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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Conducted State (Kansas Antiquities Act and KDHE Notice of Intent) and Federal (Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act) law reviews on a daily basis, with an average of 250-300 individual reviews per.
• Assessed archaeological probability in regards to ground-disturbing projects from various private, local, State, and Federal entities and requested broad or targeted archaeological surveys as a result.
• Represented the interests of the Kansas Historic Preservation Office and acted as a liaison at both public-facing and private meetings.
• Determined National Register of Historic Places eligibility for nominated archaeological sites.
• Coordinated with archaeological consultants on ground-disturbing projects to determine areas of interest and ensured application of SHPO standards while simultaneously taking the interests and limitations of all.
• Assisted in the Kansas Historical Society’s annual Kansas Archeological Training Program as a field supervisor.

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

• Catalogued and sorted an assemblage of ~30,000 individual artifacts with ~3,500 lot numbers from the 2019-2021 Odyssey excavations at the San Esteban Rockshelter in Presidio County, Texas.
• Processing duties included, but were not limited to: debitage cleaning, osteological analysis and cleaning, historic artifact cleaning, organic artifact cleaning and care (hide/fur, macrobotanicals, quids, coprolites.
• Proper measurement, weighing, and identification of artifacts was of utmost importance, requiring extreme attention to detail for catalog accuracy.
• Conducted deeper independent research into historic artifacts in order to provide diagnostic date ranges.

• Assisted in the online popular science magazine Scandinavian Archaeology’s publications.
• Composed 2-3 short social media posts per month, authored one long article every 1-2 months, and proofread and edited grammar and syntax of social media posts and articles submitted to the magazine.
• Required a high level of discipline and self-determination required to meet deadlines set by Editor-in-Chief.

Visby, Gotland County, Sweden

• Assisted archaeological and curatorial museum staff in a variety of excavation, post-excavation, conservation, and archival duties.
• Used FileMaker Pro software, helped archive artifacts and categorized them according to specific museum documentation protocol. Required conducting independent research into archaeological documentation to meet rigors.
• As part of artifact archiving, formed typologies for such artifacts as beads, coins, arm-rings, and brooches.
• Performed osteological analysis of human and non-human remains.
• Assisted in metal detection at a shipwreck site on the Gotlandic coast.
• Assisted in an excavation within the city walls of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Visby during a museum CHM contract.

Visby, Gotland County, Sweden

• Acted as a Field Supervisor (one of two, each having a 5-person team) for the 5-week 2019 Gotland Archaeological Field School. Excavations were conducted on two Iron Age sites, one being a seasonal settlement area and.
• Instructional duties: oversaw and instructed students on proper excavation methodology, promoted team cohesion, ensured the students excavated at an even stratigraphy throughout the trench, directed proper field.
• Took daily theodolite measurements and instructed students during the process, helping with excavation when needed, and conducting surveys of surrounding areas for potential future excavation sites.
• Responsible for coordinating and assisting with team’s post-excavation lab work and documentation.
• Gave a lecture detailing Norse ritual sites, how they can be detected archaeologically, what can/cannot be accepted as evidence for such sites, and examples of texts and artifacts corroborating ritual sites.

Visby, Gotland County, Sweden

• 10-week archaeological field course: five weeks as part of a team of master’s students excavating a hill-fort on Gotland. For the following five weeks, the master’s students supervised groups of 4-5 undergraduate.
• Instructed undergraduate students on excavation tool usage, excavation methodologies and strategies, and helped them develop their competence in the processes of stratigraphic, contextual excavation and rigorous.
• Further honed personal excavation skills, and received training on the following: total station mapping of artifacts and features with point-objects or polygons; the basics of drone photography and its applications for.

Topeka, Kansas, United States

Topeka, Kansas

Lecompton, KS

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Master Of Arts - Ma, Archaeology, Vg (Pass With Distinction)

Graduated with distinction and highest marks on thesis. Specialization in Iron Age mortuary archaeology, rituals, and symbolism of the.

Bachelor'S Degree, History With A Minor In Religious Studies, Summa Cum Laude And History Honors

Activities and Societies: President of Washburn Freethinkers, member of The Philosophy Club, member of Phi Alpha Theta National History.

Archaeolgical Field School With Gis, Archaeology And Geographic Information Systems, B+

This was a 6-week archaeological field school from early July 2015 to mid-August 2015 wherein we excavated a Viking Age trade port at.