Scott M. Fitzpatrick

Scott M. Fitzpatrick is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology[1] and Curator of Indo-Pacific Archaeology at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon.

His research has focused on colonization events, seafaring strategies, adaptations to smaller islands, exchange systems, and human impacts on ancient environments.

He has conducted archaeological research in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands with other projects having taken place in Panama, the Florida Keys, and Oregon Coast.

Scott Fitzpatrick has worked extensively on islands in the Caribbean since 1993, focusing primarily on those in the southern Lesser Antilles such as Carriacou, Mustique, and Barbados.

Upon beginning his PhD at the University of Oregon in 1996, Fitzpatrick began working in Micronesia where he conducted his dissertation research on the quarrying and transport of Yap's famous stone money which took place in Palau's Rock Islands.

His most recent article is Louys J, Braje TJ, Chang CH, Cosgrove R, Fitzpatrick SM, Fujita M, Hawkins S, Ingicco T, Kawamura A, MacPhee RD, McDowell MC.