--John A. Peterson, PhD, is Assistant Vice-president of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guam. He served as Director of the Anthropology Research Center and the Asian Studies Development Program at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he was an Assistant Professor. Peterson received his PhD at the University of Texas-Austin. Peterson has published his archaeological field research in a variety of scholarly journals, books and monographs, and cultural resource management reports. He has also served as a board member for various scholarly and community organizations. His most recent research has been heavily focused on reconstructing and interpreting the articulation of natural and cultural landscapes in the Mariana Islands and the Philippines. Peterson has also conducted extensive research on Spanish colonialism. During the past 40 years he has conducted fieldwork in Oceania (Marianas, Hawai’i), Southeast Asia (Philippines), and East Asia (China and Taiwan). Peterson has served on the State Board of Review, Texas Historical Commission, the state of Hawai’i Preservation Board, and the Guam Historic Preservation Board.
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