Research Affiliate

Marjorie Helen Kleiger Akin, Ph.D.

Marjorie Akin is an ethno-archaeologist of California and Western North America, with a special emphasis on numismatic archaeology. Theoretical interests focus on the formation processes of material culture, especially the phenomenon of collecting. Other interests include; the prehistory of California, anthropology of art, ritual studies, applied computer technology, rock art, symbolism, and applied anthropology.

Selected Publications: 1996 "Passionate Possession: the Formation of Private Collections." In : Learning from Things: Essays on Material Culture Studies, David Kingery, editor. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press. 1996 "Dong, Wen and Mon: The Recovered Asian Coins." In: Down by the Station: Los Angeles Chinatown, 1880 - 1937. Monumenta Archaeologica 18, UCLA Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles. 1996 "Keeler Quarry: A View from a Site." Visual Anthropology 7(4). 1992 "The Non-Currency Uses of the Wen in Western North America." Journal of Historical Archaeology 26(2):56-63.