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CURRICULUM VITAE
Duncan Metcalfe
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Museum Address:University of Utah
UtahMuseum of Natural History
1390 E Presidents Circle, Rm. 301
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0050
Office - (801) 581-3876
FAX - (801) 585-3684
Department Address:University of Utah
Department of Anthropology
270 S 1400 E, Rm. 102
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0060
Office - (801) 581-4494
FAX - (801) 581-6252
E-Mail:
EDUCATION
1987Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Dissertation Title: Mate Choice and Sickle Cell Hemoglobin.
1982M.A., Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
1978B.S., Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene.
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS - University of Utah
1997 - 2003Chief Curator,
UtahMuseum of Natural History
1995 - presentCurator of Archaeology,
UtahMuseum of Natural History
1992 - presentAssociate Professor, Department of Anthropology
1989 - 1995Associate Director, University of Utah Archaeological Center
1988 - 1995Adjunct Curator of Archaeology,
UtahMuseum of Natural History
1987 - 1992Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
1986 - 1987Instructor, Department of Anthropology
1985 - 1986Adjunct Instructor, Department of Anthropology
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Behavioral ecology, archaeological method and theory, and prehistory of western North America.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Anthropological Association
Great Basin Anthropological Conference
Society for American Archaeology
Society for Archaeological Sciences
Utah Professional Archaeological Council
1993-95 Vice President for Governmental Affairs & Research
JOURNAL ARTICLES (refereed)
1999 Massimino, J., and D. Metcalfe
New Form for the Formative. Utah Archaeology 1999 12:1-16.
1996 Barlow, K., and D. Metcalfe
Plant Utility Indices: Two Great Basin Examples. Journal of Archaeological Science
23:351-371.
1993 Barlow, K., P. Henriksen, and D. Metcalfe
Estimating Load Size in the Great Basin: Data on Conical Burden Baskets. Utah Archaeology
1993 6:27-37.
1992Metcalfe, D., and K. Barlow
A Model for Exploring the Optimal Tradeoff Between Field Processing and Transport. American
Anthropologist 94:340-356.
1990Metcalfe, D., and K. Heath
Microrefuse and Site Structure: The Hearths and Floors of the Heartbreak Hotel. American
Antiquity 55:781-796.
1988Metcalfe, D., and K. Jones
A Reconsideration of Animal Body Part Utility Indices. American Antiquity 53:486-504.
1988Jones, K., and D. Metcalfe
Bare Bones Archaeology: Bone Marrow Indices and Efficiency. Journal of Archaeological
Science 15:415-423.
1985Metcalfe, D., and L. Larrabee
Fremont Irrigation: Evidence from GooseberryValley, Central Utah. Journal of California
and Great Basin Anthropology 7(2):244-254.
INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS TO MONOGRAPHS AND BOOKS
1998 Metcalfe, D.
An Archaeological Assessment. In Visions of the Grand Staircase - Escalante: Examining
Utah’s Newest National Monument, edited by Robert B. Keiter, Sarah B. George, and Joro
Walker, pp. 31-40. Publishers Press, Salt Lake City.
INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS TO MONOGRAPHS AND BOOKS (continued)
1995 Metcalfe, D.
Archaeology. In Treading in the Past: Sandals of the Anasazi, edited by Kathy Kankainen,
pp. 11-17. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
1982Metcalfe, D.
Worked and Unworked Faunal Remains. In Final Year Excavations at the Evans Mound Site,
edited by W. M. Dodd, pp. 79-92. University of Utah Anthropological Papers, No. 106.
1981Metcalfe, D.
Charles B. Hunt Site. In Bull Creek, edited by J. D. Jennings and D. Sammons-Lohse,
pp. 48-52. University of Utah Anthropological Papers, No. 105.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
2004 Spangler, Jerry D., Duncan Metcalfe, and K. Renee Barlow
Summary of the 2002-2003 Intuitive Surveys of the Wilcox Acquisition and Surrounding Lands,
RangeCreekCanyon. UtahMuseum of Natural History Report of Investigations 03-1.
Salt Lake City.
2002 Christensen, E. R., and D. Metcalfe
Results of Sourcing Obsidian Artifacts from FS-05-09-53-0995 and FS-05-09-53-0996 in the Warner Mountain Ranger District, Modoc National Forest, California. UtahMuseum of Natural History Report of Investigations 99-4. Salt Lake City, 9 pp. + appendices.
1997 Metcalfe, Duncan
Federal Curation Standards (36CFR79) and the UtahMuseum of Natural History’s Anthropology
Collections. UtahMuseum of Natural History Reports of Investigations 97.1. Salt Lake City,
12 pp. + appendices.
1995 Metcalfe, Duncan
Inventories of Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Collections of the Utah Museum of Natural History from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, 78 pp.
1995 Metcalfe, Duncan
Inventories of Human Remains, Associated Funerary Objects, and Unassociated Funerary Objects in the Collections of the UtahMuseum of Natural History from Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management. UtahMuseum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, 255 pp.
1993O'Connell, J. F., and D. Metcalfe
University of Utah Archaeological Center Report of Activities, 1991-93. University of Utah
Archaeological Center Reports of Investigations, No. 93-2, 18 pp.
1993Barlow, K., and D. Metcalfe
1990 Archaeological Excavations at JoesValley Alcove. University of Utah Archaeological
Center Reports of Investigations, No. 93-1, 136 pp.
1991O'Connell, J., and D. Metcalfe
University of Utah Archaeological Center Report of Activities, 1989-91. University of Utah
Archaeological Center Reports of Investigations, No. 91-1, 27 pp.
TECHNICAL REPORTS (continued)
1989Sharp, N., K. Lupo, and D. Metcalfe
Interim Report: Excavations in SquawPark. University of Utah Archaeological Center Reports
of Investigations, No. 89-3, 62 pp.
1989Metcalfe, D., and N. Shearin
Jordan River Marsh Survey. University of Utah Archaeological Center Reports of
Investigations, No. 89-1, 22 pp.
1984Metcalfe, D.
Gooseberry Archaeological Project: 1983. University of Utah Archaeological Center Reports
of Investigations, No. 83-1, 194 pp.
1984Metcalfe, D., and R. Holmer
Sampling Design. In Prehistoric and Historic Settlement in the Southeastern Great Basin,
edited by R. Holmer and J. O'Connell, pp. 109-116. University of Utah Archaeological Center
Reports of Investigations, No. 82-28.
1982Metcalfe, D.
The Cockscomb Project. University of Utah Archaeological Center Reports of Investigations,
No. 80-2, 123 pp.
1981Jones, K., and D. Metcalfe
Preliminary Report: Archaeological Research at NawthisVillage, 1981. University of Utah
Archaeological Center Reports of Investigations, No. 81-9, 28 pp.
1979Metcalfe, D., and J. F. O'Connell
Preliminary Report: Archaeological Research at NawthisVillage, 1979. University of Utah
Archaeological Center Reports of Investigations, No. 79-27, 17 pp.
NOTES, COMMENTS, & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
1994 Metcalfe, D.
The Foods We Ignore. Salt LakeTribune, Natural History Column, 24 July:D1-2.
1994 Metcalfe, D., and J. F. O'Connell
Comment on the Presentation of Data in Archaeological Monographs. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 16:130-131.
BOOK REVIEWS
1992Point of Pines, Arizona: A History of the University of Arizona Archaeological FieldSchool,
by E.W. Haury. American Antiquity 57:184.
1990The Archaeology of MonitorValley: 3. Survey and Additional Excavations, by D.H. Thomas.
American Antiquity 55:871-872.
INVITED LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA CONTRIBUTIONS
2006 Metcalfe, D.
Archaeology of Range Creek. Geology and Geophysics Guy F. Atkinson Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
2005 Metcalfe, D.
Range Creek: A Fresh Lens on Fremont Archaeology. 76th Annual Meeting of the Texas
Archeological Society, Austin, Texas.
2005 Metcalfe, D.
RangeCreekCanyon: Past, Present, and Future. Public lectures, delivered at the John Wesley
PowellRiverHistoryMuseum, Green River, Utah; College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum,
Price, Utah; and Museum of the San Rafael, Castle Dale, Utah.
2005 Metcalfe, D.
The Challenges of Conducting Archaeology in Range Creek. Public lecture series, Discoveries at
Range Creek: New Perspectives on the Fremont People. Delivered at the Salt Lake City Downtown Library.
2005 Metcalfe, D.
The Archaeology and Paleoecology of RangeCreekCanyon. Colloquium Series, Department of
Geography, University of Utah. Salt Lake City.
2005 Metcalfe, D., K. Renee Barlow, and Kevin Jones
Range Creek: An Overview. Utah Professional Archaeological Council Winter Meeting,
Salt Lake City.
2002Metcalfe, D.
The Range Creek Project. Symposium: The Archaeological and Historic Treasures of Range
Creek, Utah. Delivered at the 28th Great Basin Anthropological Conference. Elko, NV.
2002Barlow, K. R., and D. Metcalfe
Storage Strategies, Caching, and the Economy of a Variable Environment. Symposium: The
Archaeological and Historic Treasures of Range Creek, Utah. Delivered at the 28th Great Basin
Anthropological Conference. Elko, NV.
2002Metcalfe, D
Presenter and participant in roundtable discussion, Curation Issues in Utah Museums. Delivered at
the 2002 UtahMuseum Association Annual Conference. Park City, UT.
2002 Spangler, J., and D. Metcalfe
Categories, Conundrums, and Radiocarbon Dates: Temporal Frameworks for the Northern Colorado Plateau. Delivered at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology. Denver.
2000 Metcalfe, D.
Statewide NAGPRA Coordinator. Delivered at the 2000 UtahMuseum Association Annual Conference. Price, UT.
1998 Metcalfe, D.
Prehistoric Architecture in Utah. Historic Architecture Series, Division of State History,
Salt Lake City.
INVITED LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA CONTRIBUTIONS (continued)
1997 Metcalfe, D.
The Archaeology of the Grand Staircase - EscalanteNational Monument. Delivered at the
conference “Visions of the Grand Staircase - Escalante: Exploring the Future of Utah’s Newest
National Monument.” WallaceStegnerCenter for Land, Resources and the Environment,
University of UtahCollege of Law, Salt Lake City.
1996 Jones, K.T., and D. Metcalfe
Historic Archaeology of AntelopeIsland. Delivered at the 25th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Kings Beach, California.
1996 Metcalfe, D.
Cashing In Versus Caching Out: Storage Strategies Among the Fremont. Lecture to the Provo Chapter of the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society, BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo.
1995 Metcalfe, D.
Archaeology: An Evolving Science. Treading in the Past Lecture Series, UtahMuseum of
Natural History, Salt Lake City.
1994 Metcalfe, D.
Discussant. Foraging and Farming at the Edge of the Basin: Variation in Subsistence and Settlement in the Archaeological Record of the Fremont. Symposium, 24th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Elko.
1993 Metcalfe, D.
Prehistoric Occupation of JoesValley, Utah. Public lecture, College of EasternUtah Museum, Price.
1991Metcalfe, D.
The Heartbreak of Microrefuse Studies. Symposium: Investigating Site Structure. Delivered at the 1991 Autumn Utah Professional Archaeological Council Meetings, Salt Lake City.
1990Metcalfe, D.
Are We Done Yet? Butchering Mule Deer and Elk. Symposium: Selection Thinking in
Current Great Basin Research. Delivered at the 1990 Great Basin Anthropological
Conference, Reno.
1989Metcalfe D.
A General Cost/Benefit Model of the Tradeoff Between Transport and Field Processing.
Symposium: Hunter-Gatherer Mobility, Resource Transportation, and Storage. Delivered at
the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology. Atlanta.
1988Metcalfe D.
The Fremont: Utah's Early Farmers. Public lecture, Utah Division of State History, Salt Lake City.
1987Metcalfe, D.
Excavations in Squaw Park, Utah. Colloquium series, Department of Anthropology,
University of Utah.
1987Metcalfe, D.
NawthisVillage: Six Years of Investigation of the Fremont in Central Utah. Public lecture, Utah Division of State History, Salt Lake City.
INVITED LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA CONTRIBUTIONS (continued)
1986Metcalfe, D.
Fremont Subsistence Variability: Storing Versus Caching. Colloquium series, Department of
Anthropology, University of Utah.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
1996Massimino, J., And D. Metcalfe
Peaks and Valleys: Fremont Chronology Revisited. Poster session, presented at the 25th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Kings Beach, California.
1988Juell, K., and D. Metcalfe
Distinguishing Primary and Secondary Faunal Refuse: Implications for the Investigation of
Site Structure and Taxonomic Abundance. Delivered at the 1988 Great Basin
Anthropological Conference, ParkCity. Chair of the symposium: Zooarchaeological
Research.
1988Metcalfe, D., and K. Heath
Microrefuse and Site Structure: An Archaeological Example. Delivered at the 53rd Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Phoenix.
1985Metcalfe, D., and K. Jones
Binford Recalculated: A Reconsideration of Animal Body Part Utility Indices. Delivered at
the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Denver.
1982Metcalfe, D.
Intrasite Spatial Organization at NawthisVillage. Delivered at the 1982 Great Basin
Anthropological Conference. Reno.
1980Metcalfe, D.
An Examination of the Process of Size Sorting at a Fremont Site. Delivered at the 1980
Great Basin Anthropological Conference. Salt Lake City.
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION
Metcalfe, D.
A Matter of “Smallness” – Bone Marrow Indices Revisited. In preparation.
Metcalfe, D.
Some Theoretical and Practical Considerations in the Development of Animal Body Part Utility Indices. In preparation.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2003-2004Division of State History. Range Creek Arcaheological Investigation. $10,000
2001-2002School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration: East Teasdale II Archaeological Investigation. $39,270
2000-2001School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration: East Teasdale Archaeological
Investigation. $29,966.
2000-2001U.S. Forest Service: ModocNational Forest Obsidian Sourcing. $2,450.
2000School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration: Big Water Survey. $1,500
1999-2000National Park Service: Hill Air Force Base Cultural Resource Management Plan.
$81,940
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (continued)
1999-2000School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration: Bagley Meadow Archaeological Investigation. $38,000.
1999U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Fish Springs Cultural Resource Protection Plan. $3,500.
1999U.S.Forest Service: Testing of Two Sites on the Warner Mountain Ranger District. $2450.
1999School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration: Tintic Parcel Archaeological Investigation. $3,000.
1998-1999University of Utah: FortDouglas Archaeological Project. $539,394
1998National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant, Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation of Ancient Eastern North American Arctic Peoples ($12,000,
Geoffrey Hayes, candidate)
1997Bureau of Land Management: Class I: Grand Staircase - EscalanteNational Monument.
$20,182 (with Jerry Spangler)
1990U.S. Forest Service: Excavation of JoesValley Alcove. $9,950
1989Division of State History: Jordan River Marsh Survey. $2,500
1987University of Utah Research Committee: Test Excavation of SquawParkCave. $2,400
COLLECTION GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2000-2001U.S. Department of Interior, Save America’s Treasures Grant: Conservation of the
PromontoryCave Sandal Collection. $50,477
2000-2001National Park Service, NationalCenter for Cultural Resources, NAGPRA Grant for
Museums: Statewide NAGPRA Coordinator. $67,840.
1998Utah Division of State History: Digitizing Archaeological Photographs. $1,250
1997-2001Bureau of Land Management: Curation of Museum Collections. $18,000
1995-2001Bureau of Reclamation: Curation of Anthropology Collections. $222,024
FIELD EXPERIENCE
2003-04August. Field direct of the University of Utah Archaeological Field School. Archaeological investigations in RangeCreekCanyon, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah.
2001-02June-August. Field director (with Professor Donald Currey) of the University of Utah Archaeological and GeoarchaeologicalFieldSchool. Archaeological and geomorphological investigations at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah; archaeological investigations at Teasdale, Utah.
2000June-August. Field director (with Professor Donald Currey) of the University of Utah Archaeological and GeoarchaeologicalFieldSchool. Archaeological and geomorphological investigations at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah; archaeological investigations at Teasdale, Utah; archaeological and geomorphological
investigations in Surprise Valley, California and Nevada.
1999June-August. Field director (with Professor Donald Currey) of the University of Utah Archaeological and GeoarchaeologicalFieldSchool. Archaeological and geomorphological investigations at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah; archaeological investigations at Bagley Meadows, Utah; archaeological and geomorphological investigations in Surprise Valley, California and Nevada.
1998June-August. Test excavations at the Pony Express Station, Fish Springs National Wildlife, Utah. Paleoecological Investigations, Surprise Valley, California and Nevada.
FIELD EXPERIENCE (continued)
1997July-August. Systematic collection of obsidian quarry (4-LAS-990), Modoc National
Forest, California.
1996July-August. Field director of the University of Utah Archaeological Field School, AntelopeIsland, Davis County, Utah.
1996June. Survey of obsidian sources, Surprise Valley, California and Nevada.
1994August-September. Ethnoarchaeological study of the Tarahumara, northern Mexico.
1994June-July. Survey of obsidian sources, ModocNational Forest, Surprise Valley, California.
1993August. Field director, Bennett Site, Millard County, Utah.
1990August. Field director, Joes Valley Alcove, Emery County, Utah.
1989April-June. Field director, Jordan River Marsh Survey, Salt Lake County, Utah.
1987June-August. Field director of the University of Utah Archaeological Field School, SquawParkCave, Grand County, Utah.
1983June-August. Field director of the University of Utah Archaeological Field School, GooseberryValley, Sevier County, Utah.
1981 - 1982June-August. Field supervisor of the University of Utah Archaeological Field School,
NawthisVillage, Sevier County, Utah. Director: James F. O'Connell.
1980June-August. Field director of the Cockscomb Project, Kane County, Utah.
1979June-August. Field supervisor of the University of Utah Archaeological Field School, NawthisVillage, Sevier County, Utah. Director: James F. O'Connell.
1977June-August. Student in the 1977 University of Utah Archaeological Field School, Bull Creek, Wayne County, Utah. Director: Jesse D. Jennings.
1978 - 1995Numerous small contract surveys in Davis, Emery, Grand, Kane, Rich, SaltLake,
San Juan, Sevier, Tooele, and Vernal counties, Utah.
HONORS AND AWARDS
1991Sigma Xi
1984 - 1985University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship
1982Phi Kappa Phi
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION
Utah Department of Transportation
Dames & Moore
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
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National
National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program20022002
State
Division of State History,
Utah Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee19861990
Division of State History,
Utah State Antiquities Advisory Committee 19881989
Utah Department of Transportation,
Enhancement Advisory Committee19941996
Division of Indian Affairs,
Native American Remains Review Committee1996present
University
Academic Senate 19881988
Environmental Studies Steering Committee19931998
Academic Policy Advisory Committee19941996
General University Institutional Review Board19941997
Task Force on Lecturer Rank19941996
University Press Faculty Editorial Advisory Committee19962002
Chair (1999 – 2002)
Graduate Council Program Review, Internal Review
Committee, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics20042004
College
College Research Committee19881993
College Superior Teaching Award Committee (Chair)19861987
College Development Committee1995present
Museum
Rules Committee19911998
Accessions Committee1995present
Indian Advisory Committee1995present
Faculty Advisory Committee1995present
ManagementTeam19972003
Search Committee: Assistant Director for Exhibits19971997
Search Committee: Coordinator for Traveling Exhibits19971997
Search Committee: Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology (Chair)19981999
Search Committee: Curator of Astronomy (Chair)19981999
Search Committee: Registrar (Chair)2004present
Accreditation Committee (Chair)19992003
Search Committee: NAGPRA Coordinator (Chair)20002001
Building Committee:2002present
Department
Curriculum Committee19861993
Executive Committee19931996
RPT Advisory Committee (Chair)19971998
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (continued)
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Editorial
Anthropological Papers Advisory Board,
University of Utah Press1988present
STUDENT COMMITTEES
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StudentDegreeYear
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Chairman
Peter AinsworthM.A.Current
Katherine BarlowM.A.1993
Jason BrightM.A.2001
Joel BoomgardenM.S.Current
Edward ChristensenM.A.2002
Teneal JensenM.S.2005
Timothy PrinceM.A.1989
Dominique RamptonM.A.1999
Brian RobertsonPh.D.1998
Corinne SpringerM.A.Current
Andrew YentschM.S.Current
Member
Shannon ArnoldM.S.Current
Everett BassettPh.D.Current
Tiffany BustinM.A.Current
David ByersPh.D.Current
Shawn CarlylePh.D.2003
Doug EdwardsM.A.1999
Alan GriffithsM.A.1995
Glade HaddenM.S.1993
Geoffrey HayesPh.D.2002
Melissa HeckM.A.1999
``Higgins, JudePh.D.Current
Zbigniew FiemaPh.D.1991
George LanierM.A.1987
Karen LupoPh.D.1993
Brian McEneaneyM.S.2005
Michael NelsonM.A.1997
(Dept. of Parks, Recreation, & Tourism)
Shannen RobsonM.A.2003
Karyn SharpM.A.1999
Nancy ShearinM.S.1991
Lauri TravisPh.D.1996
Andrew UganM.A.1999
Ewa WasilewskaPh.D.1991
COURSES TAUGHT
Anthr 1301The Human Past
Anthr 3311/5311Indians of North America: Prehistory
Anthr 3313/5313Utah Prehistory
Anthr 4341Fundamentals of Archaeology
Anthr 381/581Museum Sciences (team taught)
Anthr 570Seminar in Evolutionary Anthropology
Anthr 5711Student Independent Research Group
Anthr 4962/5962Special Topics-Storage
Anthr 4962/5962Special Topics-Museum Sciences
Anthr 5712FieldSchool: North America
Anthr 650Archaeological Method And Theory
Anthr 6381Archaeological Practice
Lb Ed 302Rise and Fall of Civilization
Honor 472H-1The First Americans
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