Wesley Bernardini Ph.D.
Professor
Sociology & Anthropology, Faculty Experts
About Dr. Bernardini
Wesley Bernardini is a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His work focuses on issues of identity and migration in the American Southwest, specifically the consolidation of pre-contact Native American populations into the ‘tribal’ groups recognized at the time of European contact. His close collaboration with the Hopi Tribe explores ways to productively combine oral traditions with archaeological data in historical reconstructions. He has published three books, including the award-winning "Becoming Hopi: A History," and numerous articles in American Antiquity, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Journal of Archaeological Science, the Journal of Archaeological Research, the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, and Kiva.
Education
- BA University of Virginia, 1994
- MA in Anthropology, Arizona State University, 1997
- Ph.D. in Anthroplogy, Arizona State University, 2002
Professional Background
- 2017 - present: Farquhar Professor of the Southwest, University of Redlands
- 2015 - present: Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Redlands
- 2009 - 2015: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Redlands
- 2003 - 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Redlands
Publications
- 2021: Becoming Hopi: A History. Senior editor with Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Gregson Schachner, and Leigh Kuwanwisiwma. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
- 2022: (senior author with Gregson Schachner) The Bonito Factor: How Unique Was Pueblo Bonito? Kiva 88(4):375-407.
- 2018: (senior author with Gregson Schachner) Comparing Near Eastern Neolithic Megasites and Southwestern Pueblos: Population Size, Exceptionalism, and Historical Trajectories. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 28(4):647-663.
- 2015: (senior author with Matthew Peeples) Sight Communities: The Social Significance of Shared Visual Landmarks. American Antiquity 80(2):215-235.
- 2013: (senior author with Alicia Barnash, Mark Kumler, and Martin Wong) Quantifying Visual Prominence in Social Landscapes. Journal of Archaeological Science 49:3946-3954.
- 2005: Hopi Oral Tradition and the Archaeology of Identity. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Awards and service
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2022 Society for American Archaeology Scholarly Book Award
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2003 Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award
Areas of Expertise
- Southwest Archaeology
- Hopi Tribe
- Visit the Hopi Archaeology Project
- Migration and Identity
- Cultural Affiliation
- GIS
- Ethnogenesis