KARA BRIDGMAN SWEENEY Curriculum Vitae
Department of Sociology and Anthropology Georgia Southern University (Armstrong Campus) Savannah, GA 31419-1997 [email protected]
EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D., Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville
1999 M.A., Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork, Ireland
1995 B.A., Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, South Carolina Honors College, Magna Cum Laude, University of South Carolina, Columbia
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2018 Georgia Southern University- Armstrong Campus, Lecturer of Anthropology and director of the Digging Savannah public outreach initiative
2018 Georgia Southern University, Instructor of Anthropology Courses taught to date at Statesboro and/or Armstrong campuses: Archaeological Methods and Theory, Public Archaeology, North American Archaeology, World Archaeology, Anthropology of Sexuality, Global Perspectives in Anthropology: Peoples of the World, Introduction to Anthropology
2017 Armstrong State University, Instructor of Anthropology
2015-2017 Georgia Southern University, Limited-term Instructor of Anthropology
2014-2015 Armstrong State University, Instructor of Anthropology
2007 Lifelong Learning Program at Edison College (Punta Gorda, Florida), Instructor of Archaeology Course taught: Uncovering the Past through Archaeology
2005-2006 Kennesaw State University, Instructor of Anthropology Courses taught: Social Issues in Anthropology, Introduction to Anthropology
2002-2003 University of Florida, Teaching Assistant
GRANTS, CONTRACTS, HONORS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2018 Service agreement with Telfair Museums for salvage archaeological excavations at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia.
2018 Student Research Assistant Grant. College of Behavioral Arts and Sciences, Georgia Southern University.
2004 Grant-in-Aid of Research, Archaeological Society of South Carolina.
2003 (with Dr. Albert C. Goodyear) Archaeological Research Trust grant.
2002-2003 Travel Grant, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida.
Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to Ireland, 1996-1997
Outstanding Anthropology Student Award, University of South Carolina, 1996
Phi Beta Kappa, University of South Carolina, 1995
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Public Archaeology, Southeastern U.S. Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Management, Ceramic and Lithic Analysis, Anthropology Course Instruction, Hunter-gatherers, Regional Analysis, Archaeological Field Investigations, World Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology
PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL POSITIONS 2008-2017 Archaeologist and Consultant, Brockington and Associates, Inc., Savannah, Georgia
2009 Archaeologist and Consultant for the Topper site (38AL23), South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2009 Archaeologist and Consultant for prehistoric sites at Fort Jackson properties in Richland County, South Carolina, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2008 Archaeologist and Consultant for the Stan Smith site in Burke County, Georgia, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2008 Archaeologist and Consultant for the Big Pine Tree (38AL143) and Topper (38AL23) sites, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2008 Clovis Excavation Director and Archaeology Consultant for Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Time Team television program, filmed at the Topper site (38AL23) (original PBS-nationwide air date of July 15, 2009)
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2007 Consultant for archaeological investigations, public information, and volunteer coordination at the Marco Island Sewer excavations at the Key Marco site, performed by Brockington and Associates, Inc., and sponsored by the City of Marco Island, Florida
2006-2007 Director of the Southwest Regional Center of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN), Randell Research Center in Pineland, Florida, hosted by the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville
2005 Consultant, archaeological research project at the Big Pine Tree site (38AL143), South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2004-2006 Archaeologist and Consultant, Brockington and Associates, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
2002-2003 Laboratory Research Assistant, Stallings Archaeological Research Project, University of Florida, Gainesville
2002 Ethnoarchaeologist, Lithic Analyst, and Illustrator, Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Konso Hide Workers of Southern Ethiopia, Second Season
2002-2003 Graduate Research Assistant, Field Supervisor, and Volunteer Coordinator for the Topper site (38AL23), South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2001-2002 Archaeologist and Lithic Analyst, Southeastern Archaeological Research (SEARCH), Inc., Gainesville, Florida
1999-2001 Archaeologist, Brockington and Associates, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
1998-1999 Field and Laboratory Technician, Diachronic Research Foundation, Columbia, South Carolina
1993-1996 Laboratory Director and Research Assistant for the Big Pine Tree site (38AL143), South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
1995 Field Technician, Chicora Foundation, Columbia, South Carolina
1994-1995 Assistant to Curator, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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PUBLICATIONS Chapters (under review) (with J. Christopher Gillam and Christopher R. Moore) Paleoindian and Early Archaic South Carolina: An Update. In The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast: The Last 20 Years, 1996-2016, edited by D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.
2018 Multiple Scales of Interaction in the Early Side-Notched Horizon. In Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain, edited by Albert C. Goodyear and Christopher R. Moore, pp. 236-256. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Book Reviews 2018 'Contextualizing Early Villages in Pre-Columbian Florida.' Review of Pluckhahn, Thomas J.; Thompson, Victor D., New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River. H-AmIndian, H-Net Reviews. September, 2018.
Technical Reports 2016 (with Alexander Y. Sweeney, Naoki Higa, Takumi Kishimoto, Keiichi Ueda, and Naho Ishiki) Cultural Resources Field Verification and Inventory Survey in the Kanna Watershed, Central Training Area (CTA), MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler, Ginoza-son, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Report prepared for MCB Butler FE, Environmental Affairs Branch, on behalf of NAVFAC Far East, IPT FE.
2015 (with Sheldon Owens and Alexander Y. Sweeney) Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of 2.5- Acres of the Savannah State University Expansion Tract, Chatham County, Georgia. Report prepared for Coleman Company, Savannah.
2015 (with Charlie Phillips and Alexander Y. Sweeney) Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of 6.43-Acres of the Savannah State University Italian Club Tract, Chatham County, Georgia. Report prepared for Coleman Company, Savannah.
2015 U.S. Army Reserve Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Update, 81st Regional Support Command, Louisiana. Prepared for Department of the Army, Headquarters, 81st Regional Support Command, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Contract No. W91278-14-D- 0064.
2015 (with Alexander Y. Sweeney) Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Update, United States Army Garrison, Okinawa, Japan, 2015-2019. Prepared for U.S. Army Garrison, Okinawa, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. Contract No. W91278-09-D-0096, Task Order 40.
2014 (with Alexander Y. Sweeney, Asami Ameku, Tsutomi Miyagi, Michael Nabholz, Yuji Takano, Saori Takeda, and Masaki Tanaka) Torii Station 1st of the 1st Special Forces Group Augmentation Facility Archaeology Test Excavation Survey, Yomitan-son, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Prepared for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, Okinawa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage District, and Jacobs Government Services Company.
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2014 Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) Islands Sports Complex, Chatham County. Georgia. Prepared for Resource and Land Consultants on behalf of Thomas & Hutton Engineering, Savannah, Georgia.
2014 U.S. Army Reserve Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Update, 81st Regional Support Command, Florida. Prepared for Department of the Army, Headquarters, 81st Regional Support Command, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Contract No. W91278-11-D- 0019.
2013 (with Asami Ameku, Jeffrey W. Gardner, Koichiro Ii, Tsutomu Miyagi, Marii Motomura, Alexander Y. Sweeney, and Saori Takeda) Torii Station Satellite Communication Area Archaeology Test Excavation Survey, Yomitan-son, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Prepared for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, Okinawa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage District, and Jacobs Government Services Company.
2013 (with Jeffrey W. Gardner, Alexander Y. Sweeney, and Paige Wagoner) Inventory of Historic Structures/Archaeological Inventory Survey Planning at USAG-Japan Facilities, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Prepared for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, Okinawa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage District, and Jacobs Government Services Company.
2010 (with Jeffrey W. Gardner, Edward Salo, Alexander Y. Sweeney, and Paige Wagoner) Inventory of Historic Structures and Traditional Cultural Properties/Archaeological Inventory Survey Planning at USAG-Japan Facilities, Kanagawa, Tokyo, and Hiroshima Prefectures, Japan. Prepared for Department of the Army, U.S. Army Garrison Japan, Department of Public Works. Contract No. GS-10F-0145U.
2008 (with Alexander Y. Sweeney, Gene Erjavec, Jack Harvey, and Shannon Dunn) Archaeological Testing and Monitoring of the North Marco Sewerline District along Vernon Place, Marco Island, Collier County, Florida. Prepared for Boyle Engineering Company, Fort Myers, Florida.
2007 Annual Report for 2006-2007 Florida Public Archaeology Network, Southwest Region. Prepared for Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville.
2007 (with Richard Estabrook, Amy Mitchell Cook, Della Scott-Ireton, Sarah Miller, and William B. Lees) Local Government Preservation Program Directory. Prepared for the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Tallahassee.
2007 (with Rae Harper, Sarah Miller, Christy Wood Pritchard, and Mary Furlong) Beyond Artifacts: Teaching Archaeology in the Classroom. Prepared for the Florida Public Archaeology Network, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.
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2006 (with Alexander Y. Sweeney) Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of the 650 Acre Camak Prospect Tract, Warren County, Georgia. Prepared for Sligh Environmental Consultants, Inc., Savannah, Georgia.
2006 (with Eric C. Poplin) Data Recovery Excavations at 38UN989 on the SC Route 72/121/215 Bridge Replacement Project over the Broad River at the Chester/Union County Line (PIN 26316). Prepared for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia, South Carolina.
2002 (with Anne V. Stokes and Geoffrey Mohlman) Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Santos Trailhead Project. Prepared for the Florida Park Service, Tallahassee, Florida.
2001 (with Anne V. Stokes, Geoffrey Mohlman and James Pochurek) Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Proposed Loop K, Gilchrist and Levy Counties, Florida. Prepared for Florida Gas Transmission Company, Houston, Texas.
2001 (with Anne V. Stokes, Geoffrey Mohlman, and James Pochurek) Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Proposed Stanton Lateral, Brevard County, Florida. Prepared for Florida Gas Transmission Company, Houston, Texas.
2001 (with Anne V. Stokes, Geoffrey Mohlman, and James Pochurek) Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Proposed Cape Kennedy Loop, Lake County, Florida. Prepared for Florida Gas Transmission Company, Houston, Texas.
2001 (with Anne V. Stokes, Geoffrey Mohlman, and James Pochurek) Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Proposed Loops A and B, Baldwin and Mobile Counties, Alabama. Prepared for Florida Gas Transmission Company, Houston, Texas.
2001 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Intensive Archaeological Survey and Testing of the SC Route 6 Improvements Project, Lexington County, South Carolina. Prepared for Wilbur Smith Associates and the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia.
2001 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of Belfair’s Buckwalter Tract, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Prepared for Branigar, Bluffton, South Carolina.
2001 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Intensive Archaeological Survey and Testing of the SC Route 60 Improvements Project, Lexington County, South Carolina. Prepared for Wilbur Smith Associates and the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia.
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2001 (with Pat Hendrix and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Garrett Landfill Tract, Chatham County, Georgia. Prepared for Thomas and Hutton Engineering, Savannah, Georgia.
2001 (with Pat Hendrix and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Rose Dhu Plantation Tract, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Prepared for Thomas and Hutton Engineering, Savannah, Georgia.
2001 (with Pat Hendrix and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the D.R. Horton Tract, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Prepared for Thomas and Hutton Engineering, Savannah, Georgia.
2001 (with Pat Hendrix and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Twilley Tract, Jasper County, South Carolina Prepared for South Carolina Electric and Gas, Columbia, South Carolina.
2001 (with Pat Hendrix and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Okeetee Plant Floyd Tract, Jasper County, South Carolina. Prepared for South Carolina Electric and Gas, Columbia, South Carolina.
2001 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory and Testing of the Salley Take-Off to Eastman Natural Gas Pipeline Corridor, Lexington and Orangeburg Counties, South Carolina. Prepared for SC Pipeline, Columbia, South Carolina.
2001 (with Pat Hendrix and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory and Testing of the Harper Tract, Berkeley County, South Carolina. Prepared for Greenwood Development, North Charleston, South Carolina.
2000 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Intensive Archaeological Survey and Testing of the Red Bank Portion of the SC Route 6 Improvements Project, Lexington County, South Carolina. Prepared for Wilbur Smith Associates and the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia.
2000 (with Eric C. Poplin) Archaeological Investigation of 38BU1424 at the Plantation at Bull Point, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Prepared for Bull Point, LLC, Seabrook, South Carolina.
2000 (with Eric C. Poplin) Archaeological Investigation of 38CH1025 at the Island at RiverTowne Tract on Parkers Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for Associated Developers, Inc., Newport News, Virginia.
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2000 (with Eric C. Poplin) Archaeological Investigations at Sites 38GE314/324 and 38GE379 on the Prince George Tract, Georgetown County, South Carolina. Prepared for The Prince George Development Group, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina.
2000 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Intensive Archaeological Survey of Proposed Intersections in the South Carolina Route 101 Improvements Project, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Prepared for Civil Engineering Consulting Services, Inc. and South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia, South Carolina.
2000 (with Pat Hendrix and Ralph Bailey, Jr.) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Edisto Beach Tract, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for Robert Marvin, Howell Beach, and Associates, Walterboro, South Carolina.
2000 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of the US Route 521 Improvements Project from SC Route 261 to Greeleyville, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, South Carolina. Prepared for The LPA Group, Columbia, South Carolina and South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia, South Carolina.
2000 (with Elsie Eubanks, Bruce G. Harvey, and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Meggett Tract, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Prepared for Meggett, LLC, Bluffton, South Carolina. 2000 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of the Sumter to Manning Natural Gas Pipeline Corridor, Clarendon and Sumter Counties, South Carolina. Prepared for SC Pipeline, Columbia, South Carolina.
2000 (with Ralph Bailey, Jr.) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Oyster Point Tract, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for Pulte Home Corporation, Duluth, Georgia.
2000 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Johns Island Airport Business Park, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for Hoffman, Lester Associates, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina.
2000 (with Ralph Bailey, Jr.) Archaeological Survey of the Gates at Wescot, Dorchester County, South Carolina. Prepared for Trico Engineering Consultants, North Charleston, South Carolina.
2000 (with Ralph Bailey, Jr.) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Elms at Charleston, Tracts A and B, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for The Herman Group, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina.
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2000 (with Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Proposed Charleston Southern University Athletic Fields, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for Charleston Southern University, Charleston, South Carolina.
1999 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Ralph Bailey, Jr.) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Briars Creek Tract, Charleston County, South Carolina. Prepared for Koenig Construction Company, Johns Island, South Carolina.
1999 (with Eric C. Poplin) Archaeological Survey of the Wescot Tract, Dorchester County, South Carolina. Prepared for Sabine and Waters, Summerville, South Carolina.
1999 (with Bruce G. Harvey and Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Inventory of the Proposed Ashley Phosphate Road Improvements Corridor, Charleston and Dorchester Counties, South Carolina. Prepared for Earth Tech, Raleigh, North Carolina and South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia, South Carolina.
1999 (with Eric C. Poplin) Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed SC Pre-Stress Mine Site, Florence County, South Carolina. Letter Report prepared for SC Pre-Stress Corp., Lake City, South Carolina.
Select Public Media 2008 Interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting for their Time Team filming sequences at the Paleoindian excavations of the Topper site (38AL23) (original air date of July 15, 2009)
2008 Interviewed by journalists with the Island Packet newspaper (based in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) regarding Early Archaic artifacts found at the Topper site (38AL23)
2007 Appeared on the radio program Gulf Coast Live, on WGCU (the Fort Myers, Florida affiliate of National Public Radio/NPR on 90.1 FM, broadcast by Florida Gulf Coast University) to provide basic historical context and to answer questions about the upcoming WGCU television program Untold Stories: Pine Island, which first aired October 27, 2007
2007 Interviewed on multiple occasions by a film crew to promote knowledge of local archaeology and history, with WGCU (the Fort Myers, Florida affiliate of the Public Broadcasting System/PBS, based at Florida Gulf Coast University), toward production of their television program Untold Stories: Pine Island, which first aired October 27, 2007 9
2007 Routinely interviewed on multiple occasions by journalists with NBC, CBS, and FOX television affiliates from throughout southwest Florida, as well as newspapers including The Pine Island Eagle, The Marco Eagle, The Marco Island Sun Times, The Naples Daily News, The Cape Coral Breeze, The News-Press, The Clewiston News, The Charlotte Sun Observer, The Herald Tribune, The Boca Beacon, and The Fort Myers Weekly, to provide insights about archaeology and history throughout southwest Florida
2007 (March) appeared on the radio program Gulf Coast Live, on WGCU (the Fort Myers, Florida affiliate of National Public Radio/NPR on 90.1 FM, broadcast by Florida Gulf Coast University) to publicize Florida Archaeology Month and the basic concepts of public archaeology
2007 Archaeology and Heritage Tourism. Ebb Tide. Estero Bay Buddies Newsletter.
2007 Florida Public Archaeology Network. Preservation News. A Publication of the Lee Trust for Historic Preservation (Spring).
2007 FPAN Update. Friends of the Randell Research Center Newsletter 6(2):3.
2007 FPAN Update. Friends of the Randell Research Center Newsletter 6(1):3.
2006 FPAN Update. Friends of the Randell Research Center Newsletter 5(4):4.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2018 Favored Places and Focal Networks in the Early Archaic Social Landscape, as an invited participant in the symposium titled To the Pleistocene!: Honoring the Career of Albert C. Goodyear III, at the 75th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Augusta, Georgia
2018 (with Alex Y. Sweeney, Naoki Higa, Takumi Kishimoto, and Naho Ishiki) Sustainability and Tradition in Anindo Village, Okinawa, Japan, at the 83rd Annual Society for American Archaeology meetings, Washington, D.C.
2017 (with J. Christopher Gillam and Christopher R. Moore) Paleoindian and Early Archaic South Carolina: An Update, as an invited participant in the symposium titled The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast: The Last 20 Years, 1996-2016, at the 74th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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2016 Crossing Boundaries in Early Archaic Research, as an invited participant in the symposium titled Hunter-Gatherer Societies of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Southeast, at the 73rd Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Athens, Georgia
2016 (with Alex Y. Sweeney) Chibariyo! Navigating Cultural Resources Compliance on U.S. Military Installations in Japan, at the 81st Annual Society for American Archaeology meetings, Orlando, Florida
2015 Early Side-Notched Traditions in the Ocmulgee River Drainage, at the 72nd Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Nashville, Tennessee
2014 Subregional Side-Notched Traditions in the Coastal Plain. Public outreach lecture presented at the 40th Annual Archaeological Society of South Carolina Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
2014 Multiple Scales of Interaction and Tradition in the Early Side-Notched Horizon, as an invited participant in the symposium titled Early Human Occupation of the Coastal Plain, at the 71st Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Greenville, South Carolina
2013 Subregional Traditions and the Early Side-Notched Horizon in Florida, at the 70th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Tampa, Florida
2008 (with Albert C. Goodyear, Tommy Charles, and Erika Shofner) Achieved and Received Wisdom in the Archaeology of Edgefield Scrapers, at the 65th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina
2007 Basic Concepts in Archaeological Practice and Outreach: The Randell Research Center as a Case Study, at the annual meeting of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Sarasota, Florida
2007 Public Archaeology at the Randell Research Center in Pineland, Florida, at the 67th Annual Meeting for the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, Florida
2005 Environmental Constraints and Side-Notched Tool Variation in Florida, at the 62nd Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
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2005 (with Eric C. Poplin) Exploring the Terminal Archaic in Piedmont South Carolina: Recent Investigations at 38UN989 on the Broad River, at the 62nd Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
2005 (with Albert C. Goodyear, Kenn Steffy, and Tony Pickering) Clovis in Allendale: The Topper and Big Pine Tree Sites, at the Clovis in the Southeast Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
2005 (with Kenneth E. Sassaman and Asa R. Randall) Paleoindian to Archaic Transition in the South Atlantic Slope, at the 70th Annual Society for American Archaeology meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah
2004 Mapping Variation in the Edgefield Scraper Tool Type, at the 61st Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
2003 The Technology of Taylor Points: Morphological Variation in Early Archaic Side- Notched Forms, at the 60th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina
2003 Identifying the Individual: Debitage Studies of the Konso Hide Workers of Ethiopia, at the 68th Annual Society for American Archaeology meetings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 Excavations at Bull Point: Further Research on the Yamasee. Public outreach lecture presented at the Archaeological Society of South Carolina Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
1996 Big Pine Tree Site: A Combined Terrestrial and Underwater Prehistoric Project. Public outreach lecture presented at the South Carolina Maritime Archaeology Conference, Charleston, South Carolina
INVITED PUBLIC TALKS 2016 Mapping Variation in the Early Archaic Coastal Plain. Invited lecture for participants in the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey’s annual projects at the Swag (38AL137) and Topper (38AL23) archaeological sites, Martin, South Carolina
2016 Mapping Variation in the Early Archaic Southeast. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Anthropological Society, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro
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2014 The Typology of Early Side-Notched Bifaces and Unifaces. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Augusta Archaeological Society, Society for Georgia Archaeology, Augusta
2013 A Complex Web of History and Artifact Types in the Early Archaic. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Hilton Head Chapter of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina, Hilton Head
2007 The Earliest Local Histories of the Caloosahatchee. Invited public outreach lecture presented at the Discovery Day Festival, Manatee Park, Fort Myers, Florida
2007 The Calusa Indians and their Ancestors. Invited public outreach lecture presented at the “Ding” Darling Days event, J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida
2007 Human Evolution, Adaptation, and Natural Selection. Invited public outreach lecture as a guest of the Fifth Saturday Anomalists, Charlotte County Historical Center, Punta Gorda, Florida
2007 Prehistory of Southwest Florida. Invited public outreach lecture presented at the Caloosahatchee River Citizens Association/Riverwatch Annual Meeting, at the Royal Palm Yacht Club, Fort Myers, Florida
2007 Early Evidence for Fishing in Southwest Florida. Invited public lecture at Collier County Library Headquarters, Naples, Florida
2007 Calusa Culture History. Invited public outreach lecture presented as the Fourth Friday lecture at Charlotte County Historical Center, Punta Gorda, Florida
2006 Ancient Histories in Southwest Florida. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Kiwanis Club, Lehigh Acres, Florida
2006 Archaeology in Historic Fort Myers. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Kiwanis Club, Fort Myers, Florida
2006 From the Savannah to the Chattahoochee: Early Archaic Artifact Types in Georgia. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, Fernbank Museum, Decatur, Georgia
2006 From the Santee to the Savannah: Early Archaic Side-Notched Traditions in South Carolina. Invited public outreach lecture presented to the Archaeological Society of South Carolina Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
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SELECT PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENTS 2018 Georgia Southern University Laboratory of Archaeology information booth managed (with Archaeology colleagues) at International Archaeology Day event, Fort Frederica National Monument (National Park Service), St. Simons Island, Georgia
2008 American Indians in Carolina, Archaeology Information Booth. Public outreach booth managed at the 1st Annual Morgan Allen Platt Foundation American Indian Expo, Charleston Maritime Center, South Carolina
2007 Archaeology Festival at Riverside Camp and Retreat (co-coordinator and educator, with the South Florida United Methodist Camp), LaBelle, Florida
2007 Teaching Archaeology in Florida Schools. Public outreach booth managed at the Florida Council for the Social Studies annual conference (with FPAN colleagues Rachel Wentz, Rae Harper, and Mary Furlong), Orlando, Florida
2007 The Archaeology of the Key Marco Site along Vernon Place in the City of Marco Island. Site tour and public outreach geared to the local news media (online, print, and television news coverage)
2007 Calusa Summer Camp (co-coordinator and educator, with Nancy Kilmartin and Dick Workman), Manatee Park, Fort Myers, Florida
2007 Archaeology Camp Days (coordinator and educator), Imaginarium Museum, as part of Southwest Florida Museum of History's Fun at the Fort Hands-on Adventure Camp, Fort Myers, Florida
2007 Archaeology Day Camp (coordinator and educator), Matlacha Community Center, Matlacha, Florida
2007 Calusa Indian Tools. Public outreach lecture presented at Calusa Heritage Day, Randell Research Center, Florida Museum of Natural History, Pineland, Florida
2007 The Calusa Indian Domain. Public outreach lecture presented at the Cape Coral Public Library, Cape Coral, Florida
2007 Oral and Other Unwritten Histories in the Everglades. Public outreach lecture presented at the Everglades City Museum, Everglades City, Florida
2007 Calusa Coffee Talk. Public outreach event at Big House Coffee, Chokoloskee, Florida
2007 Public outreach booth managed at the 7th Annual Emancipation Day Celebration at the Blanchard House Museum of African-American History & Culture, Punta Gorda, Florida
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2007 Public outreach and educational activities presented at Clewiston Library (Seminole Stories) (with support from the Hendry County Library Cooperative and Library Director Barbara Oeffner), Clewiston, Florida
2007 Public outreach and educational activities presented at summer school sessions, Immokalee, Florida
2007 Public outreach and educational activities booth managed at Mango Mania event in Pine Island, Florida
2007 Public outreach and educational activities presented at Digging Up the Past event at GWIZ (Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone) Museum (with FPAN colleague Rae Harper), Sarasota, Florida
2007 Project Archaeology workshop event (organized by FPAN colleague Sarah Miller), Flager College, St. Augustine, Florida
2006 History is Also beneath Our Feet. Public outreach lecture presented at Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida
2006 Stories from the Calusa. Public outreach lecture presented at the Hendry County Library, with support from the Hendry County Library Cooperative
2006 Public outreach booth managed at Williams Academy Black History Museum, home to the Lee County Black History Society, Fort Myers, Florida
2006 Public outreach booth managed at the Art Night event in Matlacha Historic District (with support from Traders Hitching Post gallery), Matlacha, Florida
2006 Public outreach and educational activities presented at the Indigenous Peoples of Florida event, Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium, Fort Myers, Florida
2006 Archaeology at Pineland. Public outreach lecture presented at the LaBelle Library, LaBelle, Florida
2006 Public Archaeology and the Calusa Indians. Public outreach lecture presented at the North Fort Myers Public Library, North Fort Myers, Florida
2006 Public outreach and educational activities presented at Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival, Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Florida
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Peer Reviewer: American Antiquity, Southeastern Archaeology, Early Georgia, The Florida Anthropologist
Board member: Keep Chatham Beautiful, Savannah, Georgia (2018)
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Volunteer: Tomoka Archaeological Project, Ormond Beach, Florida, in partnership with Eastern Kentucky University and Gulf Archaeology Research Institute (2018)
Volunteer: Archaeological Excavations at the Town of Frederica, Saint Simons, Georgia, in partnership with Fort Frederica National Monument and Southeast Archeological Center (National Park Service) (2018)
Volunteer: Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah, Georgia, in partnership with Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, Department of Natural Resources (since 2014)
Guest lecturer in courses: Florida Gulf Coast University, Mississippi State University, Ida S. Baker High School (Cape Coral, FL), Barron Collier High School (Naples, FL), Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, FL), Summerville High School (Summerville, SC)
Board Member for Archaeology, Lee County (Florida) Historic Preservation Board, appointed by the County Commission to administer the Lee County Historic Preservation regulations (2007)
Advisory Council Member, Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage (2007)
Publicity Chair, Southwest Florida Archaeology Society (2006-2007)
Advisor to landowners and property managers in the Pineland Archaeological District (2006-2007)
Volunteer Excavator and Illustrator: Humanitarian exhumation of H.L. Hunley crew members, Confederate Naval and Marine Cemetery, the Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston South Carolina, in support of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (1999)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2018 Outreach, Engagement, and Advocacy: The Importance of Reaching the Public through Media, SAA’s Online Seminar Series
2017 Teaching Online Certificate, online course, Center for Online Learning, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro
2015 Folio Quickstart Workshop, Center for Teaching & Learning, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro
2014 An Introduction to the Section 106 Process, SAA’s Online Seminar Series
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Society for American Archaeology Southeastern Archaeological Conference Society for Georgia Archaeology
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