J. Cameron Monroe
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Division | Social Sciences Division |
| Department | Anthropology Department |
| Affiliations | History Department |
| Phone | 831-459-3614 |
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| Web Site | Academia.edu Abomey Plateau Archaeological Project American Scientist Magazine |
| Office | 321 Social Sciences I |
| Office Hours | W 10am-12pm |
| Campus Mail Stop | Social Sciences 1 Faculty Services |
Biography, Education and Training
Professor Cameron Monroe’s research broadly examines political, economic, and cultural transformation in West Africa and the Diaspora in the era of the slave trade. He has conducted research on the nature of African-American ethnic identity and household-level production in early colonial Virginia. His current research project, the Abomey Plateau Archaeological Project, is located in the Republic of Bénin in West Africa. This project explores the dynamics of political transformation in West Africa in the era of the slave trade. Integrating documentary, oral, and archaeological data, this research focuses on the political economy of landscape and the built environment and the nature of urban transformation in contact period West Africa. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2003. His dissertation, which outlines his initial research in Bénin, was awarded the Society for Historical Archaeology Dissertation Prize for 2005.Courses Taught
Anthropology 3: Introduction to ArchaeologyAnthropology 175B: African Complex Societies
Anthropology 178: Historical Archaeology, A Global Perspecive
Anthropology 194L: African Diaspora Archaeology
Anthropology 194Y: Archaeologies of Space and Landscape
Anthropology 287: Pathways to Social Complexity
Anthropology 294: Landscape Archaeology