Robert Hunter

Editor, Ceramics in America

Post Office Box 114

Yorktown, Virginia 23690

ceramicjournal@aol.com

Robert Hunter (Rob) has over 30 years of professional experience in prehistoric and historical archaeology. He has a MA in
Anthropology from the College of William and Mary and additional coursework at the doctoral level in American Studies. He was the founding director of the Center for Archaeological Research at The College of William and Mary Mr. Hunter served as assistant curator of Ceramics and Glass in the Department of Collections at Colonial Williamsburg. He is a partner in the business PERIOD DESIGNS, an innovative firm specializing in the reproduction of 17th- and 18th-century decorative arts.

Since 2001, he has been editor of the annual journal, Ceramics in America, published by the Chipstone Foundation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Hunter lectures widely and participates in the New York Ceramics Fair in January each year. He has written for a variety of publications including The Catalogue of Antiques & Fine Art, New England Antiques Journal, Early American Life, Ceramic Review, Studio Potter, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Pottery Making Illustrated, Kerameiki Techni, and the Journal of Archaeological Science.

He received the 2007 Award of Merit from the Society for Historical Archaeology and is an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.