Boston University
Department of Anthropology
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
wadehc@bu.edu | (617)358-1645
Profile
Wade Campbell is a Diné (Navajo) historical archaeologist whose research examines the relationships between Diné communities and other local groups in the U.S. Southwest from the 17th century to the present day, including the Pueblos, Spanish, and Americans. Wade is engaged with a range of questions related to longer-term patterns of Navajo settlement and economic activity across the greater Four Corners region, with a particular focus on incipient Indigenous pastorals and related shifts in land-use, social organization, & diet/subsistence practices. Wade has conducted fieldwork (predominately survey-based projects) in the U.S. Southwest, northwestern Mexico, Nicaragua, southern Louisiana, Peru, South Africa, and Mali. He also maintains interests in a wide array of broader issues including the practice of Indigenous archaeology, sub-Saharan African archaeology; cultural resource management, and Native American higher education.
Selected Publications
Campbell, Wade (2022). The Diné History of Chaco Canyon. Archaeology of the Southwest Preservation Archaeology Blog.
Campbell Wade, Kerry F. Thompson, and Richard M. Begay (2021). Naasgo: Moving Forward – Diné Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century. Kiva 87(3):253-267.
Campbell, Wade (2021). Na’nilkad bee na’niltin – Learning from Herding: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Historic Pastoralism on the Navajo Nation. Kiva 87(3):295-315.