Barbara J. Heath
Curriculum Vitae
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1114 Stewart Street
Department of Anthropology
Knoxville, TN 37917
250 S. Stadium Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1098, bheath2@utk.edu
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1988 American Civilization/Historical Archaeology, The University
of Pennsylvania
M.A. 1983 American Civilization, The University of Pennsylvania
B.A. 1982 Anthropology/Spanish, The College of William and Mary
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Archaeological method and theory, historical archaeology of North America
and the Caribbean, archaeology of the African diaspora, colonialism, historic
landscapes, material culture, public archaeology and interpretation, Thomas
Jefferson
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS/EMPLOYMENT
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2012-present Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
2011-present Affiliated faculty, Africana Studies
2011-present Affliliated faculty, American Studies
2006-2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
2000-2006
Director of Archaeology and Landscapes
1992-2000
Director of Archaeology
Virginia Commonwealth University
2005 Instructor, Department of World Studies
Sweet Briar College
1997 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Virginia, Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies
1997-2009 Instructor, Landscape Institute
1989-2007
Instructor, Department of Anthropology
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation (Monticello)
1991
Assistant Director of Archaeology
1989-1991
Acting Director of Archaeology
1988-1989
Field Supervisor
James River Institute for Archaeology
1987-1988
Field Supervisor
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks
1986-1987
Archaeologist
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
1985-1986
Field Technician
College of William and Mary, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles
1983-1986
Field School Supervisor
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
1984-1985
Lecturer
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Heath, Barbara J., 1999. Hidden Lives: The Archaeology of Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson’s
Poplar Forest. The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Edited Volumes
Heath, Barbara J. and Jack Gary, editors. 2012. Jefferson’s Poplar Forest: Unearthing a Virginia
Plantation. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Heath, Barbara J., editor. 2001. Jamestown Archaeological Assessment, National Park Service,
US Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Refereed Journal Articles
McMillan, Lauren K., D. Brad Hatch and Barbara J. Heath. 2015. Dating and Chronology
at the John Hallowes Site (44WM6), Westmoreland County, Virginia. Northeast Historical
Archaeology 43:18-36.
Hatch, D. Brad, Barbara J. Heath and Lauren K. McMillan. 2014. Reassessing the
Hallowes Site: Conflict and Settlement in the 17th-century Potomac Valley. Historical
Archaeology 48(4):46-75.
Heath, Barbara J. and Eleanor Breen. 2012. Assessing Variability among Quartering Sites in
Virginia. Northeast Historical Archaeology 38:1-28 (2009).
Klippel, Walter E., Jennifer A. Systelien, and Barbara J. Heath. 2011. Taphonomy and Fish
Bones From an Enslaved African American Context at Poplar Forest, Virginia, USA.
Archaeofauna 20:27-45.
Heath, Barbara J. and Lori A. Lee. 2010. Memory, Race and Place: African American
Landscapes at Poplar Forest. History Compass 8(12):1352-1368.
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Paterson, Alistair G. and Heath, Barbara J. 2009. Current Research in Australia and New
Zealand, An Overview. Historical Archaeology 43(3):112-118.
Heath, Barbara J. and Amber Bennett. 2000. ‘The little spots allow’d them’: The
Archaeological Study of African-American Yards. Historical Archaeology 34(2):38-55 (same
as 2009 Heath and Bennett article cited above, 2009).
Heath, Barbara J. 1991. “Pots of Earth”: Afro-Caribbean Wares from St. Eustatius.
Florida Journal of Anthropology 16(7):33-50.
Book Chapters
Heath, Barbara J. 2013. Landscape Archaeology at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. In
Sourcebook for Garden Archaeology: Methods, Techniques, Interpretations and Field Examples,
edited by Aichal Malek, pp.697-706. Peter Lang AG /Fondation des Parcs et Jardins de
France, Bern.
Heath, Barbara J. 2012. A Brief History of Plantation Archaeology in Virginia. In Jefferson's
Poplar Forest: Unearthing a Virginia Plantation, edited by Barbara J. Heath and Jack Gary, pp.
20-45. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Heath, Barbara J. 2012. Slave Housing, Household Formation and Community Dynamics
at Poplar Forest, 1760s-1810s. In Jefferson's Poplar Forest: Unearthing a Virginia Plantation,
edited by Barbara J. Heath and Jack Gary, pp. 105-128. University Press of Florida,
Gainesville.
Heath, Barbara J. and Jack Gary. 2012. “Two Tracts of Land at the Poplar Forest”: An
Historical and Archaeological Overview of Thomas Jefferson’s Central Virginia Plantation
and Villa Retreat. In Jefferson's Poplar Forest: Unearthing a Virginia Plantation, edited by
Barbara J. Heath and Jack Gary, pp. 1-19. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Heath, Barbara J. 2010. Space and Place within Plantation Quarters in Virginia, 1700-1825.
In Cabin, Quarter, Plantation: Architecture and Landscapes of North American Slavery, edited by
Clifton Ellis and Rebecca Ginsburg, pp. 156-176. Yale University Press.
Heath, Barbara J. and Amber Bennett. 2009. ‘The little spots allow’d them’: The
Archaeological Study of African-American Yards. In Perspectives from Historical Archaeology:
African Diaspora Archaeology edited by Nicholas Honercamp, pp. 56-72. The Society for
Historical Archaeology.
Heath, Barbara J. 2008. Thomas Jefferson’s Landscape of Retirement. In Post-Medieval
Estate Landscapes: Design, Improvement and Power, edited by Jonathan Finch and Kate Giles,
pp. 129-147. The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Monograph no. 4. Boydell &
Brewer, Ltd., Woodbridge.
Heath, Barbara J. 2004. Engendering Choice: Slavery and Consumerism in Central
Virginia. In Engendering African American Archaeology, edited by Jillian Galle and Amy
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Young, pp. 19-38. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Heath, Barbara J. 1999. Buttons, Beads and Buckles: Self-Definition within the
Bounds of Slavery. In Historical Archaeology, Identity Formation and the Interpretation of
Ethnicity, edited by Maria Franklin and Garrett R. Fesler, pp. 47-69. Colonial
Williamsburg Research Publications, Dietz Press, Richmond.
Heath, Barbara J. 1999. Nineteenth-century Small Farms and Plantations. In The
Archaeology of 19th-Century Virginia, edited by John H. Sprinkle and Theodore R. Reinhart,
pp. 53-76. Special Publication No.36 of the Archeological Society of Virginia. Dietz Press,
Richmond.
Heath, Barbara J. 1999. Yabbas, Monkeys, Jugs and Jars: Local Pottery Production
and Its Meaning. In African Sites: Archaeology in the Caribbean, edited by Jay B.
Haviser, pp. 196-220. Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton, New Jersey.
Heath, Barbara J. 1999. “Your Humble Servant”: Free Artisans in the Monticello
Community. In I, too, am America: Archaeological Studies of African-American Life,
edited by Theresa A. Singleton, pp. 193-217. University Press of Virginia,
Charlottesville.
Heath, Barbara J. 1997. Archaeology and Interpretation at Thomas Jefferson's
Monticello and Poplar Forest. In Presenting Archaeology to the Public: Digging for
Truths, edited by John H. Jameson, pp. 177-192. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek.
Heath, Barbara J. 1996.Temper, temper: Recent Scholarship on Colonoware in
Eighteenth-Century Virginia. In The Archaeology of Eighteenth-Century Virginia, edited
by Theodore R. Reinhart, pp. 149-175. Special Publication No. 35 of the
Archeological Society of Virginia, Dietz Press, Richmond.
Encyclopedia Entries
2015 Poplar Forest, Virginia (United States). In The Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia,
Karen Bescherer Metheny and Mary Beaudry, editors, pp. 414-415. Rowman & Littlefield.
Conference Proceedings
Heath, Barbara J. 2001. Bounded Yards and Fluid Borders: Landscapes of Slavery at Poplar
Forest. In Places of Cultural Memory, African Reflections on the American Landscape Conference
Proceedings, pp.69-81. US Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/crdi/conferences/AFR_69-82_Heath.pdf
Heath, Barbara J., 1991. A Typological Analysis of Afro-Caribbean Wares from St.
Eustatius. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology.
Willemsted, Curacao.
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Non-Refereed Journals and Newsletters
Heath, Barbara J. 2014. University of Tennessee: Historical Archaeology in Virginia.
Virginia Archaeologist 31(2):29-30.
Heath, Barbara J. 2013. 44PO157, Indian Camp. Virginia Archaeologist 29(2):8-9.
Heath, Barbara J. 2012. Wingos (44BE0298) and Indian Camp (44PO157 and 158)
Summer 2012 Update. Virginia Archaeologist 29(2):8-9.
Heath, Barbara J. 2008. Introduction. Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia
63(3):109-114.
Heath, Barbara J. 2008. Rediscovering Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Quarterly Bulletin
of the Archeological Society of Virginia 63(3):124-136.
Heath, Barbara J. 1997. Slavery and Consumerism: A Case Study from Central Virginia.
African-American Archaeology, Newsletter of the African-American Archaeology Network 19:1-8.
Heath, Barbara J. 1994. “Discovering the Plantation World of Jefferson's Poplar
Forest.” Notes on the State of Poplar Forest, Vol. 2:13-18.
Heath, Barbara J. 1991. Artisan Housing at Monticello: The Stewart/Watkins Site.
Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia. 46(1):10-16.
Reviews
Heath, Barbara J. 2014. Book review of “The Archaeology of Race and Racialization in Historic
America.” Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 30:181-182.
Heath, Barbara J., 2011. Book Review of "The Jeffersons at Shadwell." Buildings &
Landscapes 18(2):108-110.
Heath, Barbara J., 1998. Book Review of “Landscape Archaeology, Reading and Interpreting the
American Historical Landscape.” Historical Archaeology 32(4):107-109.
Public Interpretative Materials
Heath, Barbara J. 2000. Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Six panel visitor
brochure.
Heath, Barbara J. 2002. Poplar Forest Landscape brochure.
Dissertation
Heath, Barbara J. 1988. Afro-Caribbean Ware: A Study of Ethnicity on St. Eustatius.
Ph.D. dissertation, Department of American Civilization, University of
Pennsylvania. University
Microfilms International, Ann Arbor.
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In Press:
[2015] Heath, Barbara J. 2015. Book review of “Ireland in the Virginian Sea: Colonialism in
the British Atlantic.” American Anthropologist.
[2016] Heath, Barbara J. Cowrie Shells, Global Trade and Local Exchange: Piecing
together the Evidence. Historical Archaeology 50(2). (accepted spring 2015)
Heath, Barbara J. Dynamic Landscapes: The Emergence of Formal Spaces in the
Chesapeake. In Current Research into the Archaeology of American Landscapes, thematic
issue of Historical Archaeology, edited by Eric Proebsting and Jack Gary (accepted spring
2015).
In Preparation:
Heath, Barbara J. and Eleanor E. Breen
[2016] Archaeological Research on Eighteenth-Century Virginia: Recent Scholarship, Trends,
and Future Directions. Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia.
Heath, Barbara J., Laura J. Galke and Lori A. Lee
[2016] Archaeological Research on Virginia Sites 1780-1860: A Synthesis. Quarterly Bulletin
of the Archeological Society of Virginia.
Heath, Barbara J.
[2016 or 2017] Commoditization, Consumption and Interpretive Complexity: The
Contingent Role of Cowries in the Modern World. In Material Worlds: Archaeology,
Consumption, and the Road to Modernity edited by Barbara J. Heath, Eleanor E. Breen and
Lori A. Lee. Routledge Press.
Heath, Barbara J., Eleanor E. Breen and Lori A. Lee, editors
[2016 or 2017] Material Worlds: Archaeology, Consumption, and the Road to Modernity.
Routledge Press (under contract)
King, Julia A. and Barbara J. Heath, editors. Colonial Encounters: The Archaeology of the Lower
Potomac River Valley, 1500-1720.
Heath, Barbara J.
African bondage in the Potomac Valley: Evidence from the Colonial Encounters Dataset. In
Colonial Encounters: The Archaeology of the Lower Potomac River Valley, 1500-1720, edited by
Julia A. King and Barbara J. Heath.
Unpublished Reports
Heath, Barbara J., Eleanor E. Breen and Crystal Ptacek (in prep). Archaeological
Excavations at Wingos Quarter (44BE0298) Forest, Virginia. Results from the 2000-2012
Seasons. University of Tennessee Archaeological Reports.
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Hatch, D. Brad, Lauren McMillan and Barbara J. Heath. 2013. Archaeological
Reassessment of the Hallowes Site (44WM6). Report submitted to the Virginia Department
of Historic Resources. Ms. on file, The Virginia Department of Historic Resources,
Richmond, VA. (156 pages + appendices).
Ptacek, Crystal L. and Barbara J. Heath. 2013. A Summary Report on Testing at the
French’s Tavern Portion of Historic Indian Camp Plantation, Powhatan County, Virginia.
Report submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources. Ms. on file, The Virginia Department of Historic
Resources, Richmond, VA. (15 pages + figures and appendices).
Ptacek, Crystal L. and Barbara J. Heath. 2013. A Summary Report on Testing at Field 100
of Historic St. James Plantation, Powhatan County, Virginia. Report submitted to the
National Endowment for the Humanities and the Virginia Department of Historic
Resources. Ms. on file, The Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA. (10
pages + figures and appendices).
Heath, Barbara J. 2012. A Brief Report and Statement of Significance for Two Potentially
Significant Sites on the French’s Tavern portion of Historic Indian Camp Plantation,
Powhatan County, Virginia. Report submitted to the National Endowment for the
Humanities and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Ms. on file, The Virginia
Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA. (15 pages + appendices).
Heath, Barbara J., Eleanor E. Breen, Dustin S. Lawson, and Daniel W. H. Brock, with
contributions by Jonathan Baker and Kandace Hollenbach. 2009. Archaeological
Reassessment of Newman's Neck (44NB180). University of Tennessee Archaeological
Reports. Ms. on file, The Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA. (136
pages+ appendices).
Lichtenberger, Randy, Barbara Heath, Keith Adams, Michael Jennings, Heather Olson,
Lori Lee, Bree Detamore, and Tim Trussell. 2006. Archaeological Mitigation of the
Proposed Pump House Site at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest, Virginia. Ms. on
file, Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Forest, VA. (124 pages + appendices).
Heath, Barbara J., Randy Lichtenberger, Keith Adams, Lori Lee, and Elizabeth Paull. 2005.
Poplar Forest Archaeology: Studies in Plantation Life and Landscape, Excavations and
Analysis of Site B, Southeast Curtilage, June 2004–August 2005. Ms. On file, The
Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest, VA. (44 pages).
Heath, Barbara J., Randy Lichtenberger, Keith Adams, and Elizabeth Paull. 2004. Poplar
Forest Archaeology: Studies in African American Life, Excavations and Analysis of Site A,
Southeast Terrace and Site B, Southeast Curtilage, June 2003-June 2004. Ms. on file, The
Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest, VA. (44 pages).
http://www.poplarforest.org/ARCH/pwf04report.pdf
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Heath, Barbara J. and Randy Lichtenberger. 2003. Excavation Report on Sandusky West
Parking Lot Survey and Mitigation Project. Submitted to Historic Sandusky, Inc.,
Lynchburg, VA. Ms. on file, The Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest, VA (17
pages).
Heath, Barbara J. and Randy Lichtenberger. 2002. Excavation Report on Boundary Testing
for Tree Screen and Parking at Historic Sandusky. Ms.on file, Historic Sandusky
Foundation, Lynchburg, VA. (53 pages).
Heath, Barbara J. 1995. Excavations at 44CP20: Point of Honor Stable, Lynchburg,
Virginia. Ms. on file, Lynchburg Museum System, Lynchburg, VA. (35 pages +
appendices).
Heath, Barbara J. 1994. An Interim Report on the 1993 Excavations: The Quarter
Site at Poplar Forest, Forest, Virginia. Ms. on file, The Corporation for Jefferson's
Poplar Forest, Forest, VA. (55 pages).
Heath, Barbara J. 1993. A Report on the 1992-1993 Excavations: The Perimeter of
the House and Excavations Related to Restoration Drainage/Foundation Work at
Poplar Forest, Forest, Virginia. Ms. on file, The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar
Forest, Forest, VA. (95 pages).
Heath, Barbara J. 1993. Report on the Archaeological Testing for the Proposed Tree
Screen, March-April 1993. Ms. on file, The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar
Forest, Forest, VA. (12 pages + figures).
Heath, Barbara J.1991. A Report on the Archaeological Excavations at Monticello,
Charlottesville, VA: The William Stewart Site. Ms. on file, The Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation, Charlottesville, VA. (123 pages + appendices).
Heath, Barbara J. 1990. A Report on the Archaeological Excavations at Monticello,
Charlottesville, VA: 1989 The West Portico. Ms. on file, The Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation, Charlottesville, VA. (37 pages).
Heath, Barbara J. 1989. Archaeological Excavations of the North Orchard 19841989. Ms. on file, The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Charlottesville, VA.
(14 pages).
Heath, Barbara J. 1989. A Report on the Archaeological Excavations at Monticello,
Charlottesville, VA: 1985-1989 The North Yard. Ms. on file, The Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation, Charlottesville, VA.
Heath, Barbara J. 1988. A Report on Archaeological Testing at Jefferson's Poplar
Forest. Ms. on file, The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Forest, VA.
Heath, Barbara J. 1987. Archaeological Testing at the Denbigh Courthouse. Ms. on
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file, The James River Institute for Archaeology, Jamestown, VA.
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
2010
University of Tennessee "Quest Scholar of the Week" September 21-27.
2006
Virginia Professional Archaeologist of the Year, awarded by Archeology Society of
Virginia
2005
Batten Fellow, International Center for Jefferson Studies, one month
residential research fellowship
2003
DAACS Fellow, International Center for Jefferson Studies, two month
residential research fellowship
1988
Graduate Arts and Sciences Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania.
1983-85
Teaching Assistantship, University of Pennsylvania.
1982-83
University Fellow, University of Pennsylvania.
1981
Phi Beta Kappa, College of William and Mary.
GRANTS
FY2015-2016 Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Threatened Sites Fund. For
collections assessment of Curles Neck, Henrico County, VA. ($4,945).
FY2015-2016 National Geographic Society, Waitt Grant. Landscapes of the 17th-century
Potomac Valley: Archaeology at Mottroms (44NB11). For excavations and analysis at
Mottrom’s, Northumberland County, VA. ($14,665).
FY 2015 Department of Anthropology, UTK. Summer research grant for Coan Hall,
Northumberland County, VA. ($10,553).
FY2014 Mellon Foundation, Faculty collaborator in Digital Archaeological Archive of
Comparative Slavery Research Consortium. $5800. (Fraser Neiman and Jillian Galle,
Monticello, PIs).
FY2013-2014 NEH Collaborative Research Grant, Colonial Encounters: The Lower
Potomac River at Contact 1500-1720AD.” $20,115.59. Subcontractor (Dr. Julia King,
SMCM, PI).
FY2013 UTK SARIF Foreign Travel Award ($1500)
FY2011 UTK SARIF Equipment Grant ($8149.04).
FY2010-2013 NEH Collaborative Research Grant, "Engaging the Piedmont: Transitions in
Virginia Slavery 1730-1790." $240,000. Designated by NEH as a "We the People" project.
FY2010 UTK SARIF grant and Department of Anthropology research funding, "Indian
Camp Field Work" ($5000).
FY2009 Save America's Treasures Grant, "Archaeology at the Craighead-Jackson House
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Site and the Blount Mansion Visitor Center, Knoxville, TN" ($36,865).
2009 NSF/Missouri Research Reactor, "Afro-Caribbean Ware: Production and Exchange
on Nevis and St. Kitts." ($7875 subsidy for pottery sample processing and analysis).
FY 2008-2009 UTK Professional Development Grant, "Documenting the Wayles Slave
Communities: Transitions in Virginia Slavery 1720-1775." ($4776).
FY 2008-2009 The Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Threatened Sites Fund
($11,059)
FY2008 Tennessee Historical Commission for work at Tipton Haynes State Historic Site
(40WG59) ($15,000)
FY2008 UTK SARIF Foreign Travel Award ($1500)
FY 2008-2009 UTK Tech Fee Equipment Grant ($4903)
FY2007 UTK SARIF Grant for Graduate Student Research Assistance ($3000)
2005 The Beazley Foundation ($25,000)
2002-2005 The Public Welfare Foundation. ($225,000)
2002 The Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
2004 The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities ($5000)
2001 The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities ($3000)
1994-1995 The Henry Luce Foundation ($110,000)
Papers/Conference Sessions (sole author of paper and presenter of paper unless noted)
2015 Materiality, Race and Slavery: How Archaeology Contributes to Dialogues at Historic
Sites. Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History, Nashville, TN., April 1518 (invited).
2015 Indo-Pacific Cowrie Shells in Colonial Virginia. Paper presented at the Small Finds
Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA. April 10.
2015 African Bondage in the Potomac Valley: Evidence from the Colonial Encounters
Dataset. Annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD. March 1215.
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2015 Brass, Iron, and Leather: Saddles, Bridles and Horse culture in the late 17th- and early
18th-century Chesapeake (with Eric Schweickart). Annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological
Conference, Ocean City, MD. March 12-15.
2015 Colonial Encounters: The Lower Potomac Valley at Contact. Session co-chair with
Julia A. King. 45th Annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD.
March 12-15.
2015 SHA Membership Survey Results. 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical
Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Seattle, WA January
7-10 (paper presentation and session chair).
2015 Rediscovering the Landscapes of Wingos and Indian Camp: An Archaeological
Perspective. 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Seattle, WA January 7-10 (invited).
2015“A Bewildering Variety”: A Material Culture Approach to Pearlware Hollow Forms.
48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology, Seattle, WA January 7-10 (with Esther White and Eleanor Breen)
(invited).
2014 Global Trade, Regional Patterns, and Local Meaning: Cowrie Shells in
Colonial Virginia. Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Greenville, SC. November 1215 (invited).
2014 Materiality, Race, and Slavery: Archaeological Interpretations of Enslavement at
Historic Sites. Paper presented at Facing the Past, Freeing the Future Conference, Randolph
College, Lynchburg, VA. April 3-6 (invited).
2014 The Changing Landscape of Indian Camp. 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Québec,
Canada, January 8-11 (with Meagan Dennison, Crystal Ptacek and Hope Smith) (invited).
2014 Reassessing the Hallowes Site: Conflict and Settlement in the 17th-century Potomac
River Valley. 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Québec, Canada, January 8-11 (with Brad Hatch
and Lauren McMillan) (invited).
2013 Cowrie Shells in Colonial Virginia: Piecing together the Evidence. Annual Meeting of
the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, Newark, Delaware, November 8-10.
(invited)
2013 Landscapes of Slavery. The Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation, Lynchburg,
VA March 21. (invited)
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2013. Symposium organizer (with Lori Lee). “Perspectives on Virginia Plantations." 43rd
Annual Meeting, Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, March
7-10.
2013. New Research at Indian Camp Plantation. 43rd Annual Meeting, Middle Atlantic
Archaeological Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, March 7-10.
2013 (with Lauren McMillan). Preliminary Interpretations from Recent Investigations of the
Coan Hall (44NB11) Archaeological Site. 43rd Annual Meeting, Middle Atlantic
Archaeological Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, March 7-10.
2013 Archaeological Engagement with Disasters, Displacements and Human Rights.
Disasters, Displacement and Human Rights Conference, February 8-9. University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. (invited)
2013. The Distribution of Cowrie Shells in Colonial Virginia. 46th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology,
Leicester, UK, January 9-12.
2012. Symposium Co-chair (with Jack Gary) “The Interdisciplinary Archaeology of Two
Virginia Plantations.” 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Memphis, TN, April 18-22.
2012 Barbara Heath. Slave Housing, Household Formation and Community Dynamics at
Poplar Forest. 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis,
TN, April 18-22.
2012 Andrew Wilkins, Crystal Ptacek and Barbara Heath. Artifact and Soil Chemical
Distributions at Wingo’s Quarter Site, Bedford County, Virginia. 77th Annual Meeting of
the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, TN, April 18-22.
2012 The Domestic Landscape of the Wingos Quarter (44BE298), Bedford County,
Virginia. 42nd Annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, March 23-25, Virginia
Beach, Virginia.
2012 Session Co-chair (with Lori Lee). Landscapes of Slavery in Virginia. 42nd Annual
Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, March 23-25, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2012 Engaging the Piedmont: Examining Regional Variability among Eighteenth-Century
Quartering Sites in Virginia. 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology
Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Baltimore, Maryland, January 4-8.
(with Lori A. Lee) (invited).
2011 An examination of inter- and intra-island trade of Afro-Caribbean ware in the Lesser
Antilles. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sacramento,
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California, March 30-April 3. (with Todd Ahlman, Gerald Schroedl, Grant Gilmore, and
Jeffrey Ferguson) (invited.)
2011 Afro-Caribbean ceramics and the economic dynamics of slave-village life on Nevis.
76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sacramento, Calfornia,
March 30-April 3 (with Fraser D. Neiman and Jillian E. Galle) (invited.)
2011 Afro-Caribbean ceramics and the economic dynamics of slave-village life on Nevis.
44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology. Austin, Texas, January 5-8. (with Fraser D. Neiman and
Jillian E. Galle) (invited.)
2011 Assessing Variability Between Quartering Sites in Revolutionary-Era Virginia. 44th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Austin, Texas, January 5-8 (with Eleanor Breen) (invited).
2010 Archaeological Approaches to African-American Material Culture in the Chesapeake.
MESDA Conference on American Material Culture. Madison Georgia, October 28-30
(invited).
2010 Slave Housing, Household Formation, and Community Dynamics at Poplar Forest,
1760s-1820s. 40th Annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference. Ocean City,
Maryland, March 18-21 (invited).
2010 Dynamic Landscapes: The Emergence of Formal Spaces in the Chesapeake. 43rd
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Amelia Island, Florida, January 6-9. (invited).
2010 Discussant, Archaeology at a Presidential Plantation: James Madison's Montpelier.
43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology. Amelia Island, Florida, January 6-9 (invited).
2009 Chair, Plantations, Farms, and Frontiers: Historical Archaeological Approaches. 74th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia, April 22-26.
2009 Colonial Expansion on the Chesapeake Frontier: A Reassessment of Newman’s Neck
Plantation. 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta,
Georgia, April 22-26.
2009 Discussant, Plantation Archaeology: Expanding Perspectives. 42nd Annual Meeting
of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater
Archaeology. Toronto, Ontario, January 7-11 (invited).
2009 Poor Potters of the Caribbean: Norm Barka and the Study of Afro-Caribbean Ware.
42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology. Toronto, Ontario, January 7-11 (invited).
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2008 Archaeology at Wolf Branch Farm: The search for Wingo’s Quarter. Annual Meeting
of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, St. Mary’s City, Maryland, October
24.
2008 Virginia State Plan Synthesis: The Archaeology of the Federal (1783-1820) and
Antebellum (1821-1860) Periods. State Plan session of the Archeology Society of Virginia’s
Annual Meeting, Martinsville, Virginia, October 9. (with Laura Galke)
2008 Virginia State Plan Synthesis: The Archaeology of the Late Colonial Period (17201783). State Plan session of the Archeology Society of Virginia’s Annual Meeting,
Martinsville, Virginia, October 9.
2008 Archaeological Approaches to the study of Jefferson’s Monticello and Poplar Forest.
The Virginia Forum. Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 11-12 (invited).
2008 Comparative Analyses of Three Subfloor Pit Assemblages at Poplar Forest. 41st
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Albuquerque, New Mexico. (with Lori Lee).
2008 People, Place, Perspective, and Period: A Phenomenological Approach to
Interpretation on the Web. 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology
Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Albuquerque, New Mexico. (with
Mark Freeman).
2007 Discussant, Thomas Jefferson: Family, History, Memory. Society for Historians for
the Early American Republic Annual Conference. Worcester, Massachusetts, July 19-22
(invited).
2007 Crafting Context: The Material World of Artisans at Monticello and Poplar Forest.
Elizabeth Stevenson Ives Lecture Series, Hope Plantation, Windsor, North Carolina
(invited).
2007 Space and Place within Plantation Quarters in Virginia 1700-1825. Middle Atlantic
Archaeological Conference, Virginia Beach, VA (March 17).
2007 Space and Place within Plantation Quarters in Virginia 1700-1825. 40th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Williamsburg, Virginia (invited).
2007 Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Life and Labor at Poplar Forest. 40th Annual Meeting
of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater
Archaeology. Williamsburg, Virginia. (with Lori Lee and Randy Lichtenberger).
2007 Discussant, Historic Landscapes, Formation, Use, and Perception. 40th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
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Underwater Archaeology. Williamsburg, Virginia. (invited)
2006 Discussant (invited). Virginia Forum, April 6-8, Winchester, Virginia.
2006 Archaeological Approaches to Slavery in Virginia. Council of Virginia
Archaeologists’s Public Education Session in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the
Archeological Society of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia (invited).
2006 Memory, Race and Place: African American Landscapes at Poplar Forest. 71st
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico (with
Lori Lee).
2006 Exploring African American Kinship Ties in Central Virginia. Middle Atlantic
Archaeological Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia. March 23-26.
2005 Session organizer and Chair, Landscapes and Memory: The Archaeology of Past and
Present. 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology. York, England.
2005 Thomas Jefferson’s Landscape of Retirement. 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, York,
England.
2005 Memory, Race and Place: African American Landscapes at Poplar Forest. 38th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology, York, England (with Lori Lee).
2004 Property Ownership, Slavery and DAACS. International Center for Jefferson Studies,
Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia (invited).
2003 Session organizer and co-chair with Fiona J.L. Handley, Interpreting and Presenting
the Archaeology of Slavery to the Public. Fifth World Archaeological Congress,
Washington, DC.
2003 Interpreting Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest: Challenges and
Opportunities. Fifth World Archaeological Congress, Washington, DC.
2003 A Comparative Analysis of African-American Adornment Practices in the
Chesapeake. 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Providence, Rhode Island.
2003 Discussant, Montpelier Archaeology. 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology,
Providence, Rhode Island (invited).
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2002 Rediscovering Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Middle Atlantic Archaeological
Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2002 Recovering Lost Landscapes at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Poster presented at
the 67th Annual Meeting, Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado (with Scott
Grammer and Heather Olson).
2002 “Old man, young gardener”: The Landscape of Thomas Jefferson’s Retirement.
Designs on Nature: The Archaeology of Formal Gardens. Gunston Hall, Mason Neck,
Virginia (invited).
2001 Bounded Yards and Fluid Borders: Landscapes of Slavery at Poplar Forest. Places of
Cultural Memory: African Reflections on the American Landscape. Atlanta, Georgia
(invited).
2001 African American Foraging Strategies at a Virginia Plantation. 66th Annual Meeting,
Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana (with Leslie Raymer).
2001 Archaeological Research, Resources and Education: Field Schools at Thomas
Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology
Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Los Angeles, California.
2000 Utility and Beauty: Rediscovering Lost Landscapes at Poplar Forest. Exploring the
Private World of Thomas Jefferson Symposium, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest,
Virginia (invited).
2000 Recovering Hidden Landscapes: An Archaeological Approach to Slavery at Thomas
Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Council of Virginia Archaeologists’ Public Education Session in
conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Archeological Society of Virginia, Franklin,
Virginia.
2000 The Data are in the Details: Thoughts on the Utility of the Archive. The Digital
Archive of Chesapeake Slavery Symposium, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia (invited).
2000 Session organizer and Chair, Landscape Archaeology, A Growing Field of Inquiry.
33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology. Quebec City, Quebec.
1999 Archaeological Perspectives on Landscape Preservation: A Panel Discussion.
Preservation and Revitalization Conference. Frederick, Maryland (invited panelist).
1999 Reading Landscapes in Black and White: Exploring Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest.
Invited paper presented at “Landscapes Formal, Landscapes Functional: Ornamental and
Practical Modifications of the historic Chesapeake Landscape.” Gunston Hall, Mason
Neck, Virginia.
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1999 New Perspectives on Piedmont Virginia Plantations. Session Chair. 32nd Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Salt Lake City, Utah.
1999 Rediscovering an Historic Landscape: Archaeology, Documents and GIS at Poplar
Forest. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Salt Lake City, Utah.
1999 Personal Work Time and the Presence of Tools at Two Slave Quarter Sites in Central
Virginia. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Salt Lake City, Utah (with Heather Olson).
1998 Discovering the Old Plantation: The Domestic Architecture of Slavery at Poplar
Forest. Housing Slavery in the Age of Jefferson: Comparative Perspectives. Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia (invited).
1998 African Americans and Consumerism: Historical and Archaeological Sources on
Material Culture. 20th Annual Conference of the National Council on Public History,
Austin, Texas (invited).
1998 “Yabbas, Monkeys and ‘English Things’: The Multiple Uses of Afro-Caribbean
Ware.” Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Seattle, Washington (invited).
1998 Panelist, Archaeology for the Public. Annual Conference of the Virginia Association
of Museums, Williamsburg, Virginia (invited).
1998 Engendering Choice: Slavery and Consumerism in Central Virginia. 31st Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Atlanta, Georgia (invited).
1997 Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Annual
Meeting of the Archeological Society of Virginia. Roanoke, Virginia.
1997 'A Small Piece of Ground': The Archaeological Study of African-American Yards.
30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology. Corpus Christi, Texas (with Amber Bennett Moncure).
1997 Archaeological and Documentary Evidence of Slaves as Consumers. 30th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Corpus Christi, Texas.
1996 Buttons, Beads and Buckles: Self Definition within the Bounds of Slavery. 29th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical
and Underwater Archaeology. Cincinnati, Ohio (invited).
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1995 Interpreting Slavery at Poplar Forest. “Interpreting Slavery at Historic Sites in the
Upper South.” Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia (invited).
1995 Excavations at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest: A Slave Quarter Site. Annual
Meeting of the Archeological Society of Virginia. Abingdon, Virginia.
1995 Excavations at a Poplar Forest Slave Quarter. Middle Atlantic Archaeology
Conference. Ocean City, Maryland.
1995 Interpreting the ‘Best Dwellings in the State’: Archaeology at Thomas
Jefferson’s Monticello and Poplar Forest. 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology.
Washington, D.C.
1995 Session Organizer, Chair and discussant, “My Family, My Farms and My Books”:
Archaeology of Thomas Jefferson. 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical
Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Washington, D.C.
1994 The Archaeology of African-American Life at Poplar Forest. Annual Meeting
of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology. Williamsburg, Virginia.
1994 Colonoware in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. 27th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater
Archaeology. Vancouver, B.C.
1993 Nineteenth-Century Plantations and Small Farms in Virginia. COVA VII,
Symposium on the 19th century. Alexandria, Virginia (invited).
1993 Domestic Archaeology at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest. “Discovering the
Private World of Thomas Jefferson” symposium. Lynchburg, Virginia.
1993 Landscape Archaeology at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest. Decorative Arts
Trust. Charlottesville, Virginia (invited).
1993 Session organizer and chair, “The Archaeology of Thomas Jefferson.” Plenary
session, Middle Atlantic Archaeology Conference. Ocean City, Maryland.
1992 Colonoware in Virginia. COVA VI, Symposium on the 18th century.
Charlottesville, Virginia (invited).
1992 Discussant, “Locally made pottery traditions in the New World,” 25th Annual
Meeting of The Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology. Kingston, Jamaica.
1991 Heath, Barbara J. and Michael A. Strutt, Applications for Remote Sensing:
Testing a Cemetery at Monticello. 24th Annual Meeting of The Society for
Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology.
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Richmond, Virginia.
1990 Archaeology and Interpretation at Jefferson's Monticello. Mid-Atlantic
Association of Museums Annual Meeting. Princeton, New Jersey (invited).
1990 Excavations at Monticello: The William Stewart Site. 23rd Annual Meeting of
The Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater
Archaeology. Tucson, Arizona.
1989 Afro-Caribbean Pottery from St. Eustatius. Thirteenth International Congress
of Caribbean Archaeology, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
1989 Afro-Caribbean Pottery from St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. First Joint
Archaeological Congress. Baltimore, Maryland.
1986 A Preliminary Study of Coarse Earthenware on St. Eustatius, Netherlands
Antilles. Symposium and Workshop on Ethnohistory and Historical Archaeology in
the Caribbean. Baltimore, Maryland (invited).
OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
2013 Panelist, African Diaspora Archaeology Network Panel Discussion. 46th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and
Underwater Archaeology, Leicester, UK, January 9-12 (invited).
2012 Judge for the “Ethics Bowl” at the annual meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Memphis.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Undergraduate:
Introduction to World Prehistory
Honors Introduction to World Prehistory
Undergraduate and Graduate combined:
Historical Archaeology
Historical Archaeology Laboratory
Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Field School in Archaeology
Graduate:
Current Readings in Historical Archaeology
Historical Archaeology of the Chesapeake and Upland South
Research Design and Proposal Writing
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Historical Archaeology
Sweet Briar College
Undergraduate:
Anthropological Archaeology
University of Virginia
Field School in Historical Archaeology
Digging, Learning, Teaching: Seminar in Archaeology for Teachers
Historic Landscape Institute
GRADUATE COMMITTEE WORK
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee:
Current Ph.D. prelim. and dissertation committee chair for
Kendanne Altizer (2014-present)
Lindsey Cochran (2014-present)
Eric Schweickart (2014-present)
Daniel Brock (2013-present)
Johanna Hope Smith (2011-present)
Andrew Wilkins (2009-present)
Current Ph.D. prelim. and dissertation committee member for
Emmett Brown (2015-present)
Jessie Johannson (2014-present)
Meagan Dennison (2014-present)
Maggie Yancey (2010-present, history)
Kimberly Wren (2009-present)
Current MA thesis committee chair for
Samantha Galloway (2015-present)
Esther Rimer (2010-present)
Current MA thesis committee co-chair for
Mark Babin (2015-present)
Current MA thesis committee member for
Stephanie Hacker (2014-present)
Current External Ph.D. dissertation committee for Lori Lee, Department of Anthropology,
Syracuse University.
Former dissertation or thesis chair for:
Lauren McMillan. 2015. Community Formation and the Development of a British
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Atlantic Identity in the Chesapeake: An Archaeological and Historical Study of the Tobacco
Pipe Trade in the Potomac River Valley ca. 1630-1730. PhD dissertation, Department of
Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (summer).
D. Brad Hatch. 2015. An Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Manhood in the
Potomac River Valley of Virginia, 1645-1730. PhD dissertation, Department of
Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (spring).
Breen, Eleanor. 2013. The revolution before the Revolution? A Material Culture Approach
to Consumerism at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, VA. PhD dissertation,
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (fall).
Ptacek, Crystal. 2013. “A GIS Analysis of the Dynamics of Power: An Example from 18thcentury Piedmont Virginia.” M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (spring).
Pyszka, Kimberly. 2012. “Unto Seynte Pauls”: Anglican Landscapes and Colonialism in
South Carolina. PhD dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville (spring).
Naunheimer, Abby. 2012. “Frontier Access to East Tennessee: A Ceramic Analysis of
Ramsey House (40KN120), Bell Site (40KN202), and Exchange Place (40SL22).” M.A.
thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (summer).
Barton, Amanda. 2012. “Archaeological and Historical Investigation of a 19th-Century
Leoprosarium at Hassel Island, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.” M.A. thesis, Department
of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (fall).
Brock, Daniel. 2012. “Contextualizing the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site
(40WG59):Understanding Landscape Change at an Upland South Farmstead.” M.A. thesis,
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (fall).
Former dissertation or thesis committee member for:
Bennett, Callie R. 2015. A Comparative Faunal Analysis of British Military Contexts at
Brimstone Hill Fortress, St. Kitts, West Indies. M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (summer).
Lamzik, Kathryn E 2013. " ‘It all began, like so many things, with an egg,’An Analysis of
the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African
American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia.” M.A. thesis, Department of
Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (spring).
Avery-Quinn, Sam. 2011. "From Parlor to Forest Temple: An Historical Anthropology of
the Early Landscapes of The National Camp-Meeting Association for the Promotion of
Holiness 1867-1871." Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of
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Tennessee, Knoxville (spring).
Ramsey, Ann. 2011. "Comparative Analysis of the Faunal Remains from British Royal
Engineer and Enslaved African Occupations at Brimstone Hill Fortress on St. Kitts, West
Indies." Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(spring).
Baker, David. 2007. "Tragedy, loss, and memory: the use of rhetoric in making and marking
a site." Master's thesis, Department of Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(spring).
Crane, Brian. 1993. “Colono Ware and Criollo Ware Pottery from Charleston, South
Carolina and San Juan, Puerto Rico in Comparative Perspective.” Ph.D. dissertation,
Department of American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2013-2015 Thomas Jefferson Foundation
DAACS Research Consortium
Partner. UTK is one of six leading graduate programs focusing on the archaeological
study of early- modern Atlantic slaved societies, and this project, funded by the
Andrew Mellon Foundation, aims to support collaborative, inter-site research among
faculty and graduate student partners.
2013-2015 University of Tennessee
“Colonial Encounters: The Lower Potomac River at Contact 1500-1720AD.”
Project staff in NEH-sponsored grant to reassess collections relating to 17th -and early
18th-century settlement of the Potomac River Valley. Recataloguing and analysis of
Washington and Brook collections. (Dr. Julia King, St. Mary’s College of MD, PI)
2011-present University of Tennessee
Coan Hall Archaeological Project (44NB11).
Historical and archaeological research into 17th- and early 18th-century settlement at
Coan Hall, Northumberland County, Virginia.
2010-2015 University of Tennessee
"Engaging the Piedmont: Transitions in Virginia Slavery 1730-1790" (NEH-funded,
"We the People" designated research project)
2009-present University of Tennessee, Leeward Island Ceramic Research Group
2008-present University of Tennessee and Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Reassessment of colonial sites on Virginia's Northern Neck
2008-2009
St. Kitts-Nevis Digital Archaeology Initiative
on JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grant (Jillian Galle, Thomas
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Jefferson Foundation, Roger Leech, Southampton University, and Robert Philpot,
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool co-PIs).
2007-2012 University of Tennessee
Wingos Quarter, Forest Virginia
2007 University of Tennessee/Boston University
Little Bay, Montserrat project.
2005-present “The Wayles Slave Communities”
CONSULTANCY
2007- present Landscape Advisory panelist, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest.
2007-2008
Consultant, Slave Housing in Virginia (NEH-sponsored project,
Douglas
Sanford and Dennis Pogue, co-PIs).
2006-2007
Consultant, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest.
2006-2007
Content consultant, landscape web module, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar
Forest.
2005-2007
Content consultant. Project Archaeology web-based shelter unit on slave
housing.
2002-2006
Archaeological Project Director, Historic Sandusky Foundation, Lynchburg,
Virginia.
2001-2003
Steering Committee member, Digital Archaeological Archive of
Chesapeake Slavery (now Comparative Slavery).
1994-1995
Archaeological Project Director, Point of Honor, Inc., Lynchburg,
Virginia.
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Professional Societies and Boards
Archaeological Institute of America, Lynchburg Chapter vice president 1997-2006
Archaeology Conservancy, Editorial Advisory Board 2006-2008
Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, Executive Board 1992-1995, regional
newsletter editor 1996-2006
Council of Virginia Archaeologists, Inc. President 2004-2006, Past President 2008-2010,
Treasurer 1994-2003, Executive Board 1994-2007, 2008-2010, Public Education Committee
1995-2007, Public Education Committee Chair 2002-2003, State Plan Committee, 2007present
Society for Historical Archaeology, Nominations Committee 2000, Membership
Committee (chair), 2003-present; Budget Committee 2005; Board of Directors 20032005, Development Committee, 2005, silent auction coordinator 2006-2007,
Editorial Advisory Committee, 2007-2014.
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Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia State Review Board, 2000-2006;
African American Highway Markers committee, 2005; State Burial Regulations Review
Committee (chair), 2005
Peer Review for Book Manuscripts
University Press of Florida
The University of Tennessee Press
The University Press of Virginia
Peer Review for Journals
American Antiquity
Historical Archaeology
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Journal of Field Archaeology
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Tree Ring Research
Book Promotion (quote on book jacket)
for Left Coast Press (Anna Agbe Davies, Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia: Little
Tubes of Mighty Power, 2014)
for University of Florida Press (Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman and Mary C. Beaudry,
Beyond the Walls, New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households, forthcoming)
Peer Review for Grant Proposals
Archaeological Conservancy (2010)
Leverhulme Trust (2014)
National Endowment for the Humanities panelist, Historic Sites (2006)
National Endowment for the Humanities panelist, Collaborative Research, New World
Archaeology (2012)
National Geographic Society, Research, Conservation and Exploration Group (2009, 2013)
National Science Foundation, INAA Grants (2010)
National Science Foundation, Archaeological Research (2014)
Wellcome Trust (UK) (2013)
DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Department
Graduate Coordinator (2014-2017)
Archaeology Search Committee, diversity advocate (2014)
Chair, Anthropology Graduate Admissions Committee, 2011-2013
Member, Anthropology Ad hoc Committee on Strategic Planning 2011-2012
Member, Ad hoc Committee on Graduate Program Restructuring, 2009-present
Member, Anthropology Graduate Admissions Committee, 2009-2011
Archaeology Curator Search Committee, 2008-2009
Cultural Anthropology Search Committee, 2006-2007
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Library Representative, 2007-present
Archaeology Caucus, 2006-present
College
Members-in-Course committee, Phi Beta Kappa, (Spring 2014-present)
McClung Museum Curator Search Committee (Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
Africana Advisory Board (Fall 2011-present)
American Studies Steering Committee (Fall 2011-present)
University
University of Tennessee Press Editorial Advisory Board member, 2008-2014
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
Archeological Society of Virginia (2000-present)
Archaeological Institute of America (1997- present)
Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology (1982-present)
Council of Virginia Archaeologists, Inc. (1990-present)
Society for Historical Archaeology (1982-present)
Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference (1990s-present)
Society for American Archaeology (1990s-present)
Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (2006-present)
Virginia Historical Society (1990s-present)
LANGUAGES
Reading and some speaking proficiency in Spanish
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