptations. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Vol.56:101100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101100
Courses Taught:
- Anth 102 Introduction to Archaeology
- Anth 350/350L Archaelogical Method and Theory
- Anth 357U Archaeology in Popular Culture
- Anth 453/553 Archaeological Field Methods
- Anth 457/557 The Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers
- Anth 458/558 The Archaeology of Disaster
- Anth 550 Core Seminar in Archaeology