| Winifred Creamer |
Anthropology Department,
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115
Office 815-753-7038
Email: wcreamer@niu.edu |
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| Education |
| 1983 |
Ph.D., Tulane University, Anthropology
Dissertation: Production and exchange on two islands in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, A.D. 1200-1550. |
| 1979 |
M.A., Tulane University, Anthropology |
| 1974 |
B.A. cum laude, Radcliffe College, Anthropology |
| Language Proficiency |
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Spanish, fluent; French, Italian, Swedish, reading, some conversation |
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| Professional Employment |
| 1995-pres |
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department, and Executive Director, Anthropology Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. |
| 1994-pres |
Adjunct Curator, Anthropology Department, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. |
| 1997-1999 |
Assistant Director, University Honors Program, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL |
| 1990-1995 |
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, and Executive Director, Anthropology Museum, Northern Illinois University. |
| 1990-1994 |
Visiting Assistant Curator, Anthropology Department, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. |
| 1989 |
Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. |
| 1984-1989 |
Project Director, School of American Research, Santa Fe. |
| 1983 |
Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, University of Denver. Preparation of proposals to obtain funding for research projects in the southwest U.S. and Latin America. |
| 1982 |
Visiting Professor of Anthropology, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica. |
| 1980-1981 |
Social Science Advisor, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica. Supervisor of university students on field projects in cultural anthropology, archaeology, rural health |
| 1974-1976 |
Research Assistant to Dr. J. Brain, Peabody Museum, Harvard University. Projects included artifact analysis, preparation of manuscripts for publication, library research, and illustration. |
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| Selected Publications |
2003 |
The Role of a Small Site in Regional Aggregation: LA 110971, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, with Jonathan Haas .Fieldiana: Anthropology. |
| 2001a |
Dating Caral, A Preceramic Site in the Supe Valley on the Central Coast of Peru, with Ruth Shady-Solis and Jonathan Haas. Science 292:723-726. |
| 2001b
| The Origins of Centralization: Changing Features of Local and Regional Control During the Rio Grande Classic Period, A.D. 1325-1540. In, Leaders to Rulers, edited by Jonathan Haas, pp. 37-58. New York, Plenum Press. |
| 2000a |
Regional Interactions and Regional Systems in the Protohistoric Rio Grande. In, The Archaeology of Regional Interaction, edited by Michelle Hegmon, pp. 99-118. Boulder, University of Colorado Press. |
| 2000b |
The Impact of European Exploration and Colonization on the Production and Distribution of Pueblo Ceramics in Northern New Mexico. In, Commodities and Globalization: Anthropological Perspectives, edited by Angelique Haugerud, Priscilla Stone, and Peter Little, pp. 151-162. Boulder, Rowman and Littlefield. |
| 1997 |
Photogrammetric Mapping in the American Southwest: A Case Study from Northern New Mexico, with Jonathan Haas and Thomas Mann. American Antiquity 62:285-299. |
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| Synergistic Activities |
| 2001 |
Participation in a documentary on early civilization along the coast of Peru. BBC Horizon. To be released on Discovery channel, Jan/Feb 2002 |
| 2000 |
Outstanding Woman Leader, Science and Medicine. Awarded by the YWCA of Du Page Co, IL |
| 2000 |
Program Chair, Annual meeting, Society of American Archaeology |
| 1999-2001 |
Mentor to students at the Illinois Math and Science Academy: Julia Jennings, The Domestication of Cotton in South America |
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| Collaborators |
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David Burdick, Beloit, WI |
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Jonathan Haas, Field Museum |
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Kit Nelson, Southern Methodist University |
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Thomas Mann, Mann Engineering, Albuquerque, NM |
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Lisa Renken, St. Louis, MO |
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Alvaro Ruiz , Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru |
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Ruth Shady Solis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru |
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James Snead, George Mason University |
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Tineke Van Sant, National Park Service |
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Aaron Wenzel, MIT |
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| Graduate Student Advisees: (M.A. Thesis Director) |
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Patricia Hamlen, Harper College, Palatine, IL |
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Eva Martinez, University of Pittsburgh |
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Kit Nelson, Southern Methodist U |
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Crorey Lawton, Tulane U |
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| Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors |
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Wyllys Andrews, V, Tulane University |
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Victoria R. Bricker, Tulane University |
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Dan Healan, Tulane University |
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Frederick W. Lange, University of Colorado (emeritus) |
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