eric johnson curriculum vitae fall 2020

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Eric S. Johnson Curriculum Vitae Mailing and Home Address: 44 Boyden Road, Pelham, MA 01002

Telephone: (413) 253-7109 Cell Phone: (508) 954-5925 Office Phone: (413) 545-0916

E-Mail: [email protected]

Research Interests Archaeology, Eastern North America, cultural resource management, ethnohistory, Native American history and culture, technology, historical archaeology, human ecology

Education 1993 Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Dissertation: "Some by Flatteries and Others by Threatenings": Political Strategies Among Native Americans of Seventeenth-Century Southern New England.

1981 M.A. Anthropology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

1978 B.A. Anthropology, magna cum laude, Duke University, Durham, NC

1998 Workshop: The National Environmental Policy Act; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act; and Related Legal Requirements: A Workshop for Consultants. National Preservation Institute.

Present Position

Lecturer Department of Anthropology University of Massachusetts Amherst. Teaching two courses per semester and maintaining a large archaeological curation center.

Teaching

Recent Teaching 2020 Fall Semester Ancient Civilizations University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Ancient Civilizations is an introductory course that combines large lectures and small-group discussion sections. I write and deliver the lectures, develop exams and study materials, choose weekly reading assignments, create discussion section assignments, and work with five Teaching Assistants who supervise on-line discussion sections and grade exams and homework. Course enrollment is 32 Human Ecology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Human Ecology is a mid-level lecture course. I write and deliver the lectures, develop exams, writing assignments, and study materials, choose weekly reading assignments, and work with two Teaching Assistant graders. I also reorganized the class from face-to-face to asynchronous remote teaching/learning. Course enrollment is 97 students. Independent Study University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Supervising five one-credit Honors Independent Study add-ons, four for Ancient Civilizations and one for Human Ecology. I am also supervising one Honors Capstone project and am a committee member on another.


Recent Teaching

2020 Spring Semester North American Archaeology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology North American Archaeology is a mid-level gen-ed lecture class. I wrote and delivered the lectures, developed exams and written assignments, and supervised one Teaching Assistant grader. Course enrollment was 98 students. Internships/Independent Study University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology I supervised four undergraduate interns and one graduate student independent study student working with me on several aspects of maintaining, improving, and organizing a large archaeological collection and curation center, including deaccessioning and transferring select collections to more appropriate repositories. 2019 Fall Semester Ancient Civilizations University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Ancient Civilizations is an introductory course that combines large lectures and small-group discussion sections. I wrote and delivered the lectures, developed exams and study materials, chose weekly reading assignments, created discussion section lesson plans and weekly homework assignments, and worked with five Teaching Assistants who taught the discussion sections and graded exams and homework. Course enrollment was 330 students. Human Ecology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Human Ecology is a mid-level lecture course. I wrote and delivered the lectures, developed exams, writing assignments, and study materials, chose weekly reading assignments, and worked with one Teaching Assistant grader. Course enrollment was 98 students. Independent Study University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Supervised five one-credit Honors Independent Study add-ons, four for Ancient Civilizations and one for Human Ecology. 2019 Summer Session Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology I worked closely with the Department of Anthropology, The Emily Dickinson Museum, and the UMass Division of Continuing and Professional Education to organize and complete an archaeological field school. Field School enrollment was 5 students who were trained in basic field and laboratory methods under the supervision of myself (laboratory director) and Kerry Lynch (field director).

2019 Spring Semester North American Archaeology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology See general description above. Course enrollment was 40 students and did not include a grader.

Archaeological Survey Methods and Practice University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Archaeological Survey Methods and Practice is a small, seminar-practicum course in which students are introduced to archaeological field methods, skills, and research design development in a (primarily) classroom setting. I developed and taught the course including lectures, individual and group exercises and assignments, and supervised student term projects. Course enrollment was 16 students

Independent Study: Archaeological Lab Research University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dept. of Anthropology This course title subsumes several independent study courses. Two teams of students prepared exhibit plans for two small museums in Massachusetts. A total of 11 students were enrolled in these and other projects.

2018 Fall Semester North American Archaeology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology See general description above. Course enrollment was 99 students.


Independent Study: Archaeological Lab Research University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dept. of Anthropology This course title subsumes several independent study/internships with UMass Archaeological Services. Instruction was shared between myself and other UMAS staff, especially the Laboratory Supervisor. A total of 10 students were enrolled in various projects.

2018 Summer Session Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology UMass Archaeological Services and University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology I worked closely with UMAS staff, the Department of Anthropology, The Emily Dickinson Museum, and the UMass Division of Continuing and Professional Education to organize and complete an archaeological field school. Field School enrollment was 7 students who were trained in basic field and laboratory methods under the supervision of three instructors including myself.

Previous Teaching

Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology Summer Session 2017, 2016, 2015 See general description above. Field School enrollment was 4-8 students.

Independent Study: Archaeological Lab Research Spring 2018, Spring and Fall 2017, Spring and Fall 2016, Spring and Fall 2015, Spring and Fall 2014, Fall 2010 See general description above. Between 2 and 11 students were enrolled in various projects each semester. In Spring 2018, I worked closely with a group of two students to create an illustrated catalog for a collection of ancient Native American artifacts found in Amherst and Sunderland. Students were trained in artifact identification, analysis, and documentation. In fall 2017, I supervised an undergraduate honors capstone project in which a student directed archaeological investigations at a historic house site in Wayland, MA using UMass students and community volunteers. In spring 2017, I worked closely with a group of three students on an archaeological reconnaissance survey of the site of an 18th-century farmstead in Petersham, Massachusetts. Students were trained in documentary research, mapping, and photography. They mapped and photographed the site and met with local historians. The final product was a report and archaeological site form for the Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (property owner) and the Massachusetts Historical Commission In Spring 2015, I worked closely with two students to analyze and catalog a collection of ancient Native American artifacts that had been donated to the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and then to create two displays for the PVMA museum.

Practicum Fall 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology I worked closely with a student to prepare text, images, and layout for two interpretive signs for a non-profit environmental action group in Saugus, Massachusetts based on previous research done by UMass Archaeological Services. These were installed in the autumn of 2017.

Introduction to Flintknapping Spring 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Introduction to Flintknapping was a one-credit hands-on practicum in which students are instructed in the fundamentals of basic stone tool manufacture. Course enrollment was 6 students.

North American Archaeology Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 1993 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology For 2016-2017 see general description above. Course enrollment was 61 students in 2016 and 105 students in 2017. Prior to 2016 North American archaeology was a mid-level class with lectures and discussions. I wrote and delivered the lectures, managed class discussions, developed exams, supervised student term projects, and graded all student work. Course enrollment 15- 37 students.

Archaeological Survey Methods and Practice Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2008 See general description above. Course enrollment 13-21 students.

Co-Instructor: Analysis of Material Culture (Co-Instructor) Fall 2014 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Analysis of Material Culture is an upper-level course. Students learned to analyze Native American artifacts a nearby site, and to enter the information in a database. I co-taught the course with Professor Elizabeth Chilton of the Anthropology Department. Course enrollment was 7 students.


Human Ecology Spring 2014, Spring 2013 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Human Ecology is a mid-level course that combines large lectures and small-group discussion sections. I wrote and delivered the lectures, developed exams and study materials, chose weekly reading assignments, created discussion section lesson plans and weekly homework assignments, and worked with two Teaching Assistants who taught the discussion sections and graded exams and homework. Course enrollment 121-131 students.

Archaeology and Prehistory Spring 2017, Spring and Fall 2013, Spring and Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring and Fall 2007 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology See general description above. Course enrollment 195-329 students

Lecturer Ancient Civilizations Fall 2012 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology. See general description above. Course enrollment 300 students.

Independent Study Spring 2012 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Supervised four students who developed an exhibit plan for the Hingham Historical Society based on UMAS archaeological research projects in the Hingham area.

Introduction to Archaeology Spring 2005 Worcester Institute for Senior Education, Assumption College

Human Ecology Fall 1997, Spring 1996 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Division of Continuing Education and Department of Anthropology

Introduction to Archaeology Fall 1993 Williams College, Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Human Nature (Introduction to the Four Fields of Anthropology) Winter Session 1993 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Division of Continuing Education and Department of Anthropology Field School in Archaeology Summer 1989, 1991 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology Co-taught archaeological field and laboratory methods at various Indigenous sites in the Connecticut River Valley.

Pre-Industrial Technology Summer 1987 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Division of Continuing Education and Department of Anthropology

Archaeology and Prehistory 1986-1988 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Division of Continuing Education and Department of Anthropology

Teaching Assistantships University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Anthropology Ancient Civilizations 1990-1992, Archaeology and Prehistory 1985-1987, 1991 Previous Research Employment

2017-2018 Director. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Direct archaeological research institute including preparing scopes of work and budgets for archaeological research projects, interfacing with clients and university administration, managing staff of up to six FTEs and up to ten part-time employees. I also had a Lecturer appointment in the Department of Anthropology for 10 hours per week (one course per semester) 2014-2017 Interim Director. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Direct archaeological research institute including preparing scopes of work and budgets for archaeological research projects, interfacing with clients and university administration, managing staff of up to six FTEs and up to ten part-time employees. I also had a Lecturer appointment in the Department of Anthropology for 10 hours per week (one course)

2011-2012 Interim Co-director University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Directed archaeological research institute including preparing scopes of work and budgets for archaeological research projects, interfacing with clients and university administration, managing staff of six FTEs and up to ten part-time employees.


2009-2011 Archaeological Consultant National Register Nomination for Hassanamisco Reservation, Grafton, MA, Nipmuc Nation, Rae Gould Tribal Historian. Edited and compiled materials for successful National Register nomination.

2008-2010 Archaeological Consultant National Register Nomination for Mt Wachusett District, MA, Oakfield Research, Electa Kane Tritsch, Director. Assessed and evaluated Native American-associated features in the Wachusett Reservation, including field checking known and potential sites.

1994-1997 Overview and Assessment Archaeologist. National Park Service North Atlantic Regional Office. UMass Archaeological Services, Mitchell T. Mulholland, Director. Prepared archeological overviews and assessments of park service properties, prepared instructional materials for cultural resource management for park managers, edited regional research design.

1993-94 Project Archaeologist. Data Recovery at Ancient Native American Sites, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. UMass Archaeological Services, Mitchell T. Mulholland, Director. Directed field and laboratory work, wrote research reports.

1992-94 Editor. UMass Archaeological Services. Edited and produced archaeological research reports.

1987-2013 Lithic and Ceramic Analyst. UMass Archaeological Services. Mitchell T. Mulholland and Steven Pendery, Directors. Analyzed Native American lithic and ceramic materials for archaeological research projects.

1987-88 Laboratory Supervisor. UMass Archaeological Services. Mitchell T. Mulholland, Director. Processed, analyzed and curated archaeological materials, managed supplies and equipment.

1986 Project Archaeologist. Site Evaluation at Prehistoric Sites, Lowell, MA. UMass Archaeological Services. Directed field and laboratory work, wrote research report.

1981-85 Archaeological Consultant. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Prehistoric Survey Team. James W. Bradley, Survey Director. Inventoried and analyzed archaeological collections, prepared research reports and publications, formulated and implemented preservation plans for archaeological resources in Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

1985 Archaeological Consultant. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Inventoried and analyzed Native American artifact collection, designed and developed display for Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, MA.

1982 Co-Principal Investigator [with Thomas F. Mahlstedt]. Intensive Archaeological Survey of Sutton Sewer Facilities, Sutton and Douglas, Massachusetts. Government Employment

1998-2005 Archaeologist/Preservation Planner. Review and Compliance, Survey and Planning, Office of the State Historic Preservation Officer and State Archaeologist, Massachusetts Historical Commission. Brona Simon, Massachusetts State Archaeologist. Reviewed project proposals and archaeological research, prepared archaeological reports, assisted in implementing Massachusetts unmarked burial law, protecting or removing human remains inadvertently exposed during construction.

1997-98 Archaeological Consultant. Review and Compliance, Office of the State Historic Preservation Officer and State Archaeologist, Massachusetts Historical Commission. Brona Simon, Massachusetts State Archaeologist. Same job as above but a different position, review of projects and archaeological research.

1982-1985 Archaeological Consultant. Member of the Statewide Survey Team, Office of the State Historic Preservation Officer and State Archaeologist, Massachusetts Historical Commission. Valerie Talmage and Brona Simon, Massachusetts State Archaeologists. Conducted analysis and prepared summary reports on archaeological collections from Massachusetts, prepared summaries of the archaeology of Worcester County and the Connecticut River Valley for publication.

1981 Assistant to State Archaeologist. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Valerie Talmage, State Archaeologist. Reviewed project proposals and archaeological research, maintained computerized site files.


Publications

Books and Monographs

2012 Roads, Rails and Trails: Transportation-Related Archaeological Research in Massachusetts. 58-page popular booklet prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission and Mass DOT.

2012 Ancient Winters: Archaeology of the Flagg Swamp Rockshelter, Marlborough, Massachusetts. 57-page popular

booklet prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission and Mass DOT. 2000 Interpretations of Native North American Life: Material Contributions to Ethnohistory. Co-edited with Michael S. Nassaney. University Press of Florida and the Society for Historical Archaeology, Gainesville. 1997 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Saugus, Massachusetts.

New England System Support Office, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 1993 "Some by Flatteries and Others by Threatenings": Political Strategies Among Native Americans of Seventeenth-

Century Southern New England. Ph.D. dissertation. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI. 1984 Guide to Prehistoric Site Files and Artifact Classification System. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston. 281

pp. [co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt] Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2012 French, British, Passamaquoddy, and American History. In St. Croix Island Maine: History, Archaeology, and Interpretation, edited by Steven Pendery, pp. 35-44. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology (14). The Maine Historic Preservation Commission and the Maine Archaeological Society, Augusta.

2003 Forest Management in the Ancient Northeast: Evidence from Stockbridge, MA. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society 64(2):3-43.

2000 The Politics of Pottery: Material Culture and Political Process Among Algonquians of Seventeenth- Century Southern New England. In Interpretations of Native North American Life: Material Contributions to Ethnohistory, edited by Michael S. Nassaney and Eric S. Johnson, pp. 118-145. University Press of Florida and the Society for Historical Archaeology, Gainesville.

2000 Contributions of Material Objects to Ethnohistory in Native North America. In Interpretations of Native North American Life: Material Contributions to Ethnohistory, edited by Michael S. Nassaney and Eric S. Johnson, pp. 1-30. University Press of Florida and the Society for Historical Archaeology, Gainesville. [co-authored with Michael S. Nassaney]

1999 Community and Confederation: A Political Geography of Contact-Period Southern New England. In The Archaeological Northeast, edited by Mary Ann Levine, Michael S. Nassaney, and Kenneth E. Sassaman, pp.155-168. Bergin and Garvey, Westport, Connecticut.

1998 "Released from Thraldom By the Stroke of War": Coercion and Warfare in Native Politics of Seventeenth-Century Southern New England. Northeast Anthropology 55:1-13.

1996 Uncas and the Politics of Contact. In Northeastern Indian Lives, 1632-1816, edited by Robert S. Grumet, pp. 29-47. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst.

1993 Bifurcate Base Projectile Points in Eastern and Central Massachusetts: Distribution and Raw Materials. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society 54(2):46-55.

1992 Amateur Collections Research in Massachusetts: Problems and Prospects. Man in the Northeast 43:61-73.


1987 The Bark Wigwams Site: An Early Seventeenth Century Component in Central Massachusetts. Man in the Northeast 33:1-26. [co-authored with James W. Bradley]

1985 The Charles Read Archaeological Collection. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society 46(2):56-61. [co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt]

1985 Drainage and Topography [of Central Massachusetts]. In Historic and Archaeological Resources of Central Massachusetts, edited by James W. Bradley, pp. 7-20. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston. [co-authored with Myron Stachiw]

1985 Prehistoric Overview and Recommendations for Prehistoric Resources [of Central Massachusetts]. In Historic and Archaeological Resources of Central Massachusetts, edited by James W. Bradley, pp. 21-49, 371-379. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston. [co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt]

1984 Report on the Benjamin Smith Archaeological Collection, Concord, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the Massachusetts

Archaeological Society 45(2):51-65. [co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt]

1984 The Roy Athearn Collection: A Report from the Massachusetts Historical Commission's Statewide Survey. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society 45(1):3-9. [co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt]

1984 Topographic Overview [of the Connecticut River Valley]. In Historic and Archaeological Resources of the Connecticut River Valley, edited by James Bradley, pp 12-18. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston. [co-authored with Arthur Krim]

1984 Prehistoric Overview [of the Connecticut River Valley]. In Historic and Archaeological Resources of the Connecticut River Valley, edited by James Bradley, pp 19-45. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston.

Book Reviews 2002 Review of Indians and English: Facing off in Early America, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman. Northeast Anthropology 63:83-84.

1997 Review of The Pequot War, by Alfred Cave. New England Quarterly 70(1):139-141.

1996 Review of Historic Contact: Indian People and Colonists in Today's Northeastern United States in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries, by Robert S. Grumet. Winterthur Portfolio 30(4):291-293.

1995 Review of A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology at the Lighthouse Village Site, by Kenneth Feder. American Antiquity 60(1):182.

1994 Review of The Mohicans of Stockbridge, by Patrick Frazier. Northeast Anthropology 48:105-107.

Miscellaneous Publications

2001 The Storied Past: Storytelling and Archaeology. Position Paper. Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter 20:1-7.

1996 Forest Management in Ancient New England, Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Evidence. Time Traveler, June 1996.

1996 Discovering the Ancient Past at Kampoosa Bog, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. 35 pp. [Popular report] prepared for Stone and Webster, Inc., Boston.

1995 The People of Pocumtuck. Cobblestone September 1995:6. 1982 Bibliography of Archaeological Survey and Mitigation Reports: Massachusetts. 1982 Annual Supplement. Coedited with

Brona Simon. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston.


Newsletters (editor)

1997 Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter vol. 16. [coedited with Claire C. Carlson]

1994-1996 Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter vols. 13-15.

Research Reports 2020 Results of Data Recovery (Phase 3) of the East/West Locus of the Fairmont Switching Station Native American Site

(19-HD-350) for the Greater Springfield Reliability Project (GSRP) in Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts. [co-authored with Kathryn Curran (lead author), Brian Jones, and Mitchell T. Mulholland. 193 pp. Prepared for Eversource Energy.

2020 Reconnaissance, Intensive Survey, and Data Recovery Results for the North Brookfield Substation Native American Site Investigated for Connecticut Sections of the Greater Springfield Reliability Project Including In-ROW, Access Roads, and the Connecticut Shift in the Town of Bloomfield, Connecticut.[co-authored with Kerry J. Lynch and Victoria Bochniak]. 241 pp. Prepared for Eversource Energy. 2020 Finding the Past at Fairmont: A Story of Archaeological Research in Chicopee, Massachusetts. 24-page popular booklet prepared for Eversource Energy.

2020 Archaeological Site Examination Survey and Construction Monitoring for the Taxiway Object Free Areas Fence Relocation Project at the George D. Harlow Field Airport, Woodbine Road, Marshfield, Massachusetts [co-authored with Katheryn Curran. 54 pp. Prepared for Airport Solutions Group.

2019 Archaeological Reconnaissance and Intensive (Locational) Survey for Old South Road Properties, Nantucket, Massachusetts [co-authored with Kathryn Curran] 82 pp. Prepared for Richmond Great Point Development LLC.

2019 Intensive (Locational) Archaeological Survey for the Dorey House, Wayland, Massachusetts. [co-authored with Kathleen Barvick (lead author) and Julie Woods] 128 pp. Prepared for the Wayland Historical Commission. 2018 Catalog of The Haven Artifact Collection: South Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [second author with Amanda Baldi]. 35 pp. Prepared for Ms. Cynthia Haven, Pittsfield, MA.

2018 Report on the 2016 Field School in Historical Archaeology at the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts [co-authored with Julie Woods, Daniel Zoto and Kerry J. Lynch.]. 132 pp. Prepared for the Emily Dickinson Museum.

2018 Archaeological Intensive (Locational) Survey of the Goshen Tunnel Site, Goshen, Massachusetts. [second author with Kerry Lynch]. 91 pp. Prepared for Left/Right, Inc.

2018 Catalog of the Cheney Family Artifact Collection. [co-authored with Lesly Adame, Anna Charteris, Mindy A. Diaz, Jasmine W. Kirkpatrick, and Horizon Starwood. 87 pp. Prepared for Hopkinton Historical Society. 2018 Exhibit Suggestions for the Cheney Collection. [co-authored with Lesly Adame, Anna Charteris, Mindy A. Diaz, Jasmine W. Kirkpatrick, and Horizon Starwood.] 15 pp. Prepared for Hopkinton Historical Society.

2018 Illustrated Catalogue of all Artifacts Recovered from the Private Collection of the Comings Family, North Amherst and Sunderland, Massachusetts. [co-authored with Shannon Nelson-Maney and Paul Oberheim.]. Prepared for the Comings family.

2018 Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Stone-Wheeler Site, Petersham, Massachusetts. 54-page report prepared for the Petersham Historical Society [co-authored with Martin Boersma, Caitlyn Gannon, and Gwendolyn Jones]

2017 Archaeology at the Tobin’s Beach Site, Brookfield, Massachusetts. 18-page popular booklet prepared for the Town of Brookfield, MA.


2016 2015 UMass Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology at the Emily Dickinson Museum. Illustrated popular report prepared for the Emily Dickinson Museum [co-authored with Katherine Buch and Laura Dowd].

2016 Report on the 2015 University of Massachusetts Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology at the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services. Prepared for the Emily Dickinson Museum [co-authored with Lyzann Harlow, Alexander Honsinger and Kerry Lynch].

2014 Results of Phase 2 Site Examinations at Ten Sites, an Archaeological Site Avoidance and Protection Plan for Five Sites, and Additional Phase 2 Testing at Three Sites for the Greater Springfield Reliability Project (GSRP) in the Towns of Agawam, West Springfield, Chicopee, and Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Burns & McDonnell, Inc. [contributed section on lithic analysis: Kathryn Curran, Lead Author].

2012 Archaeology of the Greenbush Line: An Exhibit Plan for the Hingham Historical Society. University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Anthropology. Prepared for the Hingham, MA Historical Society. [co-authored with Allison Masley, Emily Munska, Claire Pettit, and Marieme Traoreh].

2009 Archaeological Investigations for the Greenbush Line Restoration Project, Foundry Pond Native American Site, Hingham, University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services. Prepared for STV Inc. [contributed section on lithic analysis: Timothy Binzen, Lead Author].

1997 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Saratoga National Historical Park, New York. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services. Prepared for New England System Support Office, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1997 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services. Prepared for New England System Support Office, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1997 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. University of

Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 190e. Prepared for New England System Support Office, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1996 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 190d. Prepared for New England System Support Office, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1995 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the St. Croix Island International Historic Site, Calais, Maine. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 190c. 67 pp. Prepared for Cultural Resources Division, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1995 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Saugus, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 190b. 79 pp. Prepared for Cultural Resources Division, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1995 Archeological Overview and Assessment of the Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 190a. 70 pp. Prepared for Cultural Resources Division, National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, Boston.

1994 Data Recovery Operations at the Chassell 2 (19-BK-141) and Kampoosa Bog (19-BK-143) Sites, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 135. 224 pp. Prepared for Stone and Webster, Inc., Boston.

1994 Archaeological Site Locational Survey for the Proposed Southbridge Water Distribution Extension, Charlton, Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 168. 53 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Boston. [co-author with Richard D. Holmes, Carolyn D. Hertz and Christopher L. Donta]

1993 Archaeological Site Locational Survey, Main Street/Route 20, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. University of

Massachusetts Archaeological Services Report 153. 47 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Highway Department, Boston. [co-author with Richard D. Holmes, Carolyn D. Hertz and Mitchell T. Mulholland]


1989 Report on The Fort Hill Site, Springfield Massachusetts: Archaeological Site Examination by the University of Massachusetts Summer Field School, 1989. 75 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA. [senior author with Emily P. Gray, Daniel Hughes, Sioux McKinney and Timothy Silva]

1988 The Anthropology of Technology: Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Course. 106 pp. Statement of Field, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

1987 Collections Research in Massachusetts: Problems and Prospects. 42 pp. Statement of Field, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

1986 Archaeological Site Examination of 19-MD-556 and 19-MD-557, Lowell, Massachusetts. 87 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Department of Public Works.

1986 Management Recommendations for Prehistoric Cultural Resources in the Connecticut Valley. 12 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA.

1985 Prehistoric Collections in Massachusetts: The Walter S. Rodimon Collection from the Connecticut River Valley. 107 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1985 Report on the Benjamin Franklin Green Archaeological Collection, Wilbraham, Massachusetts. 19 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

Co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt:

1985 The Jesse Fewkes Collection, Lemon Brook Site, Newton, Massachusetts 19-MD-537. 21 pp. Prepared for Newton Historical Society and Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1985 Report of Salvage Excavation of Unmarked Burials at the Palmer Site (19-HD-97) Westfield, Massachusetts. 10 pp.

Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1984 Report on the Dale Farrell Collection, Bolton, Massachusetts. 43 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1984 Prehistoric Collections in Massachusetts: The William Ellsworth Collection, Petersham, Massachusetts. 63 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1984 Prehistoric Collections in Massachusetts: The Joseph Craig Collection, New Braintree, Massachusetts. 57 pp.

Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1983 The Fruitlands Museum Archaeological Collections: Analysis and Recommendations. 23 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission and Fruitlands Museum.

1983 Prehistory at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission and Arnold Arboretum.

1983 Final Report: The Intensive Archaeological Survey of the Sutton Sewer Facilities in the Towns of Douglas and Sutton,

Massachusetts. 48 pp. Prepared for Morgenroth and Associates, Boston, MA.

1983 The Charles Read Archaeological Collection: Analysis, Interpretation and Recommendations for an Interpretive Program. 24 pp. Prepared for Seekonk Public Library and Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1983 Prehistoric Collections in Massachusetts: The Barker Keith Collection. 38 pp. Prepared for MHC.

1982 An Analysis and Assessment of the Roy Athearn Archaeological Collection, Fall River, Massachusetts. 52 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

1982 The Ben Smith Archaeological Collection: A Preliminary Report and Assessment. 34 pp. Prepared for MHC.


1982 Prehistoric Archaeological Collections from Massachusetts: A Report on the Peabody Museum of Salem. 57 pp. Prepared for Massachusetts Historical Commission.

Paper and Poster Presentations

Professional Conferences

2019 Remarks on UMass Archaeological Services. Presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Conference on New England Archaeology, Castleton University, VT. May 2019.

2017 Invited panelist on Challenges in New England Archaeology Today. Conference on New England Archaeology, Portland, ME, April 2017

2012 Reflection on the Flagg Swamp Rockshelter: 1980 AD and 4000 BP. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, MA, March 2012

2008 The Garden in the Woods: Forest Management at Kampoosa Bog, Massachusetts, 4000 B.P. Paper presented in the Symposium “Archaeology in Western Massachusetts: A Multi-Decade Overview” at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Amherst, MA, March 2008

2002 Archaeology, Material Culture, and the Contact Period. Paper Presented in the Symposium “Recent Contributions to Contact-Period Archaeology in Massachusetts” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, MA, March 2002.

2001 The Storied Past: Archaeology and Storytelling. Paper Presented in the Symposium “Archaeologists and Storytellers” at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Hartford, CT, March 2001.

1997 Forest Management in New England, Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Evidence from Kampoosa Bog. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference on New England Archaeology, Sturbridge, MA, April 1997.

1996 "The Springfield Fort Hill Site and the Agawam Indian Community in the Late Seventeenth Century." Paper presented in the Symposium "Behind the Curtain of Words: The Archaeology and Material Culture of Native Southern New England, 1650-1850" at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 1996. [co-authored with John P. Pretola]

1996 Forest Management in Western New England, 5000-1000 B.P.: Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Evidence. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April 1996.

1996 Archaeology at the Saugus Iron Works. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Cincinnati, OH, January 1996. Also presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Lake Placid, NY, April 1995.

1995 The Politics of Pottery: Material Culture and Political Process Among Algonquians of Seventeenth-Century Southern New England. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory, Kalamazoo, MI, November 1995.

1994 Archaeology and Environmental History at Kampoosa Bog, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Paper presented in the

Symposium “Recent Contributions to the Archaeology of Western Massachusetts” at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation, Albany, NY, November 1994.

1993 Maps Without Boundaries: Political Organization, Action, and Identity in Contact-Period Southern New England. Paper presented at the 92d Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 20, 1993.

1993 Uncas and the Politics of Contact. Presented in the Symposium “Native Northeastern Culture Brokers” at the 33d

Annual Conference of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Danbury, CT, March 1993.


1992 Challenging Documents: Understanding the Native American Experience in New England. Paper presented in the Symposium “The Essential Skills of Archaeology” at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1992. [co-authored with Dorothy S. Krass].

1992 Community and Confederation: A Protohistoric Political Geography of New England. Paper presented in the

Symposium “Cultural Diversity in the Northeast, 1400-1600 A.D.” at the 32d Annual Conference of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, MA, March 1992.

1992 Archaeological Investigations at the Pine Hill Site in Western Massachusetts: The 1991 Field Season. Paper presented in the Symposium “Cultural Diversity in the Northeast, 1400-1600 A.D.” at the 32d Annual Conference of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, MA, March 1992. [co-authored with Elizabeth S. Chilton, Arthur S. Keene and Michael Volmar].

1991 Coercion and Warfare in Native Politics of Seventeenth-Century Southern New England. Paper presented at the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife: Algonkians of New England: Past and Present. Deerfield, MA, June 1991.

1991 Allies, Enemies and In-Laws: Politics of Marriage and Alliance in Seventeenth-Century Native Southern New England. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Conference on New England Archaeology, Sturbridge, MA, May 1991.

1991 The Politics of Marriage and Alliance in Seventeenth-Century Native Southern New England. Paper presented in the

Symposium “Native American History and Archaeology in Southern New England” at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA, April 1991.

1990 Preindustrial Technology on $20 A Day: Teaching the Anthropology of Technology. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Burlington, VT, March 1990.

1990 Fort Hill, Springfield: 1675/1895/1989. Paper presented in the Symposium “Contact Period Archaeology in the Middle Connecticut River Valley: The 1989 Field Season” at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Burlington, VT, March 1990.

1988 The Barker Keith Collection. Paper presented in the Symposium “Anthropology at the Springfield Science Museum” at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Albany, N.Y., March 1988.

1987 Light in the Basement: Realizing Research and Display Potential of Archaeological Collections at Small Museums.

Paper presented in the Symposium “Museum Anthropology in Southern New England” at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Amherst, MA, March 1987.

1986 Archaeological Collections from the Bark Wigwams Site: An Early Seventeenth-Century Component in Central

Massachusetts. Paper presented in the Symposium “Contact Period Archaeology in the Middle Connecticut River Valley: Studies at the Bark Wigwams Site, Northampton, Massachusetts” at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Buffalo, N.Y. March 1986. [co-authored with James W. Bradley]

1984 Bifurcate Base Projectile Points in Massachusetts: Distribution and Raw Materials. Paper presented in the Symposium “Early Archaic Studies in the Northeast” at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Hartford, CT, March 1984.

1983 An Adena-Related Cemetery in Brookfield, Massachusetts: New Information from Collections Research. Paper

presented in the Symposium “Adena Manifestations in the Northeast” at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation, Salem, MA, November 1983.

1983 Collections Analysis and Cultural Resource Management: An Example from Southeastern Massachusetts. Presented in the Symposium “Dusty Archives: The Research Potential for Existing Site and Survey Data” at the Society for American Archaeology 48th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1983. [co-authored with Thomas F. Mahlstedt]

1982 Ships, Sawmills and Specialization: The Political Economy of Colonial New England. Northeastern Anthropological Association 22nd Annual Meeting, Princeton, N.J., March 1982. [co-authored with Ellen R. Savulis]


Other Presentations 2019 Findings from the Archaeology Field School. Invited Group Presentation (Field School Staff and Students) at the Emily Dickinson Museum. October 13. Reflections on the Flag Swamp Rockshelter, Marlborough, Massachusetts. Invited illustrated lecture for the Friends of Pine Hawk at the Acton Memorial Library, Acton, MA. October 16. 2018 Lithic Technology and the Craft of Flintknapping. Invited presentation and workshop at Framingham State University. October 26. The Cheney Artifact Collection. Invited illustrated lecture and discussion for the Hopkinton Historical Society. October 13.

Reflections on the Flag Swamp Rockshelter, Marlborough, Massachusetts. Invited illustrated lecture for the Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society at the R.S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. September 18.

The Tobin's Beach Site, Brookfield, MA National Register Nomination. Invited illustrated lecture for the September meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA. September 12.

2017 The Garden in the Woods: Archaeology and Environmental Studies at Kampoosa Bog, Stockbridge. Invited illustrated lecture for the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst, MA, April 27

2016 What’s Under the Floor at Building 104? Invited illustrated lecture for the Springfield Renaissance School, October 21. Also presented to the Blandford Historical Society, April 20.

What you Might Find When you Dig and What to do about it. Invited illustrated lecture for the Western Massachusetts

Public Health Association Seminar “Totally Title 5, 2016,” October 13.

2015 Reflections on the Flagg Swamp Rockshelter. Invited illustrated lecture for the 76th annual meeting of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society Middleborough, MA, October 24.

UMass Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology at the Emily Dickinson Museum, May-June 2015. Invited illustrated lecture for the Dickinson Family Reunion, June 20.

Archaeology Under the Floor: The Story Beneath Building 104. Invited illustrated lecture for the Springfield Armory Museum, January 10.

2014 Cultural Resource Management and Massachusetts Archaeology. Invited illustrated lecture for the course "Introduction to Archaeology" at Smith College, November 20.

Cultural Resource Management and Recent Excavations at Building 104 at the Springfield Armory. Invited illustrated

lecture for the UMass Anthropology Club, November 5.

The Archaeological Collections of UMass Archaeological Services. Invited lecture/demonstration for the First-Year seminar course "Campus Treasures: Art, Science and Everything in Between" October 24.

Teaching large Gen-Ed Classes. Invited PedTalk/lecture for the course "Teaching in Anthropology" (Anthropology

697TA), UMass Amherst, September 30.

Flint Knapping Workshop, Invited workshop for the UMass Anthropology Club, September 23.

Highlights of Massachusetts Archaeology. Invited illustrated lecture for Cape Cod Museum of Natural History July 22.

2013 Highlights of Massachusetts Archaeology. Invited illustrated lecture for Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center, Northfield, MA Nov 20, 2013. Also for the Springfield Science Museum, Oct 10, the Chatham Public Library, July 31, and the Athol Public Library, July 16.


The Garden in the Woods: Archaeology and Environmental Studies at Kampoosa Bog, Stockbridge. Invited illustrated lecture for the Bidwell House Museum, Tyringham, MA, July 27.

2012 Highlights of Massachusetts Archaeology. Invited illustrated lecture for the Pelham Historical Society, October 22.

Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers. Radio Interview for program From Farm to Fork, Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM February 21.

2004 The Hilliard Street Mystery: The True Story of an Archaeological Investigation in Cambridge Conducted under the Massachusetts Burial Law. Presentation to the Massachusetts Historical Commission Meeting, Boston, January 14.

2003 Stories Unearthed: True Stories of Archaeological Investigations and Fictional Stories Inspired by the Discoveries. Program for Massachusetts Archaeology Week, Trailside Museum, Milton, MA, October 18 [co-presented with Margo Davis]. Also presented for Archeology Week 2001 in Grafton, MA, October 2.

The Storied Past: Archaeology and Storytelling. Invited presentation for the Spring meeting of the Massachusetts

Archaeological Society and Rhode Island Archaeological Society, Middleborough, MA, April.

Native Americans and First English Settlers: Landuse and Landscapes. Invited lecture presented for the course Place in Massachusetts History, Massachusetts Studies Project, Institute for Learning & Teaching, Graduate College of

Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Massachusetts Boston .

2002 The Massachusetts Burial Law and Native American Coordination at the State Level. Invited presentation for the Workshop The Native American Consultation Process: Finding Common Ground, sponsored by the Massachusetts Army

National Guard and National Guard Bureau, Marlborough, MA.

2000 The Flames of Plenty: The Archaeology of Native American Forest Management. Invited lecture presented in the lecture series “Archaeology in New England,” Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA. 1998 Native Forest Management in New England, 4,000 Years Ago. Invited lecture presented at Anthropology Colloquium,

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. 1997 Site Protection: What You Can Do To Preserve and Protect Archaeological Resources. Invited lecture presented at

Archaeology Day, Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, MA, October 4.

1996 Ancient Native American Technology in the Connecticut Valley. Invited illustrated lecture presented in the symposium “10,000 Years of Tool Making in the Connecticut Valley,” Museum of Our Industrial Heritage, Greenfield, September 26.

Forest Management in Western New England: Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Evidence. Paper presented at the

Archaeological Society of Connecticut and Massachusetts Archaeological Society Semi-Annual Meeting, Storrs, CT, April 20.

1994 The Ancient History of Stockbridge: 5,000 Years of Life in the Hills. Paper presented at the University of

Massachusetts 3d Annual Archaeology Week Public Lecture and Tour Series, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, June 16.

1992 Contact Period Archaeology in the Middle Connecticut Valley. Paper presented at the University of Massachusetts First Annual Archaeology Week Public Lecture and Tour Series, Amherst, MA, June.

1991 Pine Hill: A Pocumtuck Portrait. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Middleboro, MA, October. [senior author with Elizabeth S. Chilton, Michael Volmar and Arthur S. Keene].

1982 Outstanding M.A.S. Collections: The Benjamin Smith Collection. Massachusetts Archaeological Society Annual

Meeting, Attleboro, MA, October.

Symposia Organized

2008 North American Archaeology. Undergraduate Poster Session presented at 48th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Amherst, MA 2008.


2002 Recent Contributions to Contact-Period Archaeology in Massachusetts. 41st Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, MA, March 2002.

2001 Archaeology Story Swap. Conference on New England Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, MA, May 2001. 2001 Looking Back—Looking Ahead: Celebrating 20 Years of CNEA. Conference on New England Archaeology, Annual

Meeting, Sturbridge, MA, May 2001. [co-organized with Ann-Eliza Lewis, Timothy Binzen, J. Edward Hood, Kristen Heitert, Holly Herbster, Jane McGahan, Charlotte Taylor, Patricia Fragola, and David Schafer]

2001 Archaeologists and Storytellers. 40th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Hartford, CT,

March 2001. [co-organized with Amy Gazin-Schwartz]

1995 The Contribution of Archaeology and Material Culture Studies to Ethnohistory: Their Complementary, Contradictory, and Interrogatory Roles in Understanding Native North America. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory, Kalamazoo, MI, November 1995. [co-organized with Michael S. Nassaney]

1994 Recent Contributions to the Archaeology of Western Massachusetts. 61st Annual Meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation, Albany, NY, November 1994.

1992 University of Massachusetts First Annual Massachusetts Archaeology Week Public Lecture and Tour Series. Amherst, Deerfield, and Springfield, MA, June 1992. [co-organized with Michael S. Nassaney]

1992 Cultural Diversity in the Northeast, 1400-1600 A.D. 32d Annual Conference of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, MA, March 1992. [co-organized with Elizabeth S. Chilton]

1991 Presenting Archaeology: Strategies for Presenting Archaeology to Target Audiences. 10th Annual Meeting of the

Conference on New England Archaeology, Sturbridge, MA, May 1991.

1990 Contact Period Archaeology in the Middle Connecticut River Valley: The 1989 Field Season. 30th Annual Conference of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Burlington, VT, March 1990. [co-organized with Elizabeth S. Chilton and George H. Stillson]

1987 Museum Anthropology in Southern New England. 27th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Amherst, MA, March 1987. [co-organized with Richard Holmes]

1986 Contact Period Archaeology in the Middle Connecticut River Valley: Studies at the Bark Wigwams Site,

Northampton, Massachusetts. 26th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Buffalo, N.Y. March 1986. [co-organized with Arthur S. Keene]

1984 Early Archaic Studies in the Northeast. 24th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association,

Hartford, CT, March 1986. [co-organized with Brona Simon]

Past and Present Membership in Professional Organizations

Society for American Archaeology American Anthropological Association American Society for Ethnohistory

Northeastern Anthropological Association Conference on New England Archaeology Society for Historical Archaeology Sigma Xi


Honors and Awards

2020-2021 Nominee, Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2019-2020 Finalist, Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2018-2019 Nominee, Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2012, 2011 Residential First-Year Experience Student Choice Award (for contributions to the experience of first-

year students) University of Massachusetts Amherst 1998 Certificate of Appreciation, Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1990 Sigma Xi 1988-1989 Graduate Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1987-1988 Graduate Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1978 Magna cum Laude, Duke University

Professional and Public Service

2019-2020 Member, Repatriation and Collections Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2015-2017 Member, Steering Committee, Conference on New England Archaeology 2015 Member, Search Committee for 1-2-year Lecturer position, Department of Anthropology, University

of Massachusetts Amherst 2007-2009 Chair, Hassanamesit Woods Management Committee, Town of Grafton, Massachusetts 2005-2010 Member, Hassanamesit Woods Management Committee, Town of Grafton, Massachusetts 2000 Chair, Steering Committee, Conference on New England Archaeology 1999-2000 Chair-Elect, Steering Committee, Conference on New England Archaeology 1993-97 Editor, Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter 1990-92 Steering Committee, Conference on New England Archaeology 1986-87 Editor, University [of Massachusetts-Amherst] Monthly Anthropological Survey Service 1983- Free Public Lectures at various locations in Massachusetts for adult, university, and school groups

including: Massachusetts Archaeological Society Norwottuck, Northeast, and Ekblaw chapters, Historic Deerfield, Inc. Guides, Northampton Historical Society Guides, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Amherst, Grafton, Northampton, Hatfield, and Montague, Public Schools, Greenfield Center School, Bridgewater State College, New Braintree Historical Society, Assumption College, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Springfield Science Museum, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

1981 Graduate Student Senator, University of Massachusetts, Amherst