James Allison

James Allison is Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University, specializing in Southwest US archaeology and ceramic analysis. His research centers on Ancestral Pueblo communities and Fremont cultural dynamics.

Key research interests:

• Early Pueblo village formation
• Ceramic production/exchange systems
• Kinship and social organization models
• Rocky Mountain indigenous archaeology

Publications demonstrate methodological diversity including:

• Agent-based modeling of social networks
• 3D reconstruction from archival materials
• Reassessment of chronological frameworks
• Comprehensive regional syntheses (e.g., Crucible of Pueblos)