Scott Fitzpatrick, Department of Anthropology

Scott Fitzpatrick

Scott Fitzpatrick

Professor
Curator, Indo-Pacific Collections, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Practice Areas: Archaeology of Islands and Coastal Regions, Historical Ecology, Seafaring Technologies

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Scott Fitzpatrick is an academic expert in the archaeology of islands and coastal regions, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean. Scott’s research focuses on how humans got to islands prehistorically using different seafaring and navigational techniques and the methods used for boat construction. He is also interested in what happened once humans reached islands and the impact they had on ancient environments. He is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, an associate editor for Archaeology in Oceania, and on the editorial boards for the Caribbean Journal of Science and Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 

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