Department of Anthropology Telephone: (317) 285-2443 (office) Ball State University (317) 284-1639 (home) Muncie, Indiana 47306 E-mail: [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE Ronald Hicks

EDUCATION Ph.D. 1975 University of Pennsylvania (Anthropology; dissertation: Some and Hengiform Earthworks in Ireland) B.A. 1963 Purdue University (major: International Relations; minor: Mathematics)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Ball State University: assistant professor, 1976-80; associate professor, 1980-84; professor, 1984-present University of Pennsylvania: lecturer (summer sessions), 1975, 1976; instructor (part-time, Dept. of Oral Medicine), 1974-75; teaching fellow, 1970-71, 1972-73 Community College of Philadelphia: instructor (part-time), 1974-76 Hahnemann Medical College: instructor (part-time, Institute for Human Resource Development), spring 1976 Spring Garden College: instructor (part-time), spring 1975 Wagner Free Institute of Science: instructor (part-time), autumn 1972 Ursinus College: instructor (summer session), 1972

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS Analysis of Irish pre-Christian religion as reflected in the relationships among the characters and motifs in mythology, sacred sites in the landscape, ancient agricultural cycle, and ritual calendar.

PUBLICATIONS Monographs 1986 (with Frank N. Burkett) Archaeological investigations in the Upper Big Blue River Glacial Sluiceway Ball State Archaeological Resources Management Service Reports of Investigations 21. 1982 (with Jeanette E. Buehrig) A comprehensive archaeological survey of Mounds State Park. Ball State Archaeological Resources Management Service Reports of Investigations 6. 1981 Archaeological investigations at Mounds State Park, 1979. Ball State Archaeological Resources Management Service Reports of Investigations 1. 1975 Some henges and hengiform earthworks in Ireland. Ann Arbor: Xerox University Microfilms.

Edited Volumes 1992 Native American Cultures in Indiana. Authored components include seven section introductions and an appendix on Indiana radiocarbon dates. Muncie: Minnetrista Cultural Center/Ball State University

Chapters in Books 2009 Place and Time in the Tána. In Ulidia 2: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, edited by Ruairí Ó hUiginn & Brian Ó Catháin, pp. 296-312. Maigh Nuad (Maynooth): An Sagart. 2007 Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape. In Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site 1968-1975, edited by Bernard Wailes & Susan Johnston, pp. 183-194. Philadelphia: University Museum. 2005 Astronomy and the Sacred Landscape in Irish Myth. In The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena, edited by Nicholas Campion, pp. 121- 134. Bristol: Culture & Cosmos/Cinnabar Books. 2004 a) Druids. In Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology: an Encyclopedia, edited by C. Scott Littleton, pp. 436-439. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish. b) Irish Mythology. In Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology: an Encyclopedia, edited by C. Scott Littleton, pp. 750-759. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish. 1989 The Year at Drombeg. In World Archaeoastronomy, edited by Anthony F. Aveni, Ch. 37, pp. 470-482. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1984 Stones and henges: megalithic astronomy reviewed. In Archaeoastronomy and the Roots of Science, edited by E. C. Krupp, pp. 169-210. AAAS Selected Symposium Series 71. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. 1981 a) Archaeoastronomy and related problems: Old World Approaches vs. New. In Archaeoastronomy in the Americas, edited by Ray A. Williamson, pp. 43-49. Los Altos, California: Ballena Press. b) Irish orientations: preliminary results and some problems. In Archaeoastronomy in the Americas, edited by Ray A. Williamson, pp. 343-350. Los Altos, California: Ballena Press.

Articles 2014 The Lughnasa Triangle: Symbolism and Astronomy in the Ancient Irish Sacred Landscape. Archaeoastronomy 25:114-124. [cover date 2012-13] 2011 a) The Sacred Landscape of Ancient Ireland. Archaeology 64(3):40-45. b) Some Correlations between Henge Enclosures and Oenach Sites. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139:35-44. [cover date 2009] 2009 Cosmography in Tochmarc Étaíne. Journal of Indo-European Studies 37:115- 129. 2003 Festivals, Deaths, and the Sacred Landscape of Ancient Ireland (with Laura Ward Elder). Journal of Indo-European Studies 31:307-335. 1993 Beyond alignments. Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News 9:1,4. 1991 Traditions d'Irlande et ethnoastronomie (translation of 1985). Kadath: Chroniques des Civilisations Disparues (Brussels) 75 (Spring):35-41. 1988 Site distribution and physiographic zones along the Big Blue River glacial sluiceway (with Frank Burkett). Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Sciences 96:75-81. 1985 Astronomical traditions in ancient Ireland and Britain. Archaeoastronomy (U.S.)8:70-79. 1981 a) 1979 Field school, Mounds State Park: introduction and prehistoric phases. Ball State Archaeological Reports 16:29-35. b) (with William R. Wepler, senior author) 1979 Field school, Mounds State Park: historic phases. Ball State Archaeological Reports 16:40-55. 1980 Archaeoastronomia e i primordi di una scienza (translation of 1979). Mondo Archaeologico (Florence), September (No. 48):5-9. 1979 Archaeoastronomy and the beginnings of a science. Archaeology 32(2):46-52. 1978 A second radiocarbon revolution. American Archaeologist 3:10-11. 1977 Thom's megalithic yard and traditional measurements. Irish Archaeological Research Forum 4:1-7. 1974 Two cross-inscribed stones. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 104:157-158. 1973 Stone- and other henges. Expedition 15(2):2-8. 1972 Fossil man and aboriginal origins in Australia. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 24:38-64.

Reviews & Comments 2010 Newgrange (Stout & Stout). CSANA Newsletter 28(1):3-7. 2006 Current Studies in Archaeoastronomy (Fountain & Sinclair, eds.). American Anthropologist 108: 586-587. 2003 Virtual earthworks (exhibit review). Archaeology 56(5):61. 2002 Ways of Inhabiting the World: Landscape Archaeology (Review essay). American Anthropologist 104:315-320. b) Dying for the Gods (Miranda Green). Archaeology 55 (4):62. 2000 a) Revealed: Mysteries of the Stones and Landscape (David Souden). Isis (Journal of the History of Science Society) 91:581-582. b) Astronomy in Prehistoric Ireland and Britain (Clive Ruggles). Archaeoastronomy (Journal of the International Society for Astronomy and in Culture) 14(2):132-141. 1999 Searching for the Great Hopewell Road (video). Archaeology 52(6):76-78. 1994 a) Newgrange (O'Kelly). Archaeoastronomy (U.S.) 11:122-125. b) Animals in Celtic Life and Myth (MirandaGreen). American Journal of Archaeology 98:586-587. 1991 Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries (Feder) & Fantastic Archaeology (Williams). Archaeology 44(4):70-76. (Submitted 1 May 1991) 1988 Advances in archaeological method and theory, Vol. 9 (Schiffer, ed.). American Antiquity 53:435-436. 1987 Stonehenge: mystery in the plain (film). Archaeology 40(1):75- 76. (Submitted 28 Jan 86) 1986 a) Early man and the cosmos (Hadingham). Archaeology 39(2):81 b) Hopewell archaeology: the Chillicothe conference (David S. Brose & N'omi Greber, eds.). Archaeoastronomy (U.S.)7:160-161 (cover date 1984). 1985 The stars and the stones: ancient art and astronomy in Ireland (Martin Brennan). Archaeology 38(1):70-71. 1984 The stars and the stones (Martin Brennan). Archaeoastronomy 6:141-144 (cover date 1983). 1983 a) The Boyne Valley vision (Martin Brennan) Archaeoastronomy 5(4):28-31 (cover date 1982). b) Is there an American Stonehenge? (film). American Anthropologist 85:755. 1982 a) Skywatchers of ancient Mexico (Anthony Aveni). Archaeology 35(2):82. b) The first stargazers (James Cornell). Archaeology 35(3):77. c) Megalithomania (John Michell). Archaeology 35(6):74. 1981 a) The development of social stratification in Europe (Antonio Gilman)(invited comment). Current Anthropology 22:12-13. b) Stone Age science in Britain (Alvar Ellegard)(invited comment). Current Anthropology 22:118-119. c) The mystery of Stonehenge (Franklyn M. Branley). Archaeology 34(5):72-73. d) Megalithic remains in Britain and Brittany (A. & A. S. Thom). Archaeoastronomy 4(2):40-43. 1980 a) Before the Romans; In search of the magic of Stonehenge; and Cracking the Stone Age code (films). Archaeology 33(4):60-61. b) Prehistoric (Aubrey Burl). Archaeology 33(4):68. 1979 The Avebury cycle (Michael Dames). Archaeology 32(1):75-76. 1978 a) The archaeology of Ireland (Peter Harbison). Archaeology 31(4):67-68. b) In search of ancient astronomies (E. C. Krupp, ed.). Archaeoastronomy Bulletin 1(4):6-8. 1977 Circles and standing stones (Evan Hadingham). American Anthropologist 79:720.

Miscellaneous Publications 2007 a) Destination: Castle Roche. Archaeology 60(3):16. b) Archaeological Method and Theory and the M3. www.mythicalireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=721#721 c) On the Significance of Lismullin. www.tarawatch.org/?p=470 1987 A controlled surface collection at the Van Nuys Site, Henry County (abstract). In Current Research in Indiana Archaeology and Prehistory: 1986, edited by Christopher S. Peebles. Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Research Reports 7:5. 1986 International education at Ball State. Business Transnational 1:4. 1981 a) Henges and stone circles, ritual and archaeoastronomy: archaeological research in Ireland and Great Britain. Winter quarter 1980-81 faculty lecture. Muncie, Indiana: Ball State University. b) 1979 and 1980 excavations at Mounds State Park. Wabash Valley Archaeological Society Newsletter 15(5):4. 1973-74 Monthly column on Irish culture and archaeology for Fountain County [Indiana] Star. 1969-71 Anthropology (annual reviews). In Living History of the World yearbooks. New York: Stravon Educational Press, for Parents' Magazine Press. 1968 Study guides to accompany The Rise and Development of Western Civilization, by J. L. Stipp, C. W. Hollister, and A. W. Dirrim (2 vols.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 2011 a) Bruidhe: Nature, Roles, and Place in the Sacred Landscape. Celtic Studies Association of North America, Columbus, OH, 22 May b) Sacred Places in the Landscape: Bile, Bruiden, Síd. Fourteenth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Maynooth, Ireland, 2 Augus 2007 a) Cosmography in Tochmarc Étaíne. Celtic Studies Association of North America, Cincinnati, 15 April b) Using Archaeological Reconnaissance Data to Identify Oenach Sites. Thirteenth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Bonn, Germany, 27 July 2005 Place and time in theTána. Second Conference on the Ulster Cycle, Maynooth, Ireland, 27 June 2004 a) Using Archaeological Reconnaissance Data to Identify Oenach Sites. International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 6 May b) Cosmography in Tochmarc Étaíne. Thirty-Fifth Conference on Ancient and Early Studies, Muncie, 8 October 2003 Astronomy and the Sacred Landscape in Irish Myth. Fourth Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena, Oxford, 9 August [read in my absence]2001 It would look right at home in Wessex: New World - Old World Parallels in Early Agricultural Sacred Landscapes. Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, New Orleans, April. 2000 a) Druids and kings in the dindshenchas. Heterarchy and Hierarchy Symposium (Retirement symposium honoring Prof. Bernard Wailes). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 4 April. b) Deciphering the dindshenchas tales: myth and the sacred landscape of ancient Ireland. Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Philadelphia, 6 April. 1995 a) Lunar orientations and prehistoric sites in Ireland and Great Britain. Invited paper. Annual Ghost Ranch Symposium on Archaeoastronomy. Albuquerque, 19 February. b) Radiocarbon chronology for Indiana: current status. Indiana Archaeology: the 1995 CCIA Workshop, Indianapolis, 1 April. c) Hints of astronomy in ancient Ireland. Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, History of Astronomy Special Interest Group of the History of Science Society & Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society, Notre Dame, 25 June.

1991 a) Working with the Indiana Miami (senior author, with Elizabeth J. Glenn & Donald R. Cochran). Midwest Archaeological Conference, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 19 October b) Toward a radiocarbon chronology for Indiana. Midwest Archaeological Conference, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 19 October 1989 Changing settlement patterns in Indiana prehistory. American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., 19 November 1986 a) Site location in relation to physiographic zone along the Upper Big Blue River Glacial Sluiceway (coauthored with Frank Burkett). Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, 14 November. b) A controlled surface collection on the Van Nuys Site, Henry County, Indiana (coauthored by Frank Burkett). Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1 November. c) The year at Drombeg (expanded & revised version of 1984a). Second Oxford Archaeoastronomy Conference, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 17 January. 1985 Folklore in archaeological interpretation: the Irish case. American Folklore Society, Cincinnati, 17 October. 1984 a) The year at Drombeg. Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, 2 November. b) Surveying for lithic scatters. Symposium on archaeological surveyingtechniques, Department of Archaeology, University College, Cork, Ireland, 17 April. 1983 a) Investigations at Mounds State Park, 1978-1982. Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, 29 April. b) Irish henge research, 1973-1983. Irish Association of Professional Archaeologists, Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, 13 November. 1982 a) The MS in Archaeological Resources Management at Ball State University. Symposium on BA, MA, and PhD programs in applied anthropology, Society for Applied Anthropology, Lexington, Kentucky, 11 March. b) Recent investigations in Mounds State Park, Anderson, Indiana. Midwest Archaeological Conference, Cleveland, 1 October. 1981 a) Midwestern archaeoastronomy: Woodland enclosures (poster paper)(with Thomas Robertson, senior author). Archaeoastronomy symposium, Oxford University, 5 September. b) Archaeoastronomical studies in Ireland (poster paper). Archaeoastronomy symposium, Oxford University, 7 September. c) Archaeological investigations at Mounds State Park, 1979-l981. Indiana Academy of Science, Crawfordsville, 6 November. 1980 a) Stones and henges: megalithic astronomy reviewed (invited lecture). Symposium on archaeoastronomy and the roots of science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, 6 January. b) Astronomical traditions in ancient Ireland and Britain. Symposium on ethnoastronomy, American Folklore Society, Pittsburgh, 18 October. c) Excavations at Mounds State Park, 1980. Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1 November. 1979 a) Archaeoastronomy and related problems: Old World approaches vs. New (invited paper). Symposium on archaeoastronomy, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 10 June. b) Irish henges and astronomical interpretations: some alternative possibilities. Archaeoastronomy conference, Santa Fe, 13 June. c) Archaeological testing of two "lost" earthworks in Mounds State Park. Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 3 November. 1977 Site orientations and calendrical festivals in pre-Christian Ireland. Symposium on archaeoastronomy, American Anthropological Association, Houston, 3 December. (Organizer and chairperson of the symposium.) 1975 Neolithic temples, Iron Age deities, and recent traditions: continuity in Ireland. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, 3 December.

OFFICES HELD 1986-87 Chairperson, Anthropology Section, Indiana Academy of Science 1985-86 Chairperson-elect, Anthropology Section, Indiana Academy of Science 1979-81 President, Council for the Conservation of Indiana Archaeology (state professional society) 1977-79 Secretary-treasurer, Council for the Conservation of Indiana Archaeology 1977-2000 Member, Board of Directors, Council for the Conservation of Indiana Archaeology, Inc.

EDITORSHIPS 1995-present Editorial Advisory Board, Archaeology Magazine 1994-96 Proceedings Editor, American Society for Conservation Archaeology 1979-present Consulting editor,Archaeoastronomy (U.S.) 1977-81 Co-editor,Old World Archaeology Newsletter (with Stephen Dyson of Wesleyan University and Eugene Sterud of the Archaeological Institute of America)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1985-90 Member, Public Relations Committee, Society for American Archaeology 1985-86 Midwest Regional Coordinator, Society of ProfessionalArchaeologists 1984-85 Member, Regional Committee on Cultural Resources Management for the Midwest (subcommittee on standards), Society for American Archaeology 1981-84 Member, Advisory Committee for Indiana Resources Protection Planning Project (RP3), Indiana Department of Natural Resources 1977-83 Member, Committee on European Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America

ADMINISTRATIVE & OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 2005-07 Chair, Department of Anthropology, Ball State Universitiy 1993-94 Director, Honors Westminster College Field Study, Ball State University 1989-95 Chair, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University 1985-89 a) Director, Center for International Programs, Ball State University b) Curator of Computer Equipment and Coordinator of Computer Literacy Programs, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University 1981-82, 1984-85 Administrative assistant, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University 1980-98 Coordinator, Master of Science Program in Archaeological Resources Management, Ball State University 1977-83 Director, Archaeological Resources Management Service, Ball State University 1975-76 Owner/manager, archaeological consulting firm, Pennsylvania 1972-73 Staff director, University Development Commission, University of Pennsylvania 1971-72 Assistant Medical Editor, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 1968-70 Managing Editor, American Anthropologist 1966-67 Assistant Editing Supervisor, World Publishing Co., New York 1965-66 Assistant Production Editor, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1965-73 Division officer/department head, various Naval Reserve units, New York & Philadelphia (final rank: lieutenant commander). 1963-65 Division officer and assistant department head, USS Seminole (AKA-104), home port San Diego (qualified for command at sea) 1956-62 Summer jobs in high school & college: draftsman (Snyder, McClellan & Associates, Municipal Accountants & Engineers); barn painter, Hillsboro, Indiana; library shelver, Purdue; taxi driver, Washington, D.C. suburbs)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Anthropological Association Archaeological Institute of America Society for American Archaeology Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Celtic Studies Association of North America The Folklore Society (England) International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture Indiana Academy of Science

Revised 12 April 2015