Lucille Lewis Johnson - Vassar Anthropology

Lucille Lewis Johnson came to Vassar in 1973 after receiving her Ph.D. degree at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the archaeology of hunter-gatherer populations, and she has undertaken archaeological research in the United States - from Arizona to New York, in South America - Peru and Chile, and in Egypt. She currently works in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Her Alaska research has been funded by the National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation, and has involved many Vassar students funded by both these organizations and Vassar Ford and URSI funds.

Lucille Lewis Johnson has published one edited book, Paleoshorelines and Prehistory, and her articles have appeared in Current Anthropology, Geoarchaeology, Arctic Anthropology, the Journal of New Zealand Archaeology and various edited volumes.

Ms. Johnson's teaching interests include New World archaeology; the origins and development of cultural complexity; technology, ecology and society, and human evolution.