1999 Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of
Anthropology
1990 M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago,
Department of
Anthropology
1986 B.A., Ohio State University,
Department of
Anthropology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dr. Becker has over twenty years of professional and academic
experience in archaeological fieldwork, research, and publication in
the American Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Upper South, Southeast, Plains,
Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, Southern California, Southwest Asia,
and North Africa. He earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology with an
emphasis in archaeology, hunter-gatherers, methodology, and lithic
analysis. His ongoing research centers on prehistoric settlement
systems and how mobility is reconstructed from the archaeological
record, through an examination of technology, function, and spatial
analysis.
Since 1989, Dr. Becker has specialized in lithic use-wear,
refitting, and spatial analysis. In conjunction with other classes
of data, such as features and faunal remains,
he has used his skills in lithic analysis to reconstruct site
function and prehistoric behavior. This is especially important in
CRM where site function plays an important role in site
significance.
Dr. Becker has participated in and/or directed
archaeological field projects (survey, testing, and data recovery)
in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania,
North Carolina, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, California, Sahara (Egypt)
and the Sinai Desert. Dr. Becker is also experienced in the analyses
of ceramics, ground stone, faunal remains, human osteology, and
historic materials. Since joining ASM Affiliates as Lab Director in
2002, Dr. Becker has been involved in the processing and analyses of
artifacts from the Great Basin, and California coastal and desert
projects. He has also been the Principal Investigator and author of
numerous project reports and specialized studies.
