Greg Burtchard
Faculty Fellow of Anthropology
Phone: 253-535-7643
Email: burtchgc@plu.edu
Office Location:Xavier Hall - Room 336
Status:Emeritus
Curriculum Vitae: View my CV
- Professional
- Biography
Education
- Ph.D. - all but dissertation, Anthropology, University of New Mexico
- M.A., Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 1973
- B.A. , Anthropology and Political Science, University of New Mexico, 1967
Areas of Emphasis or Expertise
- Archaeology - Special concern with field implementation of archaeological research and maintenance of research integrity in cultural resource studies. Field experience at Mount Rainier and the Washington/Oregon Cascades; Hawai’i and the greater Pacific Basin; various Columbia River settings in Oregon and Washington; the Northern Rocky Mountains; and northern and central New Mexico. Research emphases on demographic processes and the shift from forager to semi-sedentary collector adaptations in Northwestern North America; and on the development and spatial expansion of complex cultural systems in a variety of ecological contexts.
- Ecology - Continuing interest in models regarding population density, resource intensification, and cultural change; and on the application of such models to anthropological and archaeological research. Particular stress on implications of these issues to Pacific Basin and New World population dispersal and socio-cultural change .
- General Anthropology Emphases - Ecological Anthropology, Geography, and Socio-Cultural Change.
Selected Publications
- 2017 Mining Glacier Basin; History of the Glacier Basin Mining District, Mount Rainier National Park. 2017 Mining Glacier Basin; History of the Glacier Basin Mining District, Mount Rainier National Park.
- Berkeley Rockshelter Lithics: Understanding the Late Holocene Use of the Mount Rainier Area
- 40 Years of Survey Archaeology in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
- Environment, Prehistory & Archaeology of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
- Holocene Subistence and Settlement Patterns: Mount Rainier and the Montane Pacific Northwest Holocene Subistence and Settlement Patterns: Mount Rainier and the Montane Pacific Northwest
- Finding Longmire Springs Hotel Mount Rainier National Park Archaeological Reconnaissance/Monitoring Report Project: Finding Longmire Springs Hotel Longmire Springs Hotel ca. 1913 Project Background
Books
- Plants, Tribal Traditions, and the Mountain Practices and Effects of Nisqually Tribal Plant Gathering at Mount Rainier National Park (Mount Rainier National Park 2024) : View Book
Accolades
- John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology, 2017
- Director’s Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for Excellence in NPS Cultural Resource Management, 2015
Professional Memberships/Organizations
Biography
Greg Burtchard currently is a Faculty Fellow in Anthropology at Pacific Lutheran University. At PLU, he has taught introductory courses in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology, as well as an advanced course in Ecology, Archaeology, and Pacific Northwest Prehistory.
From 2000 to 2016, Professor Burchard was Mount Rainier National Park’s Cultural Resources Specialist, serving as park archaeologist and cultural anthropologist/tribal liaison with the park’s six affiliated tribes. Aside from his work at Mount Rainier and the Washington/Oregon Cascades, Burtchard has direct field experience in Hawai’i and the greater Pacific Basin; various Columbia River settings in Oregon and Washington; the Northern Rocky Mountains; and northern and central New Mexico. Research emphases lie in demographic processes and the shift from forager to semi-sedentary collector adaptations in Northwestern North America, and on the development and spatial expansion of forager to complex cultural systems in a variety of ecological contexts.