Torben Rick
Director & Curator,North American Archaeology
Archaeology
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America
Biography
Torben Rick joined the National Museum of Natural History as Curator of North American Archaeology in 2008. In 2009, he joined the Archaeobiology Program and became the Director of PHEA in 2010. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Oregon (2004). Prior to joining the NMNH, he was Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University (2004-2008).
Research Interest
Anthropology, biology, ecology , ocus on ancient and modern human environmental interactions
Publications
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Rick TC, Erlandson JM, Vellanoweth RL. Paleocoastal marine fishing on the Pacific coast of the Americas: perspectives from Daisy Cave, California. American Antiquity. 2001 Oct;66(4):595-613.
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Rick TC, Erlandson JM, Vellanoweth RL, Braje TJ. From Pleistocene mariners to complex hunter-gatherers: The archaeology of the California Channel Islands. Journal of world prehistory. 2005 Sep 1;19(3):169-228.
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Erlandson JM, Rick TC, Braje TJ, Casperson M, Culleton B, Fulfrost B, Garcia T, Guthrie DA, Jew N, Kennett DJ, Moss ML. Paleoindian seafaring, maritime technologies, and coastal foraging on California’s Channel Islands. Science. 2011 Mar 4;331(6021):1181-5.
