BRIAN T WYGAL

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY

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Diplomas/Degrees

Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno (2009)
M.A., University of Alaska, Anchorage (2003)
B.S., Kansas State University (1998)

Recent Courses

Archaeology
Archaeology Of New World
First Year Seminar Being Human: An Anthropological Perspective
Guided Readings Environmental Archeology
Guided Readings Prehistoric Technology
Guided Research I Paleolithic Asia
Guided Research I I
Guided Research I I Guided Readings
Humankind,Culture, And Environment
Rise And Fall Of Civilization

Teaching Specializations/Interests

New World and subarctic archaeology, peopling of the Americas, prehistoric technology, and field methods

Research Interests

Environmental archaeology, deglaciation and human colonization, technological organization.

Grants/Sponsored Research

Faculty Development Grant, Adelphi University. Prehistoric Human Ecology at the Volkmar Lake and Goodpaster River regions of the Tanana Valley, Alaska (2012-2013).

Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer Historic Preservation Grant. Archaeological Survey and Inventory of Public Lands in the middle Susitna River Valley, Southcentral Alaska with F. Seager-Boss and K.E. Krasinski (2012-2013).

Instructional Technology Grant, Adelphi University. Wilderness Archaeology in Southcentral Alaska (2010-2011).

Faculty Development Grant, Adelphi University. Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Economic Adaptations in Southcentral Alaska (2010-2011).

Department of Interior, National Park Service. Comprehensive Survey of Denali National Park and Preserve (2006-2009).

Academy for the Environment Research Grant, University of Nevada, Reno. co-PI with T. Goebel, Early Holocene Colonization of Southcentral Alaska (2006).

National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Arctic Social Sciences #052055, co-PI with T. Goebel, The Early Holocene Colonization of Southcentral Alaska (2005).

Alaska Humanities Forum Research Grant #S05-05, The Prehistoric Colonization of Southcentral Alaska (2005).

Book Chapters

Wygal, BT (2011). The Microblade/Non-Microblade Dichotomy: Climatic Implications, Toolkit Variability and the Role of Tiny Tools in Eastern Beringia. In Goebel, T and Buvit, I (Eds.). From the Yenisei to the Yukon: Interpreting Lithic Assemblage Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia. (pp. 234-254). College Station: Texas A&M Press.

Refereed Articles

Wygal, BT and Goebel, T (2012), Early Prehistoric Archaeology Of The Middle Susitna Valley, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology, 49(1), 45-67.

Wygal, BT and Goebel, T (2011), Deglaciation and the Archaeology of Trapper Creek, Southcentral Alaska. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 28, 188-191.

Wygal, BT (2010), Prehistoric Upland Tool Production in the Central Alaska Range. Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 8(1), 107-119.

Wygal, BT, Tyrrell, L. and Daniels, P. (2010), Prehistoric Upland Hunting Site. Denali National Park and Preserve, Fact Sheet.

VanderHoek, R, Wygal, BT, Tedor, R and Holmes, C (2007), Survey and Monitoring of Ice Patches in the Denali Highway Region, Central Alaska, 2003-2005. Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 5(2), 67-86.

Saleeby, B and Wygal, BT (2005), Old is Getting Older. Alaska Park Science, 4(2), 13-17.

Roper, D and Wygal, BT (2002), The Spatial Component of the Western Clovis Chronology. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 19, 76-78.

Invited Presentation/Lecture

Wygal, BT (2009, June). "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Denali National Park and Preserve". Murie Science and Learning Center, Denali Park, Alaska.

Wygal, BT (2008, March). "Following the Ice? Early Holocene Adaptations in Southcentral Alaska". 73rd Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver.

Wygal, BT and Krasinski, KE (2006, November). "The Archaeology of Southcentral Alaska". Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, sponsored by International Quaternary Association and National Science Foundation.

Conference Presentations/Papers

Wygal, BT (2012). "The Microblade/Non-Microblade Dichotomy: Climatic Implications, Toolkit Variability, and the Role of Tiny Tools in Eastern Beringia". In 77th Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology. Memphis.

Hernandez, N, Krasinski, KE, and Wygal, BT (2012). "Discovering Chronology: Results of the 2011 Adelphi Archaeological Field School in the Susitna Valley, Alaska". In 39th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Seattle.

Krasinski, KE, Wygal, BT and Tedor, RM (2012). "New Lacustrine Archaeological Localities at Volkmar Lake, Tanana Valley, Alaska". In 39th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Seattle.

Wygal, BT (2012). "Cold Case: Archaeological Interpretations for Post-Glacial Adaptations in Southcentral Alaska". In 39th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Seattle.

Wygal, BT (2011). "Testing the Mammoth Refugium Hypothesis in the Central Alaska Range". In 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sacramento.

Wygal, BT (2011). "Middle to Late Holocene Cultural Continuity or Hiatus in the Susitna Valley?". In 38th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Fairbanks.

Wygal, BT (2010). "Archaeological Exploration in Denali National Park and Preserve". In 18th Annual Arctic Conference. Bryn Mawr.

Wygal, BT (2010). "Modeling Seasonality from Assemblage Variability in Central and Southcentral Alaska". In 37th Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Anchorage.

Wygal, BT (2009). "Modeling Seasonality From Assemblage Variability In Central And Southcentral Alaska". In 17th Annual Arctic Conference, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado. Boulder.

Wygal, BT (2009). "Archaeological Survey of Denali National Park and Preserve: Assessments, Models, and Hypotheses". In 36th Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Juneau.

Wygal, BT (2009). "Analogous Scenarios: Deglaciation and the Human Colonization of Northern Europe". In 36th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Juneau.

Coffman, SC and Wygal, BT (2008). "Early Holocene Lithic Reduction from the Bull River and Costello Creek Area of Denali National Park". In 35th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Anchorage.

Wygal, BT (2008). "Results of the 2007 Archaeological Survey of Denali National Park and Preserve". In 35th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Anchorage.

Wygal, BT (2007). "Microblade/Non-Microblade Dichotomy in Southcentral Alaska". In 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Austin.

Wygal, BT (2007). "Microblade/Non-Microblade Dichotomy in Southcentral Alaska". In 34th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Fairbanks.

Wygal, BT and Goebel, T (2006). "Early Holocene Colonization of Southcentral Alaska". In 33th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Kodiak.

Wygal, BT and Seager-Boss, F (2005). "Early Holocene Colonization of Southcentral Alaska". In 13th Annual Arctic Conference. University of California-Davis.

VanderHoek, R, Wygal, BT, Holmes, C, McMahan, D, and Tedor, R (2005). "Ice Patch Atlatls, Frost Boils, and Historic Trails: The OHA 2004 Field Season in the Denali Blocks, Denali Highway Region, Alaska". In 32th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Anchorage.

Wygal, BT and Seager-Boss, F (2005). "Holocene Peopling of Southcentral Alaska: New Evidence from Trapper Creek". In 32th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Anchorage.

Wygal, BT and R Gal (2004). "The Last Day Site (XMH-497): A Notched Projectile Point and Microblade Technology in the Early Holocene of Northwest Alaska". In 31th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Whitehorse.

Wygal, BT (2003). "The Earliest Alaskans and the Earliest Americans Theme Study". In 30th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Fairbanks.

Other Scholarly/Artistic Work

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
Wygal, BT and Krasinski, KE (2010) Archeological Exploration of Denali National Park and Preserve (2006-2009). National Park Service, Denali Park, Alaska.

Wygal, BT (2009) Upland Lithic Procurement and Hunting Strategies in Denali National Park and Preserve, Central Alaska. National Park Service, Denali Park, Alaska.

Wygal, BT (2008) The Risk of Global Climate Change to Cultural Resources in Denali National Park and Preserve: A Report on Current Efforts and Future Needs in Archaeological Monitoring and Inventory. National Park Service, Denali Park, Alaska.

Saleeby, B and Wygal, BT (2007) The Earliest American Theme Study for Alaska. National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, National Park Service, Alaska.

PANELS ORGANIZED
Organizer/chairperson (2010) Seasonal Assemblage Variability. Symposium presented at the 37th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association, Anchorage.

Co-organizer/chairperson (2009) Humans and their Environment: Technology and Subsistence in Arctic and Subarctic Landscapes. Symposium presented at the 36th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association, Juneau.

Organizer/chairperson (2008) The Archaeology of Alpine and Montane Environments. Symposium presented at the 35th Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association, Anchorage.

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
Co-organizer (2002) American Quaternary Association, Biennial Conference and Interior Alaska Paleoindian Site Tour, Anchorage.

Professional Activities

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society of American Archaeology
Alaska Anthropological Association
American Quaternary Association