Curriculum Vitae DANIELLE M. BENDEN December 1st, 2015 Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin 5202 Social Sciences Building; 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1393 (608) 890-1823; email: [email protected] EDUCATION 2005 M.S. Museum and Field Studies (Archaeology emphasis) University of Colorado-Boulder Master’s Project Title: The Curation Crisis: Moving Toward a Solution. A Guide for New Repositories 2003 B.S. Archaeological Studies (Honors Program), Minor in Anthropology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Thesis Title: The Fisher Mounds Site Complex: Evidence for Early Middle Mississippian Presence in the Upper Mississippi Valley AREAS OF INTEREST § Curation and Archaeological Collections Management § Midwest Archaeology (especially the transition from hunter-gatherer (Woodland) to agricultural societies) § Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance § Rehabilitating collections and collection facilities § Outreach and education, using existing collections to implement Wisconsin Idea RECENT POSITIONS HELD 2012-Present University of Wisconsin Department of Anthropology, Senior Curator of Anthropology 2012 Bernstein and Associates, NAGPRA consultant 2011-2007 University of Wisconsin Department of Anthropology, Curator of Anthropology 2006-2007 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Curation Consultant 2005-2006 Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Executive Director 2005 University of Colorado Museum, Curatorial Assistant 2004 USDA Forest Service at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center (Ashland, WI), Archaeological Curation Technician 2004 Wisconsin Historical Society, Madeline Island Museum (La Pointe, Wisconsin), Summer Research Intern 2003-2005 University of Colorado Museum, Graduate Assistant to the Museum Director, Dr. Linda Cordell 2003 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Archaeology/Sociology Department, Teaching Assistant for a Summer Internship in Archaeological Collections Management for Field Excavation 2002-03 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Teaching Assistant for Physical Anthropology 2002-03 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Archaeology Teaching Collection Supervisor 2001-03 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Collections Management Assistant TEACHING AT UW • Anthropology 370: Field Methods in Archaeology • Anthropology 691 and 692: Reading and Research and Senior Thesis in Archaeology • Anthropology 696: Anthropological Methods of Curation • Anthropology 699: Directed Study Benden_CV 2015 Page 1 of 10 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK 2015 Trempealeau Archaeology Project Principle Investigator (Trempealeau, WI excavations. Mississippian: 4 weeks). 2014 Trempealeau Archaeology Project Principle Investigator (Trempealeau, WI excavations. Mississippian: 4 weeks). 2013 Trempealeau Archaeology Project Principle Investigator (Trempealeau, WI excavations. Mississippian: 4 weeks). 2011 Mississippian Initiative Year 3, National Science Foundation Research Co-Principle Investigator (Trempealeau, WI excavations. Mississippian; 6 weeks). 2010 Mississippian Initiative Year 2, National Science Foundation Research Co-Principle Investigator (Trempealeau, WI excavations. Mississippian; 6 weeks). 2009 Mississippian Initiative Year 1, National Science Foundation Research Co-Principle Investigator, along with Robert Boszhardt and Tim Pauketat (Fisher Mounds site, Vernon County, WI. Mississippian; 4 weeks). 2006-2008 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Several Phase I and II projects across the state of Wisconsin. 2005 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Field Technician (Spirit Reservoir Survey. Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Archaic- Woodland; R. Boszhardt, Dir.; 2 weeks). 2005 University of Colorado-Boulder Teaching Assistant for the University of Colorado Undergraduate Archaeological Field School (Hudson-Meng Bison Kill site excavations. Crawford, Nebraska. Paleoindian; D. Bamforth, Dir.; 2 weeks) 2004 USDA Forest Service Assistant supervisor for a Passport in Time (PIT) public field school (Butternut/Franklin Lakes Project Excavations. Nicolet-Chequamegon National Forest, Wisconsin. Terminal Late Woodland; M. Bruhy, Dir.; 2 weeks) 2002-03 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse University Field School Supervisor (Meier Farm Project Excavations, 2002. La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Oneota; J. Theler and R. Boszhardt, Directors; 6 weeks. Meier Farm and Jackum Project Excavations, 2003. La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Oneota; R. Boszhardt, Dir.; 6 weeks) 2001-03 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Field Technician (Numerous projects in Wisconsin and Iowa. Excavation and survey. Archaic-Oneota; R. Boszhardt and W. Holtz-Leith, Directors; 20 weeks). 2001 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Public Field School Supervisor (Fisher Mounds Site Complex Project Excavations. Vernon County, Wisconsin. Middle Mississippian; C. Arzigian, Dir.; 2 weeks) 2001 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Field School Crew Member (Fisher Mounds Site Complex Project Excavations. Vernon County, Wisconsin. Early and Middle Woodland and Middle Mississippian; C. Arzigian, Dir.; 6 weeks) PUBLICATIONS and REPORTS (*=peer reviewed) In Press Bailey, Ralph, Danielle M. Benden, S. Terry Childs, Teresita Majewski, Christopher Pulliam, Kevin Smith, Michael “Sonny” Trimble and Mark Warner Building Common Ground on Collections: An Initial Glossary of Collections-Related Terminology. SAA Archaeological Record. In Press* Benden, Danielle M. and Robert F. Boszhardt The Trempealeau Archaeology Project (TAP): 2014 Season. The Wisconsin Archeologist. Accepted* S. Terry Childs and Danielle M. Benden Toward a More Sustainable Archaeology: A Checklist for Managing Archaeological Collections. Advances in Archaeological Practice Benden_CV 2015 Page 2 of 10 2015 Boszhardt, Robert F. and Danielle M. Benden An Archaeological Reconnaissance to Fern Dell State Natural Area Within Mirror Lake State Park, Sauk County, Wisconsin. Report submitted to the State Archaeologist, Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015* Benden, Danielle M.. Book Review of “Creating Old World Wisconsin: The Struggle to Build an Outdoor History Museum of Ethnic Architecture.” Museum Anthropology. 2015* Pauketat, Timothy R., Robert F. Boszhardt, and Danielle M. Benden Trempealeau Entanglements: An Ancient Outpost’s Causes and Effects. American Antiquity 80 (2): 260-289. 2015* Boszhardt, Robert F., Danielle M. Benden, and Timothy R. Pauketat. Early Mississippian Outposts in the North. In The Medieval Mississippians: The Cahokian World, pp.63-69, edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Susan M. Alt, School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe. 2014* Benden, Danielle M. and Robert F. Boszhardt The Trempealeau Archaeology Project (TAP): 2013 Excavations at the Knepper Locality of the Uhl Site (47TR159). Wisconsin Archeologist, 95(1): 136-138. 2014 Boszhardt, Robert F., Thomas Wyse, and Danielle M. Benden Lewis to LiDAR: A Preliminary Report on the Purdy Locality Mound Relocation Project in the Bad Axe River Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Report submitted to the State Archaeologist, Wisconsin Historical Society. 2013 Boszhardt, Robert F., Danielle M. Benden, and Timothy R. Pauketat. Cahokians in the Upper Mississippi River Valley at 1050 AD. Iowa Archaeological Society Newsletter. Spring 2013 issue. 2012* Boszhardt, Robert F., Danielle M. Benden, and Timothy R. Pauketat. Mississippian Initiative: Year 3, 2011. The Wisconsin Archeologist 93(1):81-89. 2011* Benden, Danielle M., Timothy R. Pauketat, and Robert F. Boszhardt. The Mississippian Initiative: Year Two at Trempealeau. The Wisconsin Archeologist 92(1):73-75. 2010a* Benden, Danielle M., Timothy R. Pauketat, and Robert F. Boszhardt. Early Mississippian Colonists in the Upper Mississippi Valley: 2009 Investigations at the Fisher Mounds Site Complex. The Wisconsin Archeologist 91(1):131-132. 2010b* Benden, Danielle M. The Brogley Rockshelter (47-Gt-156) Re-visited: A History of Excavation and the Impacts of the Curation Crisis. The Wisconsin Archeologist 91(2):7-26. 2010c Boszhardt, Robert F., Danielle M. Benden, and Timothy R. Pauketat. The Mississippian Initiative: Year 1, 2009 Investigations at the Fisher Mounds Site Complex, Stoddard, Wisconsin. Unpublished report prepared from National Science Foundation and St. Paul District Corps of Engineers. 2008a* James B. Stoltman, Danielle M. Benden, and Robert F. Boszhardt. New Evidence in the Upper Mississippi Valley for Pre-Mississippian Cultural Interaction with the American Bottom. American Antiquity 73(2):317-336. 2008b Benden, Danielle. New Storage for Anthropology Department at UW-Madison. The Courier Vol. 20(2). 2004* Benden, Danielle. The Fisher Mounds Site Complex: Early Middle Mississippian Exploration in the Upper Mississippi Valley, Minnesota Archaeologist 63: (7-24). 2003a Robert Boszhardt and Danielle Benden. Middle Mississippian Site Discoveries in the La Crosse Locality. Iowa Archaeology News 53 (2): 1-2. Iowa Archaeological Society, Iowa City. 2003b Benden, Danielle. Middle Mississippian Component at Fisher Mounds Site. Archaeology News 21(2): 3. Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, La Crosse, WI. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2015 Benden, Danielle M. and Brenda K. Todd Chaco and Cahokia: Histories, Landscapes, and Hinterlands. Co-chair and participant of a School for Advanced Research short seminar, Santa Fe, New Mexico.