Leslie C. Shaw

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Fall 2009

  • Introduction to World Prehistory (ANTH 102)
Phone (207) 725-3815
Title Visiting Assistant Professor
Department Sociology And Anthropology
2nd Title Liaison for Native American Affairs
2nd Department PRESIDENTS OFFICE
Work Location Riley House
E-Mail lshaw@bowdoin.edu
leslie shaw

Education:

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amhert, 1991
M.A. University of Wyoming, Laramie 1980
B.A. University of Maine at Orono, 1976

Research Interests:

Complex societies and social inequality, with a focus on Mesoamerica Maya archaeology and architecture North American prehistory, particularly the Northeast region Faunal analysis and diet Paleopathology and human dental analysis Easter Island, Polynesia and human burial practices

Leslie C. Shaw has taught at Bowdoin College for seven years as a visiting assistant professor in the sociology and anthropology department. Her specialty in archaeology has led her to do research in Central American, North America, and in Polynesia on Easter Island. Professor Shaw is currently directing an excavation project at a large Maya city in the tropical forest of northwestern Belize where she has been able to include a number of Bowdoin students. Her courses, which often crosscut anthropology and Latin American Studies, include those on ethnicity and gender in archaeology, Mesoamerican civilizations, and issues of Native Americans, both historically and in modern society. After completing a master's degree at the University of Wyoming, Professor Shaw received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991.

Links

Bowdoin Magazine: Welcome to the Monkey House
Campus News: Can Archaeology, Tourism and Conservation Coexist?

Anthropology Courses Taught at Bowdoin College:

Anth 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Anth 102 World Prehistory
Anth 202 Essentials of Archaeology
Anth 206 / WS 206 The Archaeology of Gender and Ethnicity
Anth 221 The Rise of Civilization
Anth 229/LS Maya Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Anth 239 Indigenous Peoples of North America
Anth 241 Indigenous Peoples of the American Northeast
Anth 249/LS Mesoamerican Civilization
Anth 291 Independent Study