Peter N. Peregrine

Peter Neal Peregrine
Peter N. Peregrine
Born (1963-11-29) November 29, 1963 (age 60)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materPurdue University (PhD 1990)
Known forNorth American archaeology
quantitative analysis of cultural evolution
cross-cultural research
scientific anthropology
AwardsFellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology, archaeology
InstitutionsLawrence University, Wisconsin USA; Human Relations Area Files at Yale University
Academic advisorsRichard Blanton

Peter N. Peregrine (born November 29, 1963) is an American anthropologist, registered professional archaeologist,[1] and academic.[2] He is well known for his promotion of the use of science in anthropology,[3][4] and for his popular textbook Anthropology (with Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember).[5] Peregrine did dissertation research on the evolution of the Mississippian culture of North America, and conducted fieldwork on Bronze Age cities in Syria. He is currently Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies at Lawrence University and Research Associate of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University.[6] From 2012 to 2018 he was an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.

Peregrine developed a comprehensive data set and methodology for conducting diachronic cross-cultural research. He used this to write the Atlas of Cultural Evolution[7] and, with Melvin Ember, the Encyclopedia of Prehistory.[8] He developed the organizational structure for the Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) Archaeology.[9]

Peregrine has conducted archaeological fieldwork in North America, Syria,[10] and South America.[11] Much of his fieldwork has involved the use of geophysical techniques to identify buried archaeological deposits. In 2009 Peregrine started the Lawrence University Archaeological Survey, which focuses on using geophysical techniques to locate unmarked graves in early Wisconsin cemeteries.[12]

In 2011 Peregrine was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[13]

  1. ^ "Register of Professional Archaeologists".
  2. ^ Who's Who in America (63 ed.). Berkeley Heights, NJ: Marquis Who’s Who. 2009.
  3. ^ David Glenn (Nov 30, 2010). "Anthropologists Debate Whether 'Science' Is a Part of Their Mission". Chronicle of Higher Education.
  4. ^ Nicholas Wade (December 9, 2010). "Anthropology a Science? Statement Deepens a Rift". New York Times.
  5. ^ Carol R. Ember; Melvin Ember; Peter N. Peregrine (2014-09-07). Anthropology (Fourteenth ed.). Boston. ISBN 9780205957187. OCLC 882738863.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Meet Our Team". Human Relations Area Files - Cultural information for education and research. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  7. ^ Peter N. Peregrine, Atlas of Cultural Evolution, World Cultures 14(1), 2003
  8. ^ Ember, Melvin; Peregrine, Peter Neal, eds. (2001–2002). Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Vol. 9 Volumes. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "eHRAF Archaeology". Human Relations Area Files.
  10. ^ Zettler, Richard (1997). Subsistence and Settlement in a Marginal Environment: Tell es-Sweyhat, 1989-1995. Philadelphia: Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology. pp. 73–84.
  11. ^ University, Lawrence (2016). "Geophysical Survey of Ventanillas, a Prehispanic Administrative Center in the Jequetepeque River Valley, Cajamarca District, Peru". Lux.
  12. ^ University, Lawrence (2014). "Geophysical Survey of Wisconsin Burial Site OU-0122: Outagamie County Insane Asylum Cemetery". Lux.
  13. ^ Science, 23 December 2011: Vol. 334 no. 6063, pp. 1659–1663