Ph.D. 1987, Washington University - St. Louis

Location:  Hamilton College Room 300, 
Phone number:  (803) 777-6548
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:30
Fridays 1:00 - 2:00 & By Appointment

My fields of study are the prehistoric archaeology  of  eastern  North  America  and ethnobotany (the study of the interrelationships between plants and peoples). My current projects in ethnobotany include a study of homegardening in South Carolina (with student participation), plant use through time in South Carolina (paleoethnobotany see Ancient Gardening), and seasoncal choice of diet in a late prehistoric society in southwestern Ohio. In archaeology, my interests are focused on late prehistoric/contact Indian societies in the southeast and foodways (food in a social and cultural setting). As part of a long-term project examining the rise and fall of the chiefdom of Cofitachequi in central South Carolina, I run a summer field school for undergraduate and graduate students. As a paleoethnobotanist, I maintain a lab and accept outside contracts to analyse macrobotanical plant remains from eastern U.S. sites. For over 20 years I have been involved in re-creating Indian gardens and researching flotation recovery techniques. I teach courses in ethnobotany, principles of archaeology, North American prehistory, archaeological lab methods, field work, surveying, ethics, and human evolution.

COURSE SYLLABI 

THESES DIRECTED 

ANCIENT GARDENING 

 Wateree Archaeological Research Project (W.A.R.P.)

Information and Application

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