Philip de Barros, Ph.D. ("Dr. D"), R.P.A.

at Palomar College: Behavioral Sciences Department, 1140 W. Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 2017-present
Assistant, Associate and Professor of Anthropology, 1994-2017
Coordinator, A.A. Degree & Certificate Programs in Archaeology, 1996-2016
1996-1997, developed Archaeology Web Page with extensive “how to” sections about archaeology (won national and international awards); applied for numerous grants to update lab and field equipment, including new computers and GPS equipment, as well as GIS software.
Member and Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee 1994-2001
Member, Learning Outcomes Council, 2004-2013
Member, NCHEA Committee, 2013-2017
Member of Palomar College Senate, 1999-2000
Advisor, Palomar College Archaeology Club (PCAC), when active
Created DVD shown on Palomar College Cable TV entitled, Evolution, Science and Religion, available upon request
Organizer, Exploring Darwin 2-day Conference at Palomar College, 2007-2010, 2014-2016, assisted by Naomi Lowe and Marlo Willows. FOCUS: How the evolutionary perspective enlightens and inspires new avenues of research. Presentations by professors from the natural, social, economic, and behavioral sciences from southern California colleges and universities, including UCSD, UCLA, USC, San Diego State, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State San Marcos and Palomar college.
Member representing Palomar College for an NSF-funded National Evos Consortium of colleges focused on the teaching of evolution in higher education, 2008-2015
Member of Editorial Board for new journal EvoS: Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 2009-2015
NEW ANTHROPOLOGY CLASSES CREATED
2005 ANTH 125: Evolution, Science, and Religion. Explores the functions of science and religion in human society; examines the evidence for evolution and how natural and sexual selection work to produce evolutionary effects; open to anyone with an open mind.
1998, created and taught ANTH 126 – Cultures of Africa.
TAUGHT: 1) Intro Biological Anthropology; 2) Intro Cultural Anthropology; 3) Comparative Societies; 4) Intro Archaeology; 5/6) Beginning and Advanced Archaeological Excavation; 7) Beginning Archaeological Survey including field work and report for Cuyamaca Rancho State Park; 8) Laboratory Analysis (of prehistoric artifacts); as well as new classes added to the Archaeology A.A. Degree Program (see below)
1998, Advanced Archaeological Survey (GPS/GIS), taught by Joel Paulson; 2004, Historical Archaeology; 2006, Cultural Resource Management
Managed state and local internships for archaeology students

As of 2011, THE ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM HAS A NEW ARCHAEOLOGY LAB (MD-121), designed by Philip de Barros and James Eighmey

1150 square feet (twice as large as old lab)
Two new Twin-Basin Sinks with Sediment Traps and Three Ultrasonic Cleaners
New GPS and GIS equipment
10 stackable, divided drying racks; photographic stand; and light table
Six computer stations with networked laser printer
Two large artifact processing tables for class lab work
Two 10-drawer map file cabinets (finally enough space for our extensive topographic map collection!)
Plenty of bookshelves, lockable cabinets, file cabinets, and gorilla shelving.

How to Reach Me (now that I am retired)

Telephone: 760-807-9489 (cell)
Email: pdebarros@palomar.edu
CLASSES – to be announced
2022 Activities 1) 4 months in Togo, West Africa, conducting archaeological research at 68-acre Early Iron Age (400 BC -130 AD) site of Dekpas-sanware in the Bassar region of northern Togo. Accompanied by two Palomar archaeology students Alexandra Aguilar and Ajeng McCunney; work consisted of excavating an EIA cemetery to study mortuary patterns including the wearing or burial with iron bracelets; an unexpected discovery of 278 carnelian beads which may be from Egypt, the Central Sahara or Mali. Sourcing studies in the works to establish potential trading routes; 2) Published report for Nyame Akuma for the December 2022 issue discussing results of the discovery and dating of an important ironworking site near Farende in Kabiye territory (east of Bassar); two TL/OSL potteery sherd dates indicate ca. 500 AD; 3) Submitted revised galley proofs for an article entitled, “West African Iron Production in the Its Sub-Saharan Context,” for the upcoming (ca. March 2023) publication of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia on African Archaeology; an online version will soon be available which the author will periodically update.

Education:

B.A. History, Stanford University
M.A. Education, Stanford University
M.A. Anthropology/Archaeology, UCLA
Ph.D. Anthropology/Archaeology, UCLA

Professional Activities outside of Palomar College:

Research Associate, then Fellow, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA (1986 to 2007)
Founding Chair, Native American Programs Committee, Society for California Archaeology (1992-1999)
Poway Unified S.D. & Mt Carmel High School Human Relations Committees (1998-2001); then Ombudsperson Poway USD (2000)
Member of Board of Trustees of the San Diego Archaeological Center (1996-1999)
Member of Editorial Board for EvoS: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 2009-present
Member or Past Member of American Anthropological Association, Society for American Archaeology, Society for California Archaeology, Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Pacific Coast Archaeological Society, California Mission Studies Association

Publications

2010 — The Bassar Chiefdom (of Northern Togo, West Africa) in the Context of Theories of Political Economy (published 2013)
2009b — How Far Inland Did the Arm of the Slave Trade Reach? An Overview of the Slave Trade in Togo — paper given at UCLA in honor of Prof. Merrick Posnansky (to be published)
2009a — A Comparison of Early and Later Iron Age Societies in the Bassar Region of Northern Togo — paper given at the World Iron Conference in London, February 16-20 (published in 2013)
2008 — The Bassar Chiefdom and Africa’s Internal Frontier, published in 2012 by Cambridge UP.
2007 — Archaeology Program Web Pages Referenced by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS).
2006, 2nd Ed. of Grammaire Mina — Mina language grammar (Southern Togo) in French, with Leopold Ako of Togo.
Chapter on the slave trade and the Bassar iron industry in book West Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives 2001
Major author of book entitled Ancient African Metallurgy 2000
Article on Francophone West Africa in book History of Archaeology in Africa 1990
Article on the Bassar Ironworking industry from a regional perspective in African Archaeological Review 1988
Article on the Bassar Ironworking Industry in Africa 1986
Article on Ceramic Seriation in American Antiquity 1982

Awards and Grants

Partner in French Research Grant to the Bassar Region of Togo with fieldwork slated for May-June 2015; and Jan-Feb 2016 while on Sabbatical from Palomar College
Senior Fulbright Grant Recipient Spring 2013 in Togo, West Africa
Palomar College Research Award 2010
2006 — Study Sphere Award of Excellence for Archaeology Web Pages — http://www.palomar.edu/archaeology
2004 Governor’s Historic Preservation Award for the Native American Programs Committee of the Society for California Archaeology, 1992-1999; served as founder and first chair
Fulbright Grant in 2002 to conduct archaeological research at the Early Iron Age site of Dekpassanware in the Bassar Region of Northern Togo, West Africa. Found the second oldest Early Iron Age site in coastal West Africa dating to 400 B.C.
Palomar College Research Award in 1996 and 2001
Ahmanson Grant to conduct research in the Oti River Valley in northern Togo, 1999
Wenner-Gren grant to conduct research at a Late Stone Age rockshelter in Togo, 1988
Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, 1982

Research Interests and Activities:

West and Central African archaeology
African Iron Age and Late Stone Age
Archaeology of Togo (especially Bassar iron industry)
Evolution
- Theory of Natural Selection — its multidisciplinary applications
- Hominid Evolution
- Relationship between Evolution, Science and Religion
- Neuroscience and the Evolution of Brain Function
Southern California hunter-gatherer archaeology
Soapstone production and exchange in prehistoric California
Ceramic typology and seriation
Cooperation between archaeologists and Native Americans

Hobbies, Sports, and Recreational Interests:

Basketball, especially the Lakers
Baseball, especially the San Francisco Giants
Jazz
Popular (hi-life; rumba; hybrids) and traditional music (kora, balafon) from West and Central Africa
Classical piano — Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Debussy, Schubert
Science fiction and action movies
Reading about politics, globalization, international relations, evolution, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, and Africa
Traveling to new places — in 2007 to Versailles (Paris) and Italy (San Felice de Circeo, Roma, Napoli, Pompeii, Hadrian’s Villa, Orvieto, Siena, Firenze, Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia); March 2008 – Burkina Faso, especially Ouagadougou; Paris August 2008 (Versailles, Giverny, Louvres, Musee d’Orsay; Quais de la Seine; Orangerie; Tour d’Eiffel). February 2009 — London; November 2010 — Dakar, Senegal; September 2011 — University of Cape Town, South Africa; June 2012 — Toronto; June 2014 — Johannesburg, South Africa; Paris, France — 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015; June 2016 — Toulouse, France (most of these trips involved presenting papers at professional archaeological conferences). Also trips to Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort Bragg, North Carolina to visit my daughter’s family
Balboa Park — its restaurants, museums, and parks
Getty Museum

Summary Biography:

Born in Los Angeles, California; lived in Beverly Hills until age 8
Attended 6th grade, middle and high school in Palo Alto, California
Attended summer work camps at Hoopa, Tule, and Round Valley Indian Reservations, California, as a teenager through a joint YMCA and American Friends Service Committee and later Stanford University
President of YMCA Club, Les Frï¿½res, and Chair, YMCA InterClub Council
Boy Scout and Explorer Scout
Student at Stanford-in-France in Tours, France
European travels: England, France, West and East Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece
African travels: Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Gabon, South Africa
North American travels: Mexico (Ensenada, Rosarito Beach) and Canada (British Columbia, Calgary, Banff, Jasper, Glacier NP)
U.S. travels: California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Maryland, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
Peace Corps volunteer teacher and basketball coach in Togo, West Africa (1966-1972)
Peace Corps staff in charge of teacher training and supervision, Togo
Married Jeannine Affiwa Kpachavi from southern Togo
Prepared Social Studies Curricula, K-8, Harbor Day School, Corona del Mar, CA
Student, archaeological field school near Springerville, Arizona, New Mexico State
Crew chief/ceramic lab director, Pajarito Project, New Mexico, J.N. Hill Director, NSF funded
Son Jason de Barros born; currently associate counsel for corporation in San Francisco
Daughter Jillian de Barros born; she and her husband (Cody) are both sargeants in the Army at Fort Bragg
Director of Cultural Resources at Chambers Group, Irvine, California (1985-1994)
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
Instructor, UCLA Anthropology/C.E.D. Depts., teaching ceramic analysis
Anthropology Professor at Palomar College (1994-present)
Excavations at Late Stone Age Rockshelter of Agarade, Togo, West Africa (1988)
Shell mound excavations & archaeological survey in Oti River Valley, Togo (1999-2000), with ex-Palomar student Aaron Kenney.
Fulbright Award to Togo, West Africa. Excavations at 4th century B.C. ironworking site, January to July 2002, with Palomar student, Chris Brandt.
Granddaughter Payton Wilson born.
Completed excavations at Dekpassanware in the Bassar Region of Togo, January-March 2008, with a focus on subsistence (yams, pearl millet, cowpea, sorghum, fonio) and the study of the smelting and smithing industrial areas. Team: Amanda Logan, Andrew Gurstelle, and Tom Butler, along with seven Togolese Masters Degree students from the University of Lome and Kara.
Attended and gave paper at eh World of Iron Conference in London, February 16-20, 2009.
Had paper presented at an International Conference in France (Aix-en-Provence) on Ironworking and African Societies, April 2010
Attended Panafrican Prehistory Congress (once very 5 years) and Society for Africanist Archaeologists Biannual Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, November 1-7, 2010. Included visits to Goree Island (slave depot), the 17th c. colonial/commercial outpost of Saint Louis (later capital of Senegal until 1957), and the Djoudj Migratory Bird Preserve. Gave paper on Bassar ironworking.
Attended Collaborative Work Group (12 people from North America, Europe and Africa) in Cape Town, South Africa (invited participant)
Attended Society for Africanist Archaeology (SAfA) conference in Toronto, June 20-24; presenting papers on ironworking and Bassar ironworking in GIS
Archaeological expedition to the Bassar Region of Togo, West Africa — among many exciting results include the discovery of the remains of a 2000-2400 yr old iron smelting furnace (2013). Four Palomar College students participated in the survey and excavations of this project.
Paper on the discovery of a 2400 yr-old iron smelting furnace in Togo West Africa, an SAfA conference in Johannesburg, South Africa; artcle to be published in 2017.
Excavations at Later Iron Age smelting village in Togo, May-June 2015 with 2 Palomar College students
Continuation of Togo research in Jan-Feb 2016 with 2 Palomar College students.

Current Projects

Will work with European Research Team from France, Germany and Togo, May-June 2015 and 2016
Analysis of Finds from the Spring 2013 and 2015-2106 Archaeological Research Expeditions to Togo; ANTH 297/298 slots available for students wishing to assist me.
Exploring Darwin Conference (Darwin Days), November 15-16, 2016, Palomar College (with Naomi Lowe)
Writing 50-70 page pamphlet in French summarizing my research on ancient ironworking in Togo, 1981-2015. Early Iron Age section finished (see publications)

Philip de Barros, Ph.D. ("Dr. D"), R.P.A.

Philip de Barros, Ph.D. ("Dr. D"), R.P.A.

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