Anthropology: Faculty - Steven Hackenberger

Steven Hackenberger Professor and Resource Management Co-Chair B.A. Anthropology, University of Tulsa, 1976 M.A. Anthropology, Washington State University, 1984 Ph.D. Anthropology, Washington State University, 1988 Phone: 963-3224 Fax: 963-3215 Email: hackenbe@cwu.edu

Interests & Expertise

• Cultural ecology, archaeology, cultural resource management, computer simulation, North American and Caribbean cultures, museology.

Positions

• Professor, Department of Anthropology, CWU, 2001-Present
• Chair, Department of Anthropology, Associate Professor, CWU (1995-2000).
• Co-Director, Resource Management Masters Program, CWU, 1997-Present.
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology /Sociology, Univ.Wisconsin Centers (1989-1995).
• Adjunct, Department of Anthropology and Acting Director, Central Washington Archaeological Survey (CWAS), CWU, Ellensburg, WA (1988-1989).
• Director, Washington Archaeological Research Center (WARC) Pullman, WA (1988). Previously Assistant Director (1980-1985).
• Museum Curator, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados, WI (1985-87).

Recent Grants and Contract Projects (List available for earlier projects)

• MountainStar Cultural Resource Projects, Kittitas County, WA 2004
• Kittitas County Conservation District Archaeology Projects, Kittitas County, WA 2004
• Wanapum Historic Properties Management Plan, Grant County Public Utility District No. 2, Ephrata, WA (Summer 2003).
• Wanapum Heritage Repository Management, Grant County Public Utility District No. 2, Ephrata, WA (2001-2002).
• Historic Properties Inventory, w/ Earth Imaging Associates, for Grant County Public Utility District No. 2, Ephrata, WA (2001-2002).
• Scholars in the Parks, w/ Flo Lentz, Washington State Parks, Olympia, WA (2000-2001).
• Wanapum Heritage Center Museum Assessment, Grant County Public Utility District No. 2 (1998-1999).
• Mt. Rainier Project, w/ Pat McCutcheon, National Park Service, Seattle (1997-1999).
• CWU-NAGPRA Project, Department of Anthropology, Internal CWU funding (1996-2000).
• Hungry Horse Archaeological Project, US Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Montana, and BPA-Intertie (1994-1996).

Recent Publications (List available for reports and manuscripts

• 2004 (w/ Ripan S. Malhi, Katherine E. Breece, Beth A. Schultz Shook, Frederika A. Kaestle, James C. Chatters, and David Glenn Smith) Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Northwestern North America. Human Biology, February 2004, V. 76, no 1, pp. 33-54.
• 2002 (w/ Brett Lenz, Herman Gentry, and Danielle Clingman) Numeric Ages of Final Cross-Scabland Pleistocene Flooding, Columbia Plateau. Abstract Geological Society of America, Denver.
• 2001 (w/ Brian Whiting and Douglas McFarland) Three Dimensional GPR-Based Study of a Prehistoric Site in Barbados, West Indies, Journal of Applied Geophysics.
• 2001 (w/ Chatters and others) "Stickman" Another First American from the Pacific Northwest? In, Current Research in the Pleistocene.
• 2001 (w/ Brian Whiting and Douglas McFarland) Preliminary Results of Three Dimensional GPR-Based Study of a Prehistoric Site in Barbados, West Indies. In, Proceedings of the International GPR Conference, Australia.
• 2000(w/ Lourdes Deleon and Erin Shumate) Cultural Affiliation Study of the Kennewick Humans Remains: Chapter 5 Review of Bio-archaeological and Mortuary Information. http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/kennewick/ . National Park Service, Washington D.C.
• 1998 (w/ R. Sappington) Salmon River and Clearwater River Sequence, in Prehistoric North America an Encyclopedia, ed. Guy Gibbon, Garland Publishing Inc.
• 1998 (with T. Roll) Prehistory of the Eastern Columbia Plateau: Northern Rocky Mountain Prehistory. In Columbia Plateau, Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution.

Recent Symposia Organized (List available for earlier symposia and workshops)

• 2000 The Status of Mortuary Studies and Bio-archaeology in the Pacific Northwest: 2000, NWAC, Spokane, WA.
• 1998 Columbia Plateau Archaeology: Synthesis and Application, (w/ R. Sappington) for the Association for Washington Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, WA.
• 1995 Cultural Resource Studies of the Columbia River System Operation Review, (w/ G. McLean), for Flathead National Forest and CSOR Working Group, NWAC, Portland, OR.

Recent Conference Papers (List available other conference papers)

• 2003 (w/ Gregg Wilson, Dan Alden, Andrew Beilakoski) Barbuda, West Indies: Research in GPS, GIS and Remote Sensing International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology, June 2003, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• 2000 (w/ Lourdes Deleon and Erin Shumate) A Review of Pacific Northwest Mortuary Studies and Bio-archaeology, NWAC, Spokane, WA.
• 2000 (w/ Jim Chatters and others) "Stickman" Another First American from the Pacific Northwest? NWAC, Spokane, WA.
• 1999 (with R. Meriendorf and others) GIS Modeling of Soil Insolation: Foraging Strategies in Three Pacific Northwest Environments. Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, IL (also NWAC, Newport).
• 1998 Current Affairs in Columbia Plateau Archaeology (w/ R. Sappington) Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, WA.
• 1997 A Critical Reappraisal of Eastern Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, CA.

Recent Professional, University, and Public Service (List available for earlier service)

• Search Committees, five dean/faculty/staff search committees (1998-2001).
• Senate Committee, Serving two year appointment on Senate Budget Committee (2000-2001).
• Director, CWU NAGPRA Project, liaison w/ Burke Museum and Native American Tribes in WA (1996-2000).
• Program Chair, 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA (1996).
• Board member, CWAS Board of Directors w/ COTS and Graduate School deans (1996-2000).
• Committee Member, COTS Tenure-Promotion Task Force (1996-1997).
• Committee Member, CWU Undergraduate Research Symposiums (1996 and 1997).
• Facilitator, Anth. Dept. on-line courses w/ Syllabus Technology Conference (2000).
• Facilitator, WHETS course development , Wenatchee and Big Bend (1996-Present).
• Faculty, Freshman Seminar (100) and general advising (1996-1999).
• Host, Weekend Community College and High School Programs at CWU Dept. of Anth. In concert with CHCI Chimposium visits (1996-2000).
• Facilitator, outreach for museums and local historical societies (1996 to Present).
• Supervisor, 25+ undergraduate and graduate student co-op internships (1996-Present).

Selected Publications

• Hackenberger, S., and D. Meatte. "Snake and Salmon River Prehistory." In An Overview of Cultural Resouces in the Snake River Basin: Prehistory and Paleoenvironments, edited by K. Reid. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 1992.
• "Archaeological Investigations Barbados." In Proceedings of the Twelfth Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Cayenne, 1987, edited by L.S. Robinson. Martinique: ATAC, 1991.
• Hackenberger, S., D. Sisson, and B. Womak. "Late Prehistoric Residential Strategies along the Middle Snake, Salmon, and Middle Fork Salmon Rivers, Central Montane, Idaho." In Households and Communities: Proceedings of the Chacmool Conference. Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary, 1989.
• "Modeling Prehistoric Northwest Economic Evolution: Hoko River Archaeological Complex." In Research in Economic Anthropology, Supp. 3, edited by B. Isaac, 19-86. Connecticut: JAI Press, 1988.

Works in Progress

• Hackenberger, S., and L. Sappington. "Salmon River and Clearwater River Sequence." In Encyclopedia of North American Prehistory, Garland Press with The British Museum.
• Hackenberger, S., and T. Roll. "Prehistory of the Eastern Columbia Plateau: Northern Rocky Mountain Prehistory." In Handbook of North American Indians. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.

Selected Presentations

• "Wilderness, Recreation, and Archaeology." NWAC, Moscow, Idaho, March 1996.
• Hackenberger, S., L. Cutsinger, and G. McLean. "Hungry Horse Archaeological Project." NWAC, Portland, Oregon, March 1995.
• Hackenberger, S., and J. Chatters. "Dry Creek and Hells Canyon Creek Investigations." NWAC, Spokane, Washington, March 1994.
• "The Global Significance of Effigy Mounds." Midwest Archae-ological Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 1993.
• Hackenberger, S., R. Knudson, and W. Lipe. "Cultural Resources in the Frank Church Wilderness of No-Return," poster and workshop. Wilderness Planning Conference, USFS and University of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, March 1993.