BEVERLY MITCHUM CHIARULLI, PhD, RPA

Anthropology Department
Indiana University
McElhaney G-12
Indiana, PA 15705
bevc@iup.edu
(724) 357-2659
FAX (724) 357-7637

EDUCATION

1994 PhD Southern Methodist University, in Anthropology
1981 MA Southern Methodist University, in Anthropology
1972 BA with High Honors, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in Anthropology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Historic Preservation, Archaeology of Eastern North America, Urban Archaeology, Archaeological field methods, including excavation and survey; Application of computer technology to archaeological analysis including GIS applications; Lithic Analysis, Paleoecological modeling and settlement pattern analysis, Archaeology and Public Education, K-12 Curricula on Archaeology, Mesoamerica

CURRENT POSITION

Director, Archaeological Services, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department 1999-present

AWARDS

Graduate Dean’s Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sponsored Programs, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Graduate School and Research 2001

Second Annual Federal Highway Administration Pennsylvania Division Historic Preservation Excellence Award: Archaeology, March 2003. Awarded to PennDot District 11, GAI Consultants, Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Management Services, and the Smithsonian Institution all members of the team which managed the Voeghtly Cemetery Data Recovery and Analysis. (During the project, I was part of the Parsons Team.)

2003 Presidents and National Environmental Excellence Awards for Environmental Management by the National Association of Environmental Professionals. Awarded to PennDot District 11, GAI Consultants, Parsons Brinkerhoff Construction Management Services, and the Smithsonian Institution all members of the team which managed the Voeghtly Cemetery Data Recovery and Analysis. (During the project, I was part of the Parsons Team.)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer, Society for American Archaeology, NSF MATRIX Project on Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century, September 2002-2003

Member, Project Archaeology Advisory Panel Meeting, Sponsored by The Watercourse, Montana State University, National Endowment for the Humanities Planning Grant, March 2002

Chair, A1F05 Committee on Archaeology and Cultural Resources, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Engineering 2001-2004, Chair Outreach and Public Education Subcommittee 1999-2002

Chair, Society for American Archaeology Public Education Committee (Term 2001-2003)

President, Pennsylvania Archaeological Council (2001-2003, 1999-2001 and 1991-1993)

Member, Project Panel 08-40 of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Research Council of the National Academies of Science and Engineering, Panel Topic: Review and Improvement of Existing Processes and Procedures for Evaluating Cultural Resource Significance through Information Technology, Spring 2000-2003

CURRENT OPEN END AGREEMENTS

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: Three Year Agreement to provide assistance with curation of old archaeological collections

Allegheny National Forest: Cost Challenge Agreement to Conduct Phase I Archaeological Surveys in the Millsteck Management Area

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: Five Year Agreement to Provide Cultural Resource Expertise

National Park Service: Five-Year Agreement to Provide Archaeological Services to Park Service Properties in Western Pennsylvania

SELECTED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED 2001-2003

Archaeological National Forest, Subcontract on Five Year IDIQ to Provide Phase I Heritage Surveys, June 2003

Norfolk Southern Railroad Data Recovery Investigations of Four Sites in Indiana County, PA, March 2003

National Park Service, Surveys of Inclines and Levels 6-10 in the Allegheny Portage National Historic Site, October 2002

Magnetic Susceptibiliby Analysis of Archaeological Deposits at the Leetsdale Archaeological Site for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District October 2002

Stiffler, McGraw, and Associates, Phase I Archaeological Investigation for the Bedford Township Municipal Authority, Bedford County, PA March 2002

Gwin, Dobson & Foreman, Phase I Archaeological Investigation for a Wastewater Treatment System, Clearfield County, PA March 2002

Stiffler, McGraw, and Associates, Phase I Archaeological Investigation for the Frankstown Township Sewer Authority, Blair County, PA March 2002

Ft. Armstrong Horseman’s Association, Phase II Investigation of 4 Archaeological Sites, along Crooked Creek Lake, Armstrong County March 2002

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Renewal of Cultural Resource Management Agreement through September 2002

Appalachian Trail Conference, Cultural Resource Management Plan and Survey of the location of the Battle of South Mountain at Fox’s Gap, MD. December 2001-December 2002

Wildlands Conservancy for a Phase II Archaeological Investigation of a Proposed Wetland in Hickory Run State Park, October 2001

Pennsylvania Archaeological Council/Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Evaluation of Archaeological Sites Status and Information in the Conemaugh-Blacklick Drainage, Indiana, Cambria, and Westmoreland Counties, Enhancement Grant, January 2002-September 2002

National Park Service, Data Recovery Investigation of the Mt. Washington Tavern, Ft. Necessity National Historic Site, Fayette County, PA, February-December 2002

National Center for Preservation Training and Technology for an Investigation of Geophysical Techniques at a Historic Iron Furnace Site in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, July 2001

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Third Year Renewal of Cooperative Agreement to Provide Cultural Resource Management Services to PennDot Districts throughout Pennsylvania and to provide assistance with public outreach and education projects July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Historic Preservation Grants Program for an Investigation of Chert Sources in Southwestern Pennsylvania, December 2000-2001

US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Interagency Personnel Agreement for Cultural Resource Management Services March-September 2001

Allegheny National Forest Cost Challenge Grant for a Survey of Proposed Timber Sales in the Milsteck Region of the Forest, September 2000-December 2002

RECENT PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECTS

Participant Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting Archaeology Fair, Creator of Hands-on Children’s Activities on Maya Hieroglyphics and Numbers. Philadelphia January 2002

Project Manager, 1st – 3rd Annual Byways to the Past Conference, Co-sponsored by IUP, PennDot, Pa Turnpike Commission, Federal Highway Administration 1999-2002

Project Manager, Production of 5 Videos on Pennsylvania Archaeology for the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council (November 2000-2001)

Workshop Leader, The Maya World, Part of the Workshop for Educators presented at the Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History September 22-23, 2000

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Associate Director, IUP Archaeological Services 1997-1998

Museum Curator II, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Regional Archaeologist for the Bureau for Historic Preservation (SHPO) 1989-1997

Part-Time Instructor, California University of Pennsylvania 1988-1990

Senior Archaeologist, Parson Brinckerhoff Construction Services, Pittsburgh, PA 1986-1989

Senior Archaeologist, GAI Consultants, Inc., Monroeville PA 1980-1986

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Project Archaeology Pennsylvania State Coordinator 1996-2001

Society for American Archaeology Chair of Network Subcommittee (1994-1997, 1999-2000), Society of American Archaeology Public Education Committee, co-organizer of poster sessions displayed in conjunction with the SAA Public Session in St. Louis, April 1993, Anaheim, April 1994, and Minneapolis 1995. Coordinator of SAA Sate and Province Public Education Network 1992-1997. Save the Past for the Future Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, September 19-23, 1994. Editor, Network Column, Archaeology and Public Education Newsletter, published by the Society for American Archaeology Public Education Committee.

SAA Nominating Committee 1999

Transportation Research Board Cultural Resource Committee Organizer of Summer Workshop Session for the San Diego Summer workshop July 27, 1998 Title: Beyond the Brochure: Public Education on Transportation Projects”, Poster Session at Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. January 1999, Summer Workshop Session July 1999 Madison Wisconsin, Poster Session January 2000, Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies Board of Directors, Archaeology Special Interest Group Representative (1992--1996).

Pennsylvania Archaeological Council, Developed a program of traveling exhibits on cultural resource management projects in Pennsylvania, speakers bureau which provides archaeologists to speak in primary and secondary schools, student essay contest, and Pennsylvania’s Archaeology Week. PAC Executive Board (1997-1999)

PREVIOUS GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Ft. Armstrong Horseman’s Association for a Phase I Archaeological Investigation of a proposed land transfer from the US Army COE, Pittsburgh District, November 2000

IUP Senate Fellowship Grant for Field Research at Ma’ax Na Belize, March 2000

IUP Presidential Grant for Field Research at Cerros, Belize, Spring 2000

Investigation of the Staple Bend Tunnel for the National Park Service Allegheny Portage National Historic Site, February 2000

Investigation of the Skewed Arch Bridge for the National Park Service Allegheny Portage National Historic Site, February 2000

Summary and Overview of the Johnstown Flood and Allegheny National Historic Sites for the National Park Service Allegheny Portage National Historic Site, February 2000

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Historic Preservation Grants Program for the Production of Multimedia Educational Supplements for the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council, December 1999

Phase I Investigation of the Rider House in Altoona Pennsylvania for Hygenientics Environmental, December 1999

Phase I Investigation of a Proposed Sewer line and Wastewater Treatment Plant Site for the Lincoln Township Municipal Authority, Somerset County, December 1999

Cultural Resource Management Program Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, May 1999-June 2002

Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service, February 1999

Phase II Investigation of Pennsylvania Bureau of Waterways Management Project in Port Allegheny, McKean County, Pennsylvania (October 1999)

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Historic Preservation Grants Program for an Investigation of Chert Sources in Southwestern Pennsylvania, June 1998

University of Missouri Research Reactor Center for Chert Source Analysis of Lithic Quarries in Southwestern Pa, (April 1998)

Phase II Investigation of Pennsylvania Bureau of Waterways Management Project in Jeannette, Westmoreland County (June 1998)

Phase I Archaeological Investigations in the City of Parker Armstrong County, submitted to Armstrong County Planning Department Funded, work and report completed, (October 1997)

Grant from the Society for American Archaeology for the development of a Pilot Project for introducing archaeological curricula into public school curricula. (1996)

Grant from the Missouri University Research Reactor for Archaeological NAA Services for the analysis of obsidian samples from two sites in Belize (Cerros and Chau Hiix) (1995)

Grant from the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council for the development and production of a traveling exhibit on Pennsylvania Archaeology (1992)

CRM proposals written for federal and state agencies, and private corporations. Successful proposals resulted in contracts valued at 1.2 million dollars (1980-1986)

Grant from the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man, SMU for an Ethnoarchaeological Study of household compounds at the modern village of Chunox, Belize (1978)

PUBLICATIONS

In Press Best Practices in Public Outreach in Cultural Research Projects by Transportation Agencies. To be published by the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

2001 Teachers Corner: Maya Art and Writing in AnthroNotes. Newsletter published by the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History for Educators. Volume 22, No. 3.

2000 The Pre-European Cultures of Western Pennsylvania Joint Author with Sarah Neusius in A GEOGRAPHIC VIEW OF PITTSBURGH AND THE ALLEGHENIES: PRECAMBRIAN TO POST-INDUSTRIAL. A Publication prepared for the 96th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 4-8, Pittsburgh, PA edited by Kevin J. Patrick and Joseph L. Scarpaci

2000 Simulated Excavations with Ellen Bedell and Ceil Sturdevant Leeper. Book chapter in YOUNG HANDS ON THE PAST: Archaeologists as Educators edited by Karolyn E. Smardz and Shelley J. Smith. Altimira Press)

1999 A Chemical Characterization of Chert Types in Northern Belize. Paul Cackler et al. Journal of Archaeological Science.

1999 Chert Sources in Northern Belize. Paul Cackler et al. Lithic Technology.

Archaeology in Action: Interpreting Archaeology for Elementary School Students. Joint Author with John Giblin PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW, Spring 1996 issue)

1995 Archaeology in Action Section of Pennsylvania Curriculum Guide on Archaeology. Edited by Renata Wolynec.

1995 LITHIC ARTIFACTS AT CERROS: PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND TRADE. (in press, to be published by Southern Methodist University)

1994 EXCAVATIONS AT CERROS, BELIZE: RESULTS OF THE 1994 EXCAVATION SEASON, edited by Debra Selsor Walker, Beverly Mitchum, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor. Report submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

1993 EXCAVATIONS AT CERROS, BELIZE: RESULTS OF THE 1993 EXCAVATION SEASON, edited by Debra Selsor Walker, Beverly Mitchum, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor. Report submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

1991 Lithic Artifacts from Cerros, Belize: Production, Consumption, and Trade. THE SECOND MAYA LITHIC CONFERENCE, University of Texas at Austin

1990 Obsidian as a Non-Essential Resource. In: LA OBSIDIANA EN MESOAMERICA, Coordinators: Margarita Gaxiola G. y John E. Clark. Serie Arqueologia; Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia

1985 Chipped Stone Artifacts from Cerros, Belize. In: INVESTIGATIONS AT CERROS, BELIZE: INTERIM REPORT ON THE 1974-78 SEASONS. SMU PRESS

1983 Investigations at Belldina’s Bottoms (Site 46Mg75A), Monongalia County, WVa. PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGIST

1982 Late Preclassic Ballcourts from Cerros, Belize. Joint Author with V. Scarborough, S. Carr, and D. Freidel. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, Spring.

1981 Comment on ‘Quantitative Characteristics of Debitage from Heat Treated Chert by L.W. Patterson’. Joint Article with W.P. McHugh. PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGIST, Fall.

PAPERS AND POSTERS

2003 Geophysical Investigations of Shade Furnace, Paper Presented at the TRB A1F05 Committee on Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Vancouver, Washington

2003 Geophysical Investigations of Shade Furnace, Paper Presented at the 5th World Archaeological Congress, Washington, D.C. June

2003 Geophysical Investigation of Shade Furnace, Paper Presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology April

2003 The Use of Neutron Activation Analysis for the Identification of Chert Types in Western Pennsylvania. Presented in Pennsylvania Archaeological Council Symposium on New Approaches to Lithic Analysis. May.

2003 The Use of Magnetic Susceptibility Analysis in the Interpretation of Archaeological Deposits. Paper presented at the Society for Pennsylvania Annual Meeting, May.

2003 Project Archaeology Pennsylvania: New Approaches to Public Outreach. Paper presented at the Preservation Pennsylvania Annual Conference May.

2003 The Use of GIS to Evaluate Archaeological Site Distribution in Watersheds. Poster Presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC

2003 Project Archaeology. Poster Presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC (Senior Author, Jeanne Moe)

2002 Presentation before the Advisory Board of the US Navy Port Hurame, California on a proposed approach to testing the affect of new remediation methods on cultural resource at the Hazardous Waste Remediation Test Site, October

2002 Use of Neutron Activation Analysis for the Identification of Chert Types in Western Pennsylvania. Presented to the West Virginia Archaeological Council Summer Workshop on Lithic Analysis June.

2002 Stories from the Stones: A comparison of Domestic Evidence for Maya Resistance From Chau Hiix and Cerros. Paper Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Denver. March 20-24.

2001 Archaeology in the Real World. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington. November

2001 Archaeology is…Educational Initiatives from the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council. Paper presented at the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Annual Meeting Bartonsville, Pennsylvania

2001 Upland Sites in the Conemaugh-Blacklick Drainage. Paper presented at the PAC Symposium at the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Annual Meeting Bartonsville, Pennsylvania

2001 The Use of Neutron Activation Analysis to Differentiate Chert Types in Southwestern Pennsylvania – co-author with Paul Raber, Chris Stevenson, and Michael Glascock Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA

2001 Enhancing Public Views of Archaeology: Initiatives from the SAA Public Education Committee. With Dorothy Krass (Senior Author) Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference. March 23-25 Ocean City, Md.

2001 Upland Sites in the Conemaugh-Blacklick Drainage. Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference. March 23-25 Ocean City, Md.

2000 The Use of Neutron Activation Analysis to Differentiate Chert Types in Southwestern Pennsylvania – co-author with Paul Raber, Chris Stevenson, and Michael Glascock. Paper presented at the Society

After the Field School: Integrating CRM Experience into Student Training. Paper Presented at the 2000 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, PA April 7, 2000 as part of a session co-organized with Phillip D. Neusius: Field Schools for the Next Millennium: Mixing Student Training, Research, and Public Education.

1999 Cultural Resources, Public Education, and Outreach: Opportunities and Best Practices. Moderator and Organizer of Session in the Transportation Research Board A1F05 Summer Workshop in Madison Wisconsin, July 27-31

1999 Participant in the National Forum on Assessing Historic Significance for Transportation Programs, Sponsored by the National Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and the National Park Service May 23-25, 1999

1999 Translating the Past for the Future: GIS Technology as a Public Education Tool, Poster presented as part of a session co-organized with Johna Huitira: Conflict, Communication, and Cooperation: Including the Public in Public Education Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, March 24-28, Chicago, Ill

1999 Translating the Past for the Future: GIS Technology as a Public Education Tool, Poster presented as part of a session co-organized with Johna Huitira: Conflict, Communication, and Cooperation: Including the Public in Public Education Presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 9-13, 2000

Project Archaeology Maya: Lessons for the Classroom. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association as part of a session Anthropology and the Three Rs: Reaching the Next Generation, session co-organizer with Eleanor M. King

1998 Beyond the Brochure: New Approaches to Public Education on Transportation Projects, organizer and moderator of session at the Transportation Research Board Summer Workshop on Historic Preservation and Native American Issues in Transportation, San Diego, California, July 26-29, 1998

1998 Act 70 Investigations in Western Pennsylvania: New Challenges and Opportunities in Pennsylvania Archaeology Renee B. Walker, Phillip D. Neusius, and Beverly A. Chiarulli. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. Harrisburg, PA

1998 GIS and the Analysis of the Ashmore Farm Site Beverly A. Chiarulli and Ronald E. Wilson. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. Harrisburg, PA

1997 Results of the 1995 Field Season at Cerros, Belize with Debra Walker and Kathryn Reese-Taylor Paper presented at the 62 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nashville

1997 Obsidian in Ritual Deposits at Chau Hiix, Belize. Co-Author with Shawn Barrick. Paper presented at the 62 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nashville

1997 Lithic Artifacts from Chau Hiix, Belize. Co-Author with Shawn Barrick. Paper presented at the 62 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nashville

1995 Ritual and Pilgrimage at Cerros Belize. Senior author with Debra Walker. Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Meeting. November 1995. Washington.

1995 Una Nueva Visita a Cerros: Investigationes recientes del proyecto de archaeologia y desarrollo de Cerros. Kathryn Reese-Taylor (Senior Author) and Debra Walker. Paper presented at the 3er. Congreso International de Mayistas, Universidad de Quitana Roo. Chetamal, July 13, 1995.

1995 Recent Investigations at Cerros. Debra Walker (Senior author), Kathryn Reese-Taylor. Paper presented at the First International Symposium on Maya Archaeology and Anthropology. June 1995. Belize.

1995 Investigations of a Small Structure in the Monumental Center at Cerros, Belize. Senior author with Kathryn Reese-Taylor. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis.

1995 Characterization of Black Chert from Northern Belize. with P. Cackler (Senior Author), M.D. Glascock, and H. Neff. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis.

1995 Archaeological Investigations at the Meason House, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Senior Author with Mark Shaffer. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Morgantown, Pennsylvania.

1994 Lithic Production, Consumption, and Trade at Cerros Belize. Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. December 4, 1994, Atlanta.

1994 Cerros Revisited: Results of the 1993 Excavations of the Cerros Cooperative Archaeological Development Project. Joint Paper with Debra S. Walker and Kathryn Reese-Taylor presented at the 59th Annual Meeting Society for American Archaeology. April 21, 1994. Anaheim, California.

1991 Was It Really the Blood of Kings? Paper presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Ill.

1990 Tool Production Strategies at Colha, Belize. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Las Vegas, Nevada. Senior author on joint preparation with Eleanor King

1986 Lithic Production Systems in the Chartiers Creek Valley, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, La.

1985 Summary of Contract Research in Western Pennsylvania. Paper presented to special Pennsylvania Archaeological Council (PAC) Session Held in conjunction with the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Annual Meeting in Brookville, Pa.

1982 Late Preclassic Lithic Systems at Cerros. Paper presented at the Second Maya Lithic Conference: The Study of Stone Tools and the Development of the Ancient Maya Civilization. October 19-22, 1982 San Antonio, Texas

1982 Results of Recent Pipeline Surveys (or Stalking the Orange Gooseneck). Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, April 23-25, :1982, Harrisburg, Pa.

1982 Xaman Kiwik: Changing Functions in a Small Early Classic Community. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1981 Investigations at Bellidina’s Bottoms (Site 46Mg75A) Monongalia County, WVa. Paper presented at the 4th Monongahela Conference, California State College, California, Pa., October 1981.

1981 Obsidian as a Non-Essential Resource. Paper Presented at the Simposio: La Obsidiana en Mesoamerica, Centro Regional Hidalgo INAH, Pachuca, Mexico.

1980 Lithic Artifacts from Cerros, Belize: Production, Consumption, and Trade. Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.

PUBLIC EDUCATION PAPERS

1999 The Project Archaeology Pennsylvania Traveling Trunk, presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Council for the Social Sciences, October 20, 1999, Western Pennsylvania History Center

1998 Project Archaeology Pennsylvania. Paper presented at the 63rdAnnual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Seattle. April 1998.

1997 Project Archaeology. paper presented with Valerie Perazio at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Meeting April, Wilkes Barrie

1996 Teaching Pennsylvania History through Archaeology: Pennsylvania Public Education Initiatives. Senior author with Renata B. Wolynec. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. April 28, 1996, Ligonier.

1996 Is Archaeology Just a Bunch of People Digging in the Dirt? Simulated Excavations and Critical Thinking Skills. Senior author with Ellen Bedell and Ceil Leeper. Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA April.

1995 The Maya Workshop for Teachers at Cerros, Belize. Renata B. Wolynec (Senior author), Debra S. Walker, Kathryn Reese-Taylor. Paper presented at the Chacmool Conference. November 1995, Calgary.

1995 Project Archaeology. Joint paper and conference exhibit with Renata Wolynec, presented at the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Annual Conference, November 10, 1995. Valley Forge, PA

1995 Rainforest Ecology and the Ancient Maya. Joint paper and conference exhibit with Renata Wolynec, presented at the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Annual Conference, November 11, 1995. Valley Forge, PA

1995 Archeology in Action. Presented at the Pennsylvania Association of Independent School Teachers (PAISTA) Annual Conference, October 21, 1995. Sewickly, PA

1995 Project Archaeology. Joint paper and conference exhibit with Renata Wolynec, presented at the Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies Teachers Association Annual Conference, October 13, 1995. State College, PA

1994 The Archaeology Week Teaching Kit. Joint paper and conference exhibit with Renata Wolynec, presented at the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Annual Conference, December 1 and 2, 1994. Pitttsburgh, PA

1994 Archaeology in Action. Paper presented at the Combined Southeast/Midwest Archaeological Conference. November 11, 1994 Lexington, Ky.

1994 Archaeology in Action. Paper presented at the Pa Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference in Lancaster, PA. October 21, 1994.

1993 Archaeology in Action: Interpreting Archaeology for Elementary School Students. Co-Authored with John Giblin. Paper presented at the National Association of Interpreters Preconference Workshop on Conveying the Past to the Future: Interpreting Cultural History for Young Audiences. Washington, D.C., November 17, 1993.

1993-1991 Joint Author with Renata Wolynec for papers presented at Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies and Pa Science Teachers Annual State Conferences on Lesson Plans and Educational Activities in Archaeology.

1992 Pennsylvania Before Penn. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St, Louis, Mo. as part of the Public Education Committee Public Session Poster Session. Co-organizer of Public Session Poster Display.

PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECTS

Creation of Website for Pennsylvania Archaeology Month 1999 featuring Pennsylvania’s Hidden Memories., September 1999

Creation of Website for the Transportation Research Board A1F05 Archaeology and Historic Preservation Committee January 1999

Creation of Web Sites for the Cerros Project, Workshop for Teachers, Ashmore Farm daily web update

Director of the Workshop for Educators in Maya Archaeology and Tropical Forest Ecology in Belize, held at Hilllbank Research Station in Belize, July 1997, scheduled for July 1998

Facilitator of Workshops in Maya Archaeology during the Maya Weekend at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 4-5, 1998, Spring 1997

Coordinator for Project Archaeology: Pennsylvania teacher workshop program designed to introduce a curriculum package on Pennsylvania archaeology to school districts throughout the Commonwealth. 1996-2001

Facilitator at Workshops for Biglerville Area Middle School, held at IUP and Pittsburgh District COE Interpreters, Crooked Creek Environmental Center, and at the PHMC Interpreters Workshop at the State Museum in Harrisburg, and at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Washington.

Development of public education and outreach programs including educational programs, which feature lesson, plans for pre-collegiate students, school lecture programs, and poster exhibits, hands-on archaeology activities and brochures. Creation of mapping activity as part of the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council Traveling Truck Archaeological Resources.

Coordinator for Archaeology Month Planning Committee with responsibilities for public information brochures, poster development and event organization, 1991-2001.

Consultant for Development of Archaeological Curriculum for the IUP University School Summer Program 1998

Archaeology in the K-12 Classroom. Presentation with Ellen Bedell and Dorothy Krass at the AAA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. November 1997

Project Archaeology: Maya Workshops at the Maya Hieroglypnic Weekend at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, with Ellen Bedell April 1997-1998

Production of Lesson Plan Activity for PAC Traveling Trunk series. 1998

Project Archaeology: Pennsylvania Teacher Workshops in Pittsburgh, Mt. Lebanon, Lancaster, Carlysle, State College, Punxstawney, Philadelphia, Indiana, Armstrong County, Johnstown. 1996-98

Organized Project Archaeology: Facilitator Training Workshop in Harrisburg. May, 1996

Workshop for Teachers in Maya Archaeology and Tropical forest Ecoology. Hillbank Belize July 1997. Education Director. 1997

Organized Project Archaeology: Facilitator Training Workshop in Harrisburg. May 1996

Co-organizer with Dorothy Humpf of the PHMC Participate in Archaeology, public excavation display during Archaeology Week, City Island, Harrisburg, PA 1995-1994

Archaeology in Action: A Hands-on Archaeological Simulation Program for Elementary School Students, co-developer with John Giblin at Bushy Run Battlefield 1997-1992

Organizer of Pennsylvania Archaeological Council Traveling Exhibit on Pennsylvania Archaeology 1994-1991

Co-Chair PAC Committee on Public Education; coordinator for Student Essay Contest in Pennsylvania 1993-1999

Steering Committee for Pennsylvania Archaeology Week; Design of Poster 1991-1995:

Displays at Regent Square Elementary School and Western Beaver Middle School,

Consultant to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum for Archaeology Activity 1992

SAA Committee on Public Education; coordinator for Student Essay Contest in Pennsylvania 1992

Co-Organizer with John Giblin of “Workshops in Archaeology: the Western Region” Public day-long session on archaeology held at Bushy Run Battlefield 1992

Co-Organizer with John Giblin of “Workshops in Archaeology: the Western Region” Public day-long session on archaeology held at Bushy Run Battlefield 1991

Co-Organizer of Pennsylvania Archaeological Council Workshop on Phase I and II Survey Techniques 1990

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor California University of Pennsylvania
Spring 1991-Fall 1988 Courses taught include:

Introduction to Anthropology
North American Indians
Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas
Classical Archaeology

CURRENT AND RECENT FIELD EXPERIENCE

Principal Investigator, Archaeological Overviews of the Johnstown Flood National Historic Monument and The Allegheny Portage National Historic Site.

Principal Investigator, Archaeological Investigations of the Staple Bend Tunnel, Skew Arch, Allegheny Portage National Historic Site

Principal Investigator of Archaeological Investigations of the Lincoln Township Water Authority Proposed Sewer Line Expansion, Somerset County PA

1999

Principal Investigator of Archaeological Investigations of the Rider House, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Principal Investigator for Investigations of the Shade Furnace and Development of a Management Plan for the Somerset County Historical Society

Principal Investigator, Investigations of the Clark House Parking Lot for the Indiana County Historical Society

Co-Principal Investigator, Port Allegany Flood Control Project, Port Allegany, McKean County, Pennsylvania, with Phillip Perazio, Kittatinny Archaeological Research, Inc. for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Projection.

1998-1991

Principal Investigator of the Jeannette Flood Control Project, Jeannette Boro and Penn Township, Westmoreland County. Subcontractor to Kittatinny Archaeological Research and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Projection. 1998

Principal Investigator of the Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Ballfield in Parker Boro, Armstrong County, PA.1997

Principal Investigator of the Ashmore Farm Investigation, Washington County Pennsylvania. Excavation Sponsored by the PHMC Act 70 Program 1997

Principal Investigator of the Meyers Mine, and Chartiers Ballfield Projects, Armstrong and Allegheny Counties Pennsylvania. Excavation Sponsored by the PHMC Act 70 Program 1997

Field Experience (Mesoamerica)

Excavation Supervisor, Ma’ax Na Project; Dr. Leslie Shaw and Eleanor King Project Directors, Northeast Archaeological Center, June 2000

Lithic Analyst, Chau Hix Project, Crooked Tree, Belize; Dr. K. Anne Pyburn, University of Indiana at Indianapolis, Project Director. 1995-2001

Co-Principal Investigator with Debra Walker. Research on the Early Classic, part of the Cerros Cooperative Archaeological Development Project field school. 1995

Associate Director, Cerros Cooperative Archaeological Development Project, Director of excavations on monumental architecture during 1993 and 1994 field seasons. Brief surveys and logistical preparation in 1991 and 1992. (Project sponsored by University of Minnesota 1991-1993 and Florida International University 1994)

Site Supervisor for the excavation of a residential and workshop compound at Colha, Belize. (Project sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio 1986)

Project Director for the excavations at Xaman Kiwik, an Early Classic Palace Structure at Santa Elena, Belize; Privately sponsored rescue excavation and structure reconstruction (Southern Methodist University 1981)

Senior Staff Supervisor for the Cerros Project, a NSF Sponsored Project at a Late Preclassic Maya Center, Corozol District, Belize (Southern Methodist University) Fours field seasons supervising excavations of Late Preclassic nucleated village residences, monumental architecture, dispersed settlement structures, and one of the ballcourts.

Previous Field Experience (North America)

Senior Archaeologist, Parsons-Brinckerhoff Construction Services (February 1986-January 1989) Part of management team under contract to PennDot for construction of I279/579 Interstate Highway project. Responsibilities include supervision of a cultural resource monitoring program during highway construction, preparation of scopes-of-work for the archaeological subcontractor, review of technical products and budgets of archaeological subcontractor, evaluation of urban and rural cultural resources.

Principal Investigator for Phase I and II Archaeological Investigations Along Howard Street of the I-279/579 Interstate Highway Project (For Parsons- Brinckerhoff) 1987-88; Principal Investigator for the Archaeological Monitoring Program in the I-279/579 Interstate Highway Project (For Parsons-Brinckerhoff)

Principal Investigator and/or field director for 27 projects in Pennsylvnaia, West Virginia, Indiana, and Florida from 1980-1985 for GAI Consultants, Inc., Monroeville, PA. Data recovery excavation, National Register evaluation, and survey projects are included. A selected list of projects follows:

Data Recovery Investigation of the Stratton Meadows Site, Graham County, North Carolina for the Federal Highway Administration

Phase II Investigations of Seven Sites in North Strabane Township, Washington County, Pa. for North Strabane Township

Phase I Archaeological Survey of the East Waynesboro Loop 138 kV Transmission Line Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of the Sawgrass-Deerfield Expressway, Broward County, Fla.

Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of Mile 210 to Mile 260 on Ohio Interstate Pipeline’s Right-of-Way, Lawrence and Butler Counties, Pa.

Phase II Testing and Data Recovery, Petersburg Highway Bridge Project, PennDot District 9, Huntingdon County, Pa.

Excavation of Two Stratified Archaic Sites, Switzerland County, Indiana

Phase I and Phase II Investigations at Site 46 Mg 75, Belldina’s Bottoms, Monongalia County, WVA

Field Supervisor and Crew member for the various projects in Texas for the Archaeology Research Program, Southern Methodist University

Field School Excavations at Cahokia Mound, East St.Louis, Ill. (University of Illinois)

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

1. Analysis of Ceramic and Lithic Artifacts from Xaman Kiwik, an Early Classic Structure in Northern Belize
2. Analysis of Chipped Stone Artifacts from Cerros Belize
3. Analysis of Archaic and Woodland Artifacts Recovered during Various Contract Projects in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Texas

CRM REPORTS

2002

1. Final Report on Investigations of the Painter Run Survey Area of the Allegheny National Forest, Report Submitted to the Allegheny National Forest, Warren, PA
2. Final Report on the Phase II Investigation of the Lausanne Tunnel Mine Drainage Restoration Project, Report Submitted to the Wildlands Conservancy

2001

1. Final Report on the Phase I Archaeological Investigations of the Fort Armstrong Horsemen’s Association Equestrian Park, Manor Township, Armstrong County, PA
2. Final Report on the Phase I Archaeological Investigation of the Markel Area Sewer System, Westmoreland County, PA
3. Final Report on Section 2 of Prehistoric Settlement in Upland Settings, An Analysis of Site Data in Watershed D – The Conemaugh-Blacklick Drainage. Report submitted to the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

2000

1. Final Report on the Investigations of the Shade Furnace. Report Prepared for the Somerset County Historical Society.
2. Final Report on the Phase I Investigations at the Rider House, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvnaia. Report submitted to Bureau for Historic Preservation for Review.
3. Final Report on a Phase I Investigation of a Proposed Sewer line in Lincoln Township, Somerset County Pennsylvania.
4. Final Report on the Phase I Investigation of the Proposed Site of the Indiana Wastewater Detention Site. Indiana County, PA.
5. Management Summary Phase II Investigations of the Borough of Port Allegany Flood Protection Project, McKean County, PA. Report Submitted to the DEP Bureau of Waterways Engineering by IUP Archeological Services and Kittatinny Archaeological Services.
6. Mitigation Alternatives for the Phase II Investigations of the Borough of Port Allegany Flood Protection Project, McKean County, PA. Report Submitted to the DEP Bureau of Waterways Engineering by IUP Archeological Services and Kittatinny Archaeological Services.

1999

1. Final Report Phase II Investigations of the Proposed Jeanette Flood Control Project. Prepared for DEP Bureau of Waterways Management by IUP Archaeological Services and Kittatinny Archaeological Services.
2. Final Report Investigations of the Clark House, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Report prepared for the Indiana County Historical Society

1998

1. Draft Report of Archaeological Investigations of the Ashmore Farm Site, South Strabane Township, Washington County, PA. Submitted to the Bureau for Historic Preservation
2. Act 70 Investigations of the Brajo Site, Bedford County, PA with Renee Walker. Report Submitted to the Bureau for Historic Preservation

1997

1. Phase I Investigations of the Proposed Parker Ballfield Site. Parker Boro, Armstrong County, PA. Report Submitted to the Armstrong County Planning Department.

1989

1. The Archaeological Monitoring Program, Volume 7 of the I-279/579 Expressway Project Series on Historical and Archaeological Investigations (Co-author with Ward Sutton)
2. Phase I and II Archaeological Investigations Along Howard Street, Volume 6 of the I-279/579 Expressway Project Series on Historical and Archaeological Investigations (Management summary)

1987

1. Final Report on Phase III Data Recovery Investigations at the Stratton Meadows Site (31Gh98), Graham County, North Carolina. Report submitted to the Federal Highway Administration.

1986

1. Draft Report on Phase III Data Recovery Investigations at the Stratton Meadows Site (31Gh98), Graham County, North Carolina. Report submitted to the Federal Highway Administration.
2. Final Report on Phase II Investigations at Seven Sites in North Strabane Township, Washington County, Pa.
3. 1985
4. Cultural Resource Investigations of the Impact Areas Affected by the Replacement of Locks and Dams 7 and 8, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Report Submitted to the Pittsburgh District Corps of Engineers.
5. Phase I Archaeological Survey of the East Waynesboro Loop 138 kV Transmission Line. Report Submitted to Allegheny Power System.
6. Phase II Testing of the Stratton Meadows Site, Graham County, North Carolina. Report Submitted to the Federal Highway Administration.
7. Phase II Testing of the High School Site (36So197), on L.R. 55143, Section 001, Somerset County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 9.
8. Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Sanitary Sewer Treatment and Collection System, Jackson Borough, Mercer County, Pa., Report Submitted to Northwest Engineering Co.
9. Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Sanitary Sewer Treatment and Collection System, Ashville Borough, Cambria County, Pa. Report Submitted to the Cambria County Redevelopment Authority.
10. Phase I Archaeological Investigations of the Old Stone House Site, L.R. 62175, Section A10, PennDot District 12, Washington County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 12.
11. Final Revised Report on Phase II Investigations of the Petersburg Railroad Bridge Investigations, Huntingdon County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 9.
12. Final Revised Report on Phase II Investigations of the Aughwick Creek Bridge Replacement Project, Huntingdon County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 9.

1984

1. Phase I Cultural Resource Investigations of the& West Bethlehem Township/Mariana Borough Wastewater Treatment Project, Washington County, Pa. Report Submitted to CD Applied Research and Engineering.
2. Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of the Sawgrass/Deerfield Expressway, Broward County, Fla. Report Submitted to PRC Engineering Co.
3. Phase I Cultural Resources Survey, L.R. 55143, Section 001, PennDot District 9, Somerset County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 9.
4. Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of Mile 210 to Mile 260 on Ohio Interstate’s Pipeline Right-of-way, Summary Report, Lawrence and Butler Counties, Pa. Report Submitted to Ecology and Environment, Inc.
5. Phase I Survey of Three Sewage System Subdistricts, North Strabane Township, Washington County, Pa. Report Submitted to Fayette Engineering Co.
6. Phase I Archaeological Survey of L.R. 1022, Section J07, Cambria County, Pa., Report Submitted to PennDot District 9.
7. Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of the Dorcon Road Right-of-way in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pa. Report Submitted to the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Forest Service.
8. Phase I Reconnaissance Survey, L.R. 1099, Westmoreland County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 12.

1983

1. Phase I Cultural Resource Reconnaissance of Damsite #3, LeHigh County, Pa., Report Submitted to the U.S.Army COE, Philadelphia District
2. Phase II Testing and Data Recovery, Petersburg Highway Bridge Project, Huntingdon County, Pa. Report Submitted to PennDot District 9.
3. Comprehensive Report on the Additional Investigations of the Phase II Pipeline Right-of-way. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.
4. Final Report on Survey and Testing of Archaeological Sites on 2.8 Miles of Transmission Line Right-of- way in Berks County, Pa. Report Submitted to Metropolitan Edison Question 12: 463-90-7093

1982

1. Summary Report on the Results of Additional Investigations at Three Sites in Berks County, Pa. Report Submitted to Metropolitan Edison Company.
2. Summary Report on the Results of a Phase I Survey of 2.8 Miles of Transmission Line Right-of-way in Berks County, Pa. Report Submitted to Metropolitan Edison Company.
3. Archaeological Investigations of West Penn Power Company’s Westraver Substation Site, Westmoreland County, Pa. Report Submitted to Allegheny Power System.
4. Summary Report on the Results of an Archaeological Survey of Additional Phase III Pipeline Rights-of-way. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.
5. Comprehensive Report on an Archaeological Survey of the Phase III Pipeline-Rights-of-way in Pennsylvania. with W.P. McHugh. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.
6. Comprehensive Report on an Archaeological Survey and Testing Program on a Pipeline Right-of-way in Northumberland County, Pa. Report Submitted to Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company)
7. Comprehensive Report on an Archaeological Survey and Testing Program of the Phase I and II Pipeline Rights-of-way in Pennsylvania. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.

1981

1. Executive Summary on an Archaeological Survey of PG&W’s pipeline rights-of-way. Report Submitted to Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company.
2. Final Report of an Archaeological Survey of the Proposed City of Shinnston Wastewater Treatment Plant Site. Report Submitted to the City of Shinnston, WVA.
3. Executive Summary on the Testing of Four Locales on Texas Eastern’s Pipeline Right-of-way in Pennsylvania. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.
4. Executive Summary on the Results of Additional Investigations on Texas Eastern’s Pipeline Right-of-way on the Loyalhanna River, Westmoreland County, Pa. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.
5. Executive Summary of the Results of an Archaeological Survey on Texas Eastern’s Pipeline Right-of-way in Pennsylvania. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.
6. Executive Summary of the Results of an Archaeolo­gical Survey on Texas Eastern’s Pipeline Right-of-way on the Loyalhanna River. Report Submitted to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation.

1980

1. Final Report on Investigations at Belldina’s Bottoms (Site 46 Mg 75A), Monongalia County, West Virginia. Report Submitted to Stearns-Rogers Services, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Society for American Archaeology
American Anthropological Association
Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology (Life Member)
Pennsylvania Archaeological Council
(President 1991-1993, 1999-2003)
(Vice-President 1989-1991)
(Secretary-Treasurer 1987-1989)
(Board Member 1985-1987)
Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies
(Board Member 1994-1996)
Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association
Pennsylvania Art Educators Association