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I. ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Stephen L. Black Associate Professor, Anthropology B. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. 1990 Harvard University Anthropology Dissertation: Field Methods and Methodologies in Lowland Maya Archaeology A.M. 1987 Harvard University Anthropology M.A. 1984 Univ. Texas at San Antonio Anthropology B.A. 1976 Univ. Texas at Austin Archaeological Studies C. UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Associate Professor Texas State University 2015- Assistant Professor Texas State University 2008-2015 Lecturer University of Texas, Austin 1997-2002 Lecturer Harvard University 1990-1991 Instructor Harvard University 1988-1990 Teaching Fellow Harvard University 1984-1988 Teaching Assistant University of Texas, San Antonio 1981-1983 D. RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Archaeological Experience -- North America Leader, Eagle Nest Canyon Expeditions 2014-2016 Five to Six-month field expeditions, January-May/June, to Langtry, Texas where Eagle Nest Canyon joins the Rio Grande. Current, former, and future Texas State graduate and undergraduate students worked with collaborators from the Shumla School, UT-San Antonio, and various other organizations to carry out state-of-the-art archaeological investigations in Eagle Cave and other rockshelters and sites. Principal Investigator, Ancient Southwest Texas Project 2009- Ongoing research program focused on the prehistory of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Southwest Texas. Program includes archaeological field schools (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) for Texas State undergraduates, and major field seasons (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) to support graduate student field research, archaeological survey and excavation. Editor/Director, Texas Beyond History 2001- Co-leader of www.texasbeyondhistory.net, the “virtual museum of Texas’ cultural heritage,” created by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin in partnership with 16 other organizations. Unique public education website synthesizing the archeology and early history of Texas for diverse audiences. Director 1999-2000 Southern Texas Archaeological Society Field School, Stiver Ranch, Kimble County. Two 10-day field schools plus numerous weekend sessions, survey and excavation of Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric campsites and a sinkhole cemetery. Co-Organizer, Headwaters Experimental Workshops 1996-1998 With Susan Decker and Richard Stark, lead four three-day hands-on workshops exploring indigenous methods of hot-rock cooking through controlled experiments, seminars, field 1 trips and intensive interactions with 15-20 participants including Lewis Binford, Luann Wandsnider, and professors, researchers, and students from Texas. Research Associate Fall 1991-2008 Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Darrell G. Creel, Director. Project Archeologist/Analyst, Pavo Real Project (1999-2001) Co-Principal Investigator, Woodrow Heard Project (1997-1999) Co-Principal Investigator, Texas Historic Sites Atlas Project (1995-1997) Co-Principal Investigator, Wurzbach Project (1992-1996) Project Director, Burned Rock Midden Project, (1991-1996) These projects were large Interagency Contracts with the Texas Department of Transportation (BRM, Wurzbach, Woodrow Heard, Pavo Real) and the Texas Historical Commission (Atlas) that resulted in various reports listed below. The Historic Sites Atlas Project involved digitizing 55,000 site records. Consultant Summers 1986-1987 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Southwest District, Arkansas Archeological Survey (Fred Limp, coordinator). Wrote three major chapters of a regional synthesis for the southern third of Texas (Hester, Black et al. 1989). Consultant July to August 1986 Loma Sandia Project. Wrote the Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Background and Prehistoric Ceramics sections of a two volume report on a large Archaic cemetery in south Texas (Black 1995b). Consultant Summers 1983-1984 Bear Creek Scout Reservation, south central Texas. Set up an archaeological program for the Boy Scouts. Staff Archaeologist July 1976-1984 Held various contract archaeology positions at the Center For Archaeological Research (CAR), University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Thomas R. Hester, Director. Between 1976 and August 1984 I worked continuously for CAR-UTSA (full-time except while taking courses or while in Mesoamerica) in positions ranging from sole Crew Member on one day surveys to Crew Chief of large survey and testing projects, to Project Archaeologist of several major mitigation projects in various parts of Texas and New Mexico. Below this period is summarized in various segments which exemplify the kinds of projects I was involved in. Project Director 1981-1985 Hinojosa Project, south Texas. Designed (Hester and Black n.d.) and carried out mitigation (four month excavation) of a single component Late Prehistoric site. Wrote and edited a major monograph (Black 1986). Project Archaeologist 1979 to 1983 Panther Springs Creek Site, south-central Texas. Directed a seven month excavation of a large, multi-component Early Archaic to Late Prehistoric site and the laboratory work and write-up of a major monograph (Black and McGraw 1985). 2 Assistant Field Director June 1977 to June 1979 Nueces River Project, a massive mitigation project in south Texas involving intensive survey, testing, and excavation of prehistoric and historic sites. Ten months in the field and over a year analyzing lithic and ceramic material and co-authoring several major reports (Hall, Black and Graves 1982; Brown et al. 1982; Hall, Hester and Black 1986). Crew Member and Crew Chief June 1976 to June 1977 Worked on over a dozen different survey and testing projects. Participated in the field, lab and write-up of projects such as a four day, two person testing project of a small prehistoric site in the south Texas coastal plain (Black 1976) and a seven-week predictive survey in the Jornada Basin of southern New Mexico (Crew Chief of a 7+ person crew and wrote a third of an edited volume; Hester, ed. 1977). Crew Member June to October 1975 McGregor Range Project, large predictive survey in southern New Mexico. Texas Archeological Survey, U.T. Austin. David S. Dibble, Director. Archaeological Experience -- Mesoamerica and South America Field Supervisor February to March 2000 San Agustín de Callo, Ecuador, David O. Brown, Project Director. Supervised excavation of an Inca road and associated terraces, as well as of a Spanish Colonial acequia and mill. Chief Archaeologist February to May 1985 Rio Azul Project, Peten, Guatemala, R.E.W. Adams, Project Director. Mapped settlement and supervised testing of a drained field system, lithic workshops, and Preclassic settlement at El Pedernal, a satellite community associated with Rio Azul (Black 1987). Senior Field Archaeologist February to May 1984 Rio Azul Project. Mapped settlement and tested a drained field system and associated lithic workshops (Black and Suhler 1986). Logistics and camp manager during excavation of a major Early Classic Tomb. Staff Member May 1983 Rio Azul Project. Reconnaissance and planning season for multi-year project focusing on the heavily looted Maya site of Rio Azul. Recorded the architectural details exposed in the looter's trenches (Black and Potter 1984). Field Archaeologist and Teaching Assistant January to April 1983 Colha Project and UTSA Graduate Field School, Belize. Involved in most aspects of project from writing research design and field method manual, to planning logistics, to leading students through Mexico, to assisting with field school and Earthwatch to carrying out excavations of Late and Middle Preclassic domestic structures (Black 1982; 1983; Anthony and Black 1994). Staff Member January to April 1981 Colha Project, Belize. Excavation and mapping of monumental architecture and lithic workshops at the Maya site of Colha; testing of the Northern River Lagoon site (coastal Maya); and survey of the Ladyville site (preceramic). 3 C. Other Professional Credentials Registered Professional Archaeologist II. TEACHING A. TEACHING HONORS and AWARDS Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi College Honor Society – Spring 2012 Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi College Honor Society – Spring 2011 Outstanding Teaching Fellow, Harvard University – Fall 1987 B. COURSES TAUGHT Archaeological Field Methods, Archaeological Field School, North American Archaeology, Texas Archaeology, Archaeology Seminar, Cultural Resource Management Archaeology, Archaeological Field Investigations, History of Archaeology, Mesoamerican Civilizations, Introduction to Anthropology, Method and Theory, Introduction to Archaeology, Mesoamerican Civilizations C. GRADUATE THESES/DISSERTATIONS Pagano, Victoria (in progress; supervisor) Lodge, Spencer (in progress; supervisor) Nielsen, Christina (in progress; supervisor) Castaneda, Amanda (2015; supervisor) Knapp, Ashleigh (2015; supervisor) Basham, George (2015; supervisor) Rodriquez, Daniel (2015; supervisor) Mills, Blair (2015; committee member) Hampton, Michael (in progress?; committee member) Vilsack, Laura (in progress, committee member) Palimson, Molly (2014; committee member) Gandy, Jennifer (2013; committee member) Hooge, Jacob (2013; committee member) Gilmer, Ana (2013; committee member) Rush, Haley (2013; committee member) Koenig, Charles (2012; supervisor) Campbell, John (2012; supervisor) Hefner, Joshua (2011; member) Johnson, Matthew (2010; member) Lawrence, Kenneth (2010; member) UT Austin (2 theses, 2 dissertations) D. COURSES PREPARED (Texas State only) Texas Archaeology, North American Archaeology, Cultural