Archaeological Science and African Archaeology: Appreciating the Impact of David Killick

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Archaeological Science and African Archaeology: Appreciating the Impact of David Killick" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

For the past 30-plus years, David Killick has been a key figure contributing to two principal areas of archaeology: (1) the development, expansion, and advancement of archaeological science; and (2) the advancement of knowledge in African Archaeology through the application of archaeological science. His contributions to each are noteworthy, and while his earlier research focused mainly on Africa and archaeometallurgy, more recent work has focused on ceramic petrography and various isotopic provenance studies of archaeological materials worldwide. He has been at the forefront of transforming both areas of research, including being the initiator and key figure of the hugely successful NSF-funded IGERT program at the University of Arizona between 2003 and 2008. This project produced 30 PhDs employing archaeological science in their research, many of whom are here today. In this symposium, his students, colleagues, and collaborators share contributions inspired by or undertaken with David in studies of ancient technology, archaeological science globally, ceramic petrography, provenance studies of archaeological materials, theoretical development, and archaeological science in Africa.