Jonathan Kent

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Jonathan Kent

Prof of ANT

SUP_TERM

Office Hours

Monday - [09:30 to 10:45]
Wednesday - [09:30 to 10:45]
[15:30 to 16:45]
Friday - [09:30 to 10:45]

Biography

Dr. Jonathan Kent is Professor of Anthropology at Metropolitan State College of Denver, where he has taught since 1986. He has an ongoing archaeological field project in Colorado and is analyzing data obtained while conducting field research in Peru. He curates the MSUD Seed Collection, the Comparative Osteology Collection, and the Ashton Ethnographic Collection. He is the Founder and Co-Director of the Laboratory of Anthropology. He was the Founder and first faculty advisor of the student anthropology club, ALPACA. He is a three-time awardee of Fulbright-Hays Fellowships. He has been named Outstanding Faculty Researcher by Golden Key Honor Society, has been named as the President's Outstanding Teacher, and has won the college's Distinguished Service Award. In addition to archaeological field schools, he teaches classroom courses in Archaeology, Introductory Physical Anthropology and Prehistory, World Prehistory, Human-Animal Relationships, Ancient American Civilizations and South American Archaeology.

Research Interests

    American archaeology; Andean prehistory; humans and animals; Colorado prehistoric and historical archaeology; social inequality;

Teaching Interests

    Fostering critical thinking among undergraduates; enhancing employment skills in pre-professional archaeologists

Education

PhD in Anthropology

Washington University

Published Works

    Kent, D. J., Petschauer, D. (2017). “The Byers-Evans House Archaeology Project”. . All Points Bulletin (Newsletter of the Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society ), Kent, D. J. (2017). . , Farmer, T., Kent, D. J. (2017). “Some Interesting Discoveries from the 2016 Cherokee Ranch Class III Inventory, Douglas County, Colorado”. . All Points Bulletin (Newsletter of the Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society), Kent, D. J., Rosales T., T., Vásquez S., V., Gaither, C., Bethard, J. (2016). The Camelid Sacrifices of Santa Rita B: An Agropastoral Site in the Chao Valley, N Coastal Perú. (pp 123-136). University of New Mexico Press. Gaither, C., Kent, D. J., Bethard, J., Vásquez S, V., Rosales T., T. (2016). Precious Gifts: Mortuary Patterns and the Shift from Animal to Human Sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the Middle Chao Valley, Perú. (pp 150-177). University of Texas Press, Austin.