Professor, Anthropology
South Asian Focus
Phone: (541) 346-5112
Email: jrlukacs@uoregon.edu
John Lukacs specializes in physical anthropology, paleo-anthropology, and dental evolution. His fieldwork focuses on prehistoric remains in South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Nepal. He is the editor of The People of South Asia (Plenum Press, 1984), and Culture, Ecology and Dental Anthropology (Kamla Raj, 1992). His South Asian field research has been supported by awards from the American Institute of Indian Studies, the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Fulbright Program. His current research focuses on the influence of interactive trade between prehistoric hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists on health and nutritional status.