David B. Small
Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
610-758-3787
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1983
Interests:
State formation; complex societies; theoretical approaches in archaeology; economic archaeology; historical ecology; Mesoamerican archaeology.
Research Interests
- State Formation
- Complex Society
- Theoretical Approaches in Archaeology
- Economic Archaeology
- Historical Ecology
- Mesoamerican Archaeology
- Texts and Archaeology
- Architecture and Society
- Mediterranean Archaeology
- Mortuary Archaeology
- Heterarchy
Courses taught
- General Anthropology
- Environment and Culture
- Intro. Physical Anthropology
- General Archaeology
- Social Evolution of Complex Organizations
- Greek Archaeology
- Roman Archaeology
- Archaeology of Mesoamerica
- Archaeological Method and Theory
- Archaeological Field Methods
- Archaeology of Interaction
- Ancient Technology
- Greek and Roman Cultures
- Ancient Cities
- Anthropology of Death and Dying
- Social Theory
- Comparative Early Civilizations
- Archaeology of Death
- Analysis of Archaeological Materials
- Archaeology and the Media
- Ancient Architects at Work
- Historical Archaeology
- Elementary Ancient Greek
- Intermediate Ancient Greek
- Blood, Pyramids, and the Tree of Life
- Archaeological Field School
Recent Publications
- Factoring the Countryside into Urban Populations, in Populations and Preindustrial Cities: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by G. Storey, University of Alabama Press. 2006.
- Reconstructing the Diet of Rancho del Rio’s Inhabitants by Paleoecological and Archaeological Methods, Alison Diefenderfer, David Small, Zichen Yu, Aaron Shugar. 34th International Symposium of Archaeological Sciences. 2006.
- The Space and Place of Death. With H. Silverman. American Anthropological Association. 2002.