Dr. Hildebrandt’s archaeological research focuses on hunter-gatherer adaptations in California, Oregon, and the Great Basin. Bill is also a leader in the field of cultural resources management, and he has helped many government agencies preserve and better understand important archaeological sites under their management. His research is published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and he has authored numerous monographs and book chapters published by the Smithsonian, American Museum of Natural History, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Los Angeles, University of Utah, and the Nevada State Museum. He is currently working on the evolution of prehistoric hunting patterns in California and the Great Basin, applying modern approaches of human behavioral ecology to this research effort.
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Bill’s Featured Projects
- Ruby Pipeline
- Gold Butte Inventory
- Olancha-Cartago Four-Lane Project – Caltrans
Bill’s Featured Publications
Jones T.L., D.A. Jones, K.W. Gobalet, J.F. Porcasi, and W.R. Hildebrandt
2017
The Morro Bay Fauna: Evidence for a Medieval Droughts Refugium on the Central California Coast. American Antiquity 82 (2):203-222.
Hildebrandt, William R., and Kelly R. McGuire
2016
Large Game Hunting in the American West: A comment on Fisher’s (2015) Reassessment of the Ascendance of Hunting Debate. American Antiquity 81 (4):764-765.
Hildebrandt, W., K. McGuire, J. King, A. Ruby, and D.C. Young
2016
Prehistory of Nevada’s Northern Tier: Archaeological Investigations along the Ruby Pipeline. American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers, Number 101.
Bill’s Outreach Activities
- Founding Member, Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.
- Editor of the Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 2013-2017
- President, Society for California Archaeology 2018-2019
- Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
- Research Associate, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.