Henry T. Wright (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Submitted: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:40:15 -0400 (EDT)


Henry T. Wright
Professor,  Department of Anthropology
Curator, Museum of Anthropology
The University of Michigan
4009 University Museums Building
1109 Geddes Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan  48l09-1079  USA

phone:  734-764-0485
fax:	734-662-9813
e-mail:	hwright@umich.edu

I teach courses for advanced undergraduate students in "The Archaeology of
Africa", and for graduate students in the "Archaeology and Ethnology of
Madagascar".  I conduct archaeological research, primarily focused on the
development of later complex soceities, in both Madagascar and the Comoro
Islands, in addition to work in the Middle East and elsewhere.  ...  SOME

Recent publications:

"The Ceramics from Ras Hafun in Somalia: Notes on
a Clasical Maritime Site" (with Mathew Smith).  AZANIA XXIII:115-141
(1988)

"Datation absolue de sites archeologiques du centre de
Madagascar:  presentation des determinations" (with Rafolo
Andrianaivoarivony, Ian Bailiff, David Burney, Herbert Haas, Victor
Raharijaona, Solo Rakotovololona, David Rasamuel, Robert Dewar).  TALOHA
11:121-146 (1992).

"L'Evolution des systemes d'occupation des sols
dans la vallee de la riviere Mananara, au Nord-Est de Madagascar"  (with
Fulgence Fanony)  TALOHA 11:16-64 (1992)  . 

"Early Islam, Oceanic Trade, and Town Development on Nzwani: The Comorian
Archipelago in the XIth-XVth Centuries AZANIA XXVI : 81-128 ( 1992).

"Trade and politics on the eastern littoral of Africa: A.D. 800-1300," pp
658 - 672 in THE ARCHAEOLOGY of AFRICA: FOOD, METALS, and TOWNS , ed. by
Thurston Shaw, Paul Sinclair, Bassy Andah, and Alex Okpoko, London: 
Routledge (1993). 

"The Culture History of Madagascar" (with Robert Dewar) JOURNAL of WORLD
PREHISTORY 7: 417-466 (1993) 

"The Evolution of Settlement Systems in the Bay of Boeny and the Mahavavy
River Valley, northwestern Madagascar" AZANIA 31: 37-73 (with Pierre
Virin, Ramilisonina, David Burney, Lida P. Burney, and Katsumi Matsumoto) 
(1996) 

"Cultural transformations and their impacts on the environments of
Madagascar"  pp 309-331 in NATURAL CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACT in MADAGASCAR
(Eds. S.M. Goodman and B.D.Patterson) Washington: Smithsonian Institution
Press (with J.A.Rakotoarisoa).  (1997)