Education

• Ph.D.     University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology
• M.A.      University of Calgary, Department of Archaeology
• B.A.       University of California, Berkeley, Departments of Anthropology and History

Research Interests

• Archaeology of Oceania.
• Evolution of Complex Societies.
• Household Archaeology, House Societies, and Domestic Production.
• Monumental Architecture and the Landscape.
• Lithic Technology, Adze Production.
• Geochemical Analyses of Basalt Artifacts, Interaction, Exchange.
• Chronometric Studies, 14C Dating, U-Series Dating.

Field Work and Museum Studies

• Archaeological fieldwork in the Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, New Caledonia, and the American Southwest.
• Artifact-based studies on Museum collections from the Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Pitcairn, California, and the American Southwest.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Anthropologist, Department of Anthropology, Bishop Museum (2008-Present).
• Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i, Manoa (2010-Present).
• Associate Graduate Faculty Affiliate, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i (2010-Present).
• Assistant Researcher, Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley (2008-2009).
• Post-Doctoral Fellow in Archaeology, University of Queensland, Australia (2007-2008).
• Affiliate Lecturer in Archaeology, School of Social Science, University of Queensland (2007).
• Visiting Researcher, Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine, Department of Archaeology, Territorial Government of French Polynesia (2007).
• Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, Extension (2004).
• Archaeology Collections Technician, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1999-2000).
• Archaeology Field Technician and Technical Report Writer, Department of Anthropology, Bishop Museum (1993).

Selected Publications

• J. G. Kahn and M. A. Allen (Guest Editors), 2010. Special Issue on Central East Polynesia. Archaeology in Oceania 45.
• W. D. Sharp, J. G. Kahn, C. M. Polita, and P. V. Kirch, in press. Evolution of Ritual Architecture in Polynesia: Precise Chronology via 230Th Dating of Corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. PNAS Early Edition, July 7, 2010.
• J. G. Kahn, in press. Multi-phase Construction Sequences and Aggregate Site Complexes of the Prehistoric Windward Society Islands (French Polynesia). Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology.
• J. G. Kahn, 2010. A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of ‘Oro Cult Marae in the ‘Opunohu Valley, Mo‘orea, Society Islands. Archaeology in Oceania 45: 103-110.
• M. A. Allen and J. G. Kahn, 2010. Central East Polynesia: an introduction. Archaeology in          Oceania 45: 49-53.
• J. G. Kahn, 2009. Adze Production in the Papeno‘o Valley, Tahiti, Society Islands: Technological Analysis of the Putoura (TPP-035) Workshop Assemblage. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 30 (2008): 55-87.
• J. G. Kahn, P. Mills, S. Lundblad, J. Holson, P. V. Kirch, 2009. Tool Production at the Nu‘u Quarry, Maui, Hawaiian Islands: Manufacturing Sequences and Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analyses.  New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 30 (2008): 135-165.
• J. G. Kahn, 2008. Ritual house posts and “house societies” in Polynesia: Modeling Inter- and Intra-Household Variability. Rapa Nui Journal 22(1): 14-29.
• P. V. Kirch and J. G. Kahn, 2007. Advances in Polynesian Prehistory: A Review and Assessment of the Past Decade (1993-2004). Journal of Archaeological Research 15: 191-238.
• J. G. Kahn, 2006. Society Islands (Central Eastern Polynesia) Chronology: 11 Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Prehistoric Expansion and Proto-Historic Periods in the ‘Opunohu Valley, Mo‘orea. Radiocarbon 48(3): 409-419.
• J. Kahn and J. Coil, 2006. What house posts tell us about status difference in prehistoric Tahitian society: an interpretation of charcoal analysis, sacred woods and inter-site variability. The Journal of the Polynesian Society 115(4): 319-352.
• J. Kahn, 2007. Power and Precedence in Ancient House Societies: A Case Study from the Society Island Chiefdoms (French Polynesia). In “The Durable House: House Society Models in Archaeology,” (R. Beck, ed.), pp. 198-223. Center for Archaeological Investigations Occasional Paper No. 35. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University.
• B. Hamilton and J. Kahn, 2007. Pre-Contact Population in the ‘Opunohu Valley, Mo‘orea: An Integrated Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Approach. In “The Growth and Collapse of Pacific Island Societies: Archaeological and Demographic Perspectives,” (P. V. Kirch and J.-L. Rallu,eds.), pp. 129-159. Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press.
• J. Kahn and P. V. Kirch, 2004.  Ethnographie préhistorique d'une "société à maisons" dans la vallée de ‘Opunohu (Mo‘orea, îles de la Société). Journal de la Société des Océanistes 119: 229-256.
• J.G. Kahn, 2003. Maohi Social Organization at the Micro-Scale: Household Archaeology in the ‘Opunohu Valley, Mo‘orea, Society Islands (French Polynesia). In “Pacific Archaeology: assessments and prospects,”(C. Sand ed.), pp. 353-367. Nouméa: Le Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie 15.
• C.Allum, J. G. Kahn, C. Cluney, and M.Peuramaki-Brown, (Editors) 2002. Ancient Travellers: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary. Calgary: Archaeological Association.