Mitchel Hendrickson

Email Address: mjhend@uic.edu
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences Department: Anthropology
Title: Associate Professor
Office: BSB 2138C
Webpage: https://anth.uic.edu/uic-anthropology/people/faculty/mjhend
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

Research Interest:
I am a Southeast Asian archaeologist specializing in the Khmer Empire, the vast state that built the famous temples of Angkor and controlled vast areas of mainland SE Asia between the 9th to 15th centuries AD.

My research has studied the history and function of the Khmer road system that connected Angkor to its provincial territories and also the extent of the actual empire through a study of water reservoirs and settlement. Currently I am interested in the role of iron production in the expansion of the state and the possibility that an ethnic minority, the Kuay, were responsible for creating this important resource for the majority Khmer state.

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 4

Qualifications of a Student:
High GPA, experience with GIS required, excel familiarity. Anthropology major (preferred but not restricted).

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
The student will work with established archaeological spatial data sets in a GIS program (ArcPro). Students will be responsible for mapping and doing basic spatial analyses of water reservoirs across Cambodia, Thailand and Laos.

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