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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
 

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