Faculty Member, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Deputy Director/Chief Curator
About
Kevin Smith is an archaeologist interested in complex societies, state formation, and the integration of domestic and political economies. His research has focused, for the past 20 years, on Iceland and the North Atlantic, where he is interested in understanding the dynamic processes that led to the creation of a short-lived independent Icelandic state and its rapid absorption into the expanding Norwegian state. He has also, within the past few years been working on an archaeology of law. At various points in the past, he's also worked on, and published on, Paleoindians, complex hunter-gatherer societies, ritual, and issues of scale and perception in the archaeological record.
Kevin Smith is deputy director of Brown University's museum of anthropology, which puts him in charge of daily operations, a small staff, excellent students, diverse and research-ready collections, exhibition development, and more.
Contact Information
| Address: | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University |
| Telephone: |
+401-253-8388, ext. 15 (office) |







