EDUCATION INFO:
2007 - B.A., Anthropology, University of South Carolina-Columbia

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Archaeology and the Public; Prehistoric Archaeology

AREAS OF INTEREST:
Presenting archaeology to the public, museum exhibition development; prehistoric archaeology of the Southeast (especially the Clovis culture); prehistoric archaeology in Ghana, West Africa (specifically the Kintampo culture)

ADVISOR:
Joanna Casey


PAPERS AND POSTERS PRESENTED:
South Carolina Anthropology Student Conference (SCASC) 2008: 1905 Marion Street: A Look at Changing Urban Life in Columbia, South Carolina (Presented with Meg Gailliard)

SEAC 2005: The Relationship Between Professional and Avocational Archaeologists

Discovery Day (USC) 2005: Preliminary Research of Kintampo Ceramic Decoration


CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
South Carolina Anthropology Student Conference (SCASC) 2008
ASSC 2008
ASSC 2007
Archaeological Society of South Carolina (ASSC) 2006
SEAC 2005
Clovis in the Southeast Conference 2005


PUBLICATIONS:
Shofner, Erika Heimbrook, Meg Gaillard, and Tamara Looney
2008 1905 Marion Street: A Look at Changing Urban Life in Columbia, South Carolina. South Carolina Antiquities (Publication Pending)

Heimbrook, Erika
2005 The Relationship Between Professional and Avocational Archaeologists. South Carolina Antiquities 37(1&2): 76-82.


AWARDS:
2006 Publication of the Year (non-professional author), Archaeological Society of South Carolina
2006 Rising Senior Award, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
2007 Outstanding Anthropology Student Award, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
2007 Graduating with Honors from the University of South Carolina Honors College


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Archaeology Society of South Carolina
Society for American Archaeology
Antiquity
Archaeological Institute of America
Southeastern Archaeology Conference


ORGANIZATIONS:
(ASA) Anthropology Student Organization
AGORE (Anthropology Graduate Organization)
Flintknapping Club

EMAIL:
ehshof@gmail.com