VITAE
CHRISTOPHER OHM CLEMENT
South Carolina Institute of 3222 Lakewood Ave.
Archaeology and Anthropology Columbia, SC 29201
1321 Pendleton St. (803) 771-6767
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-8044
clement@sc.edu
EDUCATION
B.A. Colorado College 1983 Anthropology
M.A. University of Florida 1988 Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Florida 1995 Anthropology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Historical Archaeology
Plantation Archaeology
Cultural Resource Management
Remote Sensing and GIS
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Caribbean
Southeastern US
New England
Andean South America
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming Remnant Amerindian Groups on Eighteenth Century Tobago, West Indies?: A Comparison of Coarse Earthenwares from Four Sites. Florida Anthropologist.
1998 (Moseley, Michael E., Christopher Ohm Clement, Jorge Tapia, and Dennis Satterlee)
El colapso agrario de la subregion de Moquegua. In Moquegua: Los primeros doce mil años. Karen Wise (ed.), Museo Contisuyo, Moquegua, Peru.
1998 Review of Historical Archaeology and the Study of American Culture, edited by Lu Ann De Cunzo and Bernard L. Herman. American Antiquity 63(2):345-346.
1997 Settlement Patterning on the British Caribbean Island of Tobago. Historical Archaeology 31(2):93-106.
1995 Landscapes and Plantations on Tobago: A Regional Perspective. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
1994 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Thomas Hales Eubanks)
The Tobago Archaeological Program: Developing a Comprehensive Historic Preservation Program for Tobago. Public Archaeology Review 2(2):14-19.
1991 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Michael E. Moseley)
The Spring-Fed Irrigation System of Carrizal, Peru: A Case Study of the Hypothesis of Agrarian Collapse. Journal of Field Archaeology 18:425-443.
1990 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Elba Torres, Niki R. Clark, and Juan Carlos Tello)
Entierro preceramico doble en Ilo, Peru: Reporte Preliminar. In Trabajos Arquelogicos en Moquegua, Peru (Volume I) L. Watanabe, M. Moseley, and F. Cabieses (eds.), Programa Contisuyo del Museo Peruano de Ciencias de la Salud Southern Peru Copper Corporation: Lima, Peru, pp. 177-183.
1990 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Michael E. Moseley)
Patterned Agrarian Collapse at Carrizal, Peru. Florida Journal of Anthropology 15:47-54.
1990 (Moseley, Michael E., and Christopher Ohm Clement)
Patron de colapso agrario en Carrizal, Ilo, Peru. In Trabajos Arquelogicos en Moquegua, Peru (Volume II) L. Watanabe, M. Moseley, and F. Cabieses (eds.), Programa Contisuyo del Museo Peruano de Ciencias de la Salud Southern Peru Copper Corporation: Lima, Peru, pp. 161-176.
1989 Should I Stay or Should I Go? Post-emancipation Economic and Settlement Decisions in the Caribbean: A Preliminary Optimal-Foraging Analysis. Florida Journal of Anthropology 14:13-20.
1989 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Michael E. Moseley)
Agricultural Dynamics in the Andes. In Ecology, Settlement and History in the Osmore Drainage D. Rice and C. Stanish (eds.), BAR International Series 545(ii):435-456.
1988 Where Have All the Farmers Gone: Mapping and Measuring Agrarian Collapse, Ilo, Peru. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
1987 (Hintz, Raymond J., Christopher Ohm Clement, and Michael E. Moseley)
Quantification and Presentation of Archaeological Data: Agricultural Collapse in Southern Peru. Technical Papers of the 1987 ASPRS-ACSM Annual Convention Volume II American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: Baltimore.
PRESENTED PAPERS
1999 "The Mann-Simons Family and Post Bellum Development of the Columbia, South Carolina Black Community" 56th Annual Meetings, Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Pensacola, FL, November 10-13.
1999 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Monica Beck and Martha Zierden)
"Far from the Madding Crowd: Outlying Settlements in 17th Century Carolina" 32nd Annual Meetings, Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Salt Lake City, UT, January 6-9.
1998 "Historic Amerindians and the Plantation Economy of Tobago, WI" 31st Annual Meetings, Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Atlanta, GA, January 8-10.
1996 "Settlement Patterning on the British Caribbean Island of Tobago: Economics, Power, and a Sense of Self" 29th Annual Meetings, Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Cincinnati, OH, January 3-7.
1994 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Thomas Hales Eubanks)
"The Tobago Archaeological Program: Developing a Comprehensive Historic Preservation Program for Tobago" Annual Meetings, Society for Applied Anthropology, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, April 13-17.
1987 (Moseley, Michael E., Christopher Ohm Clement, and Jorge Elias Tapia)
"Geoarchaeology on the South Coast of Peru" 52nd Annual Meetings, Society for American Archaeology, Toronto, May 6-10.
1986 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Elba Torres, Niki R. Clark and Juan Carlos Tello)
"Villa del Mar: Preliminary Report on a Preceramic Double Burial, Ilo, Peru" Primer Encuentro de Arqueologia Regional, Ilo, Peru, August 17-23.
1986 "Agrarian Contraction of Coastal Spring-Fed Irrigation Systems at Ilo, Peru" 51st Annual Meetings, Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April 24-27.
REPORTS
1999 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Steven D. Smith)
"Sandy Island Research Program: Strategic Plan for a Long Term Program of Thematic and Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research at Sandy Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina" Submitted to the Historic Ricefields Association, Georgetown.
1999 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Ramona M. Grunden, and Steven D. Smith)
"Archaeological Survey of the South Carolina Army National Guard's Clarks Hill Training Site, McCormick County, South Carolina" Report submitted to the South Carolina Army National Guard.
1999 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Ramona M. Grunden)
"Archaeological Testing at 38RD628, 38RD902 and 38RD903, Leesburg Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina" Report submitted to the South Carolina Army National Guard.
1999 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Ramona M. Grunden, and John K. Peterson, with contributions by Suzanne Coyle)
"History and Archaeology at the Mann-Simons Cottage: A Free Black Site in Columbia, South Carolina" Report submitted to the Historic Columbia Foundation.
1998 "Report of Investigations: King Peters Bay, Tobago, WI". Report submitted to the National Archaeological Committee, Trinidad and Tobago.
1998 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, and Ramona M. Grunden)
"'Where the Wappetaw Independent Congregational Church Stood...': Archaeological Testing at 38CH1682, Charleston County, SC" Research Manuscript Series 225, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia, SC.
1998 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Ramona M. Grunden, John K. Peterson, Jill S. Quattlebaum, and Steven D. Smith)
"Archaeological Survey of 12,538 Acres, Fort Polk, Louisiana" Report submitted to the National Park Service Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, GA.
1997 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Steven D. Smith, Ramona M. Grunden, and Jill S. Quattlebaum)
"Archaeological Survey of 4,000 Acres on the Lower Little River, Cumberland, Hoke and Moore Counties, Fort Bragg, North Carolina" Report submitted to the National Park Service Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, GA.
1996 (Kreisa, Paul P., Christopher Ohm Clement, Ramona M. Grunden, Jill S. Quattlebaum, Steven D. Smith, Cyntia L. Balek, and Jacqueline M. McDowell)
"Phase I Archaeological Survey of 7,500 Acres at Poinsett Weapons Range, Sumter County, South Carolina" Report submitted to the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL.
1995 (Abrams, Cynthia L., Steven D. Smith, Mark D. Groover, Ramona M. Grunden, Jill S. Quattlebaum, and Christopher Ohm Clement)
"Exploring Fort Polk: Results of an 8,027 Acre Survey in the Main Fort and Peason Ridge Portions of the Fort Polk Military Reservation, Vernon and Natchitoches Parishes, Louisiana" Report submitted to the National Park Service Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, GA.
1995 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Ramona M. Grunden, Steven D. Smith, Cynthia L. Abrams, and Jill S. Quattlebaum)
"Results of a 4,000 Acre Archaeological Survey: Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier Parish, Louisiana" Report submitted to the National Park Service Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, GA.
1995 (revised 1997) (Doherty, Prudence, Christopher Ohm Clement, and Peter A. Thomas)
"Phase 1 Archaeological Site Identification Survey for Marshfield F028-3(28), Marshfield, Washington County, Vermont" Report submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT.
1993 "Courland Estate Village and Old Estate House Complex, Site Significance" Report submitted to Laughlin and Associates, Inc., St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies.
1993 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Prudence Doherty and Nora Sheehan)
"Death is a Debt to Nature Due: Phase 1 Site Identification Survey in Borrow and Disposal Areas for BRF 030-2(12), Cambridge, Vermont" Report submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT.
1992 "Report of Preliminary Investigations, Courland Division Archaeological Project, June-July, 1992" Report submitted to the Amoco Foundation, Inc. and Amoco Trinidad, Ltd., Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
1992 (Clement, Christopher Ohm, Prudence Doherty, Nora Sheehan and Peter A. Thomas)
"Archaeological Site Identification and Evaluation, Bristol BRF 021-1(3), Rte. 116 Bridge Replacements, Bristol, Vermont" Report submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT.
1992 (Thomas, Peter A., and Christopher Ohm Clement)
"Archaeological Site Identification Survey for Ryegate Wood Energy Plant, East Ryegate, Vermont" Report submitted to Ryegate Wood Energy Company, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1992 (Thomas, Peter A., Christopher Ohm Clement, and Prudence Doherty)
"Archaeological Site Identification Survey for Georgia TH 3716, Georgia, Vermont" Report submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT.
1992 (Thomas, Peter A., Christopher Ohm Clement, and Prudence Doherty)
"Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey for Milton BRZ 1448(16), Milton, Vermont" Report submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT.
1991 "Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey: Fort King George, Tobago" Report submitted to the Ministry of Tourism, Tobago House of Assembly, Scarborough, Tobago, West Indies.
1991 (Thomas, Peter A., and Christopher Ohm Clement)
"Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey for Brandon BRZ 1443(21), Brandon, Vermont" Report submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT.
1989 "Report on the 1989 Investigation of the 'North Road' Slave Component of the Betty's Hope Site, Antigua, WI" Ms. on file, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Principal Investigator, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia, SC, October 1994-present.
Research Adjunct, University of Miami Department of Anthropology, Coral Gables, FL, June 1993-December 1994.
Lecturer, Florida International University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Miami, FL, December 1993-May 1994.
Laboratory Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 1992-May 1992.
Program Archaeologist, University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program, Burlington, VT, June 1991-December 1991.
Archaeologist, University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program, Burlington, VT, June 1990-June 1991.
Computer Consultant, University of Florida Department of Anthropology, Gainesville, FL, August 1988-December 1989.
Teaching Assistant, Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents, University of Florida Department of Anthropology, Gainesville, FL, Spring 1987, 1988.
Teaching Assistant, Biological Anthropology, University of Florida Department of Anthropology, Gainesville, FL, Fall 1986.
Research Assistant/Photogrammetric Cartographer, University of Florida Department of Anthropology and Department of Surveying and Mapping, Gainesville, FL, Fall 1985, Spring 1986, Fall 1987.
Photogrammetric Cartographer, Programa Contisuyu, Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, University of Florida Department of Anthropology, Gainesville, FL, Summer 1985, 1986, 1987.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
1999 Development of a Strategic Plan for Research at Sandy Island, South Carolina, for the Historic Ricefields Association. (co-Principal Investigator)
1999 Salvage Archaeology at Two Amerindian Sites, Bacolet, Tobago, West Indies, for the Tobago House of Assembly. (Principal Investigator)
1999 Archaeological Survey at the Clarks Hill Training Site, McCormick County, SC, for the South Carolina Army National Guard. (co-Principal Investigator)
1998 GIS and National Register Data Acquisition at Battlefields Associated with the Defense of the Charleston to Savannah Railroad, SC, for CR GIS, National Park Service. (co-Principal Investigator)
1998 Archaeological Testing at 38RD628, 38RD902 and 38RD903, Leesburg Training Center, Columbia, SC, for the South Carolina Army National Guard. (Principal Investigator)
1998 Limited Testing at the Mann-Simons Cottage, Home of a Free Black Midwife, Columbia, SC, for the Historic Columbia Foundation. (Principal Investigator)
1997 Archaeological Investigation of an Historic Amerindian Occupation, Tobago, WI. (Principal Investigator)
1997 Archaeological Testing at Wappetaw Independent Church, Charleston County, SC. (Principal Investigator)
1996-1997 12,538 Acre Survey of Fort Polk, Louisiana, for the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service. (Principal Investigator)
1996 4,000 Acre Survey of Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina, for the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service. (co-Principal Investigator)
1995-1996 5,000 Acre Survey of Poinsett Weapons Range, Sumter County, South Carolina, for the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. (co-Principal Investigator)
1995 Archaeological Documentation of the Arnos Vale Sugar Factory Site, Tobago, West Indies, for Arnos Vale, Ltd. (Principal Investigator)
1994-1995 4,000 Acre Survey of Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana, for the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service. (co-Principal Investigator)
1992-1995 Courland Archaeological Survey, Tobago Archaeological Program, Tobago, West Indies. (Project Director)
1991 Phase 1 Archaeological Site Identification Survey at Marshfield, Vermont, for the Vermont Agency of Transportation. (Program Archaeologist)
1991 Archaeological Site Identifaction Survey, East Ryegate, Vermont, for the Ryegate Wood Energy Plant. (Program Archaeologist)
1991 Archaeological Site Identifaction Survey, Georgia, Vermont, for the Vermont Agency of Transportation. (Program Archaeologist)
1991 Archaeological Site Identifaction Survey, Milton, Vermont, for the Vermont Agency of Transportation. (Program Archaeologist)
1991 Archaeological Site Identifaction Survey, Brandon, Vermont, for the Vermont Agency of Transportation. (Program Archaeologist)
1991 Fort King George Archaeological Project, Tobago, West Indies, for the Tobago House of Assembly. (Principal Investigator)
1989 Betty's Hope Conservation Project and the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua, West Indies. (Project Director)
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
South Carolina Humanities Council Research Grant, April 1998
Robert L. Stephenson Archaeological Research Fund Grant, July 1996
University of South Carolina Research and Productive Scholarship Award, April 1996
Charles H. Fairbanks Award, June 1994
Amoco Foundation, Inc. Research Grant, June 1993
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, December 1992
Amoco Foundation, Inc. Research Grant, May 1992
A. Curtis Wilgus Research Grant, April 1989
John M. Goggin Memorial Scholarship, February 1989
Tinker Field Research Grant, June 1986
UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1999-present Y2K Liaison, Computer Services Division
1999-present Committee on Research Professors Policy and Procedures, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
1998-present Co-editor, Journal of Caribbean Archaeology
1996-present Editorial Board, Legacy, The Newsletter of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
1996-present Network Managers Group, College of Liberal Arts
1996-1999 Computer Manager, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
1996-present Computer Liaison, College of Liberal Arts
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Southeastern Archaeological Conference
International Association of Caribbean Archaeologists
Society for Historical Archaeology
Council of South Carolina Professional Archaeologists