Dr. William Dancey

Contact Information

Dr. William Dancey
Department of Anthropology
The Ohio State University
244 Lord Hall
124 W. 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
614.292.9770 (tel)
614.292-4155 (fax)
dancey.1@osu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

An archaeologist who is involved in the investigation of culture change during the Woodland Period of central Ohio, including the demise of the Hopewell Phenomenon, through regional and site specific analysis. Currently under analysis are collections from an Adena burial mound (Galbreath Mound), a Middle Woodland settlement (Murphy Site), a Late Woodland settlement (Water Plant), intensive surveys of select regions, and test excavations of numerous settlement localities.

Dr. Dancey's research interests include testing of methods of recovering and analyzing regional scale archaeological data. He is also interested in researching internal settlement structure along with analytic approaches to measuring functional and social properties of settlements. Other interests include lithic production system analysis of chert tools and debitage in sedentary and mobile settlements in central Ohio.

Teaching Schedule 2007-2008

Autumn 2007	401 - Fundamentals of Archaeology
Winter 2008	553.02 - Prehistoric Indians of Eastern North America 802 - Issues in Archaeological Theory
Spring 2008	H201 - Honors- World Prehistory: An Anthropological Perspective 602.01 - Strategy of Archaeological Field Research

Current Grad Students

Julie Angel
Kathleen Brady-Rawlins
Steven Howard
Kevin Nolan
Karen Royce
Lynette Willsey

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