{"id":10,"date":"2015-05-27T22:51:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T03:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:28:18","slug":"catherine-west","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/catherine-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2015\/08\/CatherinePhoto2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2015\/08\/CatherinePhoto2-481x636.jpeg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\" wp-image-135 alignleft\" width=\"255\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/files\/2015\/08\/CatherinePhoto2-481x636.jpeg 481w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/files\/2015\/08\/CatherinePhoto2.jpeg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Catherine-West.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology<\/h3>\n<p>Office: Room 339<br \/>\n(617) 358-1652<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cfwest@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cfwest@bu.edu<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/catherine-f-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Departmental Website<\/a> | <a href=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2020\/10\/West_CV_2020_short.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PhD, University of Washington, 2009<\/p>\n<h3>Areas of interest<\/h3>\n<p>zooarchaeology; environmental archaeology; stable isotope analysis; archaeology of the Arctic and Subarctic; archaeology in ecology and conservation<\/p>\n<h3>Affiliations<\/h3>\n<p>Boston University Marine Program, Smithsonian Institution\u2019s Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology, Museum of the Aleutians<\/p>\n<h3>Research Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Catherine West\u2019s research focuses on two questions in archaeology: 1) what are the effects of Holocene climate change and resource availability on prehistoric subsistence in Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems, particularly in coastal Alaska; and 2) how can we apply the archaeological record to contemporary environmental issues? To address these ideas, West uses zooarchaeological and stable isotope data in the context of historical ecology and evolutionary ecology to clarify the long-term relationship between hunter-gatherers and the environment. These research projects derive from contemporary concerns about the long-term effects of landscape change, invasive species introductions, and changing climate in northern regions. West\u2019s current field projects include survey and excavation on Alaska\u2019s Kodiak Island, Chirikof Island, and the Aleutian Islands, and has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Geographic Society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/catherine-west\/research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2017\/08\/west-research.jpg\" alt=\"west-research\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-444\" width=\"365\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/catherine-west\/teaching\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2017\/08\/west-teaching.jpg\" alt=\"west-teaching\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-445\" width=\"365\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/catherine-west\/publications\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/zooarchlab\/files\/2017\/08\/west-publications.jpg\" alt=\"west-publications\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-446\" width=\"365\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"crumbs\">\n<li class=\"first\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/\" style=\"z-index: 9;\"><span> <\/span>Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\" style=\"z-index: 8;\">Catherine West<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology Office: Room 339 (617) 358-1652 cfwest@bu.edu | Departmental Website | Curriculum Vitae PhD, University of Washington, 2009 Areas of interest zooarchaeology; environmental archaeology; stable isotope analysis; archaeology of the Arctic and Subarctic; archaeology in ecology and conservation Affiliations Boston University Marine Program, Smithsonian Institution\u2019s Program in Human Ecology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7952,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7952"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/zooarchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}