Michael Neeley
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Montana State University
United States of America
Biography
Michael Neeley is an anthropological archaeologist (Ph.D. Arizona State University) interested hunter-gatherer adaptations, lithic technology, and Near Eastern prehistory. His current research focuses on late Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers along the inland lake environments in west-central Jordan and their relationship to the origins of agricultural communities. He is also involved in research of late prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies in Montana. In addition to fieldwork in Jordan and Montana, he has participated in archaeological research projects in Cyprus, France, Arizona, and Colorado. His work has appeared in journals such as Antiquity, Journal of Field Archaeology, and the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research along with numerous chapters in edited volumes.
Research Interest
Late Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers along the inland lake environments in west-central Jordan and their relationship to the origins of agricultural communities
Publications
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Neeley, M .P., G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Introduction. In Walking through Jordan: Essays in Honor of Burton MacDonald , edited by M.P. Neeley, G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing (March 2017)
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Neeley, M .P., G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Introduction. In Walking through Jordan: Essays in Honor of Burton MacDonald , edited by M.P. Neeley, G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing (March 2017)
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Neeley, M .P., G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Introduction. In Walking through Jordan: Essays in Honor of Burton MacDonald , edited by M.P. Neeley, G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing (March 2017)
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Neeley, M.P. and J.B. Hill. Archaeological and Geomorphological Investigations of the Late Epipaleolithic in West - Central Jordan: TBAS 212 in a Regional Context. In Walking through Jordan: Essays in Honor of Burton MacDonald , edited by M.P. Neeley, G.A. Clark, and P.M.M. Daviau. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing (March 2017)
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Schmitt, J.G., J.W. Fisher, Jr., M.P. Neeley, D.F. Pac, F.D. Jackson, S. Challender, S. Patterson, and J.L. Aschoff. Geoecology of the Marias River Canyon, Montana, USA: Landscape Control on Human Use an d Preservation of Late Holocene Archaeological and Vertebrate Remains. Geological Society of America Special Paper.
