Dean Richard Snow

Biography

Dean Snow received his BA from the University of Minnesota in 1962 and his PhD from the University of Oregon in 1966. He taught at the University of Maine for three years and at the University of Albany for twenty-six years, during which time he established and carried out archaeological research programs in highland Mexico, New England, New York and the British Isles. He is known for his research into the paleodemography of prehistoric populations in all of these areas. Snow moved to The Pennsylvania State University in 1995, where he served as Head of the Department of Anthropology for the following ten years. He served as president of the American Society for Ethnohistory in 1978-1979. He served as Chair of Section H (Anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1999-2000 and subsequently as secretary of Section H 2000-2006. In 2005 he was a Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. before returning to Penn State as Professor of Anthropology. He served as President of the Society for American Archaeology 2007-09. In recent years he has carried out research on human sexual dimorphism as expressed in hand stencils found in prehistoric art contexts in Europe and many other parts of the world. His recent writing has focused on the archaeology and history of the Saratoga Battlefield. His 1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga was published in 2016. His most recent book is a new 2019 edition of  Archaeology of Native North America.

Education

BA University of Minnesota 1958
PhD University of Oregon 1966

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Archaeology, Paleodemography, Ethnohistory. Database management, North America, Europe

Personal Interests

Ornithology

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