C. Wesley Cowan (born September 4, 1951, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American anthropologist, auctioneer, and appraiser of antiques.
[2] After receiving his Ph.D., he taught at the Anthropology Department of Ohio State University.
He has published in the fields of American archaeology and paleoethnobotany.
[2] In 1995, he left academia and founded his antiques business, Cowan's Auctions, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
[2] Cowan has been a regular in the PBS series Antiques Roadshow and History Detectives.