Emily Van Alst
Biographic Data
| ID | 682145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Van Alst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Alst |
| SIGNATURE | VAN ALST E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-8867-0520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beholding through being
Rock art is a vital form of cultural heritage and traditional knowledge for Indigenous peoples. These images are deeply connected to specific places, making it essential to consider the environmental, temporal, and spatial contexts in which they exist to fully understand their meanings. Conditions such as the viewer’s gender, spiritual role, temporality, and seasonality can all influence how such images are perceived. Acknowledging the presence o…
Toward decolonizing rock art research
Biases in North American rock art research have privileged Western data, approaches, and values. These biases include the concept of unilinear cultural evolution, untested assumptions about division of labour by sex, amplifying archaeological data over ethnography and Indigenous knowledge, focusing on the visual aspects of rock art rather than associated behaviours, equating Native American rock art to fine art in Western cultures, and assumption…
War Stories
Questions Worth Asking
This forum engages an emerging discourse around historical reckoning, truth, and reconciliation, asking how these frameworks inform American archaeology and its future. A growing number of archaeologists are now demanding systemic disciplinary transformations that directly address how white supremacy and settler colonialism enact Indigenous dispossession and erasure as well as anti-Blackness, gender discrimination, and ableism. This forum, featur…
Questions Worth Asking
This forum engages an emerging discourse around historical reckoning, truth, and reconciliation, asking how these frameworks inform American archaeology and its future. A growing number of archaeologists are now demanding systemic disciplinary transformations that directly address how white supremacy and settler colonialism enact Indigenous dispossession and erasure as well as anti-Blackness, gender discrimination, and ableism. This forum, featur…
War Stories
Questions Worth Asking
This forum engages an emerging discourse around historical reckoning, truth, and reconciliation, asking how these frameworks inform American archaeology and its future. A growing number of archaeologists are now demanding systemic disciplinary transformations that directly address how white supremacy and settler colonialism enact Indigenous dispossession and erasure as well as anti-Blackness, gender discrimination, and ableism. This forum, featur…
Beholding through being
Rock art is a vital form of cultural heritage and traditional knowledge for Indigenous peoples. These images are deeply connected to specific places, making it essential to consider the environmental, temporal, and spatial contexts in which they exist to fully understand their meanings. Conditions such as the viewer’s gender, spiritual role, temporality, and seasonality can all influence how such images are perceived. Acknowledging the presence o…
Toward decolonizing rock art research
Biases in North American rock art research have privileged Western data, approaches, and values. These biases include the concept of unilinear cultural evolution, untested assumptions about division of labour by sex, amplifying archaeological data over ethnography and Indigenous knowledge, focusing on the visual aspects of rock art rather than associated behaviours, equating Native American rock art to fine art in Western cultures, and assumption…
Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (2 works) · Rock art (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 work)