Conference Papers

2023    “Geophysical and Archaeological Explorations of the Center of the Creighton Island Shell Ring (9MC87), Georgia, USA.” Abstract accepted for presentation at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Conference. Portland, Oregon. Coauthored with Elliot Blair and Matthew Sanger.

2023    “Magnetic Gradiometry Surveys of the Upper and Lower Plazas at La Sufricaya, Guatemala.” Abstract accepted for presentation at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Conference. Portland, Oregon. Coauthored with Joseph Dober, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Francisco Estrada-Belli.

2023    “19^th-Century Rice Agriculture and the Bronson Strip Site, St. Catherines Island, Georgia, USA,” Abstract accepted for presentation at the Society for Historical Archaeology, Lisbon, Portugal. Coauthored with Elliot Blair.

2022    “Ancient flutes and whistles from the Eastern Woodlands.” Poster presented at the 78^th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, AR. Coauthored with Matthew Sanger and Elliot Blair.

2022    “AMS 14C Dates as a Proxy for Shell Ring Construction on Creighton Island, GA.” Poster presented at the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Conference. Chicago, Illinois. Co-authored with Elliot Blair.

2021    “Geoarchaeological Investigations at Mound Z, Moundville, Alabama (ITU500).” Poster presented at the 133^rd Annual Geological Society of America Conference, Portland, Oregon. Co-authored with Alain Plattner and Elliot H. Blair.

2020    “Long-term Effects of Human Modifications to Floodplain Soils at the La Playa Site.” 85^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Conference. Conference canceled due to COVID-19.

2019    “Geoarchaeological Examination of Cultivated Soils at La Playa, An Early Agricultural Period Site in Sonora, Mexico.” Poster presented at the 131^st Geological Society for America Conference. Phoenix, Arizona.

2019    “Early Agricultural Practices at La Playa, Sonora, Mexico: A Multi-Scalar Geoarchaeological Study of Prehistoric Earthen Irrigation Canals.” Poster presented at the 84^th Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2018    “Searching for Mound Z: Results of the 2017 University of Alabama Moundville Field School.” Poster presented at the 75^th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Augusta, Georgia. Co-authored with Elliot Blair, Kareen Hawsey, Edmond Boudreaux, Matthew Gage, Lindsey Gordon, Stephen Harris, and Allison Smith.

2018    “Archaeological Investigations and Shallow Geophysical Surveys at the Bronson Strip Site, St. Catherines Island, Georgia.” Paper presented at the 75^th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Augusta, Georgia. Co-authored with Elliot Blair.

2018    “The Early Agricultural Period at La Playa, Mexico, A Geoarchaeological Investigation.” Paper presented at the 83^rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. Washington, D.C.

2017    “Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating on Ancient Irrigation Canals in Sonora, Mexico.” Poster presented at the 129th Geological Society of America Conference. Seattle, Washington.

2017    “Advancements and Prospects in Geoarchaeology Today: The SAA GIG at 20.” 82^nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. Discussant.

2017    “Stratigraphic Investigation of the Early Agricultural Period Irrigation Canals at La Playa, Sonora, Mexico.” Poster presented at the 45th Annual University of Arizona Geoscience Symposium.

2016    “Cross-Mended Ceramic Sherds as a Proxy for Depositional Processes at Two Late Archaic Shell Rings in Coastal Georgia.” Poster presented at the 73^rd Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Athens, Georgia. Co-authored with Matthew Sanger and Victor Thompson.

2016    “Geoarchaeological Investigation of the Early Agricultural Period Irrigation Canals and Stratigraphy at the La Playa Site in Sonora, Mexico.” Poster presented at the 128^th Geological Society of America Conference.

2016    “Magnetic Gradiometry in the Spatial Reconstruction of the Early Agricultural Period Canal System at La Playa, Mexico.” Paper presented at the 81^st Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. Orlando, Florida.

2016    “Anthropogenic Influences on Terrace Soil Development at Tumamoc Hill.” Poster presented at 15^th Biennial Southwest Symposium. Tucson, Arizona. Coauthored with Todd Pitezel and James T. Watson.

2015    “Determining Construction Materials and Soil Formation Processes at a Burial Mound in Northwest Mexico Using Soil Micromorphology.” Paper presented at the 80^th Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. San Francisco, California.

2014    “Early Agricultural Period Floodplain Reconstruction: Survey of Irrigation Canals at the La Playa Site, Sonora, Mexico.” Paper presented at the 126^th Geological Society of America Conference. Vancouver, Canada.

2013   “Micromorphology in a Coastal Setting: Issues with Preservation of Anthropogenic Materials.” Paper presented at the 125^th Geological Society of America Conference. Denver, Colorado.

2012    “Experimenting with Ceramic Rehydroxylation: Results and Applications of Stratigraphic Soil Testing.” Poster presented at the 77^th Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. Memphis, Tennessee.

2011    “Mapping the Mission: An Integrated Geochemical and Geophysical Analysis of Site Structure at 17^th –century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale.” Paper presented at the 76^th Annual Society for American Archaeology Conference. Sacramento, California. Co-authored with Elliot Blair.

2010    “Soil Temperature and Ceramic Rehydroxylation Study at St. Catherines Island, GA.” Poster presented at the 67^th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Lexington, Kentucky.

2009    Caldwell IV Conference: Geoarchaeology of St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Invited participant. St. Catherines Island, GA.

Invited Lectures

2022    “Geoarchaeology and Ancient Modified Environments.” Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures’ Afternoon Anthropology brown bag lecture series, Mississippi State University. (October 7, 2022)

2022    “Ancient Irrigation and Agricultural Practices in an Arid lands: Using Geoarchaeological Methods to Document, Date, and Interpret La Playa’s Earthen Canals in a Dynamic Floodplain Environment.” The Department of Anthropology and the Quaternary Research Center’s Friday Afternoon Archaeology Lecture Series, University of Washington. (February 25, 2022)

2015    “Using Geology to Investigate Archaeological Problems: Examples from Northwest Mexico.” Invited lecture at California State University East Bay, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (April 27, 2015)