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Jacob Skousen

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    About

    I am a Research Scientist at the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and a part time instructor at Parkland College. I received my PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016. I have worked in several places in North America, including the Great Basin, Southwest, and the Midwest, but have also worked in Central American and the Middle East. My current research interests include the role of pilgrimage and other forms of population movement in the rise of Cahokia and the spread of Mississippian culture throughout the southeast. I am currently working on refining the chronology and settlement patterns of the Vincennes culture area in southeastern Illinois, with the eventual goal being to better understand the relationship between this region and Cahokia.

    Contact Information

    Parkland College Department of Social Sciences and Human Services
    2400 West Bradley Avenue, Champaign, IL 61821

    Illinois State Archaeological Survey
    23 E. Stadium Drive
    209 Nuclear Physics Lab
    Champaign, IL 61820
     

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    Education/Academic qualification

    Department of Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    … → 2016

    Department of Anthropology, M.A., Brigham Young University - Provo

    … → 2009

    Department of Anthropology, B.A., Brigham Young University - Provo

    … → 2006

    External positions

    Research Archaeologist 2019-Present; Visiting Research Archaeologist 2017-2018; Archaeological Analytical Specialist, 2016-2017, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Jan 1 2016 → …

    Research Archaeologist 2019-Present; Visiting Research Archaeologist 2017-2018; Archaeological Analytical Specialist, 2016-2017, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Jan 1 2016 → …

    Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Jan 1 2010 → Jan 1 2016

    Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Jan 1 2010 → Jan 1 2016

    Research Interests

    • North American Archaeology
    • Mississippian and Woodland cultures
    • Cahokia
    • Pilgrimage
    • Religion
    • Cities and Urbanism
    • Roads
    • Movement
    • New Materialisms
    • Ontology
    • Personhood
    • Memory
    • Landscapes
    • Pottery analysis
    • Global Studies Initiatives in Social Sciences 2019

    Disciplines

    • Anthropology
    • Archaeological Anthropology
    • 3 Article
    • 3 Other contribution
    • 3 Doctoral Thesis
    • 2 Presentation
    View all 11 Research outputs
    • 2 Other
    • 1 Membership of committee
    • 1 Membership of network