Dr. Eric Bowne
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Irby Hall 120C
(501) 450-5821
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
Ph.D. University of Georgia
B.A. University of Georgia
Specialty Fields
Author of two books:
Dr. Bowne is the author of two books and co-editor of a third:
The Historical Turn in Southeastern Archaeology (University Press of Florida, 2020)
Mound Sites of the Ancient South: A guide to the Mississippian Chiefdoms (University of Georgia Press, 2013)
The Westo Indians: Slave Traders of the Early Colonial South (University of Alabama Press, 2005)
Chapters in five edited volumes:
Light on the Path: The Anthropology and History of the Southeastern Indians
Mapping the Mississippian Shatter Zone: The Colonial Indian Slave Trade and Regional Instability in the American South
Native American Adoption, Captivity, and Slavery in Changing Contexts
Creating and Contesting Carolina: Proprietary Era Histories
Linking the Histories of Slavery: North America and Its Borderlands
Research Interests
Native American History
Environmental Studies
Food and Culture
Mountaineering Culture and History
Current Focus
He is currently developing a course that focuses on mountaineers, rock climbers, and other “pilgrims of the vertical.”