Jennie Deo Shaw (PhD 2008, Washington)
Research Interests:
Subarctic economies, paleoethnobotany, driftwood harvesting, ethnoarchaeology; Alaska, North Pacific rim
"My research investigates the role that fuel plays in greater questions of human migration and adaptation to harsh environments. My recent dissertation examines 7,500 years of driftwood harvesting strategies in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, through the lens of human behavioral ecology. I specialize in paleoethnobotanical analysis (especially charcoal identification), but have also conducted ethnographic interviews with modern driftwood gatherers to inform my research. I have enjoyed field seasons in Alaska, France, and the Pacific Northwest. I am currently a lecturer for undergraduate UW archaeology classes and an instructor for the Creative Retirement Institute of Edmonds Community College."
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Selected Publications:
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2008
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Driftwood as a Resource: Modeling Fuelwood Acquisition Strategies in the mid- to late Holocene Gulf of Alaska. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle.
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2004
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Building Confidence in Shell: Variations in the Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Correction for the Northwest Coast over the Past 3,000 Years. Jennie N. Deo, John O. Stone, and Julie K. Stein. American Antiquity 69(4): 771-786.
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2003
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Big Sites, Short Time: Accumulation Rates in Archaeological Sites. Julie K. Stein, Jennie N. Deo, and Laura S. Phillips. Journal of Archaeological Science 30: 297-316.
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