Scott M. Fitzpatrick

Scott M. Fitzpatrick is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Curator of Indo-Pacific Archaeology at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon. He is a specialist in the prehistory and historical ecology of island and coastal regions of the Pacific and Caribbean. His research has focused on colonization events, seafaring strategies, adaptations to smaller islands, exchange systems, and human impacts on ancient environments. He has conducted archaeological research in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands with other projects having taken place in Panama, the Florida Keys, and Oregon Coast. He has published several books and more than 140 journal articles and book chapters. Fitzpatrick is the founding co-editor of ''The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology'' (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), an Associate Editor for ''Archaeology in Oceania,'' a Review Editor for Frontiers in Human Dynamics, and serves on the editorial boards for the ''Caribbean Journal of Science'' and ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-archaeological-science-reports Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports].'' Fitzpatrick is also a Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and a [https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sflarch/people/research-associates/ Research Affiliate] at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Provided by Wikipedia