EDUCATION INFO:
2001—B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology, West Virginia Univeristy
2004—M.A. in Anthropology, University of South Carolina

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Archaeology

AREAS OF INTEREST:
Historical Archaeology especially African Diaspora in Caribbean and SE United States; cultural resources management; GIS in archaeology; landscape; sampling strategies.


THESIS TITLE:
Thesis: Une Île du Sucre: Preliminary Investigations into the Economic Activities of the Inhabitants of Les Portlands, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.


THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Kenneth G. Kelly (chair)
Dr. Christopher Ohm Clement
Dr. Janina Fenigsen

DISSERTATION RESEARCH/PROJECT:
My dissertation research will utilize chemical characterization data obtained through INAA of South Carolina colonowares to examine the movement of these ceramics throughout the region in order to address questions concerning social (and economic) interactions among the enslaved laborers, Native Americans, and plantation owners.   


ADVISOR:
Dr. Kenneth G. Kelly

PAPERS/POSTERS PRESENTED:
Oct 2007 - Poster, “Corn Whiskey: A Brief Overview of the History of Moonshine During the 19th century” for ASSC Archaeological Field Day at Historic Brattonsville, SC.

Nov 2005 - “Connecting the Dots: Making Sense of the Historic Postholes Identified at the Johannes Kolb Site, 38DA75.” 2005 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Columbia, South Carolina.

July 2005 - “Preliminary Investigations into the Economic Activities of the Inhabitants of Les Portlands, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.” 21st Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology. Trinidad and Tobago.

Feb 2004 - Poster, Archaeological Society of SC Annual Conference.

Sept 2002 - “My Summer Fieldwork Experience.” University of South Carolina Department of Anthropology Colloquia.


CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
SAA 2000— Philadelphia, PA
SAA 2001— New Orleans, LA
WV Archaeological Society Annual Conference 2001—Charleston, WV
SHA 2003—Providence, RI
SHA 2004—St. Louis, MO
Clovis in the Southeast 2005—Columbia, SC
SEAC 2005—Columbia, SC
ASSC 2002-2008—Columbia, SC

PUBLICATIONS:

2008 - Smith, Steven D., Audrey R. Dawson, and Tamara S. Wilson
The Search for Colonial Jacksonborough (38CN280), Colleton County, South Carolina. Report submitted to the Lowcountry Council of Governments and the Francis Marion Trail Commission. July 2008.

2008 - Dawson, Audrey R., Steven D. Smith, and Christopher Ohm Clement
Cultural Resources Survey of the Pittman Analysis Area, Enoree Ranger District, Sumter National Forest, Newberry and Union Counties, South Carolina. Report submitted to the US Forest Service. January 2008. Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests CRM Report 07-11.

2007 - Clement, Christopher Ohm and Audrey R. Dawson
Archaeological Testing and Survey at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Technical Report by the Applied Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina. September 2007.

2007 - Dawson, Audrey R., Christopher Ohm Clement, and Deborah A. Keene
Archaeological Research at Sixty-One Sites, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Technical Report by the Applied Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina. July 2007.

2006 - Clement, Christopher Ohm and Audrey Dawson
Archaeological Testing at 13 and 15 George Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Technical Report by the Applied Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina.

2004 - Dawson, Audrey R.
Rapport préliminaire sur la prospection pédestre d’une partie de la commune d’Anse Bertrand, Guadeloupe. Bilan. Direction Régional des Affaires Culturelles: Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe.

2001 Dawson, Audrey R.
An Internet Spatial Multimedia Approach to Recording and Exploring the Urban Historical Geography of the Wharf District, Morgantown, WV. Available at http://ark.geo.wvu.edu/wharf/dawson/index.html. Project for the West Virginia University Regional Research Institute Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. National Science Foundation Grant No. 9300445.

FELLOWSHIPS:
2007 - Awarded $3,500 from the R. L. Stephenson Archaeological Research Fund, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology for “The Search for the King of England’s Soldiers.”

2003 - The Ceny Walker Graduate Fellowship from the Richard L. Walker Institute of International Studies to fund M.A. or Ph.D. field research conducted outside of South Carolina and/or the United States.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA)
Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC)
Council of South Carolina Professional Archaeologists (COSCAPA)
Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA)
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
Archaeological Society of South Carolina (ASSC)
The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA)
Phi Beta Kappa Society