Michelle Pigott

Michelle Pigott is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focuses on anthropological archaeology, particularly the Indigenous histories of contact and colonialism in the U.S. Southeast and Mesoamerica. She employs Indigenous theories and materials analysis to reconstruct Native political landscapes and colonial dynamics.

Education includes a PhD in Anthropology (Tulane University, 2024), MA in Anthropology (Tulane, 2019), MA in Historical Archaeology (University of West Florida, 2015), and BA in Anthropology (University of Central Florida, 2010).

Her work bridges environmental lidar technology, Indigenous diaspora studies, and colonial landscape analysis. Recent publications address ancient landscapes in Campeche, Mexico, and Apalachee diaspora narratives in the Gulf South. No scientific awards are listed here.

Advising and grants details are not specified in the provided text. She is affiliated with the Disasters, Displacement, & Human Rights (DDHR) program and contributes to field schools and archaeological methodological debates.