Julie K. Stein
Julie K. Stein | |
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.jpg) Julie K. Stein at the Burke Museum | |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Research on shell middens of the Northwest Coast |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Museum Studies |
| Institutions | University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture |
Julie K. Stein is an American geoarchaeologist, who is best known for her research "involving sediments found within archaeological sites and archaeological stratigraphy".[1] Her primary focus is on the coastal adaptions of prehistoric humans on the Northwest Coast of the United States.
She has published several books on shell midden sites of the Northwest Coast.[1] She is Director of the Burke Museum of Natural History and culture and Professor of Anthropology Department at the University of Washington.[2]
Education
Stein majored in geology and anthropology at Western Michigan University, receiving her BA in in 1974. She earned an MA in 1976 and a PhD degree in 1980 from the University of Minnesota.[3][4]
Career
Curator of Archaeology at the Burke Museum from 1990 to 1999. 1999 appointed Divisional Dean of Research in the College of Arts and Sciences,
2005 accepted the Directorship at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, we
Professor in the Department of Anthropology and continue to research and give talks about geoarchaeology, shell middens, Northwest Coast archaeology, and issues about Natural History museums and construction of the New Burke.we
"Stein has done research on various shell middens in the Northwest, primarily in San Juan Island National Historical Park, where historic military encampments were built on top of Native American sites at least 2,000 years old. http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june05/league_stein.html
She ran a field school there with undergraduate students from 1984 to 1991, excavating the site and cataloging their findings.
Hundreds of visitors to the park would come by to watch, and Stein thought it was a shame they couldn't be included. So when King County asked her to excavate a shell midden on Vashon Island in 1996 she agreed, on the condition that the public be allowed to help. Working with amateurs "was one of the most difficult things I've ever done," she says, "but also one of the most successful."
A few years ago Stein and some students set out to locate the site of Lewis and Clark's winter 1805 encampment in Oregon by looking for the one thing that would have had the most lasting effect-the privy. Soil samples from the spot should include mercury, used to cure syphilis among the crew, as well as high levels of phosphorous from the excrement. Stein hasn't found the spot yet, but hasn't given up. It's just the sort of complicated puzzle that she and her students enjoy mucking about in. -Beth Luce"
Selected Publications
- Stein, Julie K.; Deo, Jennie N (2004). "Building Confidence in Shell: Variations in the Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Correction for the Northwest Coast over the past 3,000 Years". American Antiquity. 69 (4): 771–786. doi:10.2307/4128449. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- Stein, Julie K.; Huckleberry, Gene; Goldberg, Paul (2003). "Determining the provenience of Kennewick Man skeletal remains through sedimentological analyses". Journal of Archaeological Science. 30 (6): 651–665. doi:10.1016/S0305-4403(02)00200-5. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- Stein, Julie K. (2003). Vashon Island Archaeology: A View from Burton Acres Shell Midden. Burke Museum. p. 168. ISBN 978-0295982878.
- Stein, Julie K. (2001). Sediments In Archaeological Context. University of Utah Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0874806915.
- Stein, Julie K. (2000). Exploring Coast Salish Prehistory: The Archaeology of San Juan Island. University of Washington Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0295979571.
- Stein, Julie K. (1992). Deciphering a Shell Midden. Academic Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0126647303.</ref>
Awards
2005 Distinguished Teaching Award University of Washington green page
2001 Western Michigan University Distinguished Alumni Award.[3]
1999 Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award (Geological Society of America, Archaeological Geology Division).[5]
See Also
References
- ^ a b "Julie K. Stein". VoiceAmerica.com. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Julie K. Stein". Department of Anthropology. University of Washington. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ a b "WMU Geosciences Award Recipients". Western Michigan University. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Julie K. Stein Faculty Page". University of Washington. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Marwick, Ben. "Geoarchaeology". University of Washington. Retrieved 30 December 2017.