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Kansas State University

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Kansas State University
204 Waters Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
(785) 532-6865
Fax (785) 532-6978
socansw@ksu.edu

Faculty & Staff

Brad Logan
Ph.D. (Anthropology) University of Kansas , 1985
M.Phil. (Anthropology) University of Kansas , 1981
M.A. (Anthropology) University of Nevada-Reno, 1977
B.A. (Anthropology, History) University of Kansas , 1974
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Brad Logan


Brad Logan is an archaeologist specializing in Great Plains archaeology. He obtained his doctorate in anthropology with honors at the University of Kansas (1985) and his M.A. at the University of Nevada , Reno (1977). He has more than 30 years research experience in archaeology including field work in the Great Plains and Great Basin, southern France and lower Austria . From 1985 to 2003 he was Director of the Office of Archaeological Research, Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kansas and was Senior Curator there (1998-2003). He has conducted more than 40 major research projects in the Great Plains and Europe with support from the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Park Service, and Sigma Xi.

His has a broad research interest in culture history and process, settlement-subsistence practices, and environmental archaeology. His recent projects have entailed spatial analyses of Late Prehistoric sites. Dr. Logan's projects provide students with experience in archaeological field and laboratory work. He mentors them in the analysis of recovered data and the presentation of their results at conferences and in published articles.

Brad Logan's vita