North Atlantic Biocultural Organisation: Skútustaðir Archaeological Project
Crew Member
Directors: Megan Hicks (Hunter College) and Adolf Friðrikson (FSI) Skútustaðir, located on the south end of Lake Myvatn in northeastern Iceland, is a farmstead that has been occupied since the Viking Age (871-1000 CE). Skútustaðir was (and still is) located along the major southern route around the lake, which positioned it as a major economic center. Excavation at the historic farm mound has focused primarily on deeply-stratified middens that have provided archaeofauna data on over 1,000 years of occupation. During the 2013 field season, I assisted in the excavation of a large midden, which led to the discovery of a section of wall that possibly belonged to an animal byre and a pair of dice dating to the Medieval period. The 2014 field season will focus on more midden excavation and a nearby pagan burial site. |
Mogollon Prehistoric Landscapes Project
Field School Teaching Associate
Directors: Margaret C. Nelson and Karen G. Schollmeyer (Archaeology Southwest) Roadmap Village, located along the Palomas Creek near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, was a Late Postclassic (ca. A.D. 1300-1450) Mogollon Pueblo. It was one of a series of large, multi-storied villages established at this time in the Eastern Mimbres area. During the 2012 field season, I led five undergraduate students in the excavation of a two-story pueblo room that included wall and roof fall, a turkey vulture burial, a mostly intact floor and a hearth (pictured to left). We also conducted some test excavations in a small plaza area where we uncovered a small hearth that was associated with a series of postholes and at least two surfaces. |
Legacies of Resilience: The Lake Pátzcuaro Basin Archaeological Project
Crew Member
Director: Christopher T. Fisher (Colorado State University) Angamuco, located in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin of Michoacán, was an ancient Purépecha city (covering approximately 26 square kilometers) occupied during the Classic and Postclassic periods. During the 2010 and 2011 field seasons, I helped with archaeological survey using both traditional, GIS, and LiDAR assisted methods, which resulted in the identification of over 20,000 structures on a malpaís formation. Two seasons of excavation have since been undertaken in both residential and civic-ceremonial portions of the site. |
NSF-REU Homol'ovi Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Field School Participant
Director: Lisa C. Young (University of Michigan) Creswell Pueblo, located in Homol'ovi State Park near Winslow, Arizona, was occupied during the 12th and early 13th century A.D. The site consisted of a small roomblock, two subterranean structures, and two extramural areas on the floodplain of the Little Colorado River. During the 2006 field season, I helped with geophysical survey, laying out the site grid, the excavation of a subterranean feature filled with trash (Structure 1), and completed a research project on the geology of the floodplain and how the occupation of Creswell Pueblo may have been affected by the flooding of the river. |
NSF-REU New Philadelphia Archaeological Project
Field School Participant
Director: Paul A. Shackel (University of Maryland) New Philadelphia, located in west-central Illinois, was established in 1836 by Free Frank McWorter, the first African American to found a town site. The town consisted of several homesteads, a grocery store, a schoolhouse, and a blacksmith. During the 2005 field season, I helped with geophysical survey, excavation, lab analysis, historical census research, and performed a faunal analysis with Terrence Martin (Illinois State Museum). |