Lynne Goldstein

Goldstein received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1976 with a dissertation titled Spatial Structure and Social Organizations: Regional Manifestations of Mississippian Society.{{cite book|title=Spatial structure and social organization : regional manifestations of Mississippian society|date=1976|publisher=Northwestern University|location=Chicago|pages=371|last1=Goldstein|first1=Lynne}} In this dissertation and a subsequent summarising article, she re-analysed "Hypothesis 8", a prediction made by Arthur Saxe as to the relationship between the use of formal cemeteries and the organisation of a society, and reframed it:{{Blockquote|text=If there is a formal bounded disposal area, used {{em|exclusively}} for the dead, then the culture is probably one which has a corporate group structure in the form of a lineal descent system. The more organised and formal the disposal area is, the more conclusive this interpretation.{{refn|{{cite book| last=Goldstein| first=Lynne| author-link=Lynne Goldstein| year=1981| chapter=One-Dimensional Archaeology and Multi-Dimensional People: Spatial Organization and Mortuary Analysis| title=The Archaeology of Death| publisher=Cambridge University Press| series=New Directions in Archaeology| editor-last1=Chapman| editor-first1=Robert| editor-last2=Kinnes| editor-first2=Ian| editor-last3=Randsborg| editor-first3=Klavs| isbn=0-521-23775-0|p=61}}}}}}

Goldstein's formulation of the hypothesis largely displaced that of Saxe, with the result that it became generally known as the Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis.{{refn|{{cite journal| last=Strauss| first=André | date=2012| title=Interpretative Possibilities and Limitations of Saxe/Goldstein Hypothesis| lang=pt| journal=Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas| volume=7| issue=2| issn=1981-8122| doi=10.1590/S1981-81222012000200013| doi-access=free|p=531| hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-0010-1F78-D| hdl-access=free}}}}

Goldstein's research focuses on mortuary analysis{{cite book|last1=Giles|first1=M|last2=Williams|first2=H|title=Archaeologists and the Dead: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198753537}} and she was influential in the development of US policy on the repatriation of human remains.She also works on campus archaeology,{{cite news|url=http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/december-2011/article/the-archaeology-of-academia|title=The Archaeology of Academia|date=2011|publisher=Popular Archaeology|issue=December|last1=Dau|first1=James|accessdate=December 20, 2016}} digital archaeology, public archaeology,{{cite web|url=http://midwestarchaeology.org/node/457|title=2015 Distinguished Career Award: Lynne Goldstein|website=Midwest Archaeology Conference|accessdate=December 20, 2016}} archaeological ethics, spatial analysis and statistics. Regionally, Goldstein is known for her work in the Midwest, especially the Aztalan site in Wisconsin,{{cite news|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/archaeologists-seek-to-unearth-mysteries-at-aztalan-state-park-b9942962z1-213712021.html|title=Archaeologists seek to unearth mysteries at Aztalan State Park|date=June 29, 2013|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|last1=Laaser|first1=Jenny|accessdate=December 20, 2016}} and for her work on the historic cemetery at Fort Ross, California.{{cite web|url=https://scahome.org/about-ca-archaeology/interviews-with-archaeologists/dr-lynne-goldstein-1998/|title=Interview with Dr. Lynne Goldstein (1998)|website=Society for California Archaeology|last1=Society for California Archaeology|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}

Goldstein served as Professor and Chair of the [http://anthropology.msu.edu/ Department of Anthropology] at Michigan State University from 1996 to 2006. During her time as chair she ran a field school at the Aztalan site. In 2005 Goldstein, along with fellow archaeologists J. O’Gorman and K. Lewis, contributed to the sesquicentennial celebration of MSU by conducting a public field school that excavated the first dormitory on campus known as Saints’ Rest.{{cite news|url=http://campusarch.msu.edu/?p=3405|title=Ten Years Since Saints' Rest: A Brief History of Campus Archaeology|date=January 14, 2015|publisher=Michigan State|agency=Michigan State Campus Archaeology|last1=Emory|first1=Katy Meyers|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}

After stepping down as chair, Goldstein became the department's Graduate Program Director, a position she held from 2010 to 2017. In 2007 she launched the [http://campusarch.msu.edu/ Campus Archaeology Program] to promote public awareness of heritage and the value of archaeology, as well as provide student training in public archaeology.{{cite web|url=http://campusarch.msu.edu/|title=MSU Campus Archaeology Program|website=MSU Campus Archaeology Program|publisher=Michigan State University|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/KnowledgeSeries/KnowledgeSeriesArchives/tabid/1548/Default.aspx|title=Campus Archaeology Programs: Why and How to Create Them|website=SAA Online Knowledge Series Archives|publisher=Society for American Archaeology|last1=Society for American Archaeology|accessdate=December 20, 2016}} Goldstein jointly received the AT&T Instructional Technology Award for the use and integration of social media with an on-campus field school in 2012.{{cite web|last1=Brock|first1=Terry|title=2012 AT&T Faculty and Staff Award in Instructional Technology|url=http://terrypbrock.com/projects/2012-att-faculty-staff-award-in-instructional-technology/|website=Terry P. Brock|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}

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• 2015 Distinguished Career Award, Midwest Archaeological Conference.
• 2010 Curator Emeritus, Board of Curators, Wisconsin Historical Society.
• 2000 President's Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession, Society for American Archaeology.
• 1995 President's Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession, Society for American Archaeology.
• 1991 President's Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession, Society for American Archaeology.
• 1992 President's Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession, American Anthropological Association

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