Karen G. Harry Department of Anthropology University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 45003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5003 (702) 895-2534; [email protected]Professional Employment 2014-present Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2007-2014 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas 1997-2001 Director of Cultural Resources, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin 1997 Adjunct Faculty, Pima Community College, Tucson 1990-1996 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson Education 1997 Ph.D., University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona 1987 M.A., Anthropology, University of Arizona 1982 B.A., Anthropology, Texas A&M University, cum laude Research Interests Southwestern archaeology; ceramic analysis, sourcing, and technology; organization of craft production; trade and exchange issues; chemical compositional analysis; prehistoric leadership strategies; prehistoric community organization Ongoing Field Projects Field Research on the Parashant National Monument: I am involved in a long-term archaeological research project concerning the Puebloan occupation of the Mt. Dellenbaugh area of the Shivwits Plateau, located within Parashant National Monument. Field and Archival Research in the Lower Moapa Valley: A second area of ongoing research involves the Puebloan occupation of the lower Moapa Valley of southern Nevada. I have recently completed an archival study of the artifacts and records associated with the early (1920s-1940s) field research of this area, and have on-going field investigations in the area.
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Karen G. Harry
Department of Anthropology University of Nevada Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 45003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5003
2019 Harry, Karen G. and Sachiko Sakai (guest editors). New Findings from the Far Western
Puebloan Region: Papers in Honor of Margaret Lyneis. Kiva 85(4).
2019 Karen G. Harry and Barbara J. Roth (editors). Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater
Southwest. University Press of Colorado.
2018 Karen Harry and Sarah Herr (editors). Life Beyond the Boundaries: Constructing Identity in
Edge Regions of the North American Southwest. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
2010 Thomas W. Neumann, Robert M. Sanford, and Karen G. Harry. Cultural Resources
Archaeology: An Introduction. Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek.
2003 Karen G. Harry. Economic Organization and Settlement Hierarchies: Ceramic Production and
Exchange among the Hohokam. Praeger Press, Westport.
Journal Publications
2019 Harry, Karen G. Investigations at House 47, an Early Pueblo IIII settlement in the Moapa Valley. Nevada Archaeologist 31:61-72.
2019 Harry, Karen G., Mark C. Slaughter, Erin Eichenberg, and George Phillips. Steve Daron: A
Legacy of Stewardship, Collaboration, and Friendship. Nevada Archaeologist 31:1-8. 2019 Harry, Karen G. James Allison, and Sachiko Sakai. New Findings from the Far Western
Puebloan Region: Papers in Honor of Margaret Lyneis. Kiva 85(4): 281-288. 2019 Willis, William M. and Karen G. Harry. Settlement Patterns, Scheduling Conflicts, and
Climate Variability: An Explanation for the Collapse of the Shivwits Ware Distribution Network. Kiva 85(4): 331-344.
2019 Harry, Karen G. and Daniel M. Perez Examining the Pueblo II to Pueblo III Transition in the Moapa Valley, Southern Nevada. Kiva
85(4): 345-369. 2019 Bowen, Kayla and Karen G. Harry. Evaluating the Relationship Between Vessel Thickness
and Heating Efficiency. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 44(3):259-275. DOI: 10.1080/01461109.2019.1647948
2017 Shannon M. Horton and Karen G. Harry. Examining Style in Virgin Branch Corrugated
Ceramics. North American Archaeologist 38(1): 3-23.
2013 Karen G. Harry, Timothy J. Ferguson, James R. Allison, Brett T. McLaurin, Jeff Ferguson and
Margaret Lyneis. Examining the Production and Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery in the
North American Southwest. American Antiquity 78(2):385-396.
2012 Britt J. Betenson, Karen G. Harry, and Spencer Steinberg. GC-MS and Attribute Analysis of
Intermountain Brownware from the Southern Great Basin of North America. Journal of
California and Great Basin Anthropology 32 (1): 65-75.
2012 Liam Frink, Dashiell Glazer, and Karen G. Harry. Canadian Arctic Soapstone Cooking
Technology. North American Archaeologist 33(4):429-450.
2011 Karen Harry, Lauren W. Falvey, Brett McLaurin and Jennifer Durk,. Exploratory Studies into
Possible Uses of Calcareous Dolostone on the Shivwits Plateau, Arizona. Ethnoarchaeology
3(1): 5-28.
2011 Karen Harry. Building Ceramic Theory: A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective on Dean Arnold’s
Work. Ethnoarchaeology 3(1):99-103.
2010 Karen G. Harry and James Watson. The Archaeology of Pueblo Grande de Nevada: Past and
Current Research within Nevada’s “Lost City.” Kiva 75(4): 403-424. 2009 Karen G. Harry, Liam Frink, Clint Swink, and Cory Dangerfield. An Experimental Approach to
Understanding Thule Pottery Technology. North American Archaeologist 30(3):291-311. 2009 Karen G. Harry and L. Frink. The Arctic Cooking Pot: Why Was It Adopted? American
Anthropologist 111(3):330-343.
2009 Karen G. Harry, L. Frink, Andreas Charest and Brendan O’Toole. How to Make an Unfired
Clay Cooking Pot: Understanding the Technological Choices Made by Arctic Potters. Journal
of Archaeological Method and Theory 16(1): 33-50.
2008 L. Frink and Karen G. Harry. The Beauty of “Ugly” Eskimo Cooking Pots. American Antiquity
72(1): 103-120.
2005 Karen G. Harry. Ceramic Specialization and Agricultural Marginality: Do Ethnographic
Models Explain the Development of Specialized Pottery Production in the Prehistoric
American Southwest? American Antiquity 70(2):295-320.
2004 Karen G. Harry and Allen Johnson. A Non-Destructive Technique for Measuring Ceramic
Porosity Using Liquid Nitrogen. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(11):1567-1575.
1997 Karen G. Harry. Reply to Bamforth. American Antiquity 62(1):130-138.
1995 Karen G. Harry. Cation-Ratio Dating of Varnished Artifacts: Testing the Assumptions.
American Antiquity 60(1): 118-130.
1989 Karen G. Harry. The Obsidian Assemblage at Homol'ovi III: Social and Economic
Implications. Kiva 54(3): 285-296.
1989 Lisa C. Young and Karen G. Harry. A Preliminary Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage at
Homol'ovi III. Kiva 54(3): 273-284.
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Book Chapters
In press Harry, Karen G. and Sachiko Sakai. Using Luminescence Dating to Address the Chronology
and Cultural Affiliation of Brownware Ceramics in the Virgin Branch Puebloan Region. In
Western Ceramic Traditions, edited by Suzanne Griset. University of Utah Press (accepted
1/30/2020).
In press Wilkerson, Brenna, Karen G. Harry, and Spencer Steinberg. A Functional Analysis of Upland
and Lowland Virgin Branch Ceramics through Residue Analysis. In Western Ceramic
Traditions, edited by Suzanne Griset. University of Utah Press (accepted 1/30/2020).
2019 Karen G. Harry and Barbara J. Roth. Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest:
Introduction. In Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest, edited by Karen G.
Harry and Barbara J. Roth, pp. 3-12. University Press of Colorado.
2019 Karen G. Harry. Changing Patterns of Interaction and Identity in Puebloan Settlements of
Southern Nevada. In Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest, edited by Karen
G. Harry and Barbara J. Roth, pp.308-328. University Press of Colorado.
2018 Sarah Herr and Karen Harry. Life Beyond the Boundaries. In Life Beyond the Boundaries:
Constructing Identity in Edge Regions of the North American Southwest, edited by Karen
Harry and Sarah Herr, pp. 3-24. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
2018 Karen Harry and James Watson. Shaping Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest. In Life
Beyond the Boundaries: Constructing Identity in Edge Regions of the North American
Southwest, edited by Karen Harry and Sarah Herr, pp. 122-156. University Press of Colorado,
Boulder.
2018 Liam Frink and Karen G. Harry. An Exploration of Arctic Ceramic and Soapstone Cookware
Technologies and Food Preparation Systems. In Ceramics in Circumpolar Prehistory:
Technology, Lifeways, and Cuisine, edited by Kevin Gibbs and Peter Jordan, pp. 152-167.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2013 Karen G. Harry. Excavations at 26CK8411 (House 46), a Multi-Component Site in the Moapa
Valley. In Proceedings of the 2009 Three Corners Conference, pp. 47-64, edited by Mark C.
Slaughter and Steven Daron. Nevada Archaeological Association, Las Vegas.
2013 Karen G. Harry, Robert Speakman, Elizabeth Miksa, Sergio F. Castro-Reino, Christophe
Descantes, Paul Fish, Suzanne Fish, and Michael D. Glascock. Production and Exchange of
Plain Ware Ceramics in the Marana Community. Power and Economy in Early Classic Period
Hohokam Society: An Archaeological Perspective from the Marana Mound Site, edited by J.
Bayman, S. Fish and P. Fish, pp. 101-116. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series,
Tucson.
2010 Karen G. Harry. Understanding Ceramic Manufacturing Technology: The Role of
Experimental Archaeology. In Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology: Examining
Technology through Production and Use, edited by Jeffrey R. Ferguson, pp. 13-45. University
of Colorado Press, Boulder.
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2010 Karen G. Harry and Fred Huntington. Households, Gender, and Specialized Pottery
Production: Exploring the Nature, Causes and Consequences of a Prehistoric Cottage
Industry for Women at the West Branch Settlement. Engendering Households in the
American Southwest, edited by Barbara J. Roth, pp. 76-97. University of Arizona Press,
Tucson.
2009 Karen G. Harry. Seven Foot Giants & Silk-Clad Skeletons: A Voyeur’s Look Back at the
Discovery and Early Fieldwork of Nevada’s “Lost City.” In Proceedings of the 2007 Three
Corners Conference, edited by Mark C. Slaughter, Steven Daron, Eva Jensen, and Kathleen A.
Sprowl, pp. 111-137. Nevada Archaeological Association Meetings, Las Vegas.
2002 Karen G. Harry. Examining the Northern Tucson Basin Regional System: Recent Evidence
from the Marana and Los Robles Communities. In Boundaries and Territories: Prehistory of
the U.S. Southwest and Northern Mexico, edited by María Elisa Villalpando, 99. 83-94.
Arizona State University Anthropological Research Paper No. 54.
2002 Karen G. Harry, Paul Fish, and Suzanne Fish. Ceramic Production and Distribution in Two
Classic Period Hohokam Communities. In Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater
Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations,
edited by Donna Glowacki and Hector Neff, pp. 99-109. The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Monograph 44. UCLA Press, Los Angeles.
2001 Karen G. Harry, Evelyn Billo and Robert Mark. The Challenge of Long-Term Preservation:
Managing Impacts to Rock Art at Hueco Tanks State Historical Park. American Indian Rock
Art, Volume 27, edited by Steve Freer and Alanah Woody, pp. 151-159. American Rock Art
Research Association, Phoenix.
2000 Karen G. Harry and James Bayman. Leadership Strategies among the Classic Period
Hohokam: A Case Study. In Alternative Leadership Strategies in the Prehispanic Southwest,
edited by Barbara Mills, pp.136-153. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
2000 Karen G. Harry. Community-Based Craft Specialization: The West Branch Site. In New
Perspectives on the Hohokam Village, edited by David E. Doyel and Suzanne K. Fish, pp. 197-
120. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
1992 Paul R. Bierman and Karen G. Harry. New Data Suggest Rock Varnish Cation-Ratios May Not
Be a Reliable Method for Dating Lithic Artifacts. Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III,
edited by Pamela B. Vandiver, James R. Druzik, George Segan Wheeler, and Ian C. Freestone,
pp. 165-178. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Series 267. Pittsburgh.
Book Reviews
In press Harry, Karen G. Review of “A Study of Southwestern Archaeology,” by Stephen H. Lekson.
Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. (ms. Submitted 5/23/2020)
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2007 Karen G. Harry. Review of “The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon,” edited by Stephen Lekson.
Journal of Field Archaeology 32(1):106-108.
2001 Karen G. Harry. Review of “Ceramics and Community Organization Among the Hohokam,”
by David R. Abbott. Journal of Field Archaeology 27(2):221-223.
Newsletter Articles
2010 Karen G. Harry. NAGPRA- Two Decades Later. Anthropology News, May 2010 issue, page
29.
2007 L. Frink and Karen G. Harry. Study Explores Ceramic Production in Coastal Alaska. Witness
the Arctic 12(2):21.
2003 Karen G. Harry, Jodi Dalton and Mark C. Slaughter. Gender and Archaeological Research: A
Look at Past and Current Trends. The SAA Archaeological Record 3(1):25-28.
2002 Karen G. Harry and Trixi Bubemyre. Some Comments on the Archaeological Recognition of
Specialized Ceramic Production. La Tinaja 14(1):6-11.
Under Review
n.d. Harry, Karen G. and Sachiko Sakai. Patterns of Ceramic Production and Distribution. In The
View from Here: Archaeology beneath the Vermillion Cliffs, Kanab, Utah, edited by Heidi
Roberts. Book ms. to be submitted to the University of Utah Press (chapter submitted
2/6/19).
Dissertation
1997 Ceramic Production, Distribution, and Consumption in Two Classic Period Hohokam
Communities. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson. University Microfilms, Ann
Arbor.
Contracted Publications
2004 Karen G. Harry. Investigations into Ceramic Technology. In Pots, Potters and Models:
Archaeological Investigations at the SRI Locus, West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona, Volume II:
Synthesis and Interpretations, edited by S. Whittlesey, pp. 271-282 Statistical Research
Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
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2004 Karen G. Harry and Maria Nieves Zedeño. Chemical Characterization of Ceramic Pastes. In
Pots, Potters and Models: Archaeological Investigations at the SRI Locus, West Branch Site,
Tucson, Arizona, Volume II: Syntheis and Interpretations, edited by S. Whittlesey, pp. 427-
452. Statistical Research Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Karen G. Harry. Craft Specialization: Context, Models, and Theory. In Pots, Potters and
Models: Archaeological Investigations at the SRI Locus, West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona,
Volume II: Syntheis and Interpretations, edited by S. Whittlesey, pp.453-484. Statistical
Research Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Karen G. Harry. Data Summary. In Pots, Potters and Models: Archaeological Investigations
at the SRI Locus, West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona, Volume II: Synthesis and Interpretations,
edited by S. Whittlesey, pp. 531-538. Statistical Research Technical Series 80. Tucson,
Arizona.
2004 Karen G. Harry and Stephanie M. Whittlesey (editors). Pots, Potters and Models:
Archaeological Investigations at the SRI Locus, West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona, Volume I:
Feature Descriptions, Material Culture, and Specialized Analyses. Statistical Research
Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Karen G. Harry. Methods. In Pots, Potters and Models: Archaeological Investigations at the
SRI Locus, West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona, Volume I: Feature Descriptions, Material
Culture, and Specialized Analyses, edited by Karen G. Harry and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. pp.
1-11. Statistical Research Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Karen G. Harry and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. Architectural Feature Descriptions. In Pots,
Potters and Models: Archaeological Investigations at the SRI Locus, West Branch Site,
Tucson, Arizona, Volume I: Feature Descriptions, Material Culture, and Specialized Analyses,
edited by Karen G. Harry and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. pp. 12-98. Statistical Research
Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Lara Fedor Ziady, Karen G. Harry and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. Nonarchitectural Feature
Descriptions. In Pots, Potters and Models: Archaeological Investigations at the SRI Locus,
West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona, Volume I: Feature Descriptions, Material Culture, and
Specialized Analyses, edited by Karen G. Harry and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. pp. 99-139.
Statistical Research Technical Series 80. Tucson, Arizona.
1996 Karen G. Harry. Lithic Analysis. In Excavations at the Pima County Public Works Building
Site, by Mark T. Swanson and Richard Ciolek-Torrello. Statistical Research Technical Series.
1993 Karen G. Harry. Lithic Analysis. In Archaeological Investigations at a Colonial Period
Farmstead, Arivaca, Arizona, pp. 56-75, by Stephanie M Whittlesey and Richard
Ciolek-Torrello. Statistical Research Technical Series No. 30.
1992 Karen G. Harry. Lithic Procurement and Rock Varnish Dating: Investigations at CA-KER-140,
A Small Quarry in the Western Mojave Desert. Statistical Research Technical Series No. 36.
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1992 Karen G. Harry. Farming the Floodplain: A Look at Prehistoric and Historic Land-Use along
the Rillito (with Richard Ciolek-Torrello). Statistical Research Technical Series No. 35.
1991 Karen G. Harry. Cultural and Environmental Context. In Caverns, Quarries & Campsites:
Land Use Among the Prehistoric and Historic Occupants of Colossal Cave Preservation Park,
Pima County, Arizona, pp. 9-34, by Bruce A. Jones and Richard Ciolek-Torrello. Statistical
Research Technical Series No. 31. Tucson.
1990 Karen G. Harry. Lithic analysis. In Prehistoric Adaptation to a Desert Spring Environment:
Archaeological Investigations of Surprise Spring, San Bernardino County, California, by
Jeffrey H. Altschul, pp. 53-84. Statistical Research Technical Series No. 27.
Selected Unpublished Reports
2019 Archaeological Overview and Assessment of selected lands within the Grand Canyon-
Parashant National Monument- Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lands. Report
prepared by Karen G. Harry and William Willis, with contributions by Brenna Wilkerson, and
submitted to the Cultural Resources Management Division of the Grand Canyon-Parashant
National Monument under Task Agreement No. P14AC01540 Cooperative Agreement No.
P11ACBR001.
2016 Final Report of the Shivwits Research Project 2015 Field Season. Report prepared by Karen
G. Harry and submitted to Steve Daron, Archaeologist, Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
2012 Final Report of the Shivwits Research Project 2010-2011 Field Seasons. Report prepared by
Karen G. Harry and submitted to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area under Task
Agreement No. J83R07100003 and Cooperative Agreement No. H8R070600001.
2012 Lost City Fieldwork Spring 2009 Project: Final Report. Document prepared by Karen G. Harry
and submitted to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area under Task Agreement No.
J8360090003 and Cooperative Agreement No. H836009007.
2009 UNLV Shivwits Research Project Report on Archaeological Investigations Conducted May 12–16, 2009. Report submitted to Steve Daron, Archaeologist, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and David Van Alfen, Archaeologist, Parashant National Monument. Report on file, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Boulder City, Nevada.
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2008 The Shivwits Research Project: 2006-2007 Field Schools. Report prepared by Karen G. Harry
with contributions by Sharlyn Anderson, Linda Scott Cummings, Lauren Falvey, Stephanie
Henrickson, Brett McLaurin, Kathryn Puseman, and James Watson, and submitted to the
Lake Mead National Recreation Area by the Department of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies
and the Public Lands Institute, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Great Basin Cooperative
Ecosystems Studies Unit, Agreement No. H8R07060001, Task Agreement No. J8R07060013.
2008 Main Ridge 2006 Research Project: Condition Assessments, Test Excavations, and Data
Analysis for the UNLV Fall 2006 Field School. Document prepared by Karen G. Harry with
contributions by Sharlyn Anderson, Linda Scott Cummings, Mary Malainey, James Marsh,
Glendee Ane Osborne, and James Watson and submitted to the Lake Mead National
Recreation Area by the Department of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies and the Public Lands
Institute, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit,
Agreement No. H8R0706001 and Task Agreement J8R0705006.
2008 Lost City Archival Project Finder’s Guide. Document prepared by Karen G. Harry, Cheryl
Gregory, and Leilani Espinda and submitted to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area by
the Department of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies and the Public Lands Institute, University
of Nevada Las Vegas, Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit, Agreement No.
H8R0706001 and Task Agreement J8R0705006.
Professional Presentations
2019 Daniel Perez and Karen Harry. Excavations on the Shivwits Plateau: Preliminary Findings
from Granary House (AZ A:14:46). Paper presented at the 2019 Three Corners Conference,
October 21, 2019, Las Vegas.
2019 Karen G. Harry and William Willis. Puebloan Occupation of the Shivwits Plateau, North Rim
of the Grand Canyon. Invited paper *resented in a symposium entitled “Archaeology of the
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument,” 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, April 10, 2019. Albuquerque.
2019 Flynn, Alexandria, Karen G. Harry, and Leilani Lucas. Puebloan Subsistence Patterns on the
Shivwits Plateau, North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Invited paper presented in a symposium
entitled “Archaeology of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument,” 84th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 10, 2019. Albuquerque.
2018 Daniel Perez and Karen Harry. House 47: A Case Study of Abandonment and Trade in the
Lowland Virgin Branch Puebloan Region. Invited paper presented in a symposium entitled
“New Findings from the Far Western Puebloan Region: Papers in Honor of Margaret Lyneis,”
at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 13, Washington,
D.C.
2018 Karen G. Harry. Shrines, Dedication Practices, and Closure Activities at Lava Ridge Ruin.
Invited paper presented in a symposium entitled “Learning from Homol’ovi: Papers in Honor
of E. Charles Adams and Richard C. Lange, “at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, April 13, Washington, D.C.
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2018 Karen G. Harry. Who Were the Virgin Branch People? Examining Shifts in Cultural Identity
in Prehistoric Southern Nevada. 47th Annual Meeting of the Nevada Archaeological
Association Meeting, March 23-25, Reno, Nevada.
2017 Kayla Bowen and Karen Harry. Vessel Thickness and Fuel Efficiency. Paper presented at the
2017 Three Corners Conference Program, October 21, 2017, Las Vegas.
2016 Karen Harry and Sachiko Sakai. Early Puebloan, Late Puebloan, or Paiute? Using
Luminescence Dating to Address Issues with the Virgin Branch Ceramic Chronology. Invited
paper presented in a symposium entitled “Recent Applications of Luminescence Dating in
Archaeology,” at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 10,
Orlando.
2016 Shannon Horton and Karen Harry. A Comparison of Ceramic Function between the Virgin
Branch and Kayenta Ancestral Puebloan Cultures. Invited poster presented in a poster
symposium entitled “Archaeology of the Virgin Branch Puebloan Culture,” at the 81st Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 7, Orlando.
2016 Karen G. Harry and William Willis; co-organizer and co-chair. Poster symposium entitled
“Archaeology of the Virgin Branch Puebloan Culture,” at the 81st Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 7, 2016, Orlando.
2015 Shannon Horton and Karen G. Harry. Corrugated Ceramics and Technological Styles in the
Virgin Branch Puebloan Region. Paper presented at the 2015 Three Corners Conference
Program, November 7, Las Vegas.
2015 Shannon Horton and Karen G. Harry. Utilizing Corrugated Wares to Explore Regional
Variations in the Virgin Branch Puebloan Region. Poster presented at the 80th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 15-19, San Francisco.
2015 Benjamin Van Alstyne and Karen G. Harry. Using Building Information Modeling Programs
to Understand the Built Environment of the Virgin Branch Puebloan Culture. Paper
presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 15-19,
San Francisco.
2014 Karen G. Harry and Liam Frink. Investigating the Earliest Appearances of Pottery in the
Alaskan Arctic. Invited paper presented in a symposium entitled “The Adoption of Pottery in
Prehistory,” organized by Julien Viegué and James Skibo. XVII World UISPP Conference,
September 1, 2014. Burgos, Spain.
2014 Shannon M. Horton and Karen G. Harry. Comparing the Corrugated Wares of the Virgin
Branch Puebloan Culture. Poster presented at the 87th Pecos Conference, August 8, 2014.
Blanding, Utah.
2014 Karen G. Harry. Ceramic Production and Exchange in the Hohokam World. Invited paper
presented at a symposium entitled “Illuminating the Hohokam: A Celebration of the
Archaeological Legacies of Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish.” March 8, 2014. Tucson.
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2014 Karen G. Harry. Changing Subsistence and Interaction Patterns in the Mt. Dellenbaugh
Region of the Shivwits Plateau, Northern Arizona. Paper presented at the 78th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 24, 2014. Austin, Texas.
2014 Karen G. Harry. Changing Patterns of Interaction and Identity in Puebloan Settlements of
Southern Nevada. Paper presented in a session entitled “Identity and Interaction on the
Northern Frontier, January 11. 14th Southwest Symposium, Las Vegas.
2013 Karen G. Harry. Recent Research at House 47: A Late Virgin Branch Puebloan Site in the
Moapa Valley, Southern Nevada. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Three Corners
Conference, October 20, 2013. Las Vegas.
2013 Tim Ferguson, Aaron Woods, and Karen G. Harry. Exploratory Studies in the Use of Heat
Treatment in Virgin Branch Puebloan Lithic Assemblages. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial
Three Corners Conference, October 20, 2013. Las Vegas.
2013 Karen G. Harry. Recent Research at House 47: Evaluating the Impacts of Fluctuating Lake
Levels on Southern Nevada’s Archaeological Sites. Invited paper presented in a symposium
entitled “International Protected Area Exchange (I-PAX).” 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific
Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, June 18, 2013. Las
Vegas.
2013 Karen G. Harry, Nathan Harper, James T. Watson. Shaping Cultural Identity in Prehistoric
Southern Nevada. Invited paper presented in a symposium entitled “Social Identity in
Frontier and Borderland Communities of the North American Southwest.” 78th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 6, 2013. Honolulu.
2013 Karen G. Harry and Sarah Herr, co-organizer and co-chair. Symposium entitled “Social
Identity in Frontier and Borderland Communities of the North American Southwest,” at the
78th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Honolulu.
2013 Liam Frink and Karen G. Harry. Subsistence Cooking Technology Systems: Central Canadian
Arctic Hunter-Gatherer Pottery and Soapstone Pots. Invited paper presented in a
symposium entitled “Circumpolar Ceramics: Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Technology and the
‘Foraging Spectrum’,” organized by Kevin Gibbs and Peter Jordan. 78th Annual Meeting of
the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 6, 2013. Honolulu.
2012 Karen G. Harry. Where are the Hearths? Explaining the Absence of Floor Features on the
Shivwits Plateau, Northwestern Arizona. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 21, 2012. Memphis.
2012 Timothy J. Ferguson, Karen G. Harry, and Jeffrey Ferguson. Examining the Production and
Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 21, 2012. Memphis.
2011 Karen G. Harry. UNLV’s Shivwits Research Project: The 2011 Field Season. Paper presented
at the 84th Pecos Conference, Mile-and-a-Half Lake, Arizona.
2011 Karen G. Harry. An Historic Paiute Feature in the Moapa Valley. Paper presented at the
Fourth Biennial Three Corners Conference, October 29, 2011, Las Vegas.
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2010 Karen G. Harry. New Findings from UNLV’s Shivwits Archaeological Research Project.
Invited paper presented at the symposium entitled “Discovering the Archaeology of the
Arizona Strip Region: Learning from the Past-Planning for the Future,” sponsored by the
Kaibab-Vermilion Cliffs Heritage Alliance. November 13, 2010, Page, Arizona.
2010 Karen G. Harry, Brett McLaurin, and Noel Blair. Exploring the Relationship between
Pedogenic Carbonates, Smectite Clays, and Agriculture. Poster presented presented in the
symposium entitled “Archaeology of the Arizona Strip,” at the 75th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 18, 2010, St. Louis.
2010 Jennifer Durk, Lauren W. Falvey, and Karen Harry. Exploratory Studies into Possible Uses of
Calcareous Dolostone on the Shivwits Plateau. Poster presented in the symposium entitled
“Archaeology of the Arizona Strip,” at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology Meetings, April 18, 2010, St. Louis.
2010 Karen G. Harry. Invited discussant at a symposium entitled “Research Findings of the Gold
Butte Area, Clark County, Nevada,” at the 32nd Great Basin Anthropological Conference,
October 20, 2010. Layton, Utah.
2010 Karen G. Harry. Exploring the Puebloan Occupation of the Mt. Dellenbaugh Region of the
Arizona Strip. Invited paper presented in the symposium entitled “Archaeology of the
Arizona Strip,” at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Meetings, April 18, 2010, St. Louis.
2010 Karen G. Harry and Sachiko Sakai; co-organizer and co-chair. Symposium entitled
“Archaeology of the Arizona Strip,” at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology Meetings, April 18, 2010, St. Louis.
2010 Karen G. Harry. Invited discussant in a forum entitled “Gendered Selves: Experiences in and
Out of the Classroom,” at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Meetings, April 17, 2010, St. Louis
2010 Karen G. Harry. House 47: A Large Pueblo within the Lost City Complex. Paper presented at
the Nevada Archaeological Association Meetings, March 27, 2010, Las Vegas.
2009 Karen G. Harry. The UNLV Lost City Research Project. Paper presented at the Third Biennial
Three Corners Conference, October 17, 2009, Las Vegas.
2009 Karen G. Harry. James Scrugham, M.R. Harrington and the ‘Lost City’ Project of Southern
Nevada: Public Archaeology Before and During the Great Depression. Paper presented at
the 80th Annual Conference of the Southwestern Anthropological Association.
2009 Karen G. Harry. Investigating the Causes of Long-Distance Pottery Trade between the
Western Colorado Plateaus and Southern Nevada. Poster presented at the 74th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia.
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2009 Dashiell Glazer, L.M. Frink, and Karen G. Harry. An Experimental Examination of Arctic
Soapstone Cooking Technology. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia.
2008 Karen G. Harry and Steve Daron. Depression Era Archaeology along the Colorado River: The
Role and Legacy of the CCC. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Conference on Nevada
History. Reno, Nevada.
2008 Sharlyn Anderson, Karen G. Harry, and Nancy Grey. Vessel Function as a Means of
Understanding Ceramic Trade during the Middle Pueblo II Period in. Paper presented at the
37th Annual Nevada Archaeological Association Meeting, Minden, Nevada.
2008 Karen G. Harry and James Watson. The Shivwits Research Project: Exploring Virgin Anasazi
Settlement and Subsistence Patterns on the Arizona. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada.
2008 Karen G. Harry and James Watson. Exploring the Puebloan Occupation of the Mt.
Dellenbaugh Area on the Arizona Strip. Paper presented at the 81st Pecos Conference,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
2008 Jennifer Thompson, Debra Martin, and Karen G. Harry. Demographic Composition and
Health at Pueblo Grande de. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Physical Anthropologists. Columbus, Ohio.
2008 Karen G. Harry, Steve Daron, Leah Bonstead and Glendee Ane Osborne. Puebloan Land Use
in the Mt. Dellenbaugh Region of the Arizona Strip. Poster presented at the 2008 Southwest
Symposium, Tempe, Arizona.
2007 Karen G. Harry. Red-Headed Giants, Silk-Clad Skeletons, and Drunken Archaeologists: A
Voyeur’s Look Back at the Early Fieldwork of Nevada’s “Lost City.” Paper presented at the
2nd Biennial Meeting of the Three Corners Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2007 Karen G. Harry and L. Frink. The Alaskan Cooking Pot: Why Was it Adopted? Invited paper
presented in a symposium entitled “Theoretical and Methodological Contributions of
Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Studies,” 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Austin, Texas.
2007 Gregory Haynes, Leilani Espinda and Karen G. Harry. Current Research at the Edge of the
Anasazi World: The Lost City Complex of Southeastern Nevada. Paper presented at the 72nd
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.
2006 Jennifer Thompson, Karen G. Harry, and Debra Martin. Demographic Composition and
Health at Pueblo Grande de Nevada. Paper presented at the 30th Great Basin
Anthropological Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2006 L. Frink and Karen G. Harry. The Beauty of “Ugly” Eskimo Ceramic Cook Pots. Paper
presented at the 33rd Annual Alaska Anthropological Association Meeting, Kodiak, Alaska.
2005 Karen G. Harry and Andreas Charest. Understanding the Contexts of Long-Distance Ceramic
Exchange: Upcoming Research in the Virgin Anasazi Area by the UNLV Anthropology
Department. Paper presented at the Three Corners Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2005 Karen G. Harry and Fred Huntington. The Effect of Ceramic Specialization on Household
Gender Roles: Evidence from the West Branch Site. Paper presented at the 70th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in a symposium entitled “Engendering
Households in the Prehistoric Southwest,” organized by Barbara Roth. Salt Lake City.
2005 Mark Slaughter and Karen G. Harry. Engendering Migration: Exploring the Lived
Experiences of Prehistoric Immigrants in Southern Arizona. Paper presented at the 70th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in a symposium entitled
“Engendering Households in the Prehistoric Southwest,” organized by Barbara Roth. Salt
Lake City.
2004 Karen G. Harry, Paul Fish, Suzanne Fish, Christophe H. Descantes, and Robert J. Speakman.
The Organization of Ceramic Production and Exchange in the Marana Community. Paper
presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in a
symposium entitled “Power and Economy at the Marana Mound Site,” organized by Suzanne
Fish and James M. Bayman. Montreal.
2004 Allen Johnson and Karen G. Harry. Measuring Ceramic Porosity-Non Destructive Methods.
Poster presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Montreal.
2002 Karen G. Harry. Why did Prehistoric Agriculture Develop in Some Areas of Agricultural
Potential but Not in Others? Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.
2001 Karen G. Harry. The Use of Trade Ties to Create Allegiances by the Classic Period Hohokam.
Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
2000 Karen G. Harry, Evelyn Billo, Robert Mark and Wanda Olszewski. The Challenge of Long
Term Preservation: Managing Rock Art Impacts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the American Rock Art Research Association, Phoenix, Arizona.
2000 Karen G. Harry. The Management Crisis at Hueco Tanks State Historical Park: Changing
Public Attitudes towards Cultural Resources Preservation. Paper presented at the Texas
Archeological Society Annual Meeting, League City, Texas.
2000 Karen G. Harry. Managing Human Impacts to Rock Art and Archeological Sites: Recent Field
Work at Hueco Tanks State Historical Park. Paper presented at the 10th U.S./Mexico Border
States Conference on Recreation, Parks and Wildlife, Monterrey, Mexico.
1998 Karen G. Harry. Leadership Strategies among the Classic Period Hohokam: A Case Study.
Invited paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology in a symposium entitled “Corporate or Network? Alternative Leadership
Strategies in the Greater American Southwest,” organized by Barbara Mills. Seattle,
Washington.
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1998 Karen G. Harry. Examining the Northern Tucson Basin Regional System: Recent Evidence
from the Marana and Los Robles Communities. Invited paper presented at the Sixth Biennial
Southwest Symposium, in a symposium entitled “Beyond Normative Boundaries,”organized
by Eden E. Welker and Inga E. Calvin. Hermosillo, Sonora.
1997 Karen G. Harry. The Economic Structure of Platform Mound Communities in the Northern
Tucson Basin. Paper presented at the 1997 Fall Meeting of the Arizona Archaeological
Council. Tempe, Arizona.
1997 Karen G. Harry. Ceramic Production, Distribution, and Consumption in Two Classic Period
Hohokam Communities. Invited paper presented in a symposium entitled "Chemical
Sourcing of Ceramics in the Greater Southwest," at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, Nashville.
1996 Karen G. Harry. Community-Based Craft Specialization: The West Branch Site. Invited paper
presented in a symposium entitled "New Perspectives on the Hohokam Village," at the
American Association for the Advancement of Science Meetings, Flagstaff.
1995 Karen G. Harry. Community-Based Craft Specialization: The West Branch Site. Paper
presented at the 1995 Fall Meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Council. Flagstaff, Arizona.
1995 Karen G. Harry. Village-Level Craft Specialization: Investigation of a Prehistoric Ceramic
Production Center in Southern Arizona. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis.
1994 Karen G. Harry. Evaluating the Economic Organization of Ceramic Production in the Tucson
Basin. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Arizona Nevada Academy of
Science, Glendale, Arizona.
1993 Karen G. Harry. Pottery Production in the Tucson Basin: Recent Research at the West
Branch Site, A Rincon Phase Village. Paper presented at the 66th Pecos Conference, Casa
Malpais National Historic Landmark, Springerville, Arizona.
1993 Karen G. Harry, Mark C. Slaughter and Alan Denoyer. Experimenting with Raw Materials:
How Accurate are Inferences Derived from Flake Completeness Categories? Paper
presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. St. Louis,
Missouri.
1992 Karen G. Harry. The Validity of Using Cation Ratios to Date Rock Varnished Artifacts (with
Paul R. Bierman). Paper presented at the 26th Annual Society for California Archaeology
Meeting. Pasadena, California.
1992 Karen G. Harry. New Data Suggest Rock Varnish Cation-Ratios May Not Be a Reliable
Method for Dating Lithic Artifacts (with Paul R. Bierman). Paper presented at the Materials
Research Society Spring 1992 Meeting, San Francisco, California.
1988 Karen G. Harry. An Analysis of the Obsidian Assemblage of Homol'ovi III: Regional and
Economic Implications. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of
American Archaeology, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Grants and Financial Awards
Under review National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. “The Role
of Style in Community Identity and Group Affiliation.” (PI K. Harry; Co-PI Daniel M. Perez;
submitted 12/19/2019)
2015 Award from the University Faculty Travel Committee ($750)
2014 Award from the National Park Service for a project entitled “Archeological Overview and
Assessment for the Prehistoric Period for Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument.”
Award amount: $89,993.
2014 Doctoral Graduate Research Assistantship Award received from the University of Nevada Las
Vegas. (Award amount: salary and stipends worth $50,000).
2012 Faculty Opportunity Award, University of Nevada Las Vegas, for project entitled “Lost City
Archaeological Field Project.” Award amount: $9730.
2012 Award from the National Park Service for a project entitled “Shivwits Research Project 2012-
2014. Award amount: $49,999.
2011 Award from the National Park Service for a project entitled “Shivwits Research Project 2011.
Award amount: $7957.
2010 Strategic Plan Graduate Research Assistantship Award received from the University of
Nevada Las Vegas. (Award amount: salary and stipends worth $45,000).
2010 Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Grant received from the National Park
Service for project entitled “Shivwits Research Project: Archaeological Field School 2010.”
(Agreement No. HR07060001; award amount $22,895)
2009 Award received from the National Park Service for a project entitled “Lost City Fieldwork
Spring 2009.” (Award amount: $31,694).
2007 Research Infrastructure Award. University of Nevada Las Vegas. (Award amount: $57,354).
2006 Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Grant received from the National Park
Service for project entitled “Archaeological Research and Data Management, Lake Mead
National Recreation Area and Parashant National Monument.” (Agreement No.
J8R07060013; Award Amount: $881,200)
2006 Grant received from the Center for Advanced Research, College of Liberal Arts, University of
Nevada Las Vegas for a project entitled “Understanding Prehistoric Subsistence Strategies in
Arid Lands: Proposal for an Archaeological Field School in the Parashant National
Monument.” (Award amount: $5000)
2005 Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Grant received from the National Park Service for project entitled “Archaeological Research and Data Management, Lake Mead
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National Recreation Area and Parashant National Monument.” (Agreement No. J8R07050012; Award Amount: $339,994)
2005 Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Grant received from the National Park
Service for project entitled “Re-evaluation of the Main Ridge Site and Adjacent Areas.”
(Agreement No. J8R07050006; Award amount: $100,014.
2005 NAGPRA Documentation Grant received from the National Park Service. (Grant No. 32-05-
GP-411; Award amount: $74,224)
2005 (co-P.I., with Lisa Frink) National Science Foundation Grant for project entitled “Elder
Knowledge and Ceramic Production: Ethnoarchaeological and Experimental Techniques for
Evaluating and Reconstructing the Manufacture and Meaning of Pottery in Western Alaska.”
(Grant No. 0452900; Award amount: $38,265)
2003 New Investigator Award, University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Project entitled “Prehistoric
Pottery Production and Exchange in Southern Arizona.” (Award amount: $9755)
2003 (senior P.I., with Paul Fish and Suzanne Fish) Missouri University Research Reactor Facility
Grant. For project entitled “The Production and Exchange of Plainware Pottery by Early
Classic Period Hohokam.” (Award amount: subsidy worth $40,800).
2003 University of Nevada Las Vegas Travel Grant (Award Amount: $340).
1997 Emil Haury Education Fund for Archaeology Scholarship, Department of Anthropology,
University of Arizona.
1996 Honorable Mention, 1996 Dozier Award Competition, Department of Anthropology,
University of Arizona.
1994-1995 Graduate Tuition Waiver, University of Arizona.
1994 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Predoctoral Grant (Grant #5722)
1994 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (Grant # SBR-9400239)
1994 Research Grant from the Graduate Student Research Fund, University of Arizona
1993 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Research Grant
1993 Missouri University Research Reactor Grant for neutron activation analysis of ceramics
1992 Gilbert Ray Altschul Scholarship, Statistical Research, Inc.
1992 Comins Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
1987 William Shirley Fulton Scholarship, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
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1987 Educational Fund for Archaeology Award, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Arizona
1986 Educational Fund for Archaeology Award, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Arizona
1985 Thomas Bogard Award, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Recognition Awards
2000 Recipient (as team lead) of the American Rock Art Research Association’s Conservation and
Preservation Award.
2000 Recipient (as team member) of the Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Award for Outstanding Team,
for preservation efforts at Hueco Tanks State Historical Park.
1999 Recipient of the Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award.
Field Schools
Parashant National Monument. June-July 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2014.
Lost City, Overton, Nevada. Fall 2006, Spring 2009, Fall 2012.
Archaeological Research and Experience
2005-present Principal Investigator, Shivwits Research Project
2005- present Principal Investigator, Lost City Research Project.
2005-2009 Principal Investigator, Archaeological Research and Data Management, Lake Mead
National Recreation Area and Parashant National Monument.
1997-2000 Program Director, Cultural Resources Program of Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department.
1995-1997 Ceramic compositional analyst for various independent research projects conducted
through Hobart and William Smith College, New York, in collaboration with Dr.
William Bowyer, Department of Chemistry.
1992-1997 Project Director, West Branch Site Data Recovery Project, Tucson, Arizona.
1994 Visiting Scholar, Missouri University Research Reactor Facility, University of
Missouri. Received training in compositional analysis.
