Author

Zada Komara

Observed name: Komara, Zada

Institution: University of Kentucky

Observed institution: University of Kentucky

ORCID: 0000-0001-7373-322X

Observed ORCID: 0000-0001-7373-322X

OpenAlex ID: A5053641401

Burying stereotypes: Archaeology, representations, and everyday activism at Appalachian company coal mining towns

2019 · Zada Komara · Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage · 8

Materializing Appalachian Kentucky Coal Towns: Public Archaeology as Applied Anthropology in the Coal Camp Documentary Project

2014 · Zada Komara, Shane Barton · Practicing Anthropology · 6

Healer’s Choice: Gender, Self-Care, and Women’s Wellness Products in an Appalachian Coal Town

2022 · Zada Komara · International Journal of Historical Archaeology · 4

Reflections on Writing about Health and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 · Stacey L. Camp, Laura Heath-Stout, et al. · International Journal of Historical Archaeology · 1

Consuming Appalachia

2019 · Komara, Zada · UKnowledge (University of Kentucky) · 1

Appalachian extraction & the orogeny of emancipatory archaeology

2026 · Zada Komara · Southeastern Archaeology

Introduction: Beyond Hollow Materialism

2025 · Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, Zada Komara · Journal of Appalachian Studies

From the Editors

2025 · Meredith McCarroll, Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, et al. · Journal of Appalachian Studies

Playing Grown-Up: Girls’ Toys and the Habitus of Housewifery at Coal Towns, 1910-1940

2019 · Zada Komara

Discourse, Dumpsites, and New Directions in the ‘Land of Trump’: Archaeology and Representations at Appalachian Company Coal Mining Towns

2018 · Zada Komara · Society for Historical Archaeology

Among the Trees, the Boards, and the Planes: Relational Materiality and the Meaning of Work in the Craft of Musical Instruments

2018 · Jasper Waugh‐Quasebarth, Karen Hudson, et al.

Household Goods, Hegemony, and Social Justice at Kentucky Company Coal Mining Towns

2017 · Zada Komara

Coal-fired Power: Household goods, Hegemony, and Social Justice at Appalachian Company Coal Mining Towns

2017 · Zada Komara · Society for Historical Archaeology

Common Sense Economies: Socialist Strategies in Company Coal Mining Towns

2016 · Zada Komara

Appalachian Metropolis: Rural and Urban Identities at Company Coal Mining Towns

2016 · Zada Komara · Society for Historical Archaeology

Power in Things: Creativity and Mass Consumption at Kentucky Company Coal Towns

2015 · Zada Komara

Kentucky Coal Camp Documentary Project of the UK Appalachian Center: An Interactive Website

2014 · Ann E. Kingsolver, Shane Barton, et al.

Works count: 18

Citation count: 20

H-index: 3

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