Melvin Aikens

Melvin Aikens is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Oregon, where he taught North American, South American, and East Asian archaeology (1969 -2000), in the Department of Anthropology and served as Director of the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History (1996-2005). His academic training includes a BA (University of Utah 1960), MA (University of Chicago, 1962), and PhD (University of Chicago, 1966). His personal research has centered on the American Southwest and Great Basin, and on Japan /Northeast Asia. He is the author or co-author of sixteen archaeological books and monographs, and author of more than 100 book chapters, journal articles, reviews, notes and comments.