Alex Barker
Alex W. Barker is a museum anthropologist and archaeologist focusing on issues of cultural heritage, iconography, and the rise of social complexity in the American midcontinent. A graduate of the Getty Museum Leadership Institute, Barker serves as Director of the Arkansas Archeological Survey, and has previously held leadership positions at the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, the Milwaukee Public Museum, and the Dallas Museum of Natural History. He has experience in both domestic and international cultural property issues, served on the national Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Review Committee from 2011-2015, and coordinated an international antiquities documentation project in collaboration with the Capitoline Museum in Rome. He is a peer-elected Expert Member of the International Council of Monuments and Sites International Scientific Committee on Archaeology and Heritage Management and the International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage. He has received national awards for research from the Society for American Archaeology and for service from the Society for American Archaeology and the American Alliance of Museums and is past president of both the Council for Museum Anthropology and the American Anthropological Association. Barker received a BA from Marquette University, MA from Wichita State University, and PhD from the University of Michigan, and his work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the American Philosophical Society, among others.
Phone: 479-575-6375
Address: Arkansas Archeological Survey
2475 N. Hatch Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72704
Phone: 479-575-6375
Address: Arkansas Archeological Survey
2475 N. Hatch Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72704
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