Date Updated
3-30-2024
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)
http://works.bepress.com/thomas_layton/2/
Thomas N Layton. "Invaders from the South? Archaeological Discontinuities in the Northwestern Great Basin" The Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 7 Iss. 2 (1985)
http://works.bepress.com/thomas_layton/3/
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 Anthropology Vol. 6 Iss. 1 (1984)
http://works.bepress.com/thomas_layton/1/
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)
http://works.bepress.com/thomas_layton/4/
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)
Files
Download Curriculum Vitae (230 KB)
