Carly Whelan
Dr. Carly Whelan
- Email: cwhelan2@csuchico.edu
- Location: PLMS 101
Education
B.A., 2006, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., 2010, University of California, DavisP
h.D., 2016, University of California, Davis
Interests
I’m an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department with a specialty in archaeology. Prior to joining the Chico State faculty, I taught at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento and UC Davis, where I received my PhD. I conduct most of my work in northern California, but I’ve also participated in excavations in my home state of Texas, and in a DPAA recovery project in Poland. My research examines the dynamic pre-contact lifeways of the people of California. I study change in the subsistence economies, settlement patterns, and exchange networks of the central and northern Sierra Nevada, with an interest in the role that women played in shaping these systems.
Selected Publications
Whelan, Carly S. (2020) Acorn Storage in California: Modeling the Effect of Decay Rates on Storage Strategies. In Cowboy Ecology: Essays in Honor of R. L. Bettinger, edited by Michael Delacourte, Terry L. Jones, and Roshanne S. Bakhtiary, pp. 29-46. Center for Archaeological Research at Davis Publication No. 19. Davis, California.