Papers Delivered (cont.)
*2000 (with Janet Rafferty) Absolute Dating and Style-Based Ceramic Chronologies in the Lower Mid-South. 65
th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*1999 Stinking Water ‘98 - PIT Excavations at a Prehistoric Village Site on the Tombigbee National Forest, Mississippi. 64
th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
1999 Geographical Variation in Freshwater Mussel Extinction Rates: Archaeological Evidence and Implications. 56
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Pensacola, Florida.
1999 Woodland Period Sites on the Trace Unit of the Tombigbee National Forest, Northeast Mississippi. 20
th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, Pinson, Tennessee.
1999 Paleo Points, Unplowed Woodland Sites, Gunflints, and Government Farms, or: Just Another Survey on the Tombigbee National Forest. Mississippi Archaeological Association annual meeting, Natchez, Mississippi.
*1998 Shellfish Use during the Woodland Period. 55
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Greenville, South Carolina.
*1998 Implications of Eastern North American Prehistory for Sustainable Development. 14
th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, Virginia.
*1998 (with David W. Fant) Artifact Translocation in Upland Sandy Soils: An Example from the Holly Springs National Forest, North-Central Mississippi. 63
rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Seattle, Washington.
*1997 Discerning Prehistoric Anthropogenic Impact through Changes in Freshwater Bivalve Assemblages. 62
nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
1997 Assessing Bias in Prehistoric Shell Assemblages: An Analysis of Molluscan Remains from the Tibbee Creek Site (22LO600), Lowndes County, Mississippi. 54
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
*1997 (with Samuel O. Brookes and Samuel O. McGahey) Prehistoric Kosciusko Quartzite Quarrying and Distribution in Mississippi. 62
nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
1996 Current and Future Directions in the Analysis of Freshwater Bivalves in Archaeology. 17
th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, Memphis, Tennessee.
1995 Testing the Efficacy of Shovel-Test Screening on the Tombigbee National Forest, North-Central Mississippi. Society for American Archaeology 60
th annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1995 Prehistoric Archaeology on the Tombigbee National Forest. Mississippi Archaeological Association annual meeting, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
*1994 Significance and Federal Archaeology. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers subject workshop on “Objective Evaluation of Cultural Resources,” Vicksburg, Mississippi.
*1994 The Utility of Archaeological Data Sources for Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction. 51
st Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Lexington, Kentucky.
Papers Delivered (cont.)
*1994 Significance, Representativeness, and Historic House sites on the Tombigbee and Holly Springs National Forests, North Mississippi. Southeast Regional Conference, State Historic Preservation Officers, Columbus, Mississippi.
1994 Twenty-Five Years of Cultural Resource Management on the National Forests of Mississippi. 15
th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, Memphis, Tennessee.
1993 Tchula Period Sites on the Holly Springs National Forest, North-Central Mississippi. 14
th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, Memphis, Tennessee.
1992 Reconstructing the Black Belt Environment Using Leaf Impressions in Daub. Alabama Academy of Science 69
th annual meeting, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1992 Archaeological Excavations at Two Mississippian Sites on the Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee. Mississippi Archaeological Association annual meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi.
1992 (with Richard Walling) Jefferson Street Bridge Project: Archaeological Investigations of East Nashville Mounds and French Lick/Sulphur Dell Sites (40DV4 and 40DV5). 49
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas.
1991 Environmental Implications for Late Prehistoric Settlement in the Black Belt. 48
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Jackson, Mississippi.
1991 (with Robert W. Rice and F. R. Ahmed Kabir) Interaction of Solvents with Wood as Measured by Acoustic Emission Technology. Poster presentation, Forest Products Research Society 45
th annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1990 A Method of Distinguishing between Artifacts and Naturally-Flaked Stone. Society for American Archaeology 55
th annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1990 A Protohistoric House Feature from North-Central Mississippi. 47
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Mobile, Alabama.
1990 (with Keith Baca) 22Cl501, a Middle Woodland Mound Group in Clay County, Mississippi. 11
th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, Pinson, Tennessee.
1988 An Examination of Benton Settlement Patterns in North-Central Mississippi. Mississippi Archaeological Association annual meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi.
1986 A Comparison of Late Woodland, Mississippian, and Proto-Historic Triangular Points from the Central Tombigbee River Drainage. Mississippi Archaeological Association annual meeting, Jackson, Mississippi.
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED
2017 Organizer, Mississippi Archaeological Association annual conference, Starkville, Mississippi.
2011 Organizer, “The Forest AND the Trees: Honoring the Archaeological Career of Samuel O. Brookes.” 68
th annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Jacksonville, Florida.
Conferences and Symposia (cont.)
2009 Organizer, “Archaeological Investigations at a Prehistoric ‘Lithic Scatter’ in North Mississippi.” Joint Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Archaeological Association and the Louisiana Archaeological Society, Natchez, Mississippi.
2007 Co-organizer, “Origin and Spread of Shell-Tempered Pottery in the Eastern Woodlands.” 72
nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.
2004 Co-organizer, “Interstate 69 in Mississippi: A Regional Archaeological Perspective – Part I.” 61
st Southeastern Archaeological Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
2004 Co-organizer, “Interstate 69 in Mississippi: A Regional Archaeological Perspective – Part II.” 61
st Southeastern Archaeological Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
2000 Co-organizer, “Mississippi Archaeology and Beyond: Papers in Honor of Patricia K. Galloway.” 57
th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Macon, Georgia.
2000 Co-organizer, “Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Culture, Nature, and Sustainability.” Two-day interdisciplinary conference at Mississippi State University, May 19 and 20.
1998 Organizer, Mississippi Archaeological Association annual meeting, Columbus, Mississippi.
1997 Co-organizer, “New Frontiers in Archaeomalacology.” 62
nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
1995 Co-organizer, 16
th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, Jackson, Mississippi.
1991 Organizer, “Late Prehistoric Adaptations in the Black Belt, Mississippi and Alabama.” 48
th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Jackson, Mississippi.
MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES HELD
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Alabama Archaeological Society: Life Member
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Archaeological Institute of America
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Arkansas Archeological Society: Life Member
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Association for Environmental Archaeology
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European Association of Archaeologists
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Friends of the Black Belt
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Lambda Alpha Anthropological Honors Society
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Louisiana Archaeological Society: Life Member
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International Council for Archaeozoology: Archaeomalacology Working Group
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Midwest Archaeological Conference
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Mississippi Archaeological Association: Life Member; President, 1987; Board of Directors, 1991; Northern Vice President, 1992
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Mississippi Association of Professional Archaeologists: President, 1994-1995, 2000-2001; Executive Board At-Large, 1996-1998; Newsletter Founder and Editor 1998
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Mississippi Heritage Trust: Charter Member
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Mississippi State University Anthropology Club: President, 1987-1988; Faculty Advisor, 1999 – 2001
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Oktibbeha County Historical and Genealogical Society Board of Directors, 2004-2007
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Plains Anthropological Society
Memberships (cont.)
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Register of Professional Archaeologists: SOPA certified in Field Research, Collections Research, and Archaeometric and Natural Science Research
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Society for American Archaeology
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Society for Applied Anthropology
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Society for Archaeological Sciences
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Society for Ethnobiology
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Southeastern Archaeological Conference
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2014 – 2015 – Chair, Mississippi Association of Professional Archaeologists Committee on Archaeological Practice
2014 – present – editor,
Mississippi Archaeology, peer-reviewed journal of the Mississippi Archaeological Association
2015 – present – member, Mississippi Archaeological Association Nominating Committee
2013 – 2014 – Editorial Board,
Anthropology, open-access journal
2012 – 2014 – Society for American Archaeology, Book Award Committee
2010 – 2013 Member, U.S. Forest Service, Holly Springs-Tombigbee Resource Advisory Committee
2010 – 2014 Society for American Archaeology Kellogg Award Committee member
2010 – 2015 Member, Professional Focus Group, development of “Heritage Trail” website by Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
2008 - with James K. Feathers - compiled papers for special issue of
Southeastern Archaeology 27(2) devoted to the origins and spread of shell-tempered ceramics in the Eastern Woodlands of North America.
2004 – Advisory Committee, Mississippi Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
2002-2006 Editorial Board for
Mississippi Archaeology.
1999 Guest editor for
Mississippi Archaeology 34(2), peer-reviewed journal of the Mississippi Archaeological Association.
Served as liaison between landowners and Archaeological Conservancy, leading to acquisition and preservation of the Herman Mound and Lyon’s Bluff, two prehistoric sites in Mississippi
Reviewer of manuscripts for
Advances in Archaeological Practice,
American Antiquity,
American Malacological Bulletin,
Archaeobotany, Archaeometry, Archaeopress,
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology,
Ecological Applications,
Ethnoarchaeology,
Environmental Archaeology,
Geoarchaeology,
Hydrobiologia,
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, The Journal of Alabama Archaeology,
Journal of Archaeological Science,
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports,
Journal of Ethnobiology,
Mississippi Archaeology,
Louisiana State University Press,
Open Archaeology,
Pacific Science,
Southeastern Archaeology, Quaternary International,
Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference,
Tennessee Archaeologist, University Press of Mississippi, and
Vegetation History
Service (cont.)
Reviewer of Proposals for National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Endowment for the Humanities, the Field Museum
SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member, College of Arts & Sciences Dean Search Committee, 2016-2017
Chair, Department of Anthropology & Middle Eastern Cultures Five-Year Review
External Thesis Reviewer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australis
Committee Member for Master’s and Doctoral students in the departments of History, Biological Sciences, and Geosciences
Cobb Institute of Archaeology External Review Board Committee
Doctoral Committee, two students at the University of Florida
Member of T&P Committees in Sociology and Biological Sciences departments
Member of Internal Review Committees for 5-year reviews of English, Geosciences, and Biological Sciences
MSU Holland Faculty Senate, 2012 – 2014; University Resources Committee, Undergraduate Admissions Policy Committee
Arts & Sciences Scholarship Committee, 1999-2002
Arts & Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2008-2011, 2015, 2015; Chair, Fall 2010-Spring 2011
Hunter Henry Faculty Research Grant Committee, 2010
MSU Academic Review Board, 2008 - present
MSU Faculty Grievance Panel, 2014 – 2016
Graduate Coordinator for Anthropology, 2007-2014, Fall 2016
Judge, Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop, 2007 - 2015
Undergraduate Coordinator for Anthropology, 2006
Departmental Curriculum, T&P, and Search Committees, 1999 – present; Chair 2016-2017
Chair, Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2005-2006
President, Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate, 2005-2006
PUBLIC OUTREACH
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Author of one book and three articles on archaeology designed for a general audience
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Mississippi Archaeology Week Northeast Regional Coordinator, 1998-2000, 2007-2009, 2011-2015
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MSU Darwin Day Featured Lecturer, 2016
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Co-organizer, Mississippi Archaeology Expo, 2013
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Talks, presentations, and flintknapping demonstrations to numerous groups each year