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L. Crowell
Aron L. Crowell
National Museum of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center
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Aron Crowell is
an anthropologist and archaeologist who directs research, exhibitions,
and educational programs for the Smithsonian’s Arctic
Studies Center regional office in Anchorage. He currently leads
the Sharing Knowledge project, which is working with
Alaska Natives to document the Smithsonian’s Alaskan collections
(http://alaska.si.edu). Crowell is also developing a permanent
exhibition and studies center for these materials in Anchorage,
opening in 2010. His current field research focuses on the archaeology,
cultural history, and Little Ice Age environmental conditions
of southern coastal Alaska. Crowell co-curated the Crossroads
of Continents exhibition and developed Looking Both
Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People. His
research areas include the archaeology of coastal adaptations,
Russian colonialism in Alaska, Alaska Native oral traditions,
and museum studies. In addition to his Smithsonian work, Crowell
is an affiliate faculty member of the Department of Anthropology,
University of Alaska, Anchorage. |
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