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Mark Hauser
Assistant Professor 1812 Hinman Avenue, Room 101 (847) 467-1648
Historical Archaeology/Anthropology; Empires and Slavery; African Diaspora; Colonial Landscapes; Geographic Information Systems; Archaeological Survey; Materials Analysis I am an archaeologist who studies how people adapt to landscapes of inequality and contribute to those landscapes in material ways. In particular, I employ ethnohistorical, archaeological, and archaeometric approaches to examine the material record of slavery and the social and intellectual contributions of Africans in the New World. I joined the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University in 2009 having completed 8 years as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame (2006-1008), DePaul University (2003-2006), and Le Moyne College (2001-2003).
Field School
Here is a bit about myself
Teaching I teach a variety of courses related to the intellectual context of archaeology, its theory and practice, and how we understand history. Oh and I teach a class about pirates as well. Ant 101 Mapping Pirates Ant 214 Archaeology: Unearthing History Ant 321 Field Methods Ant 325 Laboratory Methods Ant 390 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean Ant 390 Archaeological Survey Ant 390 Archaeology of Slavery Ant 390 Anthropology of Race Ant 391 Archaeology, Ethics, and Contemporary Society Ant 490 Mapping People, Place and Space Ant 490 Artifact and Text
Research I have been involved in archaeological research in the Caribbean since 1991 where I have had the chance to work on and run excavations related to prehistoric, proto-historic and colonial era sites. My research is primarily concerned with inequality in (historical) context through things typical overlooked and left out of the documentary record. Specifically I have focused on the ways in which enslaved and freed peoples of African descent created and transformed social and economic landscapes within the context of Caribbean plantation societies. At the center of all of my research I have centered social theory articulated in the Caribbean, (Fanon, Winters, Williams, Ortiz, Goveia, and Rodney) and have tried to show their relevance to the study of ancient societies and political constellations of the more recent past.
My first book An Archaeology of Black Markets: Local Ceramics and Colonial Economies in Eighteenth-century Jamaica (University Press of Florida) explores the ways in which everyday internal and informal trade circumvented plantation boundaries and show how the economic activities of free and enslaved peoples shaped everyday life and the material world. I make the argument that the informal economy was central to the formation of the colonial state. My Second book is tentatively entitled, Slavery and the Margins of Empire. This book is based on five years of archaeological and historical research conducted with the aid of the National Science Foundation and the Wenner Gren Foundation. It compares the community histories and social lives of enslaved laborers on two eighteenth century sugar plantations in Dominica. I make the simple point that lives of empire's most marginal subjects could not be contained by the boundaries and identities under which they were categorized. Selected Publications Monograph
Hauser, Mark W.
Edited Volumes
Curet L., Antonio and Mark W. Hauser (eds.)
Delle, James A., Mark W. Hauser, D. V. Armstrong (eds.) Journal Special Issue Hauser Mark W. and Kenneth G. Kelly (eds.)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Hauser, Mark W. and D. V. Armstrong Accepted (2012) “Archaeology of Being Ungoverned: A Comparison Of Two Settlements And Their Economic Networks In The Eastern Caribbean” Submitted to the Journal of Social Archaeology
Hauser, Mark W. Accepted (2012) “Year In Review: Messy Evidence, Ordered Questions.” American Anthropologist 114(2)
Hauser, Mark W. 2011 “Routes And Roots Of Empire: Pots, Power, And Slavery In The 18th-Century British Caribbean.” American Anthropologist 113(3): 431-447.
Hauser, Mark W. 2009 “Scale, Locality And The Caribbean: Historical Archaeology”. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 13(1): 3-11.
Hauser, Mark W. 2009 "Looking For Linstead Market Before Linstead: Eighteenth-Century Yabbas And The Internal Market System Of Jamaica" Caribbean Quarterly 55(2): 89-111. Armstrong, D. V., Hauser, Mark W., Knight, David 2009 “Variation In Venues Of Slavery And Freedom: Interpreting The Late 18th Century Cultural Landscape Of St. John, Danish West Indies Using An Archaeological GIS.” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 13(1): 94-111.
Hauser, Mark W., C. DesCantes and M. Glascock 2008 “Locating Enslaved Craft Production: Chemical Analysis of Eighteenth Century Jamaican Pottery.” Journal of Caribbean Archaeology 8: 123-148. Kelly, Kenneth G., Mark W Hauser, C. DesCantes and M. Glascock 2008 “Cabotage or Contraband: Compositional Analysis of French Colonial Ceramics.” Journal of Caribbean Archaeology 8: 1-23. Armstrong, D. V., and Mark W. Hauser 2004 “An East Indian Laborer’s Household in 19th Century Jamaica: A Case for Spatial, Chronological, and Material Analysis in Determining Ethnicity.” Historical Archaeology 38(2): 9-21 Hauser Mark W., Christopher R. DeCorse 2003 “Low Fired Earthenwares in the African Diaspora: Problems and Prospects.” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 7(1): 67-98. Selected Book Chapters Hauser, Mark W. 2011 “Uneven Topographies: Archaeology of Plantations and Caribbean Slave Economies” In The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts. Pp. 121-142. S. Croucher and L. Weiss (eds.). New York: Springer. Armstrong, D. V. and Hauser, Mark W. 2009 “A Sea Of Diversity: Historical Archaeology In The Caribbean” In International Handbook of Historical Archaeology. pp. 583-612. T. Majewski, D. Gaimster (eds.). New York: Springer. Armstrong, D. V., Hauser, Mark W., Knight, David, Stephen T. Lenik 2007 “Transactions To Freedom Expressed In Maps, Matricals And Material Remains: An Archaeological GIS Of Late 18th Century St. John, Danish West Indies” In Archaeology and Geoinfomatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean. Basil Ried (ed.). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. Mark W. Hauser 2007 “Between Rural and Urban: The Archaeology Of Slavery And Informal Markets In Eighteenth Century Jamaica”. In Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and African Diaspora. pp. 292- 310. A. Ogundiron and T. Falola (eds.). Bloomington: University of Indiana Press. Mark W. Hauser 2006 “Hawking Your Wares: Determining The Scale Of Economy Through The Distribution Of Local Coarse Earthenware In Eighteenth Century Jamaica”, In African Re-Genesis: Confronting Social Issues in the African Diaspora, pp. 160-175; J. Haviser & K.C. MacDonald (eds.), London: UCL Press.
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I run the Caribbean Field studies Program through IPD. In this field studies program students learn archaeological field and laboratory techniques while immersing themselves in Dominican culture. In addition students interested in history, anthropology, environmental science and archaeology have a chance to carry out independent research. 
