Curriculum Vitae
Michael Clauss
PO Box 213 Camden, Ohio 45311
(513) 593-0706 middenman@yahoo.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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North American Archaeology.
Focus on Hopewell, Algonquin and Southwestern Societies.
Native American Petroglyphs of North America.
EDUCATION:
Miami University Oxford, Ohio
BA in Anthropology, 2006 3.0 GPA
SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL SKILLS:
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Four Years Excavation experience on prehistoric and historic sites in the MidAtlantic, Midwest, and Southwest United States.
Experience in processing and analysis of ceramic, lithic, and faunal materials.
Knowledge of applications on GIS in archaeology and a broad range of
computer software usage.
Excellent research, editorial, and writing skills.
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS:
“Tibetan Shamanism” A film depicting footage of a Tungas Shaman ritual.
Presented at Miami University, 2005
“Ritual Traditions” A presentation on ritual rite ceremonies surrounding the Dalai Lama.
Paper presented at the Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Omaha
Nebraska, 2006.
“Petroglyph Pathways, the Geocontourglyphs of the Appalachian Plateau”.
This is a Book examining the meanings behind petroglyph imagery. Published in 2009
Excavation Experience:
Archaeological & Historical Consultants Centre Point, PA
Braddock, PA 9/15/2006 to 11/2/2006 Faze I/II Urban Historical Site.
Reading, PA 9/15/2006 to 11/2/2006 Phase III Archaic Quartzite Industrial Site.
Penn DOT projects which involved shovel testing and Excavating Test Units.
Shovel testing, Surface collection, GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
URS Corporation Cincinnati, Ohio
Akron, OH 11/2/2006 to 11/30/2006 Phase I, Marathon Gas Survey Pipeline.
Shovel testing, Surface collection, GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
Cincinnati, OH 5/7/2007 to 5/11/2007 and 5/28/2007 to 6/1/2007
Laboratory aid, Mississippian ceramics, lithics, assisted editing of associated report.
Madisonville, KY 5/14/2007 to 5/25/2007 Phase II, Midland Expansion Project.
Shovel testing, Surface collection GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
Vandalia, IL 7/9/2007 to 8/10/2007 and 1/12/2008 to 1/25/2008
Phase I Enbridge Southern Extension Pipeline.
Shovel testing, Surface collection GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
New Hanover, PA 2/4/2008 to 2/16/2008 Phase I Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
BHE Environmental Cincinnati, Ohio
Crawfordsville, IN 12/11/2006 to 1/23/2007 Phase I Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
Zanesville, OH 1/29/2007 to 2/24/2007 Phase I Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
Paris, TX 2/26/2007 to 3/20/2007 Phase I Golf Coast Boardwalk Project.
Shovel testing, Surface collection, GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
Cultural Resource Analysts Lexington, Kentucky
Lawrenceburg, IN 3/26/2007 to 5/4/2007 Phase III Argosy Casino Expansion.
Excavating Test Units, GPS mapping, collecting samples, and artifact analysis.
Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fort Atterbury, IN 8/27/2007 to 9/8/2007 Phase I National Guard Camp Atterbury
Shovel testing, Surface collection, GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
ASC Group Columbus, Ohio
Butler County, OH 9/28/2008 to 12/29/2008 Phase I Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
Shovel testing, Surface collection, GPS mapping, collecting samples, artifact analysis.
Environmental and Archaeology Florence, Kentucky
Pittsfield, Illinois 8/24/2008 to 10/04/2008 Phase III Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
Excavating Test Units, GPS mapping, collecting samples, and artifact analysis.
Louis Berger Group, Inc. Richmond, Virginia
Shelbyville, IN 3/25/2008 to 7/25/2008 Phase I/II Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
Harrison, OH 11/10/2008 to 12/23/2008 Phase III Rocky Mountain Express Pipeline.
Lake Ariel, PA 3/1/2009 to 4/24/2009 Phase I PPL- PA Transmission line
Excavating Test Units, GPS mapping, collecting samples, and artifact analysis.
Objectives:
To obtain a position in Archaeology where I can continue the
development of strong professional skills while making an
immediate contribution to my employer.
Profile:
Further Experience:
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Archaeology field experience on Phases I, II, and III.
20 years owner of a commercial and residential maintenance.
Ability to balance competing tasks to meet tight deadlines.
Experienced professional, strong management related skills.
Good communicator excellent interpersonal & computer skills.
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Recently worked as an Archaeological Field/Lab Technician.
Experienced in all phases of work in Cultural Resource
Management Archaeology. Work history includes the Enbridge
Southern Access Pipeline in Illinois, and two years on The
Rockies Express in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
with extensive data entry and materials collection experience.
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Owner and Operator of a commercial cleaning service, where I
routinely managed 15 employees in the inspection, cleaning
and restocking of as many as 30 Housing Units daily.
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Assistant Curator, Fort Vasquez, CO. State of Colorado Historical
Society. Supervised maintenance of Museum and repairs of adobe
walls. Conducted museum tours for School Children.
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Utilized GPS equipment along side GIS Maps with wildlife
survey techniques for winter wildlife population counts. City of
Boulder open space wintering raptor survey program and the
Colorado Division of Wildlife mountain lion tracking project.
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Research and Development of prototype laser printers and
computer tape duplication system while at IBM. Highly
reliable part of a research team responsible for analyzing and
correcting failures in a laboratory environment. Conducted
extensive detailed data entry for retrieval by engineers.
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U.S. Navy, Military Operations Specialist Petty Officer, 2nd
class, honorable discharge. Awarded the US Navy
Expeditionary Medal. Quartermaster skills include all phases of
radio communications as well as chart survey mapping,
plotting and Navigation Techniques.
Professional References:
URS Corporation
Crista Haag
CRM Department
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 651-3440
Archaeology and Historical consultants
Scott Padamonski
Centre Point, PA
(814) 880-4383
URS Corporation
Scott Buskey
CRM Department
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 226-8616
Personal References:
Al Shaw
(937) 336-3997
Camden, Ohio
28 years
James Madonna
(570) 472-8567
Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania
37 years