Biography
Dr. Sinelli is a Senior Lecturer and archaeologist. His research centers on the Lucayan Taíno people who lived in the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands and were the first Indigenous Americans impacted by European colonialism. Dr. Sinelli teaches a broad array of archaeology and anthropology courses across all modes, from large GEP sections to upper division topical offerings for Anthropology majors.
He also leads the annual Caribbean Archaeology Field School through University of Central Florida Study Abroad, which is the largest and longest-running archaeological field school at UCF.
Research Specialization
Caribbean prehistory, with an emphasis on the later prehistory of the Greater Antilles and the Bahama archipelago.
- Migration and island colonization theory.
- Settlement patterns and ecological adaptation, with an emphasis on the social and material.
- implications of exchange networks and trade relationships.
- Archaeological ceramics and the development and diffusion of regional ceramic technologies.
- Physical anthropology, with an emphasis on human origins and the evolutionary process.
- Maritime and underwater archaeology.
Highlights
Please visit the News section for Dr. Sinelli to find the latest information on his accomplishments.
April 2011:
UCF Teaching Incentive Program Awards 2010-2011 recipient
March 2010:
Mr. Peter Sinelli successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Florida Department of Anthropology.
