Hayden, Brian (Douglas)

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HAYDEN, Brian (Douglas)

HAYDEN, Brian (Douglas). American/Canadian, b. 1946. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, Archaeology/Antiquities. Career: American Stock Exchange, NYC, research worker, 1964; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, instructor in sociology and anthropology, 1973-74; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, instructor, 1974-76, assistant professor, 1976-78, associate professor, 1978-84, professor of archaeology, 1984-. Dinosaur National Monument, field assistant, 1965-66; field assistant for archaeological excavations in Tunisia, 1967, Guatemala, 1970, Lebanon, 1970, and in the US and Canada; principal investigator and field director of Coxoh ethnoarchaeological project in Mexico and Guatemala, 1977-85; Villatoro Mastodon Site, Guatemala, principal investigator, 1978; conducted archaeological field research in France and Keatley Creek, British Columbia, 1986-2003; ethnoarchaeological field research on feasting in SE Asia, 1994-2003.Publications: Paleolithic Reflections: Lithic Technology of the Western Desert Aborigines, 1979; (with A. Cannon) The Structure of Material Systems: Ethnoarchaeology in the Maya Highlands, 1984; Archaeology: The Science of Once and Future Things, 1993; The Pithouses of Keatley Creek, 1997; Shamans, Sorcerers, and Saints: The Prehistory of Religion, 2003. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Lithic Use-Wear Analysis, 1979; Lithic Studies among the Contemporary Highland Maya, 1987; A Complex Culture of the British Columbia Plateau: Traditional Stl'atl'imx Resource Use, 1992; The Ancient Part of Keatley Creek, 3 vols.; Feasts, 2001. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to archaeology and anthropology journals. Address: Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6. Online address: [email protected]