CURRICULUM VITAE

Terrance M. Weik, Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, 317 Hamilton College
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-6789 / weik@mailbox.sc.edu

EDUCATION:

2002 Ph.D. in Anthropology, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Dissertation: Archaeology of Black Seminole Maroons in Florida: Ethnogenesis and Culture Contact at Pilaklikaha

1995 M.A. in Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. African Studies Certificate

1993 B.A. Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Geographical: African Diaspora, Southeastern United States, Latin America
Thematic: Maroons, Antislavery Struggles, Post-emancipation Freedom, Spirituality
Theoretical: Representation, Sociocultural Transformation & Continuity, Interaction, Resistance

PUBLICATIONS:
Forthcoming

2007 The Role of Complexity and Organization in the Development of African-Native American Settlements: An African Seminole Model. International Journal of Historical Archaeology volume 11, number 2.

2007

Allies, Enemies and Kin in the African-Seminole Communities of Florida: Archaeology at Pilaklikaha, in Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the Africa Diaspora, edited by Toyin Falola & Akin Ogundiran. Indiana University Press.

n.d.

Presencing African Americans at the Seibels House. South Carolina Antiquities. Accepted August 30, 2007.

n.d.

A First Look at the Archaeology of African Americans at Strawberry Plains. Mississippi Archaeology. Accepted May, 2007.


In Print

2005

Freedom Fighters on the Florida Frontier, in Unlocking the Past: Celebrating Historical Archaeology in North America, edited by Lu Ann DeCunzo and John Jameson, pp. 36-44. University Press of Florida.

2005

Not Just Black and White, in Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology, edited by Claire Smith and Martin Wobst, pp. 281-297. Routledge. Coauthored book chapter with Ruth Mathis.

2004

Archaeology of the African Diaspora in Latin America. Historical Archaeology 38(1): 32-49.

1997

The Archaeology of Maroon Societies in the Americas: Resistance, Cultural Continuity and Transformation in the African Diaspora. Historical Archaeology 31(2): 81-92.


Under Review

n.d. Representations and Regional Interactions of Africans and Native Americans. Submitted to the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.

n.d.

An Archeological Perspective on Africans in Florida: Marronage, Cultural Genesis, & African-Native American Interaction, in Africa In Florida, edited by Robin Poyner. University of Florida Press.

REPORTS

2005 Phase 1 Archaeological Survey at the Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, Holly Springs Mississippi.

2004

Preliminary Archaeological Survey of the Strawberry Plains Audubon Center.

AWARDS/GRANTS

2004

$8370 Historic Columbia Foundation research grant: Seibels House II.

2003

$4000 Historic Columbia Foundation research grant: Seibels House I .

2003

$7540 Mississippi Humanities Council grant: Strawberry Plains Audubon Society.

2001

$18,880 Co-authored State of Florida, Division of Historic Resources Survey and Planning Grant: The Black Seminole Heritage Project.

2000

$3,125 Nutter Dissertation Fellowship. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida.

1997

$1,500 Tinker Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida.

1996

$5,000 Auzenne Fellowship. University of Florida.

SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED
2008

Post-Emancipation Transitions in the African Diaspora. Symposium organized for the Society for Historical Archaeology conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January.

2006

African Resistance and Collaboration on the Edges of Slave Societies, Society for Historical Archaeology conference, Sacramento, California, January 13th.

PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
2006 Angola in the Context of African and Seminole Life in Florida. Presentation at Tampa University, organized by the Looking for Angola Project.

2006

An Archaeological, GIS Perspective on African-Seminole Relationships in Florida. Presentation delivered to the University of South Carolina, Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series, March 16th.

2006

Mapping African-Seminole Resistance in Southeastern North America, paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology symposium African Resistance and Collaboration on the Edges of Slave Societies. Symposium organized by Terrance M. Weik, for the conference, held in Sacramento, California, January 13th.

2004

From Africa to the Americas, From Slavery to Freedom, paper presented in the session Archeology & the interpretation of African American history. National Park Service conference called “Effective Interpretation of Archaeological Resources,” Charleston, SC, February 2.

2003

Resistance, Persistence, and Spatial Dimensions of Maroon Archaeology. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology 68th Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, April 9-13, 2003.

2003

Florida’s African-Indian Heritage: Black Seminole History, Toponymy, and the Power of Names. Paper Presented at the University of Florida’s Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations conference entitled “Rhyme, Rhythm, Rhetoric and Race: Exploring the influence of literature, language, and lyrics on race relations.” March 27-28, 2003.

2002

Cultural Resources and Reparations: The Black Seminole Case. Benedict University Conference on Reparations, October.

2002

We Already know Our History: Dialogue, Relevance and Dissonance in Maroon Archaeology, paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology, Mobile, AL, January 11th.

2001

Marooned in a Forgotten Past: Comparative Archaeological Perspectives on African Maroons in the New World and Africa. Co-authored paper with Jonathan Walz, presented at the 44th Annual African Studies Association Meeting, Houston, Texas.

2001

Not Just Black and White: African Americans Reclaiming the Indigenous Past, Coauthored paper with Ruth Mathis. World Archaeology Conference, Curacao.

2001

Black Seminole Archaeology. Presentation at the Seminole War Society Meeting. Dade City, Florida.

2000

The Personal and Professional Evolution of a Historical Archaeologist, Paper Presented in the symposium "Entering Historical Archaeology." Society for Historical Archaeology Meetings, Quebec, Canada.

1997

African Diaspora Archaeology in Latin America. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia.

1994

Archaeology of Maroon Societies in the Americas. Paper presented at the African Studies Association Meetings, Orlando, Florida.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Anthropological Association
Mississippi Archaeological Association
Society for Historical Archaeology
Society for American Archaeology

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2002-2007

Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina.

2001

Consultant, Mapping & Graphics Specialist. Kingsley Plantation Project. National Parks Service, Jacksonville, Florida.

1999-2000

Graphics/GIS Technician & Field Archaeologist , Southeastern Archaeological Research, Gainesville, Florida.



RESEARCH PROJECTS, LABORATORY & FIELD EXPERIENCES
2003-2007 P.I. , Tenant Farm Archaeology, Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, MS

2003-2007

P.I. , African American Urban Archaeology, Seibels House, Columbia, SC

Summer 2003

P.I. , Maroon and Plantation Site Archaeology, Veracruz, Mexico

1998-2007

P.I. , Florida & Texas African Seminole & Maroon Archaeology

Summer 1997

Field Archaeologist & Lab Analyst , La Vega, Dominican Republic

Summer 1996

Field Archaeologist & Lab Analyst , La Vega, Dominican Republic

Summer 1995

F ield Archaeologist Charles Pinckney Project, Charleston, SC

Summer 1994

Field Archaeologist & T.A. , Maroon Heritage Research Project, Jamaica

Summer 1994

Archaeology Lab Analyst , La Isabela, Dominican Republic

Summer 1993

Student , San Salvador, Bahamas, Archaeology Field School

Summer 1991

Student , Roatan Island, Honduras, Ethnographic Field School

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
National

2006 Reviewed article for International Journal of Historical Archaeology

2005

Reviewed NSF Proposal.

2005

Reviewed article for World Archaeology.

2004

Reviewed article for Historical Archaeology.


University of South Carolina

2003-2005 Faculty Senate, Anthropology Representative, University of South Carolina

2003-present

College of Arts & Sciences Computer Advisory Committee, Anthropology Department Representative, University of South Carolina

2002-present

Faculty Affiliate, African American Studies Program, U.SC.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
African American Cultures
African American Folklife & Archaeology
Anthropology of Peace & Violence
Archaeological Lab Methods
Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Culture & Identity in the African Diaspora
Ethics & Anthropology
Historical Archaeology
Primates, People, & Prehistory
Principles of Archaeology
The Development of World Civilization

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Advisory Committees

2004-2007 Historic Columbia Foundation, Collections & Interpretation Committee

2003-2005

Historic Columbia Foundation, Education Committee

1998

Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Mentoring Program, University of Florida


Presentations
2006

Finding Freedom at Fort Mose, a presentation delivered to Burnside Elementary School (Columbia, SC) grades 3-5, February 28th

2006

Abundant Legacy: An Archaeologist’s Perspective on African & American Connections, Paper delivered at the University of South Carolina Black History Month Program Discovering our Roots, sponsored by the Student Coalition Empowering African Americans, and Carolina Productions, February 15th

2006

Interview with Toni Header, web coordinator, Looking For Angola, Interdisciplinary Maroon Research Project sponsored by the University of South Florida’s Africana Heritage Project. http://www.lookingforangola.com/site/

2005

An Archaeology of Maroons: Lessons for African Liberation. Presentation at KRYST Universal Temple, Columbia, South Carolina, December 2nd

2005

TRIO Program & Ronald E. McNair Programs, University of South Carolina

2004

Archaeological Research on African American Life at Strawberry Plains. Presentation to public audience at the Holly Springs Community Center, Holly Springs, Mississippi.

2004

Archaeology of an African American Urban Kitchen Site. Presentation to children at the Bethel Community Center Summer Program, Columbia, SC. July 20

2004

TRIO Program & Ronald E. McNair Programs, University of South Carolina

2004

Benefiting from Your Life’s Purpose and a Graduate Education, Presentation to the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Mentoring Program Awards Ceremony. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2003

An Archaeology of Africans and Seminole in Colonial Florida, Presentation delivered at 9th Annual Minority Undergraduate Research Assistant Program Student Conference in a session entitled “Representing: Underrepresented Minorities in Philosophy and Archaeology.” University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. July

2002

Black Seminole and Pre-Colonial Archaeology in Florida archaeology workshop and lecture series presented to South Sumter Middle School students at the Dade Battlefield State Historic Site. April

2001

Florida Archaeology A presentation for the Dade Battlefield Kids Day Dade Battlefield State Historic Site, Bushnell, Florida

2001

A Historical Archaeology of Black Seminole Maroons in Colonial Florida Presentation for the Fort Mose Historical Society & St. Augustine Historical Society, St. Augustine, Florida

COMPUTER SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, GIS/Arcview9.2, Surfer Forrmats: Mac, PC

LANGUAGE
Spanish


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