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.

Grace Hunt is an undergraduate studying Zoology at Oregon State University. She is interested in zooarchaeology and currently is aging archaeological salmonids through growth ring analysis of vertebrae for her Honors College Thesis. In addition to zooarchaeology, Grace is interested in fisheries and conservation management in the Pacific Northwest.

Molly Jenkins is pursuing a BS in Anthropology with an Archaeology concentration and a BS in Sustainability. Her current research is focused on past, present, and future changes in the Willamette Valley's climate and vegetation. She is interested in precontact archaeology, especially the Pleistocene/Holocene transition in the Pacific Northwest. Specific research interests include archaeology of the Willamette Valley and the Great Basin, ceramic technologies, paleoclimate, and the intersection between sustainability and archaeology. Molly is the secretary of the OSU Archaeology Club and captain of the Women's Ultimate Disc Club. In her free time can be found dancing west coast swing or updating her Letterboxd.

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.