Anthropology : Faculty - Patrick McCutcheon

Patrick McCutcheon Assistant Professor B.A. Anthropology, Western Washington University, 1984 M.A. Anthropology, University of Washington, 1988 Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Washington, 1997 Office: 337 Farrell Hall Phone: 963-2075 Fax: 963-3215 Email: mccutchp@cwu.edu

Interests & Expertise

• Archaeology, Evolutionary Theoretical Perspectives, Fieldwork and Laboratory Methods, Archaeometry, Lithic Analysis, Cultural Resource Management, North American Prehistory

Archaeological Field Experience

• Approximately 16 archaeology field seasons in cultural resource management and research contexts in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Missouri, Arkansas, and Georgia.
• Extensive work in western United States in interior, mountainous, and coastal settings.
• Work in plow-zone settings in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas for Dissertation fieldwork.

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor, Central Washington University, 1999 to Present.
• Lecturer in Anthropology, Central Washington University, 1997 to 1999.
• Lecturer in Anthropology, Western Washington University, 1997.
• Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Washington, 1992 to 1996.

Graduate School Participation

• Full Faculty member of CWU Graduate School, 2000
• Currently Advising four graduate students enrolled in Resource Management Program, all working on thesis research in Mount Rainier National Park.

Selected Publications and Reports

• 2001 Central Washington University's 1998 Systematic Archaeological Survey in Mount Rainier National Park. Report for Mount Rainier National Park. Senior author with Steve Dampf.
• 2000 1999 Systematic Survey in the Saddle Mountains, Grant County, Washington. Report in preparation for the Bureau of Land Management. Senior author with Tucker Orvald.
• 1999 Systematic Survey at Mount Rainier National Park. Report prepared for the Mount Rainier National Park on the 1997 fieldwork.
• 1999 Systematic Pedestrian Survey In The Saddle Mountains, Grant County, Washington. Report prepared for the Bureau of Land Management on the 1998 fieldwork. Junior author with Paula J. Hungar.
• 1998 Quantifying Lithic Raw Material Variability of Crowley's Ridge Gravel, Southeast Missouri. Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley, edited by Michael J. O'Brien and Robert C. Dunnell. Alabama University Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Senior author with R. C. Dunnell.
• 1997 From Macroscopic to Microscopic: Understanding Prehistoric Heat Treatment of Stone Tools. Siliceous Rocks and Culture, edited by A. Ramos-Millan and M. A. Bustillo, pp:447-462. Universidad De Granada, Monografica Arte Y Arqueologia. Copartgraf, s.c.a. Albolote, Granada, Espana. Senior author with Scott M. Kuehner.
• 1996 Effects of Sudden Submergence on Archaeological Sites along the Southern Coast of Washington About A. D. 1700. Geoarchaeology. Junior author with Steve Cole, Brian Atwater, Julie Stein, and Eileen Hemphill-Haley.
• 1994 Heat Treatment of Mill Creek and Dover Chert on the Malden Plain, Southeast Missouri. Journal of Archaeological Science, 21(1):79-89. Junior author with Robert C. Dunnell, Motoji Ikeya, and Shin Toyoda.
• 1992 Burned Archaeological Bone. In Deciphering a Shell Midden, edited by Julie K. Stein. Academic Press, Orlando.