Christina M. Friberg, PhD
Lecturer
Assistant Curator of Anthropology, Field Museum
Anthropology, Archaeology
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About
I am a North American archaeologist and specialist in precolonial Native American societies in the Midwest and Southeast and I am interested in the broader impacts of complex non-state societies on outlying communities. My research focuses particularly on the ways in which large Mississippian-period (1050-1450 CE) sites like Cahokia influenced smaller, local communities, and the impacts of endemic warfare on daily life for people living in the Illinois River Valley and Lower Ohio River Valley. I investigate the Mississippian phenomenon and issues of identity, community organization, sociopolitical complexity, and religion by incorporating a combination of geophysical survey, excavation, geospatial analysis, and material analyses.
Selected Publications
Friberg, C.M. (2018) Cosmic Negotiations: Cahokian Religion and Ramey Incised Pottery in the Northern Hinterland. Southeastern Archaeology 37(1):39–57 https://doi.org/10.1080/0734578X.2017.1378986
Friberg, C.M. (2020) The Making of Mississippian Tradition. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Friberg, C.M, G.D. Wilson, D.N. Bardolph, J.J. Wilson, J.S. Flood, S.D. Hipskind, M.D. Pike, and D. Esarey (2021) The Geophysics of Community, Place, and Identity in the Mississippian Illinois River Valley. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 36(102888): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.10288
Skousen, B.J. and C.M. Friberg (2021) Investigating Mississippian Landscapes, Places, and Identities Through Geophysics. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 36(102879):1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102879
A.M. Krus, E.W. Herrmann, C.M. Friberg, B.W. Bird, and J.J. Wilson (2023) Social Change and late Holocene Hydroclimate Variability in Southwest Indiana. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 69:101486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2023.101486
Education
PhD. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018
M.A. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013
A.B. Anthropology, Vassar College, 2006
Professional Memberships
Midwest Archaeological Conference
Society for American Anthropology
Southeastern Archaeological Conference