Education

Yale University B.A. 1987 Archaeology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst M.A. 1991 Archaeology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ph.D. 1999 Anthropology

Interests

I was trained as an archaeologist, and that remains my major research interest. I study the archaeology of capitalism, and the material ways in which our present structures of race, class, and gender have developed over time. In my other role as preservationist, I'm especially interested in the "tear-down" trend, or the destruction of vernacular housing in favor of McMansions.

Memberships

Society for Historical Archaeology

Association for Gravestone Studies

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Publications/Papers

In 2005 I published an archaeological study of nineteenth-century prisons. Titled "Detention Castles of Stone and Steel": Landscape, Labor and the Urban Penitentiary, the book is available through University of Tennessee Press. In fall 2005 I'll be speaking at an archaeology conference at Western Michigan University, at our own CHP conference, and at the Tiverton Historical Society. Book

Research and Scholarly Achievements

Currently I'm finishing a book about the historical archaeology of death and burial for the University Press of Florida. It's part of a series called "The American Experience through Historical Archaeology." My next project will be based on Salve's ongoing archaeological fieldwork at the Newport Historical Society's Wanton-Lyman-Hazard house (ca. 1700).

Awards

Curriculum Vitae

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Class Schedule

Fall 2009 Schedule