Dr. Troy Lovata is a tenured, Associate Professor in the University Honors Program, where he teaches a variety of courses and coordinates the Senior Interdisciplinary and Departmental Honors theses. He was trained as an Anthropologist and Archaeologist (Ph.D., M.A. The University of Texas; B.A. Colorado State University) and much of his research has focused on non-textual forms of presentation and the social role of material culture. Recent research includes: the examination of monuments and public displays; work with adobe construction; the study of people in mountain landscapes; and mapping and interpreting culturally modified trees. His book, Inauthentic Archaeologies: Public Uses and Abuses of the Past, is available from Left Coast Press.

Courses taught at The University of New Mexico, in the University Honors Program, during the Spring 2012 semester:

UHON 222 The Legacy of Ancient Technology (3 credits)

UHON 402 The Archaeology of Walking (3 credits)

UHON 499 Senior Honors Thesis Prep Semester (1 credit)

UHON 490 Senior Reading and Research (3 credits)

UHON 491 Senior Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis (3 credits)

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