Thomas Patterson
Thomas Patterson, Anthropology – (Professor and Department
Chair, Ph.D. 1964 University of California, Berkeley)
Office: 1340 Watkins Hall
Phone: (909) 787-2050
E-mail: thomas.patterson@ucr.edu
Professor Patterson conducted archaeological and ethnohistorical
research in Peru during the 1960s. Since the 1970s, he has
studied complex organizations in the United States. His current
research proceeds along several interrelated lines: the processes
of class and state formation; the historical development of
anthropology and archaeology in political-economic, social
and cultural contexts shaped by nation-states; comparative
political economy; classical and contemporary social and culture
theory; the political-economic, social and cultural changes
associated with the processes of globalization; and the interconnections
of anthropology, archaeology and history. He is currently
completing books on the social history of US anthropology
and on the dialogue between Marxism and anglophone archaeology
since the 1930s.
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