March 2016
Matthew J. Douglass
2 Page CV
Department of Anthropology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
mdouglass3@unl.edu
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. (2010) University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology
M.A.
(2005) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Anthropology and Geography
B.A.
(2002) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Anthropology and Geography
Current Grants
 The Artifact Roadshow and Community Heritage Program. Heritage Stewardship Enhancement
Program. Christine Haney, Matthew Douglass, Dennis Kuhnel and Luke Hittner ($32,312 USD)
(submitted)
 Grassland Women’s Voices: Oral History Accounts of Women’s Experiences in Great Plains
Frontier Heritage. Oral History Grant: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard
University. Christine Haney and Matthew Douglass.($3,000 USD) (submitted)
 Doring River Land Use and the Evolution of Human Behavioral Complexity in Southern Africa.
Leakey Foundation General Grant. Alex Mackay, Matthew Douglass, and Sam Lin. ($24,850
USD) (submitted)
 From a Landscape Perspective: Papers in Honor of Prof. Jack Harris. Wenner-Gren Foundation.
David Braun, Simon Holdaway, Matthew Douglass and Emanuel Ndiema. ($19,720 USD) (2014)
 Challenge Cost Share Agreement Between the University Of Nebraska-Lincoln and the USDA,
Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands National
Grassland Visitor Center. USDA Forest Service/Univ. of Nebraska. Matthew Douglass
($104,766.80 USD) (2014-2016)
 Archaeological Inventory of the Platt National Park and National Historic Landmark District
Chickasaw National Recreation Area. National Parks Service. Matthew Douglass and LuAnn
Wandsnider ($94,000 USD) (2013-2015)
Recent Service
 Reviewer, American Antiquity, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Journal of
Archaeological Science, Quaternary International, Advances in Archaeological Practice, PlosOne
 Student Job Shadow, Take Charge – Career Readiness and Financial Responsibility: LPS (2013)
 Environmentor Upward Bound Science and Math (2012-2014)
 Claire Hubbard Lecture Committee (2013-Present)
 Hudson Meng Advisory and Research Board, Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed, Nebraska National
Forest (2013-Present)
 Anthropology Section Chair Nebraska Academy of Sciences (2013-2014)
 Certifacate of Recognition for Contributions to Students. Parents Association and Teaching
Council of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.(2015; 2016)
Publications ( Past Year)
(In Review) Douglass, Matthew J., Sam C. Lin, David R. Braun, and Thomas W. Plummer. Core use-life
distributions in lithic assemblages as a means for reconstructing behavioral patterns. Journal of
Archaeological Method and Theory.
(In Review) Harold L. Dibble, Simon J. Holdaway, Sam C. Lin , David R. Braun, Matthew J. Douglass ,
Radu Iovita , Shannon P. McPherron , Deborah I. Olszewski , Dennis Sandgathe. Major Fallacies
Surrouding Stone Artifacts and Assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.
(In Review) Matthew Douglass, Dennis Kuhnel, Matthew Magnani, Luke Hittner, Michael Chodoronek,
and Samantha Porter. Community Outreach, Digital Heritage and Private Collections: A case study in
understanding archaeological remains on private lands through public engagement in the North American
Great Plains. World Archaeology.
(Accepted) Magnani, Matthew, Matthew Douglass, and Samantha Porter.Closing the Seams: Resolving
Frequently Encountered Issues in Photogrammetric Modeling. Antiquity.
(Accepted) Lin, Sam, Matthew Douglass, and Alex Mackay. MIS3 artefact transport patterns in southern
Africa using Cortex Ratios: An example from the Putslaagte valley, Western Cape. South African
Archaeoligcal Bulletin.
(Accepted) Napier, Tiffany, Matthew Douglass, LuAnn Wandsnider, Ronald Goble. Investigating the
Human Response to the Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Nebraska Sand Hills: A Preliminary Study in
Building Occupation Histories with OSL Dating. Plains Anthropologist.
(In Press) Douglass, Matthew, Simon Holdaway, Justin Shiner and Patricia Fanning. Quartz and silcrete
raw material use and selection in late Holocene assemblages from semi-arid Australia. Quaternary
International.
(In Press) Holdaway, Simon, Justin Shiner, Patricia Fanning and Matthew Douglass. Context and
Complexity in Arid Australia: Assessing Human Reponses to an Unpredictable Environment. Edited
Volume: Assemblage Formation and Archaeological Interpretation in the 21st Century, edited by D.
Olszewski and AP Sullivan. University of Colorado Press, Bolder.
(2015) Douglass, Matthew, Michael Chodoronek, and Sam Lin. The Application of 3D Photogrammetry
for the In-field Documentation of Archaeological Features: Two Case Studies from the Great Plains.
Advances in Archaeological Practice.
(2015) Holdaway, Simon, Geoffrey King, Matthew Douglass, and Patricia Fanning. Human-environment
interactions at regional scales: the complex topography hypothesis applied to surface archaeological records
in Australia and North America. Archaeology in Oceania.
(2015) Holdaway, Simon and Matthew Douglass. Use beyond manufacture: non-flint stone artifacts from
Fowlers Gap, Australia. Lithic Technology.
Presentations and Invited Lectures (Past Year)
2016 Brunette, Jeremy C., Matthew Douglass, and Zachary Day. Malleable Minds:
The Importance of Flexibility in Developing Research Designs. 49th Annual Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Washington, D.C., January 08, 2016
2015 Brunette, Jeremy, Matthew Douglass, and Zachary Day. Creating unity: developing a community
outreach tool through public participation in the recreation of Sulphur springs, Indian Territory. 73nd
Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. Oct 14, 2015
2015 Rowe, Christopher, Michael Chodoronek, and Matthew Douglass. Views from afar: remote field
applications of photogrammetry in survey. 73nd Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City,
Iowa. Oct 15, 2015
2015 Day, Zachary, Matthew Douglass, and Luann Wandsnider. Pilot study on viability of x-ray diffraction
on central plains tradition pottery. 73nd Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. Oct
15, 2015
2015 Kuhnel, Dennis and Matthew Douglass. Symposium Organizers. Outreach and research outcomes
from community-based archaeological 'Artifact Roadshows'. 73nd Annual Plains Anthropological
Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. Oct 16, 2015
2015 Douglass, Matthew, Maia Behrendt, and Matthew Magnani. Towards a digital archive of artifact
collections from private lands: A discussion of the 2015 USDA/UNL Artifact Roadshows. 73nd Annual
Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. Oct 16, 2015
2015 Kuhnel, Dennis and Matthew Douglass National Grasslands Visitor Center Update and National
Grasslands Oral History Project. National Grasslands Annual Managers Meeting, Pocatello, ID, May 1214, 2015
2015 Douglass, Matthew, Ben Davies, and Simon Holdaway. Models and Measures: Approaches to
understanding movement in time averaged sequences. From a Landscape Perspective: A celebration of
J.W.K. Harris’ Career. Healdsburg, CA April 20-22nd, 2015.
2015 Reeves, Jonathan, David Braun, Matthew Douglass, Sarah Hlubik, Andrew Du, David Patterson, Jack
W.K. Harris. Landscape-Scale Patterning in Hominin Behavior in the Okote Member at East Turkana
Northern Kenya: Pairing Behavioral and Paleoecoloogical Data. Paleoanthropology Society Meeting, San
Francisco, April 14,15, 2015
2015 Magnani, Matthew, Matthew Douglass, and Samantha Porter. Low-Cost Collection Digitization:
Streamlining Photogrammetric Methodologies. 80th Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco CA.
April 18th 2015