Joan S. Schneider

Anthropology – (Research Affiliate, Ph.D. 1993 University of California Riverside)
Office: Geology B-5B
Phone: (909) 787-3986
E:mail: joan.schneider@ucr.edu

Dr. Schneider's research interests include the prehistory and ecology of the California deserts; hunter-gatherer economic systems; and evaluation of the applications of geochemical and geophysical techniques used for dating surface archaeological remains. She has conducted extensive archaeological research in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, and has extended research interest to the Middle East. She is especially interested in the acquisition of materials and the production of stone tools used by women in prehistory. The development, design, and field testing of HIPROTECT, an advanced-technology remote-sensing system for the protection of cultural and natural resources from looting and vandalism is a major Preservation Science and Technology Unit project, and Dr. Schneider works closely with government laboratories and agencies, the academic community, Native American groups, and the private sector on behalf of HIPROTECT and other advanced-technology applications to archaeology and historic preservation.

Selected Publications

Surface Dating Using Rock Varnish (with P. R. Beirman), in Chronometric Dating in Archaeology (1997, edited by R. E. Taylor and M. J. Aitkens); Archaeological Investigations at Guapiabit: CA-SBR-1913, San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly (1997, with M. Q. Sutton); Quarrying and Production of Aboriginal Milling Implements at Antelope Hill, Arizona, Journal of Field Archaeology (1996); A Milling-Implement Quarry at Elephant Mountain, California, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1995, with M. K. Lerch and G. A. Smith); Analysis of Ground Stone Artifacts, in Archaeological Laboratory Methods: an Introduction (1995, by M. Q. Sutton and B. S. Arkush); The Siphon Site, a Millingstone Horizon Site in Summit Valley, California, San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly (1993, with M. Sutton and R. Yohe II); Immunological Identification of Small-Mammal Proteins on Aboriginal Milling Equipment, American Antiquity (1991, with R. Yohe II, and M. Newman); Ring Midden Roasting Pits at Clark Mountain, Papers on the Archaeology of the Mojave Desert (1991, with K. Kroesen); The Desert Tortoise (Xerobates agassizii) in the Prehistory of the Southwestern Great Basin, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1989, with G. Everson); The Archaeology of the Afton Canyon Site, San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly (1989); and Nelson Lake: Important Early Sites, San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly (1989, with C. N. Warren).