Wade Campbell featured in the BU Arts & Sciences Magazine
Arts & Sciences Magazine writes, “Campbell is the principal investigator of the Early Navajo Pastoral Landscape Project, which he started as his dissertation program at Harvard (he graduated with his PhD in May 2022). The project seeks to examine how pastoralism impacted the social organization, culture, and settlement patterns of early Navajo communities in the American Southwest in the early 18th century and how the practice continues today, as herding is seen as an important piece of preserving and sustaining traditional Navajo culture. In his research, he also applies theories of ethnoarchaeology—working with contemporary communities to learn about their traditional practices and history, an approach that is especially valuable when dealing with those groups who lack extensive written records, like the Navajo.” Read the entire article by clicking here.