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Summer Scholars - 2000 

Lane Beck 
Arroyo Hondo Summer Scholar
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Curator, Arizona State Museum, and Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Project: "Bioarachaeology of Arroyo Hondo" 
To better understand Arroyo Hondo and the people that inhabited it, materials from this 14th century site are re-examined. (In collaboration with Ann Palkovich)

Shanna Balazs Dunlop
Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Summer Scholar
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
Project: "An Examination of the Production of Contemporary Hopi Kachina Dolls: Views from Non-Hopi Consumers" 
Research for this doctoral dissertation includes visits to art galleries, art shows, and Indian Market; interviews with Hopi carvers; and an analysis of the kachina collections at SAR's Indian Arts Research Center.

Frank Korom
Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Summer Scholar 
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Boston University
Project: "Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in a Caribbean Diasporic Context" 
Six chapters are completed of this book-length manuscript about an Islamic observance among East Indians in Trinidad.

Ann Palkovich
Arroyo Hondo Summer Scholar 
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, George Mason University
Project: "Bioarchaeology of Arroyo Hondo"
To better understand Arroyo Hondo and the people that inhabited it, materials from this 14th century site are re-examined. (In collaboration with Lane Beck)

Estevan Rael-Galvez
Katrin H. Lamon Summer Scholar 
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Program in American Cultures, University of Michigan
Project: "The Culture of Memory within an Imagined Community: The History and Discourse of Indian Captivity and Slavery" 
In this dissertation, indigenous slavery, in which thousands of American Indian captives were incorporated into Spanish/Mexican households, is examined as a contest of stories and memories.

Vernon Scarborough
Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Summer Scholar
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati
Project: "The Flow of Power: Ancient Water Management and Landscapes"
Water management in ancient Bali, India, Pakistan, Greece, Sudan, Mexico, and the American Southwest are discussed in this book-length manuscript.

Norman Yoffee
Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Summer Scholar
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor, Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, University of Michigan
Project: "New Rules of the Game: The Evolution of Ancient States and Civilizations"
The evolution of Mesopotamian civilization and other ancient states are discussed in this book-length manuscript.