Katherine Brunson
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
284 High Street, 203860-685-2068
Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies
BA Harvard UniversityMA University of California, Los Angeles
PHD University of California, Los Angeles
Katherine Brunson
Katherine Brunson is a zooarchaeologist who studies the origins of East Asia’s domesticated animals and the environmental impacts of animal domestication in China. You can read about her research and teaching on the Environmental Archaeology Lab website: http://ealab.wescreates.wesleyan.edu/ She is currently investigating the genetic relationships between domestic cattle and the extinct East Asian wild aurochs. Her research interests include ancient DNA, the origins of pastoralism in East Asia, extirpations and extinctions of China’s native mammals, oracle bones and the ritual aspects of animal domestication, bone artifact production techniques, and archaeological collections management. Dr. Brunson has participated in numerous archaeological survey and excavation projects across China and at the Maya site of Copan, Honduras. She also co-directs the online Oracle Bones in East Asia project on Open Context (opencontext.org).
Academic Affiliations
Office Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:45-4:30pm in Exley 351 or by appointment.
Courses
Spring 2023
ARCP 203 - 01
Ancient DNA and Archaeology
ARCP 350 - 01
Animals in Archaeology
Fall 2023
ARCP 204 - 01
Introduction to Archaeology
ARCP 291 - 01
East Asian Archaeology