Department of Anthropology Staff
Dennis Stanford, Ph.D.
Anthropologist
Division: Archaeology
Area of Specialization:Paleoindian archaeology
Phone: 202-633-1884
Fax: 202-357-2208
E-mail Address: stanford@si.edu
Department of Anthropology Mailing Address
Education:
MA and PhD from the University of New Mexico
BA from the University of Wyoming
Professional Activities:
Curator of North and South American Paleolithic, Asian Paleolithic and Western United States archaeological collections
Director of the Smithsonian’s Paleoindian/Paleoecology Program
Head of the Division of Archaeology
Chairman of the Department of Anthropology (1992-2000)
Research Interests/Profile:
My research interests include origins and development of New World Paleo-Indian cultures in relation to changing climate and ecosystems during the terminal Pleistocene, interdisciplinary Quaternary studies, stone tool technology, experimental and public archaeology. I have conducted field work in Siberia, China, Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, Plains and Southeastern States; I have also worked in Central and South America as well as Southwestern Europe.
I conduct fieldwork and research on Paleoindian archaeology throughout the Americas with special attention to human-environmental interactions and material culture; produce exhibitions and public programs; prepare scholarly and popular publications, and films; serve as advisor for graduate and PhD students and instructs undergraduates, interns, and volunteers in field and laboratory work.
Selected Publications:
| 1975 | Stanford, D. Walakpa Site Alaska: It’s Place in the Birnirk and Thule Cultures. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Number 20. 226 pp. |
| 1980 | R. L. Humphrey and D. Stanford, editors, Pre-Llano Cultures of the Americas: Paradoxes and Possibilities. The Anthropological Society of Washington. |
| 1982 | Frison, G., and D. Stanford, editors. The Agate Basin Site A Record of the Paleoindian Occupation of the Northwestern High Plains. Academic Press. |
| 1992 | Stanford, D., and J. Day editors. Ice Age Hunters of the Rockies. Denver Museum of Natural History and University Press of Colorado, Boulder. |
| 2000 | Stanford, D., and B. Bradley. The Solutrean Solution. Scientific American Discovering Archaeology 2:54 – 55. |
| 2002 | Stanford, D, and B. Bradley. Ocean Trails and Prairie Paths? Thoughts about Clovis Origins. In Nina Jublansky, ed. The First Americans, pp 255-271. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 27. |
| 2003 | Stanford, D. Mammoth Renderings. Mammoth Trumpet 18:10-12 |
| 2003 | Stanford, D. and M. Jodry. Key Points from Paleo Notes and Collections. In Elizabeth Morris and Barbara Breternitz eds., David Breternitz: Retrospective of a Southwestern Archaeologist, pp. 79-89. Southwestern Lore, 70:3. |
| 2004 | Bradley, B., and D. Stanford. The North Atlantic ice-edge Corridor: A possible Paleolithic route to the New World. World Archaeology, 36:459-478. |
| 2005 | Stanford, D., R. Bonnichsen, D. Meggers, D. and D. Gentry. Steele. Paleoamerican origins: Models, Evidence, and Future Directions. In R. Bonnichsen, B. Lepper, D. Stanford and M. Waters eds. Paleo-American Origins: Beyond Clovis. Pp. 313-355. Texas A & M University, College Station. |
| 2005 | Bonnichsen, R., M. B. Lepper, D. Stanford and M. Waters, editors. Paleo-American Origins: Beyond Clovis. Texas A & M Press, College Station. |
| 2006 | Ubelaker, D., B. Smith, D. Stanford, and E. Szathmary, editors. Environment, Origins, and Population. Volume 3 of the Handbook of North American Indians. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. |
| 2006 | Stanford, D., Introduction: Origins of North American Aborigines. In Environment, Origins, and Population, pp.16-22 Volume 3 of the Handbook of North American Indians, edited by D. Ubelaker, B. Smith, D. Stanford, and E. Szathmary. Smithsonian Institution. Washington DC. |
Films:
| 1988 | The Search for Ancient Americans. The Infinite Voyage. WQED - National Academy of Sciences. |
| 1997 | Ancient Peoples of Colorado. Margaret Jodry and Ted Timreck, Spofford Films for the Colorado Historical Society. |
| 2000 | Mystery of the First Americans. NOVA. |
| 2001 | Who Discovered America? Planet Science. |
| 2002 | They were here: Ice Age Humans in South Carolina. South Carolina Educational Television. |
| 2004 | America BC. Naked Science-National Geographic Society. |
| 2004 | First Americans. Wall-to-Wall for BBC. |
| 2004 | America’s Stone Age Explorers. NOVA. |
| 2004 | Coming into America. Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers. |
| 2005 | Ice Age Columbus: Who were the First Americans? Discovery Channel. |
| 2008 | America 10,000 BC. History Channel. |
Awards, Honors, Appointments
| 2008 | NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, Research Proposal Review Panel. |
| 2007 | Lamb Springs Archaeological Preserve, Colorado, Board of Directors. |
| 2006 | Hudson-Meng Archaeological Park, Nebraska (USDA_NFS), Board of Directors. |
| 2005 | Visiting Professor, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK |
| 2003 | Scientific Advisory Board, Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M |
| 1999 | Scientific Advisory Board, George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wyoming. |
| 1999 | Distinguished Service Award, Kokopelli Foundation Board, Museum of the Rockies |
| 1998 | Honorary Founding Member of the World Atlatl Association. |
| 1997-2001 | Editorial Advisory Board, American Archeology |
| 1992 | C. T. Hurst Award for Outstanding Contributions to Colorado Archaeology, Colorado Archeological Society |
| 1992-1999 | Member Kokopelli Board of Trustees, Museum of the Rockies. |
| 1990 |
Distinguished Alumnus, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming. |
| 1989-2000 | Research Associate, Denver Museum of Natural History |
| 1989 | Visiting Distinguished Professor, Alaskan Quaternary Center, University of Alaska. |
| 1986 | Distinguished Alumnus, University of Wyoming. |
| 1984-2003 | Scientific Advisory Board, Center for the Study of the First Americans, O.S.U. |
| 1981-1984 | Advisory Board Institute for Quaternary Sciences, University of Maine. |
| 1976-1978 | Advisory Panel for Anthropology, National Science Foundation. |
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