Christopher Caseldine
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Phone: 480-965-6957
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734 W. Alameda Dr., Suite 120 Tempe, AZ 85282
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Christopher Caseldine is the Curator of Collections for the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.
Caseldine’s research interests focus on water management among traditional irrigation societies, travel in the ancient world, and the archaeology of the Phoenix and Tonto basins in Arizona. He also focuses on NAGPRA compliance, repatriation, and curatorial management.
Caseldine served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Aviation Wing for four and a half years and served one tour of duty in Iraq.
- Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University 2020
- M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University 2013
- B.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University 2011
- B.A.E. Secondary Education: History, Arizona State University 2011
- A.A. Mesa Community College 2008
Curatorial management, NAGPRA compliance, Indigenous participation in collections policies, pre-contact archaeology in North America with an emphasis on the Southern Southwest and Mexican Northwest, large-scale traditional irrigation systems, social institutions and processes that govern water management and use, agricultural impacts on the landscape, sociocultural fragmentation and reorganization of agrarian societies, cultural identity in boundary areas, trails and travel
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
In Review Caseldine, Christopher R. Dispersed Centrality: A Ceremonial Organization Underpinning Hohokam Platform Mound Ceremonialism. Kiva.
In Review Caseldine, Christopher R. and Alexis Malone. A Preliminary Assessment of Hohokam Identity in the Lower Tonto Basin. Journal of Arizona Archaeology.
2023 Caseldine, Christopher R. Soil Salinization, Waterlogging, and Agricultural Fertility in Hohokam Irrigation. Journal of Environmental Quality 52:799-813. DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20486
2022 Caseldine, Christopher R. Least Cost Paths and Movement in the Tonto Basin, Central Arizona. Kiva 88:112-141. DOI: 10.1080/00231940.2021.1996517.
2020 Caseldine, Christopher R. A Reevaluation of Mesoamerica in the Southwest Through the Examination of Hohokam and Northwest Mexican Relationships South of the Lower Salt River, Central Arizona. Journal of Arizona Archaeology
7(2):200-215.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters:
Accepted Caseldine, Christopher R. Water and Politics in Hohokam Canal System 2, Lower Salt River Valley, Central Arizona. In Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Southwest Symposium, edited by Matthew Peeples, Matthew Pailes, Caitlin Wichlacz, and Katherine Dungan. University Press of Colorado, Louisville, CO.
2021 Simon, Arleyn W., Christopher R. Caseldine, Sarah Striker, Christopher Grivas, Neysa Grider-Potter, and Darsita R. North. Reassessing the Burial Assemblages of Nuvakwewtaqa, Chavez Pass, Arizona. In Engaging Archaeology in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, edited by Kelley A. Hays- Gilpin, Sarah A. Herr, and Patrick D. Lyons, pp. 51-76. University Press of Colorado, Louisville, CO.
Journal Articles:
2020 Caseldine, Christopher R., Arleyn W. Simon, and Sarah Striker. Assessment of Undecorated Pottery Production at Nuvakwewtaqa (Chavez Pass Ruin, AZ O:4:1 [ASU]). Pottery Southwest 36(1-2):10-22.
2019 Caseldine, Christopher R. and Arleyn W. Simon. A New Look at the Casa Grande Community’s Growth and Development. Archaeology Southwest Magazine 33(4):16-17.
2019 Caseldine, Christopher R. The Polvorón Phase. Archaeology Southwest Magazine 33(4):33.
Book Chapters:
2023 Sedig, Jakob W., Christopher R. Caseldine, Stephen H. Lekson. North America, Southwest Introduction. Reference Module in Social Sciences 2023, pp. 1-10. Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-90799-6.00097-5
2023 Caseldine, Christopher R. North America, Southwest: Hohokam. Reference Module in Social Sciences 2023, pp. 1-6. Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-90799-6.00079-3.
2021 Caseldine, Christopher R., Christopher Carr, and Samatha Feinberg. Journeys to Afterlives in the Cosmologies of Postcontact Eastern Woodland and Plains Indians: Inventory, Frequencies, and Geographic Distributions of Elements in Oral Narratives. In Being Scioto Hopewell: Ritual Drama and Personhood in Cross- Cultural Perspective, edited by Christopher G. Carr, pp. 195-266. Springer Nature, Switzerland. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44917-9_6
2021 Carr, Christopher and Christopher R. Caseldine. Journeys to Afterlives in the Cosmologies of Postcontact Eastern Woodland and Plains Indians: Interwoven Elements, Their Regional Distinctions, and Meta-Narratives. In Being Scioto Hopewell: Ritual Drama and Personhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Christopher G. Carr, pp. 267-331. Springer Nature, Switzerland. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44917-9_7
2012 Russell, Will G., Nanebah Nez, Christopher R. Caseldine, Arleyn W. Simon, Jacob Freeman, Garrett Trask. The Horseshoe Peak Site and Diachronic Landscape Use on the Middle Agua Fria River. In Proceedings of the 1st Annual Perry Mesa Symposium, edited by Will G. Russell and Michael Hoogendyk, pp. 163-180.
Friends of Agua Fria National Monument, Black Canyon City, AZ.
Cultural Resource Management and Other Reports:
2021 Clark, Jeffery J. and Christopher R. Caseldine. Research Design for Late Pre-Historic Backcountry Sites on Tonto National Monument: Contextualizing the Monument in Tonto Basin and Beyond. Technical Report No. 2021-101. Archaeology Southwest, Tucson.
2021 Caseldine, Christopher R. An Assessment of Archaeological Site Monitoring Between 2005-2018 at Tonto National Monument. Technical Report No. 2021-102. Archaeology Southwest, Tucson.
2019 Caseldine, Christopher R. and Arleyn W. Simon. Archaeological Surface Density Survey at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Report on CPCESU
Cooperative Agreement ASU-80, US DOI National Park Service and Arizona State University. Center for Archaeology and Society Repository, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe.
2019 Caseldine, Christopher R. Archaeology Before Anthropology: A History of Archaeological Collections Made Before the Arizona State University Department of Anthropology. Center for Archaeology and Society Repository, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe.
2018 Caseldine, Christopher R. An Archaeological Assessment of the Mesa Grande Cultural Park Educational Area Shade Structure, City of Mesa, Arizona. Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, AZ.
2016 Caseldine, Christopher R., Mechell Frazier, María García, Sofía Pacheco-Fores, Rudolfo Cesaretti, Christopher Schwartz, and Christopher T. Morehart. Protocolo para el mapeo con Estación Total en Los Mogotes. In Proyecto de Ecología del Norte de la Cuenca de México: Informe de la Temporada de Campo 2015, edited by Christopher T. Morehart, pp. 7-17. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe.
2016 Caseldine, Christopher R. Plain and Complex: An Analysis of Non-Decorated Pottery from Chavez Pass Ruin. Submitted to USDA Forest Service, Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe.
2012 Simon, Arleyn, Will G. Russell, Jacob Freeman, and Christopher Caseldine. Report of 2010 Survey within Area R, Agua Fria National Monument. Report submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe.
2010 Caseldine, Christopher R. A Whale of Trouble: An Institutional Analysis of the Whaling Practices of the Makah Indians of Washington State. Contributing paper for the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity E-library database.
Blog Posts:
2023 Caseldine, Christopher R., Alexis Malone, and Emily Lemaster. Finding Hohokam Social Connections and Boundaries through cyberSW. Preservation Archaeology Blog. February 27, 2023. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2023/02/27/finding-hohokam-social-…
2021 Caseldine, Christopher R. and Grant Snitker. A [Digital] Tonto Basin Journey. Preservation Archaeology Blog. March 15, 2021. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2021/03/15/a-digital-tonto-basin-journey/.
2021 Caseldine, Christopher R. A Tonto Basin Journey. Preservation Archaeology Blog. February 1, 2021. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2021/02/01/a-tonto- basin-journey/.
2020 Caseldine, Christopher R. Societal Change in the Past. Preservation Archaeology Blog. August 18, 2020. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2020/08/17/societal- change-in-the-past/.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 573 | Museum Administration |
ASB 484 | Internship |
HST 573 | Museum Administration |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 573 | Museum Administration |
ASB 484 | Internship |
HST 573 | Museum Administration |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Society for American Archaeology
Arizona Archaeological Council
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
American Alliance of Museums
Registrars Committee Western Region
2022-present Assistant Research Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
2022-present Curator of Collections, Center for Archaeology and Society Repository,
2021-2022 Interim Curator of Collections, Center for Archaeology and Society Repository, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
2021-2022 Collections Manager, Center for Archaeology and Society Repository, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
2020-2021 Post-Doctoral Preservation Archaeologist, Archaeology Southwest, Tucson, AZ
2018-2021 Research Associate, Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, AZ
2018-2020 Assistant Anthropological Collections Manager, Center for Archaeology and Society Repository, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
2018-2019 Adjunct Instructor, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
2003-2008 U.S. Marine Corps
2022 Standards Board Alternate, The Register of Professional Archaeologists
2021-present Chair, SHESC NAGPRA Advisory Committee
2021-present Board member, AZSITE Consortium
2020 Program Committee member – Society for American Archaeology
2015-2017 Vice President, Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument, non-profit public lands advocacy organization, Black Canyon City, AZ
2014-2015 Board member, Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument