Michael Scullin was born on April 24, 1937. He was raised on a small farm on the eastern shore of Maryland. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Natural History from Cornell University in 1967. Shortly thereafter, he gained his master's degree in anthropology from the University Of Illinois at Champaign in 1969. He studied geography at the University of Minnesota during the mid-80s.
Scullin was a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his research interests include the prehistory of southern Minnesota, Hidatsa maize, Cahokia and its relationship with Minnesota cultures in the 12th century, and Native American horticulture. Scullin was instrumental in the development and maintenance of “The Amos Owen Garden of American Indian Horticulture” at Minnesota State University, Mankato, which is a Hidatsa demonstration garden using varieties of plants indigenous to the Northern Plains.
Included among Scullin's many papers and presentations are: "Cambria: Easternmost of the Western or Westernmost of the Eastern?" (paper presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, 1992) and "The Function of Hilling of Northern Flint Corns" (paper presented at the Society of American Archaeology conference, 1993).
Michael Scullin Home Page (former link) http://krober.anthro.mnsu.edu/offices/scullin (21 April 98)
Southern Minnesota Prehistory (former link) http://krober.anthro.mnsu.edu/offices/scullin/s-mn-prehistory (1996)
Written by: Joe Peterson
Edited by: Amy Landin and Emily Hildebrant, 2007