Catherine West

Professor West’s research focuses on zooarchaeology, environmental archaeology, stable isotope analysis, archaeology of the Arctic and Subarctic, and archaeology in ecology and conservation. She uses zooarchaeological and stable isotope data in the context of historical ecology and evolutionary ecology to clarify the long-term relationship between hunter-gatherers and the environment. Her current field projects include survey and excavation on Alaska’s Kodiak Island, Chirikof Island, and the Aleutian Islands, and she has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Geographic Society.