Current M.A. Students

Aaron Brummitt (co-chaired with Adam King)
Mississippian Emergence in the Middle Savannah Valley

Emily Dale (co-chaired with Adam King)
Testing and Interpreting Red Lake, a Mississippian Mound Site on the Middle Savannah River

Dennis Duval
Foodways-Framed Functional Ceramic Analysis at the Late Abandonment Stage
Broken K Pueblo, Arizona


M.A. Theses Chaired



2005    Jamie A. Civitello
            Anthropogenic Landscapes at Spratt’s Bottom (38YK3), South Carolina

2005    Michael V. Nelson (co-chaired with Adam King)
            Understanding Lawton (38AL11): The Social and Political Functions and Occupation History of a Middle Mississippian Chiefdom Capital

2003    Alexander Y. Sweeney
            Investigating Yamasee Identity: Archaeological Research at Pocotaligo

2001    J. Michelle Schohn
            A Lodge of Their Own: A Look at Vessel Function at a Possible Cofitachequi Women’s Lodge

1998    Sara Evans Eargle
            Mortuary Data as Indicators of Social Organization at the Incinerator Site (33MY57)

1996    Patti L. Byra
            The Contextural Meaning of the 1830s Landscape at Middleburg Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina

1995    Myles C. P. Bland
            Late Archaic Plant Use at the Big Pine Tree Site (38AL143), Allendale County, South Carolina

1995    Darwin-Tamar Ramsey-Styer
            Seasonal Behavior at the Incinerator Site (33MY57): An A.D. 1250 Fort Ancient Site in Southwestern Ohio

1993    Jennifer Bleiholder
            GIS and Archaeology: A Case Study in Southeastern Ireland

1993    Elizabeth L. Collins
            Elements of Childbirth and Infant Care Among Native Americans of the Southeast


Current Senior Theses


Chanda Cooper
Botanical Knowledge Among South Carolina Elementary School Students

James Stewart
Rediscovering “Congeree Town,” a Contact Period Site


Senior Theses Chaired


2004    Laura Hayden
            Landscape Design for the Courtyard Between Hamilton and Barnwell Colleges

2004    Ashley M. Vaughan
            What is a Vegetable? Function and Fuzziness in American English

2003    Stephanie R. Walker
            A New Archaeological Site at Old Town Creek (38KE271): A Mississippian Town Along the Wateree River in Kershaw County, South Carolina


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