Background:
Education
B.S.,
Anthropology, Michigan State University (1978)
M.S.,
Geology, Michigan State University (1984)
Ph.D.,
Geology, Michigan State University (1989)
Expertise
Geoarchaeology
& Geomorphology
Environmental
Geology & Hydrology
Computer
Mapping & GIS
Professional
Affiliations
Geological
Society of America
Society
for American Archaeology
American
Cultural Resources Association
Conference
on Michigan Archaeology.
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G. William Monaghan has been a professional geologist and
geoarchaeologist over 20 years. He is currently an Associate Research
Scientist at the Glenn Black Laboratory at Indiana University and consults
on CRM projects throughout the Midwest, East, and Mid-Atlantic regions.
His research interest include regional and site depositional history,
sedimentology, and buried archaeological site exploration. Currently, his
research has focused on how large-scale Holocene climate cycles effect
alluviation, human settlement and prehistoric site taphonomy. Extensively
trained in Quaternary and Holocene studies, including the sedimentology
and mineralogy of fluvial, lacustrine and glacial deposits, Dr. Monaghan
has carried out research on sites throughout the Midwest and Northeast. He
has authored more than 50 CRM reports or academic publications and
commonly presents his work at regional and national conferences.
Specifically interested in Holocene environmental change and its effect on
prehistoric human adaptation, he has designed and carried out regional and
site-specific scaled research projects for both industry and academia.
Over the past decade, he has designed deep test strategies for regionally
significant pipeline and highway projects that have led to the discovery
of many buried, stratified, prehistoric sites. Dr. Monaghan has undertaken
geological and geoarchaeological investigations for projects in such
diverse areas as the Great Lakes in Michigan and New York, the Hudson,
Lehigh, and Delaware valleys, and the Chesapeake-Delaware Bay area. He has
a long-term professional association with Michigan State University for
prehistoric research in Michigan's Saginaw Valley.
Monaghan's most recently published
monograph, Modeling Archaeological Site Burial in Southern Michigan: A
Geoarchaeological Synthesis (Michigan State University Press) with Dr. W. A. Lovis, represents the seminal work on deep testing results, methods, and
guidelines for alluvial settings in the Great Lakes Region.
Additionally, a new completed study (Minnesota Deep Test Protocol
Project), undertaken in cooperation with several Midwestern CRM
firms, established deep testing protocol for the Minnesota Department of
Transportation and represents the most comprehensive methodological
comparison ever undertaken. The protocol established for Mn/DOT by
this study will likely increasingly become the standard for most state
and federal agencies.
More Information: Copies of Dr. Monaghan's
Resume
and Curriculum Vita may be
downloaded in PDF format by clicking on the highlighted links above. |
