Layton, Thomas N.

Authors

San Jose State University

Date Updated

6-28-2024

Department

Anthropology

Academic Rank

Professor Emeritus

Year Retired from SJSU

2003

Educational Background

University of California, Davis, B.A. 1965

University of California, Davis, M.A. 1966

Harvard University, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1971

Teaching Experience

Harvard University, Instructor, 1970-71

Louisiana State University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1972-73

California State University, Dominguez Hills, Assistant Professor, 1974-78

San Jose State University, Assistant to Full Professor, 1978-2003

Administrative and Professional Experience

Director, Nevada State Museum, 1973-74

Department Chair, Anthropology, San Jose State University, 1991-94

Selected Publications

Articles

Dwight D Simons, Thomas N Layton and Ruthann Knudson. "A Fluted Point from the Mendocino County Coast, California" The Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 7 Iss. 2 (1985) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2vp2c5qh

Thomas N Layton. "Invaders from the South? Archaeological Discontinuities in the Northwestern Great Basin" The Journal of California and Great Basin AnthropologyVol. 7 Iss. 2 (1985) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gj347dt

Thomas N Layton. "The Status of California Archaeology in 1984 [Chartkoff and Chartkoff: The Archaeology of California; and Moratto: California Archaeology]" The Journal of California and Great Basin AnthropologyVol. 6 Iss. 1 (1984) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/97z013tv

Thomas N Layton. "Traders and Raiders: Aspects of Trans-Basin and California-Plateau Commerce, 1800-1830" The Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 3 Iss. 1 (1981) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3793q75r

Books

Thomas N. Layton. Gifts from the Celestial Kingdom: A Shipwrecked Cargo for Gold Rush California. Stanford, CA(2002)

Thomas N. Layton. The Voyage of the Frolic: New England Merchants and the Opium Trade. Stanford, CA(1997)

Thomas N. Layton. Western Pomo Prehistory : Excavations at Albion Head, Nightbirds' Retreat, and Three Chop Village, Mendocino County, California. Los Angeles, CA(1990)

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