ElizabethS.Chilton
ProfessorofAnthropology,
UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst
AmherstMA01003
[email protected]
ResearchSpecializations
Culturalheritage,heritagepolicy,NorthAmericanarchaeology,theoriginsofagriculture,social
complexity,ceramicecology,geoarchaeology,andculturalresourcemanagement.
Education
1996
Ph.D.inAnthropology,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst
1991
MasterofArts,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst
1985
BachelorofArts,magnacumlaude,withdepartmentalhonorsinAnthropology,minor
inMathematics,UniversityatAlbany,SUNY
AcademicandAdministrativePositions
12/14-presentAssociateViceChancellorforResearch&Engagement,UMassAmherst
10/08-1/15 Director,CenterforHeritageandSociety,CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciences,
UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst
8/12-8/14
AssociateDeanforResearch,CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciences,Universityof
MassachusettsAmherst
6/06-5/12
Chair,Anthropology,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.
7/10-present Professor,Anthropology,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.
7/04-6/10
AssociateProfessor,Anthropology,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.
9/01-6/04
AssistantProfessor,Anthropology,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.
9/01-6/05
ResearchAssociate,Anthropology,HarvardUniversity.
7/96-6/01
AssociateProfessor(7/00-6/01),AssistantProfessor(7/96-6/00),Anthropology,
HarvardUniversity.
7/96-6/01
AssociateCuratorfortheArchaeologyofNortheasternNorthAmerica,Peabody
Museum,HarvardUniversity.
1/96-6/96
Lecturer,SkidmoreCollege,SaratogaSprings,NewYork.
8/95-1/96
Lecturer,StateUniversityofNewYork,Oneonta.
GrantsandAwards(since1996)
2012-2016
PrincipalInvestigator,collaborativeresearchprojectentitled“InteractingInfluencesof
Climate,LandUse,andOtherDisturbancesonRegimeShiftsinForestEcosystems:
HoloceneDynamicsintheNortheasternUnitedStates,”NationalScienceFoundation,
$237,921.Collaboratinginstitutions:HarvardUniversityandtheUniversityof
Wyoming,totalprojectbudgetof$1.1million.
2010-2013
ResearchCollaborator,“Socio-Cultural,IdeologicalandPoliticalIssuesinthe
ValorizationofAboriginalHeritages,”aninternational,collaborativefour-yearproject
fundedbyFondsQuébécoisdelaRecherchesurlaSociétéetlaCulture,Quebec,total
projectbudget$460,000.
9/12-5/13
FacultyFellow,InterdisciplinaryStudiesInstitute,2012-13,“Engagement:The
ChallengeofPublicScholarship.”
6/12
FiveCollegeFaculty-StudentSummerResearchSeminar,“CommunityEngagementand
InternationalHeritagePolicy,”$8000.Facultyteamleaders:ElizabethChilton,Jane
Anderson,WhitneyBattle-Baptiste,andElizabethKlarich,Summer2012.
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MentoringGrant,GraduateStudentGrantService,UniversityofMassachusetts
Amherst,servedasoneofthreekeyfacultymentors($1000/year)
ProjectTeamMember,Vermont’sVirtualMuseum,grantfromtheNationalEndowment
fromtheHumanitiesDigitalStart-UpProgramtocreateatemplateforVermont’s
Internet-basedvirtualarcheologymuseum,$25,000.
Fellow,InterdisciplinarySeminarinHumanitiesandFineArts,2009-10,“NewHuman
Disciplines,”UMassAmherst.
ResearchLeadershipinActionAward,UMassAmherst:$20,000matchingfundsforthe
WorkshoponInternationalHeritageConflictandConsensus,November9-13.2009.
PocumtuckFortArchaeologicalOutreachProject,$1500foroutreacheffortsin
Deerfieldassociatedwiththearchaeologicalfieldschool.FundedbyUMassOutreach.
CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciencesResearchGrantforTravel,Universityof
MassachusettsAmherst,$600.
CommunityServiceLearningFacultyFellow2003-2004,OfficeofCommunityService
Learning,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst,$2000.
FacultyParticipant,CommunityServiceLearningDepartmentalFellowship,University
ofMassachusetts,$8000awardedtotheDepartmentofAnthropologytobeshared
amongeightfacultymembers.
ProposalPreparationGrant,CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciences,Universityof
Massachusetts,$1000,andaonecourseteachingreductionforspring2004.
FacultyGrantforTeaching,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,$1494.
FacultyResearchGrant,Conference/PerformanceTravel,UniversityofMassachusetts,
Amherst,$500.
FacultyResearchGrant,UniversityofMassachusetts,“NationalEndowmentforthe
HumanitiesPilotProject,”$10,000.
Dean’sFundGrant,UniversityofMassachusetts,“NationalEndowmentforthe
HumanitiesPilotProject,”$5000.
CertificateofAppreciationforDemonstratingExcellenceinTeaching,awardedbythe
UniversityofMassachusettsDivisionofContinuingEducation,forAnthropology577,
ArchaeologicalFieldSchool.
MemberofSeniorPersonnelfor“AgrarianLandscapesinTransition:across-scale
approach,”submittedbyCharlesRedman(ArizonaStateUniversity)etal.toNSFas
partoftheirCentralArizona–PhoenixLong-TermEcologicalResearch(CAPLTER)
project,$1,999,952.
FacultyGrantforTeaching,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,$1464.
MassachusettsFoundationfortheHumanities,PrincipalInvestigatorforNative
AmericanPublicInterpretationProgram.FundedthroughHistoricDeerfield,$2880.
FacultyResearchGrant,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,forinvestigatingNative
AmericanfarminginNewEngland,$14,970(5/02-4/03).
FacultyResearchGrant,Conference/PerformanceTravel,UniversityofMassachusetts,
Amherst,$399.
JuniorFacultyResearchAssistantshipProgramGrant,GraduateSchoolofArtsand
Sciences,HarvardUniversity,$2500.
ClarkeFundforFacultyResearch,FacultyofArtsandSciences,HarvardUniversity,
$3,004.
NortheastRegionalYoungInvestigatorAward,SigmaXi,TheScientificResearch
Society.
WilliamF.MiltonFundGrantforanalysisofarchaeologicalremainsfromtheLucy
VincentBeachsite,Martha’sVineyard,Massachusetts,$24,000(awarded1/99).
ClarkeFundforFacultyResearch,FacultyofArtsandSciences,HarvardUniversity,
$3000.
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1996-99
JuniorFacultyResearchAssistantshipProgram,HarvardUniversity,$2000eachyear
(1996-1999).
Publications(since1996)
BooksandMonographs:
Inprep
TidesofChangeinNativeNewEngland:10,000BC.toA.D.1700.SUNYPress:Under
contract.Projectedmanuscriptcompletion:December2016.
2010
NantucketandOtherNativePlaces(firsteditor,withMaryLynneRainey).SUNYPress.
Ninechaptersbyinvitedauthors,237pp.
2002
CulturalContinuityinNativeNewEngland(secondeditor;withHollyHerbster).Peerreviewed,editedvolumesubmittedforpublicationasspecialissueofthejournal
NortheastAnthropology,Vol.64.Tenchaptersbyinvitedauthors.
1999
MaterialMeanings:CriticalApproachestotheInterpretationofMaterialCulture(editor).
Peer-reviewed,editedvolume.Ninechaptersbyinvitedcontributors.Foundationsof
ArchaeologicalInquirySeries,UniversityofUtahPress,SaltLakeCity.
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TheGoatIslandRockshelter:NewLightfromOldLegacies.Monograph:ResearchReport
No.29,DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst.
BookChaptersandJournalArticles:
2015
TowardsanEcologyofCulturalHeritage,co-authoredbyElizabethBrabecandElizabethS.
Chilton.ChangeOverTime5(2):266-285.Peer-reviewed.
2014
PlusÇaChange:FromPostprocessualismto“BigData.”InvitedkeynoteforCurrent
SwedishArchaeology22:35-40.
2014
ArchaeologyandtheErasureofLootinginNewEngland,secondauthorwithSiobhanM.
Hart.InHeritageErasure:VandalismandObliterationintheHistoricEnvironment,edited
byCorneliusHoltorfandTroelsMyrupKristensen,aspecialissueoftheInternational
JournalofHeritageStudies,pp.1-18.Peer-reviewed.
2014
“TheAtlanticCoastofNorthAmerica,”invitedchapter,firstauthorwithMeredithHardy,
forthethree-volume“TheCambridgeWorldPrehistory,”editedbyColinRenfrewand
PaulBahn,CambridgeUniversityPress.
2012
TheArchaeologyofImmateriality.Archaeologies(JournaloftheWorldArchaeological
Congress)8(3):225-235.Peer-reviewed.
2012
NewEnglandAlgonquians:Navigating“Backwaters”andTypologicalBoundaries.Invited
chapterfortheOxfordHandbookofNorthAmericanArchaeology,editedbyTimothy
Pauketat,pp.262-272.OxfordUniversityPress.
2010
“MobileFarmersandSedentaryModels:HorticultureandCulturalTransitionsinLate
WoodlandandContactPeriodNewEngland.”InAncientComplexities:NewPerspectivesin
Pre-ColumbianNorthAmerica,editedbySusanAlt.pp.96-103.Foundationsof
ArchaeologicalInquirySeries,UniversityofUtahPress.
2009
Re-locatingMeaninginHeritageArchives:ACallforParticipatoryHeritageDatabases,
ProceedingsoftheAnnualMeetingofComputerApplicationstoArchaeology2009
Williamsburg,Virginia,USA,March22-26,2009,pdfversion.Peerreviewed.
2009
BuildingCollaborativeArchaeologiesfromtheGroundUp:TwoCaseStudiesfromNew
England.CollaborativeArchaeologies2:87-107.FirstauthorwithSiobhanHart.Peer
reviewed.
2009
TeachingHeritageValuesthroughFieldSchools:CasesStudiesfromNewEngland.In
HeritageValues:ThePastinContemporarySociety,editedbyHillarySoderland,George
Smith,andPhyllisMessenger,pp.147-158.LeftCoastPress.
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Pre-ContactMaizeHorticultureinNewEngland:ASummaryoftheArchaeological
Evidence.InNantucketandOtherNativePlaces,editedbyElizabethS.ChiltonandMary
LynneRainey,pp.159-179.SUNYPress,Albany.
BeforeHadley:ArchaeologyandNativeHistory,11,000yearsagotothePresent,coauthoredbySiobhanHart,ElizabethChilton,andChristopherDonta.InCultivatingaPast:
EssaysontheHistoryofHadley,Massachusetts,editedbyMarlaMiller,pp.43-67.
UniversityofMassachusettsPress,Amherst.Peerreviewed.
ArchaeologyandCommunityServiceLearninginthe“Pioneer”Valley,co-authoredby
ElizabethS.ChiltonandSiobhanM.Hart.InArchaeologyandCommunityServiceLearning,
editedbyMichaelS.NassaneyandMaryAnn.Levine,pp.168-182.UniversityPressof
Florida,Gainesville.
NewEngland’sForestLandscape:EcologicalLegaciesandConservationPatternsShaped
byAgrarianHistory,byDavidR.Foster,BrianDonahue,DaveKittredge,GlennMotzkin,
BrianHall,BillieTurner,andElizabethChilton,InAgrarianLandscapesinTransition,
editedbyCharlesL.RedmanandDavidR.Foster,pp.44-88.OxfordUniversityPress.
SoLittleMaize,SoMuchTime:UnderstandingMaizeAdoptioninNewEngland.InCurrent
NortheastEthnobotanyII,editedbyJohnP.Hart.NewYorkStateMuseum,pp.53-58.Peer
reviewed.
FromtheGroundUp:TheEffectsofConsultationonArchaeologicalMethods.InCrossCulturalCollaboration:NativePeoplesandArchaeologyintheNortheasternUnitedStates,
editedbyJordanKerber,pp.281-294.UniversityofNebraskaPress.Peerreviewed.
TheOriginandSpreadofMaize(ZeaMayz)inNewEngland.InHistoriesofMaize:
MultidisciplinaryApproachestothePrehistory,Biogeography,Domestication,andEvolution
ofMaize,editedbyJohnStaller,RobertTykot,andBruceBenz,Elsevier,pp.539-547.Peer
reviewed.
“AReexaminationoftheDEDICPaleo-IndianSite,Deerfield,Massachusetts,”byElizabeth
Chilton,TomUlrich,andNielsRinehart.MassachusettsArchaeologicalSocietyBulletin,
66(2):58-66.
FarmingandSocialComplexityinNewEngland:AD1000-1600.InvitedchapterinNorth
AmericaArchaeology,editedbyTimothyPauketatandDianaLoren,pp.138-160.
BlackwellPress,StudiesinGlobalArchaeologySeries.
Beyond‘Big’:Gender,Age,andSubsistenceDiversityinPaleo-IndianSocieties.InThe
SettlementoftheAmericanContinents:aMultidisciplinaryApproachtoHuman
Biogeography,editedbyC.M.BartonandG.A.Clark,D.Yesner,andG.Pearson,pp.162172.UniversityofArizonaPress.Peerreviewed.
TheArchaeologyofCoastalNewEngland:TheViewfromMartha’sVineyard(firstauthor;
withDiannaL.Doucette).NortheastAnthropology64:55-66.Peerreviewed.
LucyVincentBeach:AnotherlookatthePrehistoricExploitationofPiscineResourcesoff
theCoastofMassachusetts,U.S.A.(thirdauthor;withTonyaLargy,PeterBurns,and
DiannaDoucette).NortheastAnthropology64:67-73.Peerreviewed.
“TownsTheyHaveNone”:DiverseSubsistenceandSettlementStrategiesinNativeNew
England.InNortheastSubsistence-SettlementChange:A.D.700-A.D.1300,editedbyJ.Hart
andC.Reith,pp.289-300.NewYorkStateMuseumBulletin,No.496.Peerreviewed.
ArchaeologicalInvestigationsattheLucyVincentBeachSite(19-DK-148):Preliminary
ResultsandInterpretations(firstauthor;withDiannaDoucette).InALastingImpression:
Coastal,Lithic,andCeramicResearchinNewEnglandArchaeology,editedbyJordan
Kerber,pp.41-70.PraegerPublishers.
TheArchaeologyandEthnohistoryoftheContactPeriodintheNortheasternUnited
States.ReviewsinAnthropology29:337-360.
TheSettlingandUnsettlingofNewEngland:RetrospectandProspects.ConferenceonNew
EnglandArchaeologyNewsletterVol.20:4-9.
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EvidenceforPrehistoricMaizeHorticultureatthePineHillSite,Deerfield,Massachusetts
(firstauthor;withTonyaB.LargyandKathrynCurran).NortheastAnthropology59:23-46.
Peerreviewed.
MobileFarmersofPre-ContactSouthernNewEngland:TheArchaeologicaland
EthnohistoricEvidence.InCurrentNortheastPaleoethnobotany,editedbyJohnP.Hart,pp.
157-176.NewYorkStateMuseumBulletin494.Peerreviewed.
MeaningfulMaterialsandMaterialMeanings:AnIntroduction.InMaterialMeanings:
CriticalApproachestotheInterpretationofMaterialCulture,editedbyElizabethS.Chilton,
pp.1-6.UniversityofUtahPress,SaltLakeCity.Peerreviewed.
OneSizeFitsAll:TypologyandAlternativesinNewEnglandCeramicResearch.InMaterial
Meanings:CriticalApproachestotheInterpretationofMaterialCulture,editedbyElizabeth
S.Chilton,pp.44-60.UniversityofUtahPress,SaltLakeCity.Peerreviewed.
CeramicResearchinNewEngland:BreakingtheTypologicalMold.InTheArchaeological
Northeast,editedbyMaryAnnLevine,KennethE.Sassaman,andMichaelS.Nassaney,pp.
97-111.BerginandGarveyPress,Westport,Connecticut.
TheCulturalOriginsofTechnicalChoice:UnravelingAlgonquianandIroquoianCeramic
TraditionsintheNortheast.InTheArchaeologyofSocialBoundaries,editedbyMiriam
Stark.pp.132-160.SmithsonianInstitutionPress.Peerreviewed.
Reviewof“EmergentComplexity:theEvolutionofIntermediateSocieties,”anedited
volumebyJeanneArnold.AmericanAntiquity62(3):565-567.
LateWoodlandArchaeologyintheMiddleConnecticutValley:CeramicComplexityand
CulturalDynamics.JournalofMiddleAtlanticArchaeology12:67-79.
PopularArticlesandEncyclopediaEntries:
2014
“Heritage&Society,”inEncyclopediaofGlobalArchaeology,editedbyClaireSmith.
Springer.
2009
NativeHistoryandtheArchaeologyofthePocumtuckHomeland.HistoricDeerfield
Magazine10(1):12-15
2009
“Martha’sVineyardandNantucketArchaeology,CoastalMassachusetts:Ancientand
HistoricNativeAmericanSitesontheIslands,”co-authoredbyElizabethChiltonandHolly
Herbster.InArchaeologyinAmerica:AnEncyclopedia,editedbyFrankMcManamon,pp.
68-73.GreenwoodPublishing.
2009
“DeerfieldVillageandNearbySites,ConnecticutRiverValley,Massachusetts:Ancientand
HistoricArchaeologyintheConnecticutRiverValley,”co-authoredbyRobertPaynterand
ElizabethChilton.InArchaeologyinAmerica:AnEncyclopedia,editedbyFrank
McManamon,pp.118-122.GreenwoodPublishing.
2008
“InSearchofthePocumtuck“Fort”:AnArtifactofColonialHistory,”byElizabethChilton
andSiobhanHart.HistoricDeerfieldMagazine,pp.45-49.
2007
“Townstheyhavenone”:InSearchofNewEngland’sMobileFarmers,”inDiscoveringthe
Past:AnIntroductiontoWorldPrehistory,byMichaelChazan,Allyn&BaconPress.
2007
CommunityArchaeologyandthePocumtuck“Fort.”TheMassachusettsCenterfor
RenaissanceStudiesNewsletter,Autumn2007,pp.26-28.
2003
ARiverRunsThroughIt:3000YearsofDeerfieldFarming.HistoricDeerfieldMagazine,
Spring2003,byLindaEnerson,ElizabethChilton,andMargaretBruchac.
2002
UnearthingHatfield’sNativePast.ArchaeologicalInstituteofAmerica,Western
MassachusettsSocietyNewsletter16(1):1-5.
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TechnicalReports
2013
StandingStructuresReport:Cupid’sCay,Governor’sHarbour,Eleuthera.ByElizabeth
BrabecandElizabethChilton.
2013
SummaryReportonthe2011ArchaeologicalInvestigationsEaglebrookAreaDSite(19FR-415)Deerfield,Massachusetts,bySiobhanHart,DanielLynch,andElizabethChilton.
SubmittedtotheMassachusettsHistoricalCommission,Boston.
2011
EaglebrookAreaDSite,Deerfield,MA.Reportonthe2008UMassArchaeologicalField
School,byAngelaLabrador,KatieDambach,SiobhanHartandElizabethChilton.
SubmittedtotheMassachusettsHistoricalCommission,Boston.
2008
EaglebrookAreaDSite,Deerfield,MA.Reportonthe2006UMassArchaeologicalField
Schooland2007Investigations,bySiobhanHartandElizabethChilton.Submittedtothe
MassachusettsHistoricalCommission,Boston.
2006
EaglebrookAreaCSite,Deerfield,MA.Reportonthe2004UMassArchaeologicalField
School,bySiobhanHartandElizabethChilton.SubmittedtotheMassachusettsHistorical
Commission,Boston.
2006
RodimonI-3Site,Deerfield,MA.Reportonthe2004UMassArchaeologicalFieldSchool,by
SiobhanM.HartandElizabethChilton.SubmittedtotheMassachusettsHistorical
Commission,Boston.
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ArchaeologicalInvestigationsattheLucyVincentBeachSite(19-DK-148),Chilmark,
Massachusetts,byElizabethS.ChiltonandDiannaL.Doucette.Submittedtothe
MassachusettsHistoricalCommission,Boston.
ConferencesandSessionsOrganized/Moderated(since1996)
2015
“CulturalLandscapesandHeritageValues:EmbracingChangeintheManagementof
Place,”May13-15,2015.AninternationalconferenceorganizedbyElizabethBrabec,
EthanCarr,ElizabethChilton,andEvanTaylor,andsponsoredbytheCenterforHeritage
&SocietyandtheDepartmentofLandscapeArchitectureandRegionalPlanning,UMass
Amherst.http://www.umass.edu/chs/news/conference2015.html
2014
“HeritageandHealthySocieties:ExploringtheLinksAmongCulturalHeritage,
EnvironmentandResilience,”May14-16,2014.Aninternationalconferenceorganizedby
ElizabethChilton,SophiaLabadi,andMatthewHill,andsponsoredbytheCenterfor
Heritage&Society.http://www.umass.edu/chs/news/conference2014.html
2013
“Archaeology,culturalheritageandthethirdage:exploringnewchallengesand
opportunities,”symposiumorganizedbyCorneliusHoltorf,ElizabethChilton,andPeter
Aronssonforthe78thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Honolulu.
2013
“ThePastforSale?TheEconomicEntanglementsofCulturalHeritage,”May15-17,2013,
aninternationalconferencesponsoredbytheCenterforHeritageandSociety,UMass
Amherst.http://scholarworks.umass.edu/chs_conference/callforpapers.html
2012
“High-TechHeritage:HowareDigitalTechnologiesChangingourViewofthePast?”May
2-4,2012,aninternationalconferencesponsoredbytheCenterforHeritageandSociety,
UMassAmherst(http://scholarworks.umass.edu/hightechheritage/),co-organizedwith
NeilSilberman.
2011
“WhyDoesthePastMatter?ChangingVisions,Media,andRationalesinthe21stCentury,”
May4-7,2011,aninternationalconferencesponsoredbytheCenterforHeritageand
Society,UMassAmherst,co-organizedwithNeilSilberman.
2011
“AnArchaeologyofHeritage:Whatdoesthepreservationofremainsfromthepastreveal
aboutthepresent?”organizedbyElizabethS.ChiltonandCorneliusHoltorf,Societyfor
AmericanArchaeology,Sacramento,California.
2009
“HeritageasAppliedAnthropology:SettingtheAgendaforthe21stCentury,”Presidential
SessionorganizedfortheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociationmeetings,Philadelphia.
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“HeritageConflictandConsensus:NewApproachestotheSocial,Political,andReligious
ImpactofPublicHeritageinthe21stCentury,”November9-13,2009,co-organizedwith
NeilSilberman,andhostedbytheUMassAmherstCenterforHeritageandSocietyandthe
BardCollegeInstituteforAdvancedTheology.
“NavigatingTransformations:SocialComplexityintheNativeNortheast,”co-organized
andco-chairedwithBrianJonesforthe74thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmerican
Archaeology,Atlanta,GA.
“TheNewICOMOSEnameCharter(2008)ontheInterpretationandPresentationof
CulturalHeritageSites:WhatImpactCanDigitalTechnologiesReallyHaveonPublic
Heritage?,”invitedsessionorganizedbyNeilA.SilbermanandElizabethChiltonforthe
37thAnnualInternationalConferenceonComputerApplicationsandQuantitative
MethodsinArchaeology(CAA),Williamsburg,Virginia.
“NativePeoplesandCulturesofthe15th-17thCenturies:HistoricalandArchaeological
Perspectives,”aday-longsymposiumsponsoredbytheRenaissanceCenter,UMass
Amherst,organizedandchairedbyElizabethChilton.
“TheSexLifeofThings:ArchaeologiesofSex,Sexualities,andGender,”sessionorganized
byElizabethChiltonandKatieDambach,fortheAnnualMeetingoftheNortheastern
AnthropologicalAssociation.
StandardsinArchaeologicalPracticeandReviewinNewEngland:CurrentStatusand
FutureProspects,organizedandchairedbyElizabethChiltonandBrianJonesforthe
AnnualMeetingoftheEasternStatesArchaeologicalFederation,Burlington,VT.
ProgramChairforthe72ndAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology.April
25-29,2007,Austin,Texas.
SessionOrganizerandChair,OpeningSession:Border,BoundariesandBridgesinTexas
Archaeology.72ndAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Austin,Texas.
OrganizerfortheAnnualMeetingoftheMassachusettsArchaeologicalSociety,PaleoIndianSitesinNewEngland:RetrospectandProspects,UniversityofMassachusetts
Amherst.
Invitedorganizerfor“RoundtableLuncheon:IssuesforWomenasProfessionalsin
Archaeology,”AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforHistoricalArchaeologyMeeting,
Providence,RhodeIsland.
Co-organizerwithHollyHerbster,andChairfor“CulturalContinuityinNativeCoastalNew
England.Symposiumorganizedforthe67thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmerican
Archaeology.
Moderatorfor:“ADecadeofNAGPRA:ReviewingtheLaw,”aPeabodyMuseum
SymposiumwiththesponsorshipoftheHarvardUniversityNativeAmericanProgram.
HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts.
WoodlandPeriodSiteDiversity:ExpandingNotionsofNortheastEconomies.Symposium
organizedbySusanBenderandElizabethChiltonforthe63rdAnnualMeetingofthe
SocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Seattle,Washington.
MaterialMeanings:CriticalApproachestoInterpretingMaterialCulture.Symposium
organizedforthe61stMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,NewOrleans.
RoundtableLuncheon:IssuesforWomenasProfessionalsinArchaeology,organizedwith
HillaryChesterfortheSAACommitteeontheStatusofWomeninArchaeology,61st
MeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,NewOrleans.
CreatingandInterpretingCulturalIdentity:NativeAmericanCeramicResearchinNew
England.OrganizedfortheAnnualMeetingtheConferenceonNewEnglandArchaeology,
Sturbridge,Massachusetts.
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ProfessionalPapersandPanels(since1996)
“’Back to the Soil’:CommunityArchaeologyandHeritageinEleuthera,Bahamas” by
WhitneyBattle-Baptiste,Elizabeth Chilton, and Elena Sesma. Poster presented at the 81st
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, FL.
“EvaluatingArchaicPeriodSettlementandSubsistencePatternsinRelationtoEcosystem
DynamicsinNewEngland,”byDiannaDoucette,ElizabethChilton,KatieKirakosian,
DeenaDuranleau,EvanTaylor,DavidFoster,WyattOswald,andBryanShuman.Paper
presentedatthe80thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,San
Francisco,CA.
“EvaluatingtheDriversandTriggersofEcosystemDynamicsinPre-ContactNew
England,”byElizabethChilton,DiannaDoucette,KatieKirakosian,DeenaDuranleau,
DavidFoster,WyattOswald,andBryanShuman.Paperpresentedatthe79thAnnual
MeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,AustinTX.
“TowardsanEcologicalofHeritage,”presentattheinternationalconference“Heritageand
Risk,”Nov.15-16,2012,YildizTechnicalUniversity,Istanbul,Turkey.Firstauthorwith
ElizabethBrabec.Publishedintheconferenceproceedings.
“WhyDoesthePastMatter?TowardsaSocialScienceofthePast.”Invitedpresentationat
themeetingoftheStudyGroupontheHeritageStatusofAboriginalCulturalPropertyon
thethemeof“IndigenousCulturalHeritagesandSustainableDevelopment,”sponsoredby
theFondsQuébécoisdelaRecherchesurlaSociétéetlaCulture,andhostedNov.11-14,
2012attheUniversityofBarcelona.
InvitedPanelist,sponsoredsymposiumon“TheFutureofHeritage:Laws,Ethics,and
Sustainability,”TheoreticalArchaeologyGroup,Buffalo,NY,incooperationwiththe
UniversityofBuffaloBaldyCenterforLawandSocialPolicy.
“TowardsaSocialScienceofHeritage,”paperpresentedattheInauguralConferenceofthe
AssociationofCriticalHeritageStudies,UniversityofGothenburg,Sweden,June5-8,2012.
“TheArchaeologyofImmateriality,”invitedpaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingofthe
AmericanAnthropologicalAssociation,November2012,aspartofthesymposium“The
MaterialityofTracesandLegacies:PapersCelebratingtheWorkofH.MartinWobst,”
organizedbyCBroughtonAnderson,StephenPerlman,KimberlyCKasper,RobeClaire
EdwinaSmith,MargaretWConkey,andHMartinWobst.
“Museumasartifact:acasestudyfrom(colonial)NewEngland,”paperpresentedatthe
76thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Sacramento,CA.
“TheIntangibilityofThings,”invitedpaperpresentedattheannualmeetingofthe
TheoreticalArchaeologyGroup,BrownUniversity,Providence,RI.
Inviteddiscussantfortheforum“GenderedSelves:Experiencesinandoutofthe
Classroom,”sponsoredbyWomeninArchaeologyInterestGroupforthe75thAnnual
MeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,St.Louis,MO.
Inviteddiscussantforthesymposium“TheoreticalandMethodologicalApproachestothe
StudyofInteractionsinEasternNorthAmerica,”organizedbyKarineTacheforthe75th
AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,St.Louis,MO.
“GivingVoicetoChoice:IntegratingScientific,Ethnographic,andHistoricalAnalysisto
Understanding17thCenturyNativePotteryfromWesternNewEngland,”posterpresented
atthe75thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,St.Louis,MO,byJulie
A.Woods,MatthewT.Boulanger,ElizabethS.Chilton,DavidV.HillandMichaelD.
Glascock.
“WhoShouldCarefortheDead?HumanRemainsandCulturalHeritage,”paperpresented
at“AppropriatingthePast:TheUsesandAbusesofCulturalHeritage,”amulti-disciplinary
conferenceheldatDurhamUniversity,UK,6-8thJuly2009toinauguratetheCentrefor
theEthicsofCulturalHeritage,DurhamUniversity.
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2008
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2007
2007
“HomelandsandFarmlands:CooperationandCohesionamongLateWoodlandPeoplesof
theNortheast.”Invitedpaperpresentedatthe74thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyfor
AmericanArchaeology,Atlanta,GA.
“TheEbbandFlowofChangeinNativeNewEnglandduringthe16th-17thCenturies.”
Paperpresentedatthe74thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,
Atlanta,GA,secondauthorwithSiobhanM.Hart.
“Re-locatingMeaninginHeritageArchives:ACallforParticipatoryHeritageDatabases,”
byAngelaLabradorandElizabethS.Chilton.Paperpresentedatthe37thAnnual
InternationalConferenceonComputerApplicationsandQuantitativeMethodsin
Archaeology(CAA),Williamsburg,Virginia.
“BuildingCollaborativeArchaeologiesfromtheGroundUp:TwoCasesStudiesfromNew
England.”InvitedpaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAnthropological
Association,SanFrancisco,CA.
“ContinuitiesandChangesinNativeCeramicTechnologiesintheMiddleConnecticutRiver
Valley,Massachusetts,”byJulieWoodsandElizabethS.Chilton.Invitedpaperpresentedat
theAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation,SanFrancisco,CA.
“CeramicsasProxiesforContinuitiesandTransformationsin17thCenturyTraditionsand
Economies:ACasefromtheDeerfieldValley,”ElizabethChiltonandJulieWoods,
presentedattheRenaissanceCenter,UMassAmherst,November2008.
“TransformingtheMemory,Metaphor,andMonumentofthePocumtuckFort,”bySiobhan
HartandElizabethChilton.InvitedpaperpresentedattheWorldArchaeologicalCongress,
Dublin,Ireland,July2008.
“TeachingtheLegalContextsofHeritageValues:CasesStudiesfromNewEngland.”
InvitedpaperpresentedattheWorldArchaeologicalCongress,Dublin,Ireland,July2008.
“AnArchaeologicalEcologyoftheSouthernNewEnglandCoast,”byElizabethS.Chilton,
DeenaL.Duranleau,andDavidFoster.Invitedpaperpresentedatthe73rdAnnualMeeting
oftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Vancouver,BC.
“TheEcologicalLegacyofMobileFarmersinPre-ContactNewEngland:ACaseStudyFrom
theMiddleConnecticutRiverValley,”byKimberlyKasperandElizabethChilton.Invited
paperpresentedatthe73rdAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,
Vancouver,BC.
Invitedpanelistfor“Motherhood,InstitutionalChange,andtheFutureofWomenin
Archaeology.”OrganizedbyMaxineOlandandBarbaraRothforthe73rdAnnualMeeting
oftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Vancouver,BC.
Invitedpanelistfor“HeritageValuesandValuingHeritage:Consideringthe(Dis)Connects
amongthePast,Present,andFuture.”OrganizedbyHilarySoderland,GeorgeSmith,and
PhylisMessengerforthe73rdAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,
Vancouver,BC.
“QueerArchaeology,MathematicalModeling,andthePeoplingoftheAmericas.”Paper
presentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheNortheasternAnthropologicalAssociation,
Amherst,MA.
“AnArchaeologyofthePocumtuckHomeland:theUMassFieldSchoolintheDeerfield
Valley,Massachusetts.”PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheNortheastern
AnthropologicalAssociation,Amherst,MA.
“RecentInvestigationsofa17thCenturyNativeAmericanSiteinDeerfield,MA:Fortor
Metaphort?”byElizabethChiltonandSiobhanHart.InvitedpaperpresentedattheAnnual
MeetingoftheEasternStatesArchaeologicalFederation,Burlington,VT.
MobileFarmersandSedentaryModels:HorticultureandCulturalTransitionsinLate
WoodlandandContactPeriodNewEngland.Paperpresentedatthe72ndAnnualMeeting
oftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,April25-29,Austin,Texas.
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2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001
2001
ContinuityandChangeinContactPeriodNewEngland:TheArchaeologicalEvidence.
PresentedatthesymposiumNewEnglandBeginnings:Re-VisioningtheSeventeenth
Century,organizedbyAliceNash.SponsoredbytheRenaissanceCenteratUMassAmherst.
SoLittleMaize,SoMuchTime:UnderstandingMaizeAdoptioninNewEngland.Paper
presentedatthe71stAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,April27,
2006,SanJuan,PuertoRico.
LostandFound:ArchaeologicalMethods&ASeventeenthCenturyPitFeatureinNew
England,bySiobhanHart,KimberlyKasper,WilliamThompson,andElizabethChilton.
Posterpresentedatthe71stAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,
April27,2006,SanJuan,PuertoRico.
AReexaminationofthe1978UMassSurveyofDeerfieldIndustrialPark,byElizabeth
ChiltonandThomasUlrich.PresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheMassachusetts
ArchaeologicalSociety,Paleo-IndianSitesinNewEngland:RetrospectandProspects,
UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.
TownsTheyHaveNone:Pre-contactNativeAmericanCeramicComplexityandCultural
DynamicsintheMiddleConnecticutValley.PresentedatTheEleventhAnnualDeerfieldWellesleySymposium,NativeRepresentationinArt,Archaeology,HistoryandMuseums:An
InterdisciplinarySymposium,HistoricDeerfield,Inc.,Deerfield,Massachusetts.
TheOriginandSpreadofMaize(Zeamays)inNewEngland.Paperpresentedatthe69th
AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Montreal.
DiscussantsCommentspreparedfor“NewYorkChronologyandSettlementRevisited:
PapersinMemoryofDr.RobertE.Funk,”organizedbyNinaVersaggiforthe69thAnnual
MeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Montreal.
UnearthingHatfield’sNativePast:AReportonthe2002UMassArchaeologicalField
School,bySiobhanM.HartandElizabethS.Chilton.PaperpresentedattheAnnual
MeetingoftheMassachusettsArchaeologicalSociety,Middleboro.
Pre-ContactArchaeologyandContemporaryNativeIdentityinNewEngland.Presentedat
theWorldArchaeologicalCongress,June2003,WashingtonDC.
FromBeaverHilltoBarkWigwams:ReconsideringArchaeologyandHistoricalMemoryin
theConnecticutRiverValley,byMargaretM.BruchacandElizabethS.Chilton.Invited
paperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforHistoricalArchaeologyMeeting,
Providence,RhodeIsland.
WhereHaveAlltheIndiansGone?ReconsideringHistoricalMemoryintheConnecticut
RiverValley,byMargaretM.BruchacandElizabethS.Chilton.Invitedpaperpresentedat
the42ndAnnualMeetingoftheNortheasternAnthropologicalAssociation,Burlington,
Vermont.
Discussant,RadicalArchaeologicalTheorySymposium,SUNYBinghamton,October17-18,
2003
TheArchaeologyofCoastalNewEngland:TheViewfromMartha’sVineyard,byElizabeth
S.ChiltonandDiannaL.Doucette.Paperpresentedatthe67thAnnualMeetingofthe
SocietyforAmericanArchaeology.
InvitedForumparticipant,“PerceptionsinFieldSchoolManagement,”sponsoredbythe
SocietyforAmericanArchaeologyWomeninArchaeologyInterestGroup,andorganized
byBarbaraRoth.
UnravelingAlgonquianandIroquoianCulturalDifferencesduringtheLateWoodland
Period(AD1000-1600).InvitedpaperpresentedattheMohicanSeminar,NewYorkState
Museum,Albany.
LucyVincentBeach:AnotherLookatthePrehistoricExploitationofPiscineResourcesOff
theCoastofMassachusetts,U.S.A.Co-authoredpaperbyT.B.Largy,P.G.Burns,E.S.
ChiltonandD.L.Doucette.PaperpresentedattheInternationalCouncilon
Archaeozoology,ConferenceoftheFishRemainsWorkingGroup,Pahia,NewZealand.
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1996
CanineProxiesforNativeAmericanDiets.Co-authoredbyE.S.Chilton,N.vanderMerwe,
N.Stein,andK.O.Allegretto.Paperpresentedatthe66thMeetingoftheSocietyfor
AmericanArchaeology,NewOrleans.
TheSocialContextsofFieldwork:TheHarvardFieldSchoolonMartha’sVineyard.Invited
paperpresentedatthe65thMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,
Philadelphia.
“TownsTheyHaveNone”:FlexibleSubsistenceandSettlementStrategiesinLate
PrehistoricNewEngland.InvitedpaperpresentedattheNewYorkNaturalHistory
ConferenceVI,NewYorkStateMuseum,Albany.
MobileFarmersoftheNewEnglandInterior:ASummaryoftheEvidence.Invitedpaper
presentedatthefourthWorldArchaeologicalCongress,Capetown,SouthAfrica.
CoastalArchaeologyinNewEngland:TheLucyVincentBeachSite.Invitedpaper
presentedatConferenceonNewEnglandArchaeology,StrawberyBanke,NewHampshire.
NewEnglandArchaeologicalResearch.Invitedpaperpresentedattheannualmeetingof
theNewHampshireArchaeologicalSociety,Charlestown,NewHampshire.
EconomicDiversityinLatePrehistoricNewEngland:AViewfromtheInterior.Paper
presentedatthe63rdMeetingoftheSocietyforAmericanArchaeology,Seattle,
Washington.
MaizeCultivationintheNewEnglandInterior:RecentEvidencefromPineHill,Deerfield.
Invitedpaperpresentedtothe58thAnnualMeetingoftheMassachusettsArchaeological
Society,Middleborough,Massachusetts.
CeramicResearchinNativeNewEngland:Navigatingthe“CulturalBackwaters.”Invited
paperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheNewYorkArchaeologicalCouncil,Albany,
NY.
NewEvidenceforMaizeHorticultureintheNewEnglandInterior.Invitedpaper
presentedattheNewYorkNaturalHistoryConferenceIV,NewYorkStateMuseum,
Albany.
CulturalIdentityandTechnicalChoice:AlgonquianCeramicTraditionsinNewEngland.
PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheConferenceonNewEnglandArchaeology,
Sturbridge,Massachusetts.
OneSizeFitsAll:TypologyandAlternatives.Paperpresentedatthe61stMeetingofthe
SocietyforAmericanArchaeology,NewOrleans.
Teaching
UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,September2001topresent:
• AnalysisofMaterialCulture,Anthropology325/697(undergraduateandgraduate),Fall2002,Fall
2004,Fall2006,Fall2008,Fall2010,Fall2014.
• HeritageasAppliedAnthropology,Anthropology597(graduateseminar),Fall2009,withNeil
Silberman.
• ArchaeologicalSurveyMethods,Anthropology367/697(undergraduateandgrad),Spring2007.
• ArchaeologyofGender,Anthropology597w(graduate),Fall2007.
• ArchaeologyofPre-ContactNewEngland,Anthropology697(graduateseminar),Spring2005.
• ArchaeologicalFieldSchool,Anthropology577(undergraduateandgraduate),Divisionof
ContinuingEducation,Summer2008,2006,Summer2004,andSummer2002.
• ArchaeologyofNewEngland,Anthropology529(undergraduateandgraduateseminar),Spring
2006,Spring2004,afourcreditCommunityServiceLearningcourse.
• NorthAmericanArchaeology,Anthropology369(undergraduate),Fall2002,Fall2003,Fall2004.
• ArchaeologyandPrehistory,Anthropology102(undergraduate),Spring2003,Spring2006.
• NAGPRAandIssuesofCulturalPropertyintheNortheastU.S.,Anthropology697D(graduateand
undergraduate),Spring2003
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• NativePeoplesofthePioneerValley:ArchaeologyandEthnohistory,Anthropology597A
(undergraduateandgraduate),Fall2003
• FieldSchoolPreparation,Anthropology597(graduatestudents),Spring2002,Spring2010,Spring
2011.
• IndependentStudiesforundergraduateandgraduatestudents(UMASS298Y,Anthropology398,
Anth898):lithicanalysis,andotherlaboratoryandlibraryresearchprojects,Fall2001-Spring
2015.
HarvardUniversity,July1996toJune2001:
• RediscoveringPastSocieties:AnIntroductiontoArchaeology,Anthropology100(undergraduate),
Spring1997,Spring1999,andSpring2000.
• ResearchandQuantitativeMethodsinAnthropology,Anthropology190(graduateand
undergraduate),Fall1997.
• ArchaeologicalMethodandTheory,Anthropology207a&b(graduate),year-longcourse,1996-7,
1997-8.
• ArchaeologyofNewEngland,Anthropology196(undergraduateandgraduate),Fall1997,Fall
1999.
• ArchaeologicalLaboratoryTechniques,Anthropology197(undergraduate),Spring1999.
• SocialComplexityinNorthAmerica,Anthropology215(graduateseminar),Spring2001.
• FieldMethodsinNewEnglandArchaeology:TheHarvardFieldSchoolonMartha’sVineyard,
AnthropologyS-162,Summer1998and1999.
• SupervisedReadingandResearch,Anthropology91r,undergraduatelaboratoryandresearch
projects,Spring1999,Fall1999,Spring2000.
OtherInstructorships:
• MesoamericanPrehistory,Anthropology205,SkidmoreCollege,Spring1996.
• IntroductiontoCulturalAnthropology,Anthropology101,SkidmoreCollege,Spring1996.
• HumanOrigins,Anthropology101,StateUniversityofNewYork,CollegeatOneonta,Fall1995.
• NorthAmericanIndians,Anthropology270,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,Summer1994.
• HumanNature(IntroductiontoAnthropology),Anthropology100,UniversityofMassachusetts,
Amherst,Winter1994.
• LithicAnalysis,seminarforstudentemployees,UniversityofMassachusettsArchaeological
Services,Spring1992.
• ArchaeologyandPrehistory,Anthropology102,UniversityofMassachusetts,Divisionof
ContinuingEducation,Winter1992,Winter1991,andSummer1990.
• IndependentStudiesforundergraduates,UniversityofMassachusetts,Anthropology,Fall1991,
Spring1994,andFall1995.Ceramicandlithicanalysis,anddocumentaryresearch.
ArchaeologicalFieldWork(since1996)
DirectororCo-Director,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst,ArchaeologicalFieldSchool
Massachusetts,2002-2008.Directedcourseinstruction,survey,mapping,andexcavationofpreContactandContactperiodarchaeologicalsitesinDeerfield,MA.Supervisedundergraduatestudents
andteachingassistants.
Director,HarvardArchaeologicalProjectonMartha’sVineyard,1997to2001.Directedsurvey,
mapping,andexcavationsoftwoarchaeologicalsitesinChilmarkandMenemsha,MA.Superviseda
totaloftwenty-fiveundergraduateandgraduatestudentsandsixteachingassistants.
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LaboratoryWork
MaterialsAnalyst,UniversityofMassachusettsArchaeologicalServices,September1988toMay1994.
Analysisofprehistoricandhistoricartifacts(especiallyceramicsandlithics)forcontractarchaeology
projectsthroughoutNewEngland.
LaboratorySupervisor,UniversityofMassachusettsArchaeologicalServices,September1988to
January1990.Supervisionoflabstaffintheprocessing,andcurationofcollectionsanddocumentation,
andthemanagementoffieldandlabequipment.
CuratorialAssistant,underthedirectionofDr.LynneSullivan,curatorofarchaeology,NewYorkState
Museum,Albany,October1987toMay1988.Inventoryofallprehistoricandhistoriccollections,
creationofcomputerdatabase,andsupervisionoflabtechnicians.
LaboratoryTechnician,LouisBergerandAssociates,Inc.,EastOrange,NewJersey,ApriltoOctober
1987.Analysisandcurationofprehistoricandhistoriccollections,andcreationofcomputerdatabases.
ResearchAssistant,PrattandPrattArchaeologicalConsultants,Inc.,Syracuse,NewYork,August1986
toApril1987.Documentaryresearch,archaeologicalsurvey,supervisingexcavations,laboratory
processingandanalysis,dataprocessing,reportwriting,andaccounting.
ProfessionalService
Positions:
2014-17
ExecutiveBoard,ArchaeologySeat,AmericanAnthropologicalAssociation.Nationally
electedposition.
2010-present Co-editoroftheinternational,peer-reviewedjournal,Heritage&Society,published
byLeftCoastPress.
2012-2013
NominatingCommitteeMember,nationallyelectedposition,SocietyforAmerican
Archaeology.
2011-2014
InvitedReviewer,WennerGrenFoundation,GrantsforDoctoralStudents,andPostDoctoralResearchers.
2010-2013
ExecutiveCommittee,ArchaeologyDivision,AcademicMember-at-large,American
AnthropologicalAssociation,nationallyelectedposition.
2010-present ExpertMemberoftheInternationalCommitteeonHeritageManagementforthe
InternationalCouncilonMonumentsandSites(byapplication)
2008-present MemberoftheUSICOMOSInternationalScientificCommitteeontheInterpretation
andPresentationofCulturalHeritageSites.
2010-2011
President,ConferenceforNewEnglandArchaeology,electedposition
2009-2010
SteeringCommittee,ConferenceforNewEnglandArchaeology,electedposition.
2009 ReviewerforPublicationsCommitteeofComputerApplicationsandQuantitative
MethodsinArchaeology(CAA).
2009 ReviewerforonlineandprintpublicationoftheProceedingsoftheAnnualMeetingof
ComputerApplicationstoArchaeology2009Williamsburg,Virginia,USA.March2226,2009.
2007-2010
NominationsCommittee,ArchaeologicalDivisionoftheAmericanAnthropological
Association.
2006-7
ProgramChair,SocietyforAmericanArchaeology,2007AnnualMeeting,Austin,TX.
2003-2005
BoardofTrustees(electedposition),MassachusettsArchaeologicalSociety.
2003 InvitedWorkshopParticipant,NationalScienceFoundationWorkshoponEducation
intheSocial,Behavioral,andEconomicSciences,GraduateEducationPanel.
Washington,DC.
2003-2005
AdvisoryBoardformuseumexhibitandpublicprogrammingforErasingTraces:The
Commemorationof1704andColonialConflicts,HistoricDeerfield,Inc.
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1999-present
1998-2003
1997-2001
1996-2001
1998-2000
1998-1999
1994-1998
EditorialAdvisoryBoard,NortheastAnthropology,apeer-reviewedjournal.
TaskForceonUndergraduateandGraduateCurriculum,SocietyforAmerican
Archaeology.
VicePresidentoftheHarvardChapterofSigmaXi,theScientificResearchSociety.
ArchaeologyEditor,NortheasternAnthropologicalAssociationNewsletter
BoardofTrustees,MassachusettsArchaeologicalSociety(electedposition).
ProgramCommitteeforthe1999AnnualMeeting,Chicago,SocietyforAmerican
Archaeology.
CommitteeontheStatusofWomeninArchaeology,SocietyforAmerican
Archaeology.
BoardofDirectors,NewYorkArchaeologicalCouncil(electedposition).
Secretary,NewYorkArchaeologicalCouncil(electedposition).
SteeringCommittee,ConferenceonNewEnglandArchaeology(electedposition).
1993-1997
1994-1997
1994-1996
InvitedPeer-Reviewerforthefollowingjournals:
2004 JournalofArchaeologicalScience
2002-present OntarioArchaeology.
2000-present AmericanAnthropologist.
2000-present AmericanAntiquity.
2000-present JournalofArchaeologicalMethodandTheory.
1994-present NortheastAnthropology.
1996 Geoarchaeology.
InvitedPeer-Reviewerforthefollowinggrantingagencies:
2008-present CanadianSocialScienceResearchCouncil.
2003-present NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.
2000-present WennerGrenFoundation.
1996-present NationalScienceFoundation.
UniversityService
9/14-present InstituteforSocialScienceResearch,AdvisoryBoardMember.
2/15-5/15
Co-Chair,InternationalAdmissionsandFederalComplianceAdvisoryCommittee,
appointedbytheChancellor.
11/13-present Co-Chair,JointTaskForceonResourceAllocation,appointedbytheChancellor.
11/13-present TaskForceonInternationalizationfortheACELab,ResearchSub-Committee
12/12-present StrategicPlanningCommittee,ResearchSub-committee,UMassAmherst(joint
committeeoftheadministrationandtheFacultySenate,co-ChairedbytheProvost
andViceChancellorforResearch)
12/13-4/14
SearchCommitteeMember,ProvostandSeniorViceChancellor
11/13-3/14
SearchCommitteeMember,DeanoftheCommonwealthHonorsCollege
2011-present AcademicPrioritiesCouncil,FacultySenate,UMassAmherst
2009-10
LegalStudiesTaskForce,CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciences.
2009-10
Co-chair,TaskForcefortheCollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciencesandthe
CollegeofHumanitiesandFineArtsReorganization
2008-present RenaissanceCenterAdvisoryCouncil
2007-2009
GeneralEducationTaskForce
2007-2008
100thAnniversaryCommitteefortheGraduateSchool
2006-present Speaker,WorkshopCoordinator,andFacultyMentorfortheGraduateStudent
GrantService
2005-2008
FacultySenateCommitteeonFacultyHiringinitiative(UMA250)
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2006-2010
2004-2005
2004-5
2002-2008
2001-present
1997-2001
1996-2001
1996-2001
1999
HonoraryDegreeCommittee
Co-Chair,StatusofWomenCouncil,FacultySenate,UniversityofMassachusetts,
Amherst.
DeanSearchCommittee,CollegeofSocialandBehavioralSciences
Member,StatusofWomenCouncil,FacultySenate
FiveCollegeNativeAmericanStudiesCurriculumCommittee.
StandingCommitteeonArchaeology,HarvardUniversity.
AdvisoryCommitteeonRepatriation,PeabodyMuseum,HarvardUniversity.
HalloftheNorthAmericanIndianExhibitCommittee,PeabodyMuseum.
GraduateSchoolCommitteeonMeritFellowshipsandGraduateSociety
DissertationFellowships,HarvardUniversity.
DepartmentalService(since9/01)
Fall2014
2006-2012
2005
2005
2003-2006
2003-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
Spring2002
2002-2003
SearchCommitteeMember,RepatriationCoordinator
DepartmentChair
Chair,FacultySearchCommittee
ActingDepartmentChair,Summer2002,2005,and2006
GraduateAdmissionsDirector
Chair,Ad-hocCollectionsCommittee
FacultySearchCommittee
PersonnelCommittee
PublicationsCommittee
Chair,UMassArchaeologicalServicesTransferCommittee
ProfessionalMemberships(withyearbeginning)
AmericanAnthropologicalAssociation(1989)
NortheasternAnthropologicalAssociation(1989)
ArchaeologicalInstituteofAmerica(2002)
RegisterofProfessionalArchaeologists(1999)
ArchaeologicalSocietyofConnecticut(1998)
SigmaXi(1995)
ConferenceonNewEnglandArchaeology(1990)
SocietyforAmericanArchaeology(1987)
InternationalCouncilonMonumentsandSites(2008) SocietyforHistoricalArchaeology(2002)
MassachusettsArchaeologicalSociety(1996)
VermontArchaeologicalSociety(1996)
NewHampshireArchaeologicalSociety(1996)
WorldArchaeologicalCongress(1989)
NewYorkArchaeologicalCouncil(1986)
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