Faculty and Staff Profile

Justin Williams

Educational Background

2016 Washington State University Ph.D. Anthropology

2009 Washington State University M.A. Anthropology

2007 University of Kentucky B.A. Anthropology and History

Courses Taught

3250 The Anthropology of Food
2010 Introduction to Anthropology
3310 Archaeology
4350 Field Studies in Archaeology

Profile

Justin was recently added to Clemson University's faculty. He currently serves as the editor of South Carolina Antiquities (the peer reviewed journal for the Archaeological Society of South Carolina).

Research Interests

My research is focused on the lithic technology of Hunter-Gatherers during the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene. Specifically, I am interested in how early people taught and learned lithic technology across North America. My most recent publications focus on the fluted projectile technology of North America. I am also interested in debitage/flake analysis, specifically in Minimum Analytical Nodule Analysis. Recently, I have begun research into Human and Neanderthal interaction, seeking to understand gene flow between them via stone tool technology. In addition to my scholarship on stone tools, I also study how board games can be used in the classroom to teach archaeological and anthropological concepts.

Research Publications

Thulman, David, Michael Shott, Alan P. Sullivan, and Justin P. Williams
2023 Clovis Point Allometry: Exploring Shape Variation with Landmark-Based Geometric Morphometrics. in PLOS One https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289489

Shott, Michael, Justin P. Williams, and Alan P. Sullivan
2021 Measuring Allometry in Dimensions of Western North America Clovis Points. Journal of Archaeological Science 131: Article number:105359

Williams, Justin P. and Richard M. Niquette
2019 Changes in Hafted Biface Resharpening during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the Central and Southeastern United States. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 25: 575-583.

Williams, Justin P. and Rachel D. Williams
2019 Information Science and North American Archaeology: Examining the Potential for Collaboration. Information Research. Vol 24 (2)

Matthew J. Landt and Justin P. Williams
2018 Archaic semisedentary foragers and analytical nodule analysis: The Aught-Six of Northwestern Colorado. North American Archaeologist Vol 39(3): 171-197.

Williams, Justin. P.
2018 Fluted Hafted Bifaces in the Northeast and Clovis: A North America Wide Perspective Using Image Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 18: 386-392.

Williams, Justin P., Andrew Duff, and William Andrefsky, Jr.
2013 Debitage Stylistic Variability at Cox Ranch Pueblo. Lithic Technology 38: 3-16.

Williams, Justin P.
2012 Debating the Complexity of Clovis: Insights into the Complexity Paradigm. Journal of Northwest Anthropology 46: 115-121.

Williams, Justin P., and William Andrefsky, Jr.
2011 Debitage Variability Among Multiple Flint Knappers. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 865-872.