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Peter V. Lape Box 353010 office: Denny Hall 140 |
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Academic History
2008- Associate Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of
Washington
2005-2008 Assistant Professor and Curator
of Archaeology, University of Washington
2000-2004 Acting Assistant
Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Washington
2000 Ph. D. Anthropology, Brown University
1995 M.A. Museum Studies, San Francisco State
University
1985 B.A. Physics, University of New Hampshire
Current Research
Origins of agriculture and pottery making in Island SE Asia
Widely-accepted explanations for
the spread of Austronesian-speaking people, pottery-making technology and
domestic plants and animals into remote Oceania posit that these influences
originated in or passed through Island Southeast Asia and near
Islamization, trade and European colonialism in eastern Indonesia
Many Island Southeast Asians began converting to Islam in the 15th century AD, just before the first European visitors arrived. Both arrivals were driven in part by expanding global trade networks, and recent research suggests that there may have been environmental factors involved as well. My work since 1997 has focused on the Banda Islands of eastern Indonesia which were one of the earliest sites of interaction between Asian and European visitors and local people in Island SE Asia. Excavations and analyses have focused on the chronology of Muslim influence on local populations and changes to social and political landscapes.
Late Holocene climate change, settlement and warfare in the Pacific
Current data from Island Southeast
Asia and the Pacific suggest a chronological link between the development of
fortified settlements and increased climate instability and drought beginning
800 years ago. Fortified settlements appear across much of Island Southeast
Asia and the Pacific at this time. Since 2003, I have been working in
Training and Public Outreach
Southeast
Asia Archaeological Research and Training Program
This four-year program (2006-2011) funded by the Henry Luce Foundation provides a wide variety of opportunities for students from the US and Southeast Asia in graduate training in archaeology, field schools, museum studies and cultural heritage law, through a series of Luce Fellowships. For more information, click on the program link above, or specific fellowship links below:
· Archaeology Field Schools held at various locations in Southeast Asia include full scholarships for students from Southeast Asia. Field Schools will be in Indonesia (January-March 2009), Philippines (April-May 2010) and Laos (2011).
o Info and application forms for the Philippines Field School (April-May 2010)
o Info on the recent 2009 Indonesia field school, read our Blog and visit us on Facebook.
· PhD Fellowships in Southeast Asian Archaeology (3 years tuition, stipend, research funds), deadline December 15, 2009
· LLM Fellowships in Cultural Resource Law (1 year tuition, stipend, travel costs; for students from Southeast Asia only), contact me for details.
· Graduate Fellowships in Museology (1 year tuition, stipend, travel costs; for students from Southeast Asia only), deadline January 15, 2010
This project traces the pre-19th century shorelines of the dramatically-altered Seattle waterfront and provides real and virtual exhibits about the changing landscapes of the area, drawing from archaeological, geological and documentary data.
Traditional
Food Sources and Diabetes in Puget Sound Native Communities
This project, funded by the
Institute for Ethnic Studies, uses archaeological data about diet in
The Burke
Museum Archaeology Department also runs a variety of other public programs
in archaeology in
Publications
Journal
articles:
Lape, Peter V. and Chao Ching-yung. 2008.
Fortification as a human response to late Holocene climate change in
Lape, Peter V.
2007. Introduction: Climate change and archaeology in the Pacific. Archaeology in Oceania 42:81. pdf
Lape, Peter V., Sue O’Connor and Nick Burningham.
2007. Rock art: A potential source of information about past maritime
technology in the South-East Asia-Pacific region. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 36(2): 238–253. pdf
Lape, Peter V. 2006.
Chronology of fortified settlements in East Timor. Journal of
Lape, Peter V.
2005. Archaeology of Islam in
Island
Lape, Peter V. 2004. Working with local museums: A case
study from
Lape, Peter V. 2003. Theoretical insights from studies of
culture contact in eastern
Lape, Peter V. 2002. On the use of archaeology and history
in Island Southeast Asia. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the
Orient 45(4): 468-491. pdf
Lape, Peter V. 2002. Historic maps and archaeology as a
means of understanding late pre-colonial settlement in the
Lape, Peter V.
2000. Political dynamics and religious change in the late pre-colonial
Lape, Peter V.
2000. Contact and colonialism in the
Book
Chapters:
Lape, Peter V.
2006. On the use of archaeology
and history in Island Southeast Asia. In Excavating
Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History, pp.
278-306,
Lape, Peter V. 2004. The isolation metaphor in island
archaeology. In The Archaeology of Insularity: Examining the Past in Island
Environments, pp. 223-232, Scott Fitzpatrick, ed.,
Book and Film Reviews:
Lape, Peter V. 2007. Review of film Kuwňot yas. Čin: His
Spirit is Looking out from the Cave, Sealaska Heritage Institute (2005). Visual Anthropology 20(2/3): 261-262. pdf
Lape, Peter V. 2006. Review of Southeast Asian Archaeology, Victor Paz, ed. (2005). Asian Perspectives 45(1): 110-112.
pdf
Other Publications:
Lape, Peter V. 2005.
Lape, Peter V. 2003. Does archaeology have a
role in building the nation of East Timor? Asian Social Issues Program, The
Lape, Peter V. 1999.
Archaeologists and local museum development: A case study from the
Teaching
Please visit my course web sites (old course websites are not fully functional,
and parts of current courses may be inaccessible to non-UW viewers):
· Public Archaeology (ARCHY 465, next offered Fall 2009)
· Archaeology Field School (ARCHY 271, next offered spring 2010)
· Anthropology of War (ARCHY/ANTH 101, Spring 2008)
· Archaeology of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ARCHY 325/525, Winter 2006)
· Climate Change (ARCHY 570, Spring 2005)
· History and Archaeology (ARCHY 469A, Spring 2001)
· I also supervise internships for credit (ARCHY 489) for students who want to gain work experience in CRM firms or museums. Contact me for details.
Other Links
UW Anthropology Department
Burke
Museum
UW
Southeast Asia Center