Paul E. Buck

Associate Research Professor

Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Email: Paul.Buck@dri.edu

Education

Ph.D.	1990	University of Washington	Anthropology
M.A.	1984	Idaho State University	Anthropology
B.A.	1978	Amherst College	Anthropology

Professional Interests

Dr. Buck is an archaeologist and educator. He has been involved in archaeological and anthropological projects in a wide variety of contexts in western North America and Egypt for more than 25 years. His research interests include human adaptation to arid environments of western North America, the transition from food collecting to food producing economies in the Southwestern U.S. and Egypt, the impact of technological change on prehistoric cultures, and applications of remote sensing and geoarchaeology to prehistory.

In addition to his archaeological background, Buck is involved in a number of science education projects and other efforts to promote science inquiry in a variety of scientific fields, including archaeology. He is the Principal Investigator for the Desert Research Institutes' Nevada Science Teacher Enhancement Project, a three-year program funded by the National Science Foundation's Teacher Enhancement Program (grant number ESI-9731285). He is the lead education consultant for DRI's IRCEB Project funded for 5 years by the NSF. He is also the Director of the Increasing Diversity in Nevada component of the UCCSN's most recent EPSCoR grant. IDIN aims to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups graduating from UCCSN campuses with degrees in science, math, engineering, and technology.

Research

Areas of Expertise	Recent Projects
Anthropology and Archaeology Research Remote Sensing, Landscape Dynamics and Geobotany Science Education	Goshute Valley Prehistory Project Virgin Anasazi Prehistory Project Subpixel artifact detection using remote sensing NSTEP: http://www.dri.edu/Education/NSTEP

Selected Publications

Buck, P.E., D. Sabol, and A.R. Gillespie, 2003.: Subpixel Artifact Detection Using Remote Sensing. Journal of Archaeological Science 30:973-989.
Buck, P.E., 2003.: Authentic Research Experiences for Nevada High School teachers and students. Journal of Geoscience Education 51(1):48-53.
Buck, P.E., B. Hockett, T. Goebel, K. Graf, L. Perry, G. Greigo and E. Dillingham, 2002.: Oranjeboom Cave: a Single Component Eastgate Site in Northeastern Nevada. Utah Archaeology 15(1):99-112.
Buck, Paul E. and L. Perry, 1999.: A Late Basketmaker III Storage and Habitation Site near Hurricane, Utah. Kiva 64(4):471-494.
Buck, P.E., 1999.: Review of "Ground-Penetrating radar: An Introduction for Archaeologists," by L.B. Conyers and D. Goodman. American Antiquity 64(1) :183-184.
Buck, P.E., 1998.: Review of "Archaeological Investigations at the Breakfast Canyon Rockshelters, Death Valley National Monument, Inyo County, California: Shoshone Food Storage and Horticulture in the Southwestern Great Basin," by R. Yohe and A. Valdez. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 20(1) :129-131.
Buck, P.E., W.T. Hartwell, and G. Haynes, 1998.: Archaeological Investigations at two early Holocene Sites near Yucca Mountain, Nye County Nevada. Topics in Yucca Mountain Archaeology No 2. Prepared by DRI for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Buck, P.E., Amick, D. and Hartwell, D., 1995.: The Midway Valley Site (26NY4759): A Prehistoric Lithic Quarry near Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. Topics in Yucca Mountain Archaeology No. 1. Prepared by DRI for U.S. Department of Energy.
Buck, P.E. and DuBarton, A., 1994.: A Report of Archaeological Investigations at Pintwater Cave, Nevada During the 1963-64 Season. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 16(2) :221-242.