Current Research

Collections Documentation

The WCU Department of Anthropology and Sociology presently houses several archaeological collections generated through long-term field investigation, private donations, or institutional loans. These collections represent the past 8,000 years of the human past in southeastern Pennsylvania. On-going work with these collections involves their documentation and curation. Several research grants have provided opportunity for student internships related various facets of this work.

Related Publications:

Wholey, Heather A. and Jennifer Falchetta (2011) "Charms, Skinners and Slickstones: The Wilson Collection Documentation Project." Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):58-70.

Prehistoric Human Population Ecology

Related Publications:

Wholey, Heather (2009) "A Population Approach to the Middle Atlantic Archaic." North American Archaeologist 30(1):1-21.

Archaeology, Landscapes and Environment

Related Publications:

Wholey, Heather (2011) "Steatite: A Landscape Perspective." Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 27:113-120.