Lynne Goldstein | |
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| Born | (1953-09-18)September 18, 1953 (age 72) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Beloit College Northwestern University |
| Known for | Fort Ross, California, cemetery excavations |
Lynne Goldstein (born September 18, 1953) is an Americanarchaeologist, known for her work in mortuary analysis, Midwestern archaeology, campus archaeology, repatriation policy, and archaeology and social media.[1] She is a professor of anthropology atMichigan State University and was the editor ofAmerican Antiquity between 1995 and 2000.[2]
Goldstein received her Ph.D. fromNorthwestern University in 1976 with a dissertation titledSpatial Structure and Social Organizations: Regional Manifestations of Mississippian Society.[3] In this dissertation and a subsequent summarising article, she re-analysed "Hypothesis 8", a prediction made byArthur Saxe as to the relationship between the use of formal cemeteries and the organisation of a society, and reframed it:
If there is a formal bounded disposal area, usedexclusively for the dead, then the culture is probably one which has a corporate group structure in the form of a lineal descent system. The more organised and formal the disposal area is, the more conclusive this interpretation.[4]
Goldstein's formulation of the hypothesis largely displaced that of Saxe, with the result that it became generally known as theSaxe–Goldstein hypothesis.[5]
Goldstein's research focuses on mortuary analysis[6] and she was influential in the development of US policy on therepatriation of human remains.She also works on campus archaeology,[7]digital archaeology,public archaeology,[8]archaeological ethics, spatial analysis and statistics. Regionally, Goldstein is known for her work in the Midwest, especially theAztalan site in Wisconsin,[9] and for her work on the historic cemetery atFort Ross, California.[10]
Goldstein served as Professor and Chair of theDepartment of Anthropology atMichigan State University from 1996 to 2006. During her time as chair she ran a field school at the Aztalan site. In 2005 Goldstein, along with fellow archaeologists J. O’Gorman and K. Lewis, contributed to the sesquicentennial celebration of MSU by conducting a public field school that excavated the first dormitory on campus known as Saints’ Rest.[11]
After stepping down as chair, Goldstein became the department's Graduate Program Director, a position she held from 2010 to 2017. In 2007 she launched theCampus Archaeology Program to promote public awareness of heritage and the value of archaeology, as well as provide student training in public archaeology.[12][13] Goldstein jointly received the AT&T Instructional Technology Award for the use and integration of social media with an on-campus field school in 2012.[14]
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