Brett A. Houk, Ph.D.

I am an assistant professor of archaeology and the interim associate chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work and the Director of the Community and Urban Studies Program at Texas Tech University. Please email me if you have any questions or comments about my courses or research projects.

About My Background

1996 Ph.D. in Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Dissertation Title: The Archaeology of Site Planning: An Example from the Maya Site of Dos Hombres, Belize.

1992 M.A. in Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Thesis Title: Excavations at Nak’nal (BA-22a): Small Site Investigations in Northeast Petén, Guatemala.

1990 B.A., cum laude, in Anthropology; Minor in Geology, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.