- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Marine and fisheries research
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
2017-2020
University of Florida
2006-2008
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
2002
Five thousand–year history of Native American oyster harvesting practices provides insight into modern reef restoration.
Assessment of intrapopulation human health provides information concerning social structure, division labor, and lifestyle. Differential among the sexes can provide clues to roles, resource acquisition status within prehistoric populations. Windover (8Br246) is an Archaic mortuary pond located in eastern central Florida. Its occupation spans over 500 years dates 7000 BP. Over 168 well-preserved individuals were excavated, providing a glimpse into life during Florida's Archaic. Through...
This report presents findings from recent systematic surveys and excavations at the site of Finley's Pond (9CH204) to evaluate craft production (e.g., shell beads) settlement expansion on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, within context larger social, political, economic changes that occurred along Georgia coast over last millennia. Shovel tests excavation units were conducted as part University Georgia's 2016 Field School. The spatial distribution density Woodland Late Mississippian period Irene...
We present the results of 2022 excavations at Bluff Field site (9CH160), wherein we consider juxtaposition Bayesian radiocarbon modeling against current ceramic chronologies derived for Georgia coast. New evidence from AMS dating and statistical pushes both timing span Wilmington series ceramics beyond ranges afforded by models. Short-lived carbonized hickory nuts within excavation units shovel tests returned dates that are hundreds years later in time than currently accepted ceramics. These...