Ecological Archaeology Lab People | College of Liberal Arts

Molly Carney is an environmental archaeologist whose scholarship examines foodways and histories of landscape stewardship through time. Much of my work focuses on understanding the relationships between cultural keystone species and past people, with a goal of using archaeological methods and data to support people and places today. I use paleoethnobotanical, geoarchaeological, and computational tools to answer these questions. My interests in human-environment dynamics extend to understanding past built environments. I also have research interests in the architectural signatures of past Columbia-Fraser Plateau places and employ feminist, Indigenous, and agency-focused lens’ to reframe past and present discussions on regional household archaeology and non-residential past structures.

Aaron Gaswick is pursuing a Bachelor's of Science in Anthropology with the Archaeology option at Oregon State. He is interested in the Peopling of the Americas, Precontact Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest, Paleoethnobotany, and Experimental Archaeology. Aaron is also the Treasurer of the Archaeology Club at Oregon State and in his free time he likes to go hiking, camping, or to knit with his cat.

Miles Stone is an anthropology major in the archaeology track. He is interested in the peopling of the Americas, geoarchaeology, paleoethnobotany, ecological anthropology, and maritime archaeology, and plans to graduate in Winter 2025 before continuing in an archaeology graduate program at Oregon State.