JENNIFER E. PERRY

Department of Anthropology

Pomona College

420 North Harvard Avenue

Claremont, CA 91711

Office: 909-607-9675

E-mail: jennifer.perry@pomona.edu

EDUCATION

September 1998-         Ph.D. in Anthropology – archaeology emphasis, summa cum laude,

June 2003                    University of California, Santa Barbara

Dissertation: Changes in Prehistoric Land and Resource Use among Complex Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, California (advisor: Dr. Michael Glassow)

September 1998-         Certificate in College and University Teaching

June 2003                    Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara

September 1996-         Master of Arts, Anthropology – archaeology emphasis, summa cum laude,

June 1998                    University of California, Santa Barbara

Thesis: Subsistence Patterns in Middle and Late Period Deposits at CA-SBA-225, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

September 1990-         Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and Latin American Studies,

June 1994                    summa cum laude, University of San Diego

EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2003-present         Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College

July 2007                     Co-Director, Archaeological Field School

Central Valley, Santa Cruz Island, California

California State University, Northridge, Department of Anthropology

July 2007                     Field archaeologist

Wind Wolves Rock Art Project, San Joaquin Valley, California

Cambridge University, Department of Anthropology

July 2004 and               Field archaeologist, Cedros Island, Baja California

July 2006                     Pomona College

January, April, and       Field archaeologist and mapping technician

August 2004                 Eel Point, San Clemente Island, California

California State University, Northridge, Department of Anthropology

October-                     Field archaeologist and mapping technician

November 2003          Wind Wolves Rock Art Project, San Joaquin Valley, California

Cambridge University, Department of Anthropology

July 2003                    Guest field and laboratory instructor, Archaeological Field School

Eel Point, San Clemente Island

California State University, Northridge, Department of Anthropology

July 2002-July 2003     Instructor, Pomona College Department of Anthropology                                             

Winter 2002                 Assistant Curator, Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

September 2000-        Co-Lead Teaching Assistant, UCSB Department of Anthropology

March 2001                 Responsible for training new teaching assistants in anthropology.

Summer 2000              Teaching Associate (instructor of record), UCSB       

Fall 2000                          North American Indians (one term)

Spring 2002                 The Seacoast in Prehistory (two terms)

Spring 2000                 Head Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the Environment and the

Spring 2001                 Humanities, UCSB Environmental Studies

Winter 2000                Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Archaeology

UCSB Department of Anthropology

June 1999                   Guest field and laboratory instructor, Archaeological Field School

Eel Point, San Clemente Island, California

Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge

June 1999-                  Laboratory supervisor and mapping technician

May 2000                    Red Abalone Midden Project, Santa Cruz Island

UCSB Department of Anthropology

March 1999-                Co-developer of the Artifact Identification Program, UCSB

March 2001                 Program provides computer instruction on how to identify artifacts and their attributes - used in conjunction with actual artifacts as part of courses in archaeological laboratory methods.

Winter 1998                Head Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Fall 1998                      UCSB Department of Anthropology

July-August 1997         Field archaeologist and mapping technician

Red Abalone Midden Project, Santa Cruz Island

UCSB Department of Anthropology

May-June 1997            Field and laboratory archaeologist, Gallegos & Associates

Spring 1997                 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Physical Anthropology

UCSB Department of Anthropology

Winter 1997                Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Fall 1997                      UCSB Department of Anthropology

Summer 1996               Laboratory Director, Archaeological Field School

Eel Point, San Clemente Island

California State University, Northridge, Department of Anthropology

December 1994-          Staff archaeologist, Gallegos & Associates

June 1996                    Responsibilities included fieldwork: prehistoric and historic survey, site recording and mapping, excavation, photography, and monitoring; laboratory processing and analysis; and report preparation. 

July-December            Field archaeologist for cultural resource management companies

1994                            including Affinis, Gallegos & Associates, KEA, and LSA

June 2002-                  Student Assistant to Staff Archaeologist, County of San Diego,

July 2004                     Department of Public Works, Environmental Services Unit

PUBLICATIONS

Glassow, Michael A., Lynn Gamble, Jennifer E. Perry, and Glenn Russell

2007    Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the Adjacent Transverse Ranges, pp. 191-215.  In California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity, edited by Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar.  Altamira Press, Lanham, Maryland.

Perry, Jennifer E.

2007    Book Review on The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of a Forgotten Peninsula.  Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 2(1):121-123.

2006    From Students to Practitioners: Archaeological Field Schools as Authentic Research Communities.  SAA Archaeological Record 6(1):25-29.

2005   Early Period Resource Use on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, California, pp. 43-55.  In Proceedings of the Sixth California Islands Symposium, Ventura, California, December 1-3, 2003, edited by D.K. Garcelon and C.A. Schwemm.  National Park Service Technical Publication CHIS-05-01.  Institute for Wildlife Studies, Arcata, California.

2004    Authentic Learning in Field Schools: Preparing Future Members of the Archaeological Community.  World Archaeology 36(2):236-260.

2004   Quarries and Microblades: Trends in Prehistoric Land and Resource Use on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, pp. 113-131.  In The Foundations of Chumash Cultural Complexity, edited by Jeanne E. Arnold.  Perspectives in California Archaeology Vol. 7.  Costen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

2004   Subsistence Patterns in Middle and Late Period Deposits at CA-SBA-225, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.  Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 24(1):81-102.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Glassow, Michael A., Peter F. Paige, and Jennifer E. Perry

“The Punta Arena Site and Early and Middle Holocene Cultural Development on Santa Cruz Island, California.”   Under contract with and to be published by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California.

Perry, Jennifer E.

“Chumash Ritual and Sacred Geography on Santa Cruz Island, California.”  Accepted by the Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology.

Perry, Jennifer E. and Christopher S. Jazwa (Harvey Mudd ’05)

“Spatial and Temporal Patterning in Chert Exploitation on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, California.”  Submitted to and under review by American Antiquity.

Perry, Jennifer E. and Kristin M. Hoppa (Pitzer ’06)

          “The Prehistoric Significance of Wavy Top (Lithopoma undosum) on the California Channel Islands: Recent Evidence from Eastern Santa Cruz Island.”  To be published in the tentatively titled edited volume: Shells and Bones from Prehistoric California Sites: Methods of Deriving Meaning from Analysis of Faunal Remains.  Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

Perry, Jennifer E.

          “Interior Sites on Santa Cruz Island: Terrestrial Resources and Residential Mobility in the Middle Holocene.”  To be published in as-of-yet untitled edited volume organized as a tribute to Dr. Michael Glassow’s contributions to California Archaeology.

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

Perry, Jennifer E.

1999 Field Instruction Manual for Archaeological Site Mapping Using the Topcon Total Station.  Unpublished manuscript on file in the

Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara.  62 pages.

Perry, Jennifer E. and Dennis R. Gallegos

1997   The Archaeological Investigation of CA-SCLI-152, Locus A, San Clemente Island, California.  Unpublished report prepared for the

United States Navy.  Gallegos & Associates, Carlsbad, California.  25 pages.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

April 2007 Middle Holocene Resource Use in Interior and Coastal Contexts on Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 72^nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.

March 2007   On the Coast and in the Interior: Central Place Foraging in the Middle Holocene on Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 41^st Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, San Jose, California.   

March 2007         Middle Holocene Shellfish Exploitation on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 41^st Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, San Jose, California.  Co-authors: Kristin M. Hoppa (Pitzer ’06) and Jennifer E. Perry.

March 2007             Invited discussant for Inland, Interior, and Interface III: Expanding Research in South-Central California, an organized symposium at the 41^st Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, San Jose, California.   

August 2006             Understanding the Significance of Wavy Top (Lithopoma undosum) in the Archaeological Record of the California Islands.  Paper presented at the 10^th International Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology in Mexico City, Mexico.

April 2006               Middle to Late Holocene Transitions on Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 71^st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

March 2006             Understanding the Role of Small Sites in Settlement-Subsistence Systems on Santa Cruz Island.  Paper presented at the 40^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Ventura, California. 

March 2006             The Reuse of Early Period Chert Debitage for Microblade Production on Eastern Santa Cruz Island.  Paper presented at the 40^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Ventura, California.  Co-authors: Christopher S. Jazwa (Harvey Mudd ‘05) and Jennifer E. Perry.

April 2005               Cosmological Intersections: How Did the Island Chumash Relate to the Mainland Landscape?  Paper presented at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Sacramento, California.

April 2005               Incised Stone Artifacts in the California Archaeological Record.  Paper presented at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Sacramento, California.  Co-authors: Carrie Fields (Pomona ’06) and Jennifer E. Perry.

April 2005               Spatial and Temporal Patterning in the Exploitation of Chert Quarries on Eastern Santa Cruz Island.  Paper presented at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Sacramento, California.  Co-authors: Christopher S. Jazwa (Harvey Mudd ‘05) and Jennifer E. Perry.

March 2005              The Influence of Environmental Variability on the Nature of and Responses to Population-Resource Imbalances on the California Islands.  Paper presented at the 70^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah.

March 2005             Chair for Theory, History, and Archaeology: Explaining Variability and Continuity among the California Islands.  Organized symposium at the 70^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Co-organizers: Matthew Des Lauriers and Jennifer E. Perry.

April 2004               Becoming Maritime: Interpreting Temporal Trends in Settlement and Subsistence on Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 69^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Canada.

March 2004             Sacred Island Landscapes: Identifying Possible Ritual Features on Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 38^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Riverside, California.

March 2004             Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and Adjacent Transverse Ranges.  Paper presented at the 38^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Riverside, California.  Co-authors: Lynn Gamble, Michael Glassow, Jennifer Perry, and Glenn Russell. 

December 2003       Marine and Terrestrial Resource Use among Early Period Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers on Eastern Santa Cruz Island.  Paper presented at the 6^th California Islands Symposium, Ventura, California.

July 2003                Paddling into the 21^st Century: Maritime Traditions and Indigenous Identities along the Pacific Rim.  Paper presented at the 51^st International Congress of Americanists, Santiago, Chile.

March 2002             Mortars and Microdrills: Recent Investigations into Prehistoric Land and Resource Use on Santa Cruz Island, California.  Paper presented at the 67^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.

March 2001             New Insights from the Punta Arena Site, Santa Cruz Island.  Poster presented at the 35^th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Modesto, California.  Co-authors: Michael Glassow, Peter Paige, and Jennifer Perry.

April 1999               Subsistence Patterns in Middle and Late Period Deposits at CA-SBA-225, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.  Paper presented at the 33^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology, Sacramento, California.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2007-present        Southern Vice President, Society for California Archaeology

March 2007             Guest lecture on Chumash cosmology in Archaeoastronomy and World Cosmology (Astronomy 6) at Pomona College.  Instructor: Bryan Penprase

October 2006          Native Maritime Societies of the West Coast of North America.  Paper presented to Pomona College Alumni in Boston, Massachusetts.

June 2006               Major Trends in Channel Islands Prehistory.  Invited lecture to the students at the 2006 CSU San Bernardino Archaeological Field School (in collaboration with Statistical Research, Inc.) at CA-SBR-485, Splinter's Cabin, San Bernardino National Forest.

February 2006         The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Insights into the Cultural Landscape of Native America.  Paper presented to Pomona College Alumni in Portland, Oregon in association with the bicentennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

July 2005                Major Trends in Channel Islands Prehistory.  Invited lecture to the students at the 2005 CSU San Bernardino Archaeological Field School (in collaboration with Statistical Research, Inc.) at CA-SBR-485, Splinter's Cabin, San Bernardino National Forest.  

May 2005                Co-organizer and presenter for Pomona College Environmental Analysis Faculty-Student Field Excursion through California, May 18-30.

April 2005               Guest lecture on archaeological methods and research objectives in Field Methods in Anthropology (Anthropology 105) at Pitzer College.  Instructor: Leda Martins

March 2005             Native Voices, Native Place: Cultural Representation and Expression at the National Museum of the American Indian.  Paper presented to Pomona College Alumni at the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

January-April 2005   Organizer for 2005 Pomona College Anthropology Distinguished Lecturer Series, Diaries of the Dead: Reading Human Bones through Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology.

January 2005          Guest lecture on research methods in Latino Claremont (Sociology 32 CH) at Pitzer College.  Instructor: Teresa Vazquez.

October 2004          From Serra Hall to the Channel Islands: Becoming a Professional Archaeologist, presentation to the Department of Anthropology, University of San Diego, California.

May 2004                Presenter for Pomona College Environmental Analysis Faculty-Student Field Excursion through New Mexico and the Southwest, May 19-30.

March 2004             Guest lecture on the impacts of and responses to climate change among prehistoric societies in Global Climate Change (Geology 5) at Pomona College.  Instructor: Robert Gaines

December 2003       Plants, Quarries, and Fish: Trends in Prehistoric Land and Resource Use on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, presentation to the Ventura County Archaeological Society, Newberry Park, California.

October 2003          Guest lecture on Chumash cosmology in Archaeoastronomy and World Cosmology (Astronomy 6) at Pomona College.  Instructor: Bryan Penprase

July 2003                Play Well with Others: How to Achieve Your Professional Goals in Archaeology, presentation to the students at the 2003 Archaeological Field School on San Clemente Island, California State University, Northridge.

December 2002       Recent Investigations into Prehistoric Land and Resource Use on Eastern Santa Cruz Island, presentation at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California.

November 2002       Guest lecture on Chumash cosmology in Archaeoastronomy and World Cosmology (Astronomy 6) at Pomona College.  Instructor: Bryan Penprase

COURSES TAUGHT AT POMONA COLLEGE

Altered States of Consciousness

Archaeology

Archaeological Methods (formerly Field Methods in Archaeology)

Human Interactions with the Pre-Industrial Environment

Myths, Frauds, and Mysteries (ID1)

Prehistory of the Americas

The Seacoast in Prehistory

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Pacific Coast Archaeological Society

Register for Professional Archaeologists

Society for American Archaeology

Society for California Archaeology