In Memoriam
Dr. Marvin Rowe was a Research Associate at the Office of Archaeological Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a Chemistry Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University–Qatar. He received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Tech in 1959 and began his scientific career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where his work measuring radioactivity in meteorites earned the 1964 Nininger Award.
Marvin completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Arkansas in 1966, earning a second Nininger Award for discovering extinct plutonium‑244 in the early Solar System. Following a Miller Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1969.
In 1990, Marvin shifted his research to archaeological chemistry, developing plasma‑based techniques to extract organic carbon from rock art and artifacts for radiocarbon dating. His innovations were recognized with numerous honors, including the Castleton Award (1998), the A.J. and Frank Bock Award (2010), and the Fryxell Award from the Society for American Archaeology for his contributions to archaeological science (2014).
Marvin has published more than 400 scientific papers, over 120 of them in archaeological chemistry. The people at OAS knew Marvin as a friend and colleague and his contributions to the research and life at OAS will be missed.
How to Apply
OAS Research Associates are scholars, researchers, and specialists with long-term professional interests in archaeology, anthropology, and associated disciplines who have made, or are in the process of making, significant contributions to their field of expertise and who wish to continue to make contributions in collaboration with the Office of Archaeological Studies. Individuals interested in applying to become an OAS Research Associate should contact John Taylor-Montoya.
List of Research Associates
Bob Florek
Bob Florek is an OAS Research Associate.
Charles A. Hannaford
Charles Hannaford is an OAS Research Associate and has been an archaeologist for 40 years. Charles was a former project director and head of the Education Outreach program at the Office of Archaeological Studies.
Kelsey Hanson
Kelsey Hanson is an OAS Research Associate.
Maxine McBrinn
Maxine McBrinn is an OAS Research Associate and author and is currently working on the fourth edition of Archaeology of the Southwest.
James Moore
James Moore is an OAS Research Associate and was a former project director and head of the Office of Archaeological Studies' Chipped Stone Artifact Analysis Laboratory.
David Rachal
David Rachal is an OAS Research Associate.
Grant Snitker
Grant Snitker is an OAS Research Associate.
Sheri Spaar
Sheri Spaar is an OAS Research Associate.
H. Wolcott Toll
Wolky Toll is an OAS Research Associate who continues to work on the La Plata Highway Project. Dr. Toll was also a project director with the Office of Archaeological Studies.
Rob Turner
Rob Turner is an OAS Research Associate, graphic artist, and former director of the Office of Archaeological Studies' Publications Department.
C. Dean Wilson
Dean Wilson is an OAS Research Associate and the former director of the Office of Archaeological Studies' Ceramics Analysis Laboratory.