Mark F. Seeman
Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Kent State University
Date: October 2001
EDUCATION:
B.S. | 1970 | Biology | Allegheny College |
M.A. | 1972 | Anthropology | University of Cincinnati |
Ph.D. | 1977 | Anthropology | Indiana University |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1990-present | Professor, Kent State University |
1983-1990 | Associate Professor, Kent State University |
1978-1982 | Assistant Professor, Kent State University |
1976-1978 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Kent State University |
Service-Kent State University:
Departmental Committees: 17
University Committees: 10
Director of Graduate Studies, KSU Department of Anthropology, 1991-1999
Service-Professional, Other:
Symposium organizer: 3
Board of Trustees: 3
Journal Editorships: 2
President, Ohio Archaeological Council: 1993-1995
Vice President, Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, 2000-present
Expert witness for the prosecution, USA v. Gerber, 1991-1992
PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITS, PERFORMANCES:
BOOKS: 3
BOOK REVIEWS: 6
ARTICLES: 31
GRANT & CONTRACT REPORTS: 13
Selected Publications:
Seeman, M.F., and W.S. Dancey 2000 The Late Woodland period in southern Ohio: basic issues and prospects. In Late Woodland Societies: Traditions and Transformations Across The Midcontinent, T. Emerson, D. McElrath, and A. Fortier, eds., pp. 545-573. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Ruhl, K.C., and M.F. Seeman 1998 Variability in Hopewell copper earspools: the temporal and social implications. American Antiquity 63:651-662.
Coughlin, S., and M. F. Seeman 1997 Hopewell settlements at the Liberty earthworks, Ross County, Ohio. In Ohio Hopewell Community Organization, W. Dancey & P. Pacheco, eds., pp. 231-250. Kent State University Press, Kent.
Seeman, M.F. 1996 The Hopewell core and its many margins: deconstructing upland and hinterland relations. In A View From The Core: A Synthesis Of Ohio Hopewell Archaeology, P. Pacheco, ed., pp. 304-315. Ohio Archaeological Council, Columbus.
Seeman, M.F. 1995 When words are not enough: Hopewell interregionalism and the use of material symbols at the GE Mound. In Native American Interactions: Multiscalar Analyses And Interpretations In The Eastern Woodlands, M. Nassaney and K. Sassaman, eds., pp. 122-143. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Seeman, M.F. 1994 Inter-cluster patterning at Nobles Pond: a case for "disembedded" procurement among early Paleoindian societies. American Antiquity 59:273-287.
Seeman, M.F. 1992 Woodland traditions in the midcontinent: a comparison of three regional sequences. In Long-Term Subsistence Change In Prehistoric North America, D. Croes, R. Hawkins, and B. Isaac, eds., pp. 3-46. JAI Press, London.
Seeman, M.F., ed. 1992 Cultural Variability In Context: Woodland Settlements Of The Mid-Ohio Valley. MCJA Special Paper No. 7. Kent State University Press, Kent.
Seeman, M.F. 1988 Ohio Hopewell trophy-skull artifacts as evidence for competition in Middle Woodland societies circa 50 B.C.-A.D. 350. American Antiquity 53:565-577.
Seeman, M.F. 1986 Adena "houses" and their implications for Early Woodland settlement models in the Ohio Valley. In Early Woodland Archeology, K. Farnsworth and T. Emerson, eds., pp. 564-580. Center for American Archeology, Kampsville.
Seeman, M.F., and O.H. Prufer. 1982 An updated distribution of Ohio fluted points. Midcontinental Journal of Archeology 7:155-170.
Seeman, M.F. 1979 Feasting with the dead: charnel house ritual as a context for the redistribution of food in Ohio Hopewell. In Hopewell Archaeology, D. Brose and N. Greber, eds., pp. 39-46. Kent State University Press, Kent.
Seeman, M.F. 1979 The Hopewell Interaction Sphere: The Evidence for Interregional Trade and Structural Complexity. Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis.
EXTERNAL GRANTS: 9
MASTERS THESES DIRECTED: 22