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Gregory D. Lattanzi

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Gregory D. Lattanzi

  • College of Liberal Arts

    • Anthropology

      • Associate Professor - Instructional and Assistant Director, Temple Anthropology Laboratory and Museum

Expertise

Mid-Atlantic Archaeology; Pre-contact Copper Analysis; Pottery Analysis; Cultural Complexity; Museum Studies, NAGPRA

Biography

Gregory D. Lattanzi is currently associate professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is also the Assistant Director of the Temple Anthropology Laboratory and Museum. He recently retired from the New Jersey State Museum where he was the Curator for the Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnography at the New Jersey State Museum and the New Jersey State Archaeologist. He attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, and in 1995 received a Masters degree from Hunter College. In 2013, while at the NJ State Museum, Dr. Lattanzi received his Ph.D. from Temple University, Philadelphia. He continues his research on Middle Atlantic archaeology, social complexity, pottery analysis and pre-contact copper use. He has published numerous articles, and given public presentations at national, state, and local venues.

Selected Publications

  • Copper Use in the Middle Atlantic Region. In: Michelle Rae Bebber and Christopher B. Wolff, editors. From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal: Metal Tool Production and Use by Indigenous Hunter-Gatherers of North America. Berghahn, New York.
  • Lattanzi, Gregory D. 2022. Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity in the Middle Atlantic Region. Lexington Books, Lanham.
  • Sanger, Matthew C.; Padgett, Brian D.; Larsen, Clark Spencer; Hill, Mark; Lattanzi, Gregory D.; Colaninno, Carol E.; Culleton, Brendan J.; Kennett, Douglas J.; Napolitano, Matthew F.; Lacombe, Sébastien; Speakman, Robert J.; Thomas, David Hurst. 2019. Great Lakes Copper and Shared Mortuary Practices on the Atlantic Coast: Implications for Long-Distance Exchange during the Late Archaic. American Antiquity 84(4), 591-609. doi:10.1017/aaq.2019.59
  • Lattanzi, Gregory D. 2017. Current Research on Paleoindian Occupations in New Jersey. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 33: 49-61.
  • Boulanger, Matthew T. and Lattanzi, Gregory D. 2017. Geochemical Analysis of Mica Source Specimens and Artifacts from the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (28-ME-1). American Antiquity 82(2): 374-396.

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Archaeology; Museums and American Culture