Engaging with the Public and the Past: The Archaeological Legacy of Brian Fagan

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Throughout his career, archaeologist Brian Fagan has consistently marshaled an unparalleled amount of cross cultural comparative data to address social phenomena with roots that stretch deep into our human past. As one of the country's best known authors of popular archaeology, Brian's scholarship on a wide range of anthropological themes is exemplified in dozens of widely-read books. As an influential public intellectual, Brian has led the charge in making anthropology accessible to students, scholars and the public alike. In the spirit of his lifelong contributions to the discipline --and with an eye towards public engagement, papers in this symposium employ cross cultural data from archaeological hot-spots worldwide to address and problematize the nature of prehistoric human-environment interactions. In doing so, we acknowledge Brian's legacy of research on the environment and its role in shaping society--both ancient and modern, as well as inform on the history of human vulnerability in prehistoric populations across the globe.

Other Keywords
Climate Change • Maya • Environment • China • Peru • Island Archaeology • Bronze Age • Egypt • state formation • Caucasus

Geographic Keywords
South America • US (ISO Country Code) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Colorado (State / Territory) • Utah (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • AFRICA • North America - Southwest

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  1. Brian Fagan, Climate Change and Us (2015)
  2. Climates of History in Ancient China: Lessons from Deep-Time and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (2015)
  3. The comparative archaeology of the Channel Islands (2015)
  4. Crosscultural Archaeology and the Role of the Tropics in Informing the Present (2015)
  5. Farmers’ Responses to Resource Stress and Climate Change in the Prehistoric US Southwest (2015)
  6. Floods, Famines, and Fagan: Recent Research on El Niño in the Age of Andean States and Empires (2015)
  7. Gift of the Nile? Climate Change and the Origins and Interconnections of Egyptian Civilization within Northeast Africa (2015)
  8. Past and Present Human Response to Drought in the American West (2015)
  9. Shifting Human-Environmental Interactions in the Late Prehistoric Periods of Southern Caucasia (2015)