Kenneth Sassaman, Ph.D.
Title : Associate Professor
Interests : Settlement and community, Southeastern U.S.
Programs : Archaeology
Personal Statement
I am an archaeologist with specialties in the Archaic Period of the American Southeast, technological change, and community patterning. I spent most of the last 12 years conducting field research in the middle Savannah River valley of Georgia and South Carolina, and am now directing my attention to the St. Johns region of northeast Florida. Archaeology to me is a unique blend of science and humanities. A systematic, empirical approach to research is necessary to wrest information from the faint residues of ancient times, but it takes imagination and a deep understanding of cultural variation to render this information relevant. I am committed to strengthening the integration of archaeology and anthropology, as I view the former as long-term ethnography and draw inspiration from theory that enables me to explore the relationship between the structural components of culture and the real human experiences that reproduce and transform structure. Besides encouraging my students to think "big," I also help them to develop technical expertise in the lab (ceramics, lithics, GIS) and field.
Office
Turlington Hall, Room B378
PO 117305
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
Phone Number : 352-392-2253 x246
Email : sassaman@anthro.ufl.edu
Webpage : http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/sassaman
