I spent six summers (1983-1988) working at the Pinson Mounds State Archaeological State Park. I first worked on the crew that excavated a section of the Twin Mounds […]
Cahokia: The Plazas
Reader beware! I have gone down a rabbit hole. That rabbit hole is Cahokia Archaeology. Over the years, archaeologists have done an extraordinary amount of field excavations and […]
Petersburg 2 -The Crater
Introduction Previously, I focused on a few Union Forts in a section of the Petersburg siege earthworks. The Petersburg siege (from June 15, 1864, to April 2, 1865, […]
Kolomoki Mounds: a Middle Woodland Center
Background/ Context My first experience of prehistoric earthworks was at Kolomoki Mounds State Park in Georgia. I was stationed at NAS Albany, Georgia (in the early 1970s), awaiting […]
Cahokia: An Introduction & Monks Mound
INTRODUCTION I first visited Cahokia in 1977 on a field trip down from the Orendorf site in central Illinois. It was a long drive down via a stop at […]
Shiloh-The Mounds
Introduction/Context Shiloh, Tennessee, is the location of a significant Civil War battle and the site of a major prehistoric mound complex; this is the only location where a […]
Mapping Archaeological Sites Using Airborne Lidar Data
Background/ Context The following information comes from a research poster I created for a UNF Research symposium in 2019. The poster was designed not for archaeologists or scholars […]
Petersburg National Battlefield 1
Warning: I am not an expert or scholar of the American Civil War. Any mistakes are entirely mine. The use of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Lidar has […]
Fort George Island: DSM and DEM what is the difference?
Context/Background Fort George Island is a jewel in northeast Florida. Located on the north side of the St. Johns River, it is one of a series of barrier […]