David B. Small

Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
681 Taylor Street
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
PA 18015

Telephone:  610-758-3787 (work)
                     610-965-8254 (home)
Fax:             610-758-6552


"Take it when you can get it...."

Education

 Ph.D. University of Cambridge, England  1983 Classical Archaeology

 M.A. SUNY Albany, New York   1980 Classical Archaeology

 B.A. SUNY Albany, New York   1973 History

Research Interests

 State Formation                                             Texts and Archaeology
 Complex Society                                            Architecture and Society
 Theoretical Approaches in Archaeology      Mediterranean Archaeology
 Economic Archaeology                                  Mortuary Archaeology
 Historical Ecology                                          Heterarchy
 Mesoamerican Archaeology

Professional Experience

 Lehigh University
      Professor     1998-present
      Associate Professor    1989-1998
      Visiting Assistant Professor   1987-1989

University of Michigan
      Visiting Assistant Professor   1986-1987

University of Cambridge
      Lecturer     1982-1983
      Supervisor     1980-1983
 

Courses Taught

 General Anthropology                                        Environment and Culture
 Intro. Physical Anthropology                             General Archaeology
 Social Evolution of Complex Organizations      Greek Archaeology
 Roman Archaeology                                           Archaeology of Mesoamerica
 Archaeological Method and Theory                  Archaeological Field Methods
 Archaeology of Interaction                                Ancient Technology
 Greek and Roman Cultures                               Ancient Cities
 Anthropology of Death and Dying                     Social Theory
 Comparative Early Civilizations                        Archaeology of Death
 

Grants and Contract Research

ACADEMIC GRANTS:

 Lehigh University Unsponsored Research Fund.  "Salto Valley Survey Research"
 Salto Valley, Italy. 1994. ($1200)

 Lehigh University Unsponsored Research Fund.  "Salto Valley Survey Reserch"
 Salto Valley, Italy, 1995. ($1200)

 National Science Foundation.  "The Archaeology of Complexity in a Nonhierarchical
 Landscape: Survey in the Salto Valley (1995) asked to resubmit

 National Endowment for the Humanities.  "The Archaeology of Complexity in a
 Nonhierarchical Landscape: Survey in the Salto Valley (1995) asked to resubmit

 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.  "The Archaeology of
 Complexity in a Nonhierarchical Landscape: Survey in the Salto Valley (1995)

 (Above project was halted in 1996 when Italian government withdrew support for permission to conduct field research)

 Lehigh University Unsponsored Research Fund.  "Testing Late Bronze Age Subsistence
 Crises in Greece" 1998. ($1200)
 
 

Publications

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

n.d.     Combining the Two: Heterarchy and the Dual Processual Model in Evolutionary
           Dynamics.  Current Anthropology, (revise and resubmit)

BOOKS:

n.d     The Architecture of the Ancient Greeks.  Oxford University Press.
         (Expected publication date – 2000)

1999  (ed). At the Interface: the Household and Beyond,
                   co-edited with Nicola Tannenbaum, University Press of America

1997 (ed). The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past/Interpreting the Present,
             co-edited with Neil Silberman, Sheffield Academic Press.

1995 (ed).  Methods in the Mediterranean:  Historical and Archaeological Views
            on Texts  and Archaeology , Brill Press.

ARTICLES/CHAPTERS:
 

n.d     The Negotiations of Urban Populations, in Populations and Preindustrial Cities:
          A Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by G. Storey, University of Alabama Press.

1999  Mycenaean Polities: States or Estates? in Mycenaean Palaces: New
          Interpretations on an Old Idea, eds. M. Galaty and M. Parkinson, pp. 43-49.
          University of California Press. (1999)

1999  Introduction, in At the Interface: the Household and Beyond. co-written with
          Nicola Tannenbaum , University Press of America

1999  The Tyranny of the Text: Lost Social Strategies in Current Historical Period
          Archaeology in the Classical Mediterranean, in Back from the Edge:
          Archaeology in History, eds. P. Funari, M. Hall, and S. Jones, pp. 122-35, (Unwin
          Hyman )

1998  Surviving the Collapse: The Oikos and Structural Continuity between Late Bronze
          Age and Later Greece. in Mediterranean Peoples in Transition: Thirteenth to
          Early Tenth Centuries B.C.E., ed. S. Gitin, Hebrew University Press.

1997  Can We Move Forward?  Comments on the Current Debate over Handmade
          Burnished Ware.  Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 10: 223-28, (issue delayed
          until 1998)

1997  An Archaeology of Democracy? in  Democracy 2500?, Questions and Challenges,
          eds. I. Morris and K. Raaflaub, pp. 217-28, Archaeological Institute of America.

          A Democracy of Archaeologies: A Reply to Ian Morris. In Democracy 2500?,
          Questions and Challenges, eds. I. Morris and K. Raaflaub, pp. 241-46,
          Archaeological Institute of America.

1997  City State Dynamics through a Greek Lens, in The Archaeology of City-States:
          Cross-Cultural Approaches, eds. D. Nichols and T. Charlton, pp. 107-118.
          Smithsonian Institution

1997  Introduction, in The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past/Interpreting
          the Present, eds. N. Silberman and D. Small, pp. 1-31( co-written with N. Silberman)
          Sheffield Academic Press.

1997  Group Identification and Ethnicity in the Construction of the Early State
          of Israel: from the Outside Looking In, in The Archaeology of Israel:  Constructing
          the Past/Interpreting the Present, eds. N. Silberman, D. Small, pp. 271-89, Sheffield
          Academic Press.

1995  Heterarchical Paths to Evolution: the Role of External Economies in Heterarchy and
          Social Formation, eds. C. Crumley and R. Ehrenreich, pp. 71-86, American
          Anthropological Association.

1995  Introduction: the Academic Context of Archaeology and Texts, in Methods in the
          Mediterranean:  Historical and Archaeological Views on Texts and Archaeology,
          ed. D. Small, pp. 1-22 , Brill Press.

          Monuments, Laws, and Analysis:  Combining Archaeology and Texts in Ancient
          Athens,  in Methods in the Mediterranean: Historical and Archaeological Views on
          Texts and  Archaeology, ed. D. Small, pp. 143-76, Brill Press.

1994   A Different Distinction:  The Case of Ancient Greece. In E. Brumfiel (ed.).
           The Economic Anthropology of the State.  pp. 287-314, Society for Economic
           Anthropology, Washington: University Press of America.

1992   Initial Study of the Structure of Women's Seclusion in the Archaeological Past:
           Structural Dynamics in Islamic Communities. In Gender in Archaeology,
           eds. Dale Walde and Noreen Willows,  Calgary, Alberta: Calgary University Press.

1990   Handmade Burnished Ware and Prehistoric Aegean Economics:  An Argument
           for Indigenous Appearance.  Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 3:3-25.

1990   Architectural Phasing on Masada.  Levant:  Annual of the British Schools of
           Archaeology in Jerusalem and Amman 22:139-147.

1987   Toward a Competent Structuralist Archaeology:  A Contribution from Historical
           Studies.  Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 6:105-121.

1987   Late Hellenistic Baths in Palestine:  The Identification of an Independent
           Bathing Regime.  Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 226:59-74.

1987   Social Correlations to the Greek Cavea in the Roman Period.  In Roman
           Architecture in the Greek World, Sarah Macready and F.H. Thompson (eds.), pp.
           85-93.  London: Society of Antiquaries.

1983   Studies in Roman Theater Design.  American Journal of Archaeology 87:55-63.

1980   A Proposal for the Reuse of the Tower of the Winds.  American Journal of
           Archaeology  84:96-99.
 

COMMENTARIES/REVIEWS:

nd.      Review of J. Whitley, "Post-processual and Cognitive Archaeology," American
           Anthropologist

1996   Review of Ray Laurence, "Roman Pompeii: Space and Society."  American
           Journal of Archaeology 100: 430.

1992   Review of Bruce Trigger, "A History of Archaeological Thought."  American
           Journal of Archaeology, 96: 163-64.

1992    Review of Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, "Patronage in Ancient Society."  The
            Classical World  85: 88.

1989    Review of A. M. Snodgrass, "An Archaeology of Greece:  The Present State
            and Future Scope of a Discipline."  The Classical World 82:328.

1989    Review of B. Ridgway et al., "Ancient Anatolia:  Aspects of Change and
            Cultural Development."  The Classical World 82:129-130.

1984    Review of E. Brödner, "Die Römischen Thermen und Antiken Badewesen."
            Journal of  Roman Studies 74:225-226.

1983    Review of F. Sear, "Roman Architecture."  Journal of Roman Studies 73:223-224.
 

Professional Presentations and Invited Lectures
 

1999  In the Shadow of the Monuments: Reevaluating the Connection between
          Cemeteries and Historical Dimensions of Status and Sentiment, in "The
          Space and Place of Death", Society for American Archaeology, annual
          meetings in Chicago, organized by Helaine Silverman and David Small

1999  Discussant in symposium, "Who Rules?  Multiple Sovereignty in
          Mainland Southeast Asia", organized by Nicola Tannenbaum,
          annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston.

1998  Variation in Catchment Extraction and its effect on Calculations of Urban
          Populations and Economies, in "Approaches to Past Populations", American
          Anthropological Association, annual meetings, organized by Glenn Storey
          Combining the Two: Heterarchy and the Dual Processual Model in Evolutionary
          Dynamics, in "No Longer in Whispers: Discussing Nonhierarchically
          Centralized Concepts of Cultural Evolution", 63rd Annual Meeting of the
          Society for American Archaeology, D. Small, organizer.

1997  The Issue of Archaeological Context and the Combination of Texts and
          Archaeological Data: towards better modeling, Paper delivered at
          Chacmool Conference, Archaeology and Texts, University of Calgary, November 15.

1997   Invited Participation in Round table Conference "Dog patch: Rubes, Hicks and
           Hillbillies in the Ancient Near East" Pennsylvania State University, August 29-31.

1887   Mycenaean Polities: States or Estates?, in " Mycenaean Palaces: New
           Interpretations on an Old Idea", 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for
           American Archaeology, B. Parkinson, M. Galaty, organizers.

1996   An Archaeological Emendation to Theory on Early Regional Polities, in
           "Shrive Yourself!: Archaeological Emendations to Social Theory", 61st
           Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, D. Small and
           B. Hesse, organizers.

1995   Texts and Contexts: the Contribution of Classical Greek Archaeology and
           Anthropology, in "The Relation between Text and Social Reality:
           Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Achaemenid Period.  Annual Meeting
           of the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Biblical Literature, and
           the American Schools of Oriental Research, T. Eskenazi, organizer.

1995   Was it Such a Blow?  Structural Transformation in Late Bronze Age Greece,
           in "Mediterranean Peoples in Transition: Thirteenth to Early Tenth Centuries
           B.C.E.", Jerusalem, April 3-7, 1995

1994   The Tyranny of the Text: Lost Social Strategies in the Classical Mediterranean
           in New Approaches to Historical Archaeology, symposium at World Archaeological
           Congress, New Delhi, India, December 3-11, 1994

1994   Ethnicity and State Creation: A Noncanonical Example from Early Israel, in
           The Archaeology of Ethnicity, Status and Class, symposium at World Archaeological
           Congress, New Delhi, India, December 3-11, 1994

1994   The Question of Ethnicity in the Archaeology of Early Israel, in The
           Archaeology of  Israel:  Constructing the Past/Interpreting the Present, organizer, L.
           Silberstein, Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University, May 22-24.

1994   Parlor and Theater:  Social  Transformations in Public and Private Negotiations
           in Pompeii, in "New Approaches to the Built Environment" organizers:
          J. Moore and D. Small, Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meetings
          Disneyland Hotel, April 20-24

1993   Elite Economic Separation and the Development of Heterarchy in State
           Level Societies. Invited paper  in symposium, "Heterarchy and the
           Analysis of Complex Societies", organizers: Carole Crumley and Robert
           Ehrenreich, 1993 meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

1993   An Archaeology of Democracy. Invited paper given in symposium, "Issues in
           Interpreting Democracy", organizer: Kurt Raaflaub, Hellenic Center,
          Washington, D.C.

1993   An Archaeology of Democracy. Invited paper given in symposium, "Greek
           Democracy at 2500: Issues and Questions for Future Research", joint
           symposium by the Archaeological Institute of America and the American
           Philological Society, Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C.

1992   Rereading Greek Democracy.  Invited paper given in symposium, "Small States,
           Comparative Approaches", organized by Deborah Nichols and Thomas
           Charlton, 1992 meetings of the American Anthropological Association.

1992   Incomplete Formations:  A Comparison of the Classical Greek and Maya.
           Annual  meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 10, Pittsburgh

1991   Hyperpolital Elite Identification and its Effect on State Economics:  The Case of
           Ancient Athens.  Poster/paper, Society for Economic Anthropology,
           Bloomington, Indiana, April 4-5.

1990   Archaeology and National Identity:  Jewish Ethnicity and Israel's Past.  Invited
           lecture, Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University, November 14.

1990   Contexts of Interaction and Structural Marxist Approaches in Archaeology.
           Paper  presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American
           Archaeology, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 19-22.

1990   Bathing in Ancient Mediterranean Culture.  Invited lecture, Institute for
           Humanities and the Archaeology Program, Montclair State College, New
           Jersey, March 28.

1989   Is there an Archaeology of Democracy?  Invited lecture, Department of
           Anthropology, Columbia University, April 29.

1988   The Interactional Dynamics of Greek Sanctuaries and their Effect on Polis
           Structure.  Lecture, Department of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
           University, March 9.

1987   The Ideal Audience:  Community Structuring and Archaeological Implications.
           Paper  presented at Classics Colloquium on Theater and Society, Department of
           Classics, University of Michigan, February 20.

1987   Classical Texts and Classical Archaeology:  An Integrative Approach.   89th
           General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New York, December
           27-30.

1986   Archaeology and Greek Community Structuring.  Invited lecture, Department of
           Classics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 14.

1985   Where Does It Come From?  An Approach to Determining the Origin of
           Architectural  Attributes.  Paper presented at the 87th General Meeting of the
           Archaeological Institute of America, Washington, December 27-30.

1984   Bathing in the Ancient Roman East.  Invited lecture, Archaeological Institute of
           America, Boston Society, February 11.

1984  Semiotics and Early Jewish Community Studies.  Paper presented at the
          Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel, October.

1983  Baths in the Early Empire, the Palestinian View.  Paper presented at the 8th
          General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Cincinnati, Ohio,
          December 27-30.

1978  A Proposal for the Reuse of the Tower of the Winds.  Paper presented at the 80th
          General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Vancouver, Canada,
          December 27-30.
 

Other Professional Activities

CHAIRED/ORGANIZED CONFERENCE SESSIONS:

2000  Keynote Speaker:  Taking the Next Steps: Constructing Research Designs to
          Evaluate Non-hierarchical Models of Past Complex Societies, in "Hierarchy and
          Power in the History of Civilizations" The Center for Civilizational and Regional
          Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Cultural
          Anthropology of the Russian State University, Moscow, June 15-18, 2000.

1999  Co-organizer of symposium, "The Place and Space of Death", organized
          with H. Silverman,  Annual meetings of the Society for American
          Archaeology, Chicago, March 1999.

1998  Organizer of symposium, "No Longer in Whispers: Discussing
          Nonhierarchically Centralized Concepts of Cultural Evolution", Annual meetings of
          the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, March 1998.

1996  Co-organizer of Society for Economic Anthropology Annual Meetings.  Theme:
          At the Interface: the Household and Beyond, organized with N. Tannenbaum,
          Lehigh University, March 1996.

1996  Co-organizer of symposium, "Shrive Yourself!: Archaeological Approaches to
          Social Scientific Theory", organized with B. Hesse, Annual meetings of the
          Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April 1996.

1994  Co-organizer of symposium, "New Approaches to the Built Environment"
          organized with J. Moore, Annual  meeting of Society for American
          Archaeology, Disneyland Hotel, April 20-24.

1992  Organizer of symposium, "Small States:  Cases of Different Paradigms.  Annual
          meeting of Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, April 10.

1989  Organizer and moderator of panel, "Archaeology and Classics:  Quo Vadimus?",
          sponsored jointly by the Archaeological Institute of America and the American
          Philological Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Dec. 29.

1988  Organizer and moderator of panel, "Archaeology and Classics:  Quo Vadimus?",
          Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25.

1988  Co-Director of archaeological colloquium, "Expansion and Control:  Cross-Cultural
          Approaches to the Effects of Territorial Expansion in Complex Societies", in
          conjunction with D. J. Bennet, University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Colloquium held at
          combined meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, American Philological
          Association, Society for Historical Archaeology, Conference on Underwater
          Archaeology, and the American Schools of Oriental Research.

1986  Organizer of "Classical Archaeology Group" at University of Michigan.  Scholars
          from Anthropology, Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, and Art History met
          once a month to discuss readings of mutual interest.
 

SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

   Delegate-at-Large, Archaeological Institute of America , 1990, 1997
 

   Editorial/Reviewer Activities

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS:

   Editorial Board.  Near Eastern Archaeology (1999- present)
 

INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANT/EVALUATOR:

   External Review Committee. Program in Archaeology.  Montclair State University
   1999

   External Review Committee.  Department of Anthropology.  Kenyon College 1999

PEER REVIEWER:

  Books –Brill Press, Mayfield Press, American Schools of Oriental Research

  Journal Articles – Current Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Method and
        Theory, Near Eastern Archaeology

 Research Proposals – National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation
        Graduate Fellowships, National Endowment for the Humanities, Wenner-Gren
        Foundation
 

Current Research Activities

 (With Brian Hesse, University of Alabama at Birmingham).  Testing Hypotheses
 on Late Bronze Age Subsistence Crises in Greece.  Currently seeking suitable
 excavation site – summer 2000.

Professional Affiliations

 Fellow: American Anthropological Association
 Society for Economic Anthropology
 Society for American Archaeology
 Archaeological Institute of America
 American Schools of Oriental Research
 
 
 

Honors

 Franz Fellowship for Junior Faculty.  Lehigh University (1991)
 NEH Fellowship at Albright Institute, Jerusalem, Israel (1984)
 Dorot Fellowhsip at Albright Institute, Jerusalem, Israel (1984)
 Research Associate. New York University. 1984
 Overseas Research Support Scheme Grant (British Government award to
 distinguished foreign research students) (1981-1983)
 

University Service

ADMINISTRATIVE:

 Department Chair (1997 - present)
 Department Chair (Classical Studies) (1988)

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS:

 Director, Program in Classical Studies (1989-1994)
 Committee member, Environment and Society Program (1992 - present)

ELECTED COMMITTEES:

 Arts and Sciences College Policy Committee (1993)
 University Disciplinary Appeals Committee (1995 - 1998)
 University Discipline Committee (1999 - present)