Curriculum Vitae Biographical Information Name: Charles Ross Riggs, Jr. Born: 22 October, 1967, Cody, Wyoming Campus phone: (970) 247-‐7409 E-‐mail: [email protected] Education 1999 University of Arizona, Tucson
Ph.D. major: Anthropology; minor: Geography Dissertation: The Architecture of Grasshopper Pueblo: Dynamics of Form, Function, and Use of Space in a Prehistoric Community.
1994 University of Arizona, Tucson
M.A. Anthropology Thesis: Dating Construction Events at Grasshopper Pueblo: New Techniques for Architectural Analysis
1990 University of Arizona, Tucson
B.A. magna cum laude. major: Anthropology; minor: Classics
1986 James E. Taylor High School, Katy, Texas
Summary of Professional Experience
2010 -‐-‐ 2015 Fort Lewis College Chair, Department of Anthropology
2014 -‐-‐ Fort Lewis College Professor
2008 – 2014 Fort Lewis College Associate Professor
2008 – 2012 Fort Lewis College Cultural Resource Management Certificate Program Coordinator
2002 – 2008 Fort Lewis College Assistant Professor
2002 – 2004 University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Pinedale Faculty Mentor/Assistant Director
1995 – 2002 Statistical Research, Inc. Project Director/Mapping Department Director
1988 – 1995 M3 Engineering and Technology CAD Operator/Electrical Designer 1992 – 1993 University of Arizona Graduate Teaching Assistant
1993 University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Pinedale
Graduate Field Supervisor/Instructor
1991 – 1992 University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper
Graduate Field Supervisor/Instructor
1989 University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper Student
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Research Interests
Topical Neolithic societies Community layout, architecture, and spatial organization Migration, residential mobility, and identity Community aggregation and re-‐organization Computer applications in archaeology, including GPS/GIS technologies Public Outreach and Native American Perspectives Geographic North America and the American Southwest Near East
Teaching Experience 2015 Fall, Fort Lewis College, World Archaeology, Archaeology of the Southwest, Senior
Seminar in Anthropology 2015 Summer, Fort Lewis College, Field Training in Archaeology, Petrified Forest National Park,
AZ 2015 Spring, Fort Lewis College, World Archaeology, Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology 2014 Fall, Fort Lewis College, World Archaeology, Senior Seminar in Anthropology 2014 Spring, Fort Lewis College, World Archaeology, Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology 2013 Fall, Fort Lewis College, Introduction to Archaeology, Ancient Egypt 2013 Summer, Fort Lewis College, Field Training in Archaeology, Ridges Basin, Durango 2013 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Rise and Fall of Ancient States, Legal and Ethical Issues in
Anthropology 2012 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, History of Anthropological Thought 2012 Winter, Fort Lewis College. World Archaeology, Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology,
Senior Seminar in Anthropology I and II. 2011 Fall, Fort Lewis College. World Archaeology, Southwest Prehistory, Senior Seminar in
Anthropology I and II. 2011 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, Legal and Ethical Issues in
Anthropology, Senior Seminar in Anthropology I and II. 2010 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, Topics in Old World Archaeology:
The Ancient Near East, Senior Seminar in Anthropology I and II
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2010 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, Topics in Social Archaeology: Rise and Fall of Ancient States, Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology.
2009 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, Prehistory of the Southwest, Senior
Capstone Seminar in Anthropology, Advanced Topics in Southwest Archaeology. 2009 Summer, Fort Lewis College. Innovative Month in Southwest Archaeology. Pigg Site
Archaeological Research Project. 2009 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, Legal and Ethical Issues in
Anthropology, Senior Seminar in Anthropology 2008 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, Research Methods in Anthropology,
Advanced Research in SW Prehistory. 2008 Summer, Fort Lewis College, Advanced Archaeological Field Techniques. Pigg Site. 2008 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Anthropology, Prehistory of the Americas,
Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology, and Exploring the Chaco Phenomenon (Honors Forum).
2007 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Culture, Heritage and Identity, Introduction to Archaeology,
Archaeological Lab Techniques, Prehistory of the Southwest, Footprints of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology of Chaco Canyon.
2007 Summer, Fort Lewis College. Advanced Research in Southwest Archaeology. 2007 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Anthropology, Archaeology of the Southwest,
and Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology. 2006 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Anthropology of the Southwest, Introduction to Archaeology, and
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology. 2006 1st Summer Session, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Anthropology. 2006 Winter 2006, Fort Lewis College. Anthropology of the Southwest, Introduction to
Anthropology, Archaeology of the Southwest. 2005 Fall 2005, Fort Lewis College. Anthropology of the Southwest, Introduction to
Archaeology, Archaeology of North America, Enrichment courses to Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde.
2005 2nd Summer Session, Fort Lewis College. Ancient Egypt. 2005 1st Summer Session, Fort Lewis College. Greece: Culture and Archaeology. FLC Innovative
Month abroad.
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2005 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, Anthropology of the Southwest, Archaeology of the Southwest.
2004 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Introduction to Archaeology, Quantitative Methods in
Anthropology, Anthropology of the Southwest, Enrichment Course – Experiencing the Buildings of Chaco Canyon.
2004 Summer, Faculty Mentor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Pinedale.
Mapping and GIS applications in archaeology and heritage preservation. 2004 Winter, Fort Lewis College. Anthropology of the Southwest, Quantitative Methods in
Anthropology, Archaeology of the Southwest. 2003 Fall, Fort Lewis College, Anthropology of the Southwest, Introduction to Archaeology, and
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology. 2003 Summer, Assistant Director and Faculty Mentor, University of Arizona Archaeological
Field School at Pinedale. Mapping and GIS applications in archaeology and heritage preservation.
2003 Winter, Fort Lewis College. North American Archaeology, Introduction to Archaeology,
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology.
2002 Fall, Fort Lewis College. Southwestern Archaeology, Introduction to Archaeology, The Southwest I.
2002 Summer, Faculty Mentor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Pinedale.
Mapping and GIS applications in archaeology and heritage preservation. 1993 Summer, Instructor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Pinedale,
Barbara J. Mills, Director.
1993 Spring Semester, Graduate Teaching Assistant. Anthropology 205, "Prehistoric Peoples of the Southwest," J. Jefferson Reid, Instructor.
1993 Fall Semester, Graduate Teaching Assistant. Anthropology 451 "Archaeology of North
America," William A. Longacre, Instructor
1992 Summer, Instructor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper, J. Jefferson Reid, Director.
1992 Spring Semester, Graduate Teaching Assistant. Anthropology 101 "Introduction to
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology," Barbara J. Mills, Instructor.
1991 Summer, Instructor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper, J. Jefferson Reid, Director.
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Courses Taught Introduction to Anthropology World Archaeology Prehistory of the Southwest Introduction to Archaeology Archaeological Lab Techniques Anthropology of the Southwest Culture, Heritage and Identity The Southwest I Prehistory of the Americas Field Training in Archaeology/Adv. Arch. Field Techniques
Research Methods in Anthropology Legal and Ethical Issues in Anthropology Senior Capstone Seminar in Anthropology Advanced Research in Southwestern
Archaeology Greece: Culture and Archaeology Ancient Egypt Rise and Fall of Ancient States Overview of Near Eastern Archaeology History of Anthropological Thought
Scholarships, Grants, Awards and Recognitions
2012 Proposal to NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates. Collaborative proposal with Crow Canyon Archaeological Center for summer archaeological training of undergraduate students with a focus on the Neolithic revolution and the move toward urbanism in the prehistoric Southwest. Proposal was not funded.
2009 $44,411.00 Grant from the Colorado State Historical Fund (Contract #2009-‐02-‐054) to
conduct a third season of research and teaching at the Pigg Site (5MT4802). 2008 $41,138.00 Grant from the Colorado State Historical Fund (Contract #2008-‐02-‐022) to
conduct a second season of research and teaching at the Pigg Site (5MT4802). 2007 Nominated for the Alice Admire Excellence in Teaching award. 2007 Recognized as an Outstanding Faculty Member, Spring 2007 by students on campus. 2007 $42,585.00 grant from the Colorado State Historical Fund (Contract #2007-‐02-‐013) to
conduct excavations at the Pigg Site (5MT4802). 2007 $750.00 grant from the Fort Lewis College Foundation to purchase field equipment for
the 2007 Pigg excavation project. 2002 –2004 Collaborator on an NSF proposal entitled Undergraduate Research Experience in
Native American Archaeology and Heritage Preservation: A Cooperative Project of the University of Arizona and the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Barbara J. Mills, University of Arizona and John R. Welch, White Mountain Apache Tribe, co-‐Principle Investigators.
2001 Invited participant in the National Parks Service masonry ruins preservation workshop at
Kinishba Ruins, Fort Apache, Arizona. Sponsored by the White Mountain Apache Tribe. 1998 Awarded a Graduate Teaching Associate's position to teach Anthropology 435, The
Principles of Archaeological Fieldwork, for summer session II at The University of Arizona. Course was canceled due to low enrollment.
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1993 William Shirley Fulton Scholarship, for work at The University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, Silver Creek Project.
Fund Raising
2012 TLC for FLC. Scheduled for June. Conduct a private tour of the Pigg Site and the Lowry Community. Donor contributions to go to the Al Lancaster Scholarship for field school students.
2010 Established the Department of Anthropology, Earl H. Morris Scholarship in the amount of
$5388.00 for archaeology students from proceeds from the 2010 Pecos Archaeological Conference.
Faculty Governance
2015-‐2017 Faculty Senate 2012-‐2014 President’s Cabinet 2012-‐2014 President, Fort Lewis College Faculty Senate 2008–2012 Faculty Representative to the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees 2008-‐2012 Board of Trustees, Academic Affairs Subcommittee 2008–2014 College Budget Committee 2006–2008 Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Vice President 2006–2008 Chair, Faculty Senate Rules Committee 2005–2006 Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Recording Secretary 2005– 2014 Faculty Senate
Project and Field Experience
2015 Principle Investigator/Project Director, Fort Lewis College, May-‐June, Petrified Forest National Park, AZ. Site excavation and archaeological survey.
2013 Principle Investigator/Project Director, Fort Lewis College, June-‐July, Bureau of
Reclamation mitigation of three sites in Ridges Basin, CO. 2012 Principle Investigator/Project Director, Fort Lewis College, June-‐August. Pigg Site
analysis and reporting. 2009 Principle Investigator/Project Director, Fort Lewis College, June-‐August. Pigg Site
excavations. 2008 Principle Investigator/Project Director, Fort Lewis College, June-‐August. Pigg Site
excavations.
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2007 Principle Investigator/Project Director, Fort Lewis College, July-‐August. Pigg Site
excavations. 2003 Assistant Director, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, June–July.
Responsibilities included oversight of field crew schedule, student projects, camp logistics and maintenance, and entertainment.
2002 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. January 2002. Fairfield Homes’ West Side of
Interstate 19 Data Recovery. Testing and recovery project involving mapping, surface collection, and excavation of 12 sites in Fairfield Homes’ Canoa Ranch Property, Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona. Sites span from the Archaic period through the Hohokam Classic period.
2001 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. Fall 2001 to Spring 2002. Fence Lake Data
Recovery. Large data recovery project involving excavation of 18 sites in Salt River Project’s Fence Lake coal mine and transportation corridor. Sites span from the Archaic period through the Historical period. Fieldwork to begin Fall 2001 or Spring 2002.
2001 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. October. Arivaca Sewer Line Survey. Survey
of the new alignment of the Pima County Wastewater Department’s proposed gravity sewer line on the Canoa Ranch Property, Green Valley, Arizona.
2001 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. September 2001. Ak-‐Chin Recreational
Center Testing Project. Subsurface testing of more than 12 acres for the Ak-‐Chin Indian Community, Pinal County, Arizona. Documented both prehistoric and historical period surface components, but found very little subsurface material.
2001 Principal Investigator, Statistical Research, Inc. May 2001. Pantano Wash testing.
Directed testing of AZ BB:9:356 (ASM) for Pima County’s Pantano Wash bank stabilization project. No subsurface cultural deposits were discovered.
2001 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. May 2001. San Pedro Estates Testing.
Directed backhoe testing of a portion of the Zanardelli Site (AZ BB:13:12 [ASM]) and AZ BB:12:70 (ASM) in the southern Tucson Basin, north of Sahuarita, Arizona. No buried cultural deposits were discovered.
2000 Project Director, Statistical research, Inc. May – June 2000. Badger Hole Ranch Data
Recovery. Directed field work for the final phase of Pima County’s Thornydale Road Widening Project. Excavated 7 pit structures and more than 50 of 100 additional extramural features.
1999 – present. Chodistaas site report, University of Arizona, ongoing involvement in writing
and producing the Chodistaas site report. Responsibilities include all illustration tasks, writing of the architectural analysis and community growth study, and descriptive sections.
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1999 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. May–June. Madera Highlands Data Recovery. Additional backhoe trenching and excavation of a single pit feature at AZ EE:1:277 (ASM) near Continental, Pima County, Arizona.
1999 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. April. Fairfield Homes Sewer survey and
testing. Survey of a 1.08 mile right-‐of-‐way and archaeological testing of a portion of the proposed gravity flow sewer on the Fairfield Home's Canoa Ranch Property, Pima County, Arizona.
1999 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. January. Camino Perdido Testing.
Archaeological testing for the Pepper-‐Viner company on a Portion of the Vista del Rio Site (AZ BB:9:58 [ASM]). Excavated a series of backhoe trenches and found no prehistoric features.
1999 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. January. Ina Road Model Homes Data
Recovery. Data recovery on a portion of the Costello-‐King Site (AZ AA:12:503 [ASM]), Marana, Arizona, for the Pepper-‐Viner Company. Explored an old wash channel and collected samples from Archaic Period features.
1998 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. November. Cherry Creek and Sierra Ancha
Survey. Survey of approximately 1000 acres in the Sierra Anchas of central Arizona. Documentation of prehistoric and historic cultural resources in high fire danger areas.
1998 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. August. Dave Martin Survey. Survey of a 1/2
mile long road segment for proposed realignment/regrading of a private road through state lands southeast of Patagonia, Arizona.
1998 Interim Crew Chief, Statistical Research, Inc. May. Arizona Department of
Transportation’s State Route 89A Project, Phase 1 Testing. One week as crew chief. Supervised surface collection and limited subsurface excavations at two sites along State Route 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona, Arizona.
1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. May. Ina/Trico Testing. Subsurface testing of
a portion of the Costello-‐King Site (AZ AA:12:503 [ASM]) for the Pepper-‐Viner Company, Marana, Arizona. Discovered Archaic features and a wash channel containing charcoal and prehistoric artifacts. Directed the Fieldwork and authored the report.
1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. April. Home Depot Testing. Subsurface
testing of two sites on the Home Depot Property, Marana, Arizona. Discovered an Archaic habitation site below one of the recorded Hohokam formative sites. Directed the Fieldwork and authored the report.
1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. April. Pistol Hill Data Recovery. Data recovery
included excavation of two Late Rincon/Tanque Verde Phase Structures and other associated features on the bajada of the Rincon Mountains, near Colossal Cave county park, Pima County, Arizona. Directed field work, report in progress.
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1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. March. Madera Highlands Testing. Subsurface testing at seven sites located on the terrace above the Santa Cruz River near Continental, Arizona. Directed field work and authored the report.
1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. February. Tucson Blvd./Bantam Testing. One
day of subsurface testing at a small artifact scatter in South Tucson. Conducted field work and authored the report.
1998 Archaeologist, Statistical Research, Inc. February. Brown House Testing. Aided in the
excavation of 3 ft. by 3 ft. test units in the compound adjacent to and beneath an 1860's structure in downtown Tucson.
1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. January. Arivaca Sewer Line Survey. Survey of
a 4.79-‐mile segment of a proposed sewer line from the pumping station north of Elephant Head Road to the end of the sewer line at the northern end of the Canoa Ranch Property. Conducted survey and co-‐authored the report.
1998 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. January. Arivaca Sewer Line Survey. Survey of
a 1.76-‐mile segment of a proposed sewer line from the Pima County Waste Water Treatment Facility at Arivaca Junction to just north of Elephant Head Road on the Canoa Ranch Property. Conducted survey and authored the report.
1997 Crew chief/Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc. November. Saguaro Springs
Survey. Survey of approximately 100 acres on the western slopes and bajada of the Tucson Mountains. Area is on the western side of the mountains adjacent to Los Morteros. Documented one site comprised of several hearths/rockpiles and a diffuse scatter of surface artifacts. Authored the report.
1997 Crew chief/project director, Statistical Research, Inc. October–November. Saguaro
Springs Testing. Archaeological testing at three sites on the west side of the Tucson Mountains. Backhoe monitoring, trench profiling, and mapping. Numerous features recorded including pit houses, pits, and one prehistoric reservoir and a canal. Authored the report.
1997 Crew chief, Statistical Research, Inc. September –October. Camp Pendelton Cultural
Resources Survey, U.S. Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendelton, CA. Surveying and shovel testing of several burned and unburned areas on the base. Partial responsibilities in report writing. Mapping of known archaeological resources using submeter GPS technology.
1997 Project director, Statistical Research, Inc. January. Lone Mountain Ranch Testing
Project. Supervised archaeological testing at seven sites in the Lone Mountain Ranch Land Exchange reflecting archaic to classic period occupation of the San Rafael Valley. Produced computer maps of all sites and co-‐authored the report.
1996 Crew chief, Statistical Research, Inc. November. Agua Caliente testing portion of the
Canoa Ranch Project. Supervised backhoe testing at two pithouse villages. Produced computer maps and co-‐authored the report.
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1996 Archaeologist, Statistical Research, Inc. July. Julian Wash Data Recovery. Participated
in the excavation of several Colonial and Sedentary Period houses. 1995 Archaeologist, Statistical Research. August. Julian Wash Testing and Costello-‐King Data
Recovery. Assisted with mapping and feature identification for both projects. 1994 Archaeologist, Tierra Right of Way Services, Inc. Woodbine Survey Project, Scottsdale
Arizona.
1993 Field supervisor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Pinedale. Supervised excavation and instructed students in archaeological excavation techniques. Lectured on analysis of prehistoric architecture.
1993 Archaeologist, Tierra Right of Way Services, Inc., Sabino Springs Site. Defined Rincon
phase houses and extramural activity areas. 1992 Field supervisor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper.
Supervised excavations at Grasshopper Pueblo and instructed students in archaeological excavation techniques.
1991 Field supervisor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper.
Supervised excavations at Grasshopper Pueblo, mapped Apache wikkiup circles at the Grasshopper Spring site and instructed students in archaeological excavation techniques.
1990 Volunteer, Marana Platform Mound site. Excavated 1-‐m by 2-‐m units in trash midden
deposits. 1989 Student, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper. Participated
in the excavation of four rooms at Grasshopper Spring Pueblo, lab, and survey. Cartographic and GIS Experience
2005 Computer generated maps for Thirty Years into Yesterday: An Intellectual History of Grasshopper Research, by J. Jefferson Reid and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. University of Arizona.
2004 Faculty Mentor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, June–July. Instructed
students in the principles of archaeological mapping and GIS. 2003 Faculty Mentor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, June–July. Instructed
students in the principles of archaeological mapping and GIS. 2002 Faculty Mentor, University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, June–July. Instructed
students in the principles of archaeological mapping and GIS. 2001 – 2002 GIS Administrator, Statistical Research, Inc. June -‐ October 2001. Casa Grande
Ruins National Monument and Adjacent Lands Geographic Information System.
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Cooperative agreement with the Western Archaeological Conservation Center, National Park Service. Construction of GIS of all documented archaeological materials within in a nine square-‐mile area around the national monument. GIS to be used as management and preservation tool by the park service and the city of Coolidge, AZ.
2001 GIS Analyst, Statistical Research, Inc. Ongoing 2001. Arizona Department of
Transportation’s Marsh Station Interchange Project. Construction of a settlement model consisting of topography, soils, and hydrography data and site information derived from AZSITE for the Cienega Creek Valley.
2000 Mapping Director, Statistical Research, Inc. November 2000. The U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation’s Fort McRae Mapping Project. Produced a total station map of historic Fort McRae (1863 -‐ 1879), a Civil War Period U.S. Army post inundated by Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
2000 Mapping Department Supervisor, Statistical Research, Inc. July–August 2000. Arizona
Department of Transportation’s Marsh Station Interchange project, Phase 1. Oversight of mapping operations for the 10-‐acre testing project, which included establishing a UTM georeferenced site grid and integration with project database.
2000 Mapping Director, Statistical Research, Inc. October 1999 – April 2000. Arizona
Department of Transportation’s State Route 188 Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona. Establishment of georeferenced UTM grids, in-‐field spatial data collection, and supervision of all data processing and map production from excavations at 9 prehistoric sites and one historic road.
1999 Project Director and GPS/GIS Coordinator, Statistical Research, Inc. October–December.
US Air Force Barry M. Goldwater Range. GPS and GIS Coordinator for the East Tactical Range Survey.
1999 Project Director and GPS/GIS Coordinator, Statistical Research, Inc. July–November. US
Army Yuma Proving Grounds. Acted as project director on YPG 20-‐point survey. GPS and GIS Coordinator for the Extended Combat Systems Maneuver Area Survey, Yuma County Arizona.
1999 Mapping Director, Statistical Research, Inc. April. San Pedro Archaeological Project.
Detailed site map of Pottown (AZ EE:8:48 (ASM)) using SRIs Sokkia SET6E total station.
1999 Computer generated maps for publication in Grasshopper Pueblo: A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life, by J. Jefferson Reid and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
1997 Spatial analyst, Statistical Research, Inc. Summer. Lower Verde Site Structure. Digitized
and measured numerous sites for comparison with Lower Verde domestic structures. Conducted statistical tests and generated tables.
1995 to 1997 Statistical research Inc. Computer Cartographer/GIS technician. Used the AutoCAD program, Surfer, Idrisi and spreadsheet applications to produce regional
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distribution maps, site maps, and feature illustrations for reports. Creation of CAD drawings for use with external databases and GIS software.
1997 Computer generated maps for publication in The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona, by J.
Jefferson Reid and Stephanie M. Whittlesey. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 1997 Computer generated maps for publication in Ceramic Commodities and Common
Containers: The Production and Distribution of White Mountain Red Ware in the Grasshopper Region, Arizona, by Daniela Triadan. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
1989 to 1995 M3 Engineering and Technology Corporation. Computer aided drafting using
the AutoCAD program for various industrial and commercial projects.
1988 to 1995 M3 Engineering and Technology Corporation. Hand drafting of various industrial and commercial projects ranging from roads to chemical plants to electrical systems.
1994 Computer aided drafting of all regional and intra-‐site distribution maps (35 figures) for
White Mountain Red Ware: Expensive Trade Goods or Local Commodity?: A study in the Production, Distribution and Function of White Mountain Red Wares During the 14th Century in the Grasshopper Region, East-‐Central Arizona. Doctoral Dissertation by Daniela Triadan, Free University of Berlin, 1994.
Program Development and Implementation
2006 to 2012 Coordinator, Cultural Resource Management Certificate Program, Fort Lewis College.
Grant Reviews and Support Letters for Grant Proposals
2007 (September) Letter in support of a Colorado Historical Fund Grant entitled, Heritage Preservation Internships in Southwest Colorado, submitted by John Ninnemann, Dean, School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Fort Lewis College.
2003 (March) National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) Grant
entitled, A Real World Model for Resource Management: New Techniques for Managing Prehistoric Architectural Sites, submitted by the Mesa Verde Museum Association.
2003 (March) Letter in support of a Colorado State Historical Fund Grant entitled, Mesa
Verde Region Archaeology and Education Program Proposal, submitted by The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, CO.
Manuscript and Article Reviews
2011, 13 Textbook prospectus review of Archaeology and Humanity’s Story, by Deborah Olszewski, Oxford Univeristy Press.
2010 (Summer) Article manuscript review of The Construction and Occupation of Unit 11 at
Paquime, Chihuahua, by David Phillips and Elizabeth Bagwell, Kiva.
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2008 (Fall) Article manuscript review of Room Function and Room Suites in Late Mogollon Pueblo Sites, by Tammy Stone, Kiva.
2008 (Spring) Textbook manuscript review of Anthropology: What does it Mean to be
Human?, by Robert Lavenda and Emily Schultz, Oxford University Press, (edition published Dec. 2011).
2007 (Spring) Book manuscript review of Salmon Ruins, edited by Paul Reed, University of
Utah Press. 2007 (Winter) Article manuscript review of Room Function and Room Suites in Late Mogollon
Pueblo Sites, by Tammy Stone, American Antiquity. 2006 (Summer) Textbook manuscript review of Visualizing Archaeology,(Chapters 3, 4 and
6)by Levy, Wiley Press. 2006 (Summer) Book manuscript review of The Evolution of Center Religion in the Ancestral
Puebloan Landscape: Georitual Integration in Context, by Dennis Doxtater, The University of Arizona Press
2006 (Spring) Article manuscript review of Hohokam Settlement in the Canada del Oro Valley,
Southern Arizona, by Joseph Ezzo, Journal of Anthropological Research 2006 (Spring) Book manuscript review of Salmon Ruins, edited by Paul Reed, University of
Utah Press 2005 (Fall) Article manuscript review of Historical Ecology in the Mesa Verde Region: Results
from the Village Project, by Varien et al., American Antiquity 2005 (Fall) Book manuscript review of Seeking Our Past: An Introduction to North American
Archaeology, Oxford University Press. 2005 (Spring/Summer) Article manuscript review of Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase
Village in East-‐Central Arizona, by Tiffany Clark, et al., for the journal Kiva. 2004 (May) Book manuscript review of an edited volume entitled The Architecture of Chaco
Canyon, by Steve Lekson, for The University of Utah Press. Publications
Fine-‐Dare, Kathleen, Mona Charles, Dawn Mulhern and Charles Riggs 2010 NAGPRA’s Effects on Anthropology Education: Views from a College Serving Native
American Communities. Anthropology News 51 (3): 27-‐29. American Anthropological Association.
Eric E. Klucas, Richard Ciolek-‐Torrello, and Charles R. Riggs
1998 Site Structure and Domestic Organization. In Overview, Synthesis and Conclusions, edited by Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-‐Torrello, and Jeffrey H. Altschul, pp.
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491–530. Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project. SRI Press, Tucson.
Mills, Barbara J., Sarah A. Herr, Eric J. Kahldahl, Joanne M. Newcomb, Charles R. Riggs, and Ruth Van Dyke
1999 Excavations at Pottery Hill. In Living on the Edge of the Rim: Excavations and Analysis of the Silver Creek Archaeological Research Project 1993–1998, edited by Barbara J. Mills, Sarah A. Herr, and Scott Van Keuren, pp. 117–148. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 192, Arizona State Museum, Tucson.
Schiffer, Michael B., Charles R. Riggs, J. Jefferson Reid (editors)
n.d. The Strong Case Approach in Behavioral Archaeology. Edited volume in preparation, submitted to the University of Utah Press, Spring 2015.
Charles R. Riggs
n.d. Households, “Kivas” and Population Density at the Pigg Site, SW Colorado. In The Strong Case Approach in Behavioral Archaeology, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, Charles R. Riggs and J. Jefferson Reid. Edited volume in preparation, submitted to the University of Utah Press, Spring 2015.
2014 The Southwestern Region of North America. In The Cambridge World Prehistory, edited
by Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn , pp. 1235-‐1255. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2013 A Grasshopper Architectural Perspective on Kinishba. In Kinishba Lost and Found: James
B. Shaeffer’s Mid-‐Century Excavations and Contemporary Complements and Commentaries, edited by John R. Welch, pp, 123-‐144. Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson.
2010 Late Ancestral Pueblo or Mogollon Pueblo? An Architectural Perspective on Identity.
Kiva 76:245–270. Reprinted as part of a special Kiva issue highlighting important contributions to Mogollon archaeology.
2008 Unstacking the Stones, Unpacking Identity: Pueblo Architecture in the Southwest. In A
Century of Research at Mesa Verde National Park, pp. 164177. Mesa Verde Museum Association.
2007 Architecture and Identity at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona. Journal of Anthropological
Research, 63:498–513. 2007 Cultural Sensitivity, Science and Ethical Imperatives: Contemporary Archaeology in the
Southwestern United States. In Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics, edited by Yannis Hamilakis and Philip Duke, pp. 83–97. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
2005 Late Ancestral Pueblo or Mogollon Pueblo? An Architectural Perspective on Identity.
Kiva 70:323–348.
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2001 The Architecture of Grasshopper Pueblo. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
1999 The Architecture of Grasshopper Pueblo: Dynamics of Form, Function and Use of Space in a Prehistoric Community. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor.
1999 Spatial Variability in Room Size and Shape at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona. In 60 Years of Mogollon Archaeology: Papers from the Ninth Mogollon Conference, Silver City, New Mexico, 1996. edited by Stephanie M. Whittlesey, pp. 3–11. SRI Press, Tucson.
1994 Dating Construction Events at Grasshopper Pueblo: New Techniques for Architectural Analysis. Masters Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor.
1994 Organizational Characteristics of Mogollon Pueblos in East-‐Central Arizona. In Mogollon
VII: The Collected Papers of the 1992 Mogollon Conference Held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, ed. by Patrick H. Beckett, pp. 9–18. COAS Publishing and Research, Las Cruces New Mexico.
Published Book Reviews
2015 Review of An Anthropology of Architecture, by Victor Buchli. Bloomsbury Press, London. American Ethnology 42(1): in press.
2014 Review of The Archaeology of Kinship: Advancing Interpretation and Contributions to
Theory' by Bradley E. Ensor. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Journal of Anthropological Research (in press).
2012 Review of Ancient Households of the Americas, edited by J. C. Douglass and N. Gonlin.
University of Colorado Press, Boulder. Journal of Anthropological Research 68(4):570-‐571.
2012 Review of Down Country: The Tano of the Galisteo Basin, 1250-‐1782, by Lucy Lippard,
Museum of New Mexico Press. New Mexico Historical Review 87(3): 362-‐363. 2011 Review of Movement, Connectivity, and Landscape Change in the Ancient Southwest,
edited by M. C. Nelson and C. Strawhacker. University of Colorado Press, Boulder. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 21(3):483-‐485.
2008 Review of Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology, edited by
D. Gregory and D. Wilcox, University of Arizona Press. Heritage Management 1(2):264-‐267.
2004 Review of Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Platte River Basin, by Kevin Gilmore,
Marcia Tate, Mark Chenault, Bonnie Clark, Terri McBride, and Margaret Wood. American Antiquity 69:175–176.
2004 Review of Native American Ceramics of Eastern Colorado, by Priscilla Ellwood. American
Antiquity 69:176–177.
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Presented Papers -‐ Professional Munson, Jessica L., Charles R. Riggs, and Scott Van Keuren
2005 Social Integration of Puebloan Architecture in the Mogollon Rim Region: An Open Space Analysis. Prepared for the Symposium entitled, Mobile Farmers, Migrants and Boundary Permeability: Putting the Mogollon Rim Region in Perspective. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Salt Lake City, Utah.
J. Jefferson Reid and Charles R. Riggs
1995 The Dynamics of Pueblo Architecture. Prepared for the Symposium "The Life History Approach to the Reconstruction of Prehistoric Behavior," Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis Minnesota, May 1995.
Charles R. Riggs
2015 Hearths, “Kivas,” and Households at the Pigg Site: An Architectural Strong Analytical Case from Southwest Colorado. Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Durango Colorado, October 10th, 2015.
2013 Opening Remarks: The View from the Back of the Line. Prepared for the Symposium,
Fifty Years Ago: The Legacy of the Grasshopper Research Project in Contemporary Archaeological Practice. Presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu, HI, April 3-‐7, 2013
2009 The “Sacred Trust,” Archaeology and Heritage Preservation at Fort Lewis College.
Presented as part of the symposium entitled, “Perspectives on Heritage Preservation,” organized by Charles Riggs for the 82nd Annual Pecos Conference, Cortez, CO, August 69, 2009.
2007 Fort Lewis College’s 2007 Excavations at the Pigg Site in SW Colorado. Presented at the
80th Annual Pecos Conference, Pecos New Mexico, August 9–12, 2007. 2006 Unstacking the Stones, Unpacking Identity: Pueblo Architecture in the Southwest.
Presented at the Mesa Verde 100th Anniversary Archaeological Symposium, Towaoc, CO, May 2006.
2004 Ancestral Western Pueblo or Mogollon Pueblo: An Architectural Perspective on Identity.
Presented at the 14th Mogollon Archaeology Conference in Silver City, New Mexico, September 30 to October 2, 2004.
2003 Ancestral Western Pueblo and Mogollon Pueblo Architecture and Settlement: The
Problem with Terminology. Presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 9–13, 2003.
2001 Timing Aggregation along the Mogollon Rim: The Tree-‐Ring Chronology from the
Grasshopper Region. Paper prepared for the symposium, “Grasshopper is not a Bug: Papers in Honor of J. Jefferson Reid,” Presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 18–22, 2001.
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2000 A Grasshopper Perspective on Late Mogollon Architecture. Paper prepared for the
session, “The End of the Mogollon,” Presented at the 11th Mogollon Archaeology Conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico, October 13 and 14, 2000.
1998 Migration and Community Organization in East Central Arizona: A View from
Grasshopper Pueblo. Paper Presented at the 10th Mogollon Archaeology Conference held in Silver City, New Mexico, October 1–4, 1998.
1998 The Social Process of Migration and its Influence on Community Organization: An
Example from East-‐Central Arizona. Prepared for the Symposium "A Revolt Against Hierarchical Authority: Alternative Models of Prehistoric Social Organization," Presented at the 63rd Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington, March 25–29, 1998.
1996 Dating Construction Events at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona. Presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1996.
1994 The Architecture of Reorganization in the Grasshopper Region, Arizona. Ms, Paper
Presented at the Eighth Mogollon Conference, October 20–23, El Paso Texas.
Charles R. Riggs, Chester A. Schmidt, Glen E. Rice, and A. Trinkle Jones 2002 The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and Adjacent Lands Preservation Study.
Poster presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Denver, Colorado, March 20–24, 2002.
Symposia Organized
2013 with Kelly Jenks, 50 Years Ago: The Legacy of the Grasshopper Research Project in Current Archaeological Practice, organized for the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 3-‐7.
2009 Perspectives on Heritage Preservation, organized for the 82nd Annual Pecos Conference,
Cortez, CO, August 8, 2009. Public Presentations
2013 with Kelly Jenks, Defining A Site: Compliance and Community Archaeology in Durango. Presentation as part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, October 17, 2013.
2013 Grasshopper: The University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, 1963 to 1992.
Presentation to the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society for its January 2013 Meeting. 2012 The Architecture of the Ancient Southwest. Presentation as part of the Pagosa Springs
Lifelong Learning Series, May 10, Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library, Pagosa Springs, CO. 2010 The Houses of the Holy: New Perspectives on Kivas at the Pigg Site (5MT4802).
Presentation to the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society for its January 2010 Meeting.
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2009 The Sacred and the Profane: Dispelling Western Biases at the Pigg Site (5MT4802) Four Corners Speaker Series, September 2009.
2008 Fort Lewis College’s Excavations at the Pigg Site. Presentation to the Hisatsinom Chapter
of the Colorado Archaeological Society for its May 2008 Meeting.
2007 Fort Lewis College at the Pigg Community Site: Summer 2007 Field Season. Presented as part of the Center for Southwest Studies/Department of Anthropology Cultural Heritage Speaker Series, Fort Lewis College, September 6.
2002 Migration and Late Prehistory in the Southwest: A View from Grasshopper Pueblo,
Arizona. Presentation to the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, Fall 2002. Reports
Richard Ciolek-‐Torrello and Charles R. Riggs 1998 Heritage Resource Survey of the Sierra Ancha and Cherry Creek Fire Analysis Areas:
Pleasant Valley and Tonto Ranger Districts, Tonto National Forest, Gila County, Arizona. Technical Report 99-‐8, Statistical Research, Inc.
Kristen Hagenbuckle and Charles R. Riggs
2003 Testing and Data Recovery at 12 Sites on the Canoa Ranch Property, West of Interstate 19, Pima County, Arizona. Technical Report Number 02-‐68, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
Edgar K. Huber and Charles R. Riggs
1997 Archaeological Testing at Two Classic Period Sites on the Canoa Ranch, Southern Arizona. Draft report, Statistical Research, Inc.
Charles R. Riggs
2009 Progress Reports to the Colorado Historical Society for Grant #2009-‐02-‐045. 2008 Progress Reports to the Colorado Historical Society for Grant #2008-‐02-‐022. 2007 Progress Report to the Colorado Historical Society for Grant #2007-‐02-‐013. 2003 (Contributing Author) Archaeological Surveys for the Arivaca Junction Gravity Flow
Sewer Line, Pima County, Arizona. Compiled and edited by Carla R. Van West. Technical Report Number 03-‐34, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
2002 Archaeological Testing in Ak-‐Chin Village, Ak-‐Chin Recreational Center and Homesites
Testing Project.. Technical Report Number 02-‐02, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
2001 Archaeological Testing of a Portion of the Zanardelli Site (AZ BB:13:1 [ASM] and AZ
BB:13:12 [ASM]) and AZ BB:13:70 (ASM) for the San Pedro Estates Development, Pima County, Arizona. Technical Report Number 01-‐66, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona (draft).
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2001 Archaeological Investigation of two Classic Period Houses at the Two Hills Site (AZ AA:16:375 [ASM]) in the Southern Tucson Basin, Pima County, Arizona. Technical Report Number 01-‐04, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
2000 Archaeological Investigations for the Canoa Ranch Trunk Sewer Line, Pima County,
Arizona. Technical Report Number 00-‐45, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. (Draft).
2000 Data recovery Excavations at AZ EE:1:277 (ASM) on the Madera Highlands Property,
Pima, County, Arizona. Technical Report No. 00-‐04, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
1999 (Contributing Author) Chapter 2. Environment, Culture History, and Previous
Archaeological Research . In Patterns in the Pavement: A Class III Cultural Resources Inventory and Evaluation of the Extended Combat Systems Maneuver Area, Kofa Firing Range, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, by Rein Vanderpot and Jeffrey H. Altschul, pp. 3–22. Technical Report No. 99-‐64, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
1999 Saguaro Springs Survey: Archaeological Reconnaissance of 135 Acres on the Western
Side of the Tucson Mountains, Marana, Arizona. Technical Report No. 99-‐28, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
1999 Results of Archaeological Testing and Recommendations for the Camino Perdido
Property in Northeastern Tucson. Technical Report No. 99-‐7, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
1998 Archaeological Testing at the Ina/Trico Locus of the Costello-‐King Site (AZ AA:12:503).
Technical Report No. 98-‐37, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson. 1998 An Archaic Site at the Confluence of Cañada del Oro Wash and the Santa Cruz River:
Results of Archaeological Testing on the Home Depot Property, Marana, Arizona. Technical Report No. 98-‐23, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
1998 Archaeological Test Excavations on the Madera Highlands Property, Pima County.
Technical Report No. 98-‐20, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson. 1998 Archaeological Test Excavations at Three Middle Rincon Phase Sites on the Saguaro
Springs Property, Marana, Arizona. Technical Report No. 98-‐19, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
1998 Archaeological Survey Along a 1.76-‐mile Segment of the Proposed Arivaca Sewer Line,
Pima County, Arizona. Technical Report No. 98-‐5, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
Charles R. Riggs, William L. Deaver, and Joseph A. Ezzo 2000 The Structure of early Formative Agricultural Fields: Data Recovery at the Ina-‐Trico Locus
of the Costello-‐King Site (AZ AA:12:503 [ASM]). Technical Report No. 00-‐55, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
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Charles R. Riggs, Kelly L. Jenks and Lauren E. Jelinek 2013 Treatment Plan for Archaeological Testing of 5LP172, 5LP173 and 5LP238, La Plata
County, Colorado. Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Western Area Office, May 2013.
Charles R. Riggs, Kelly L. Jenks and others
2013 Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing at Three Sites in Ridges Basin, La Plata County, Colorado. Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Western Area Office, September 2013.
Charles R. Riggs and Rein Vanderpot
1997 Archaeological Testing Report and Treatment Plan for the Lone Mountain Ranch Land Exchange. Technical Report No. 97-‐4, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
Charles R. Riggs and Carla Van West
1998 Archaeological Survey of a 4.69-‐mile Segment of the Proposed Arivaca Sewer Line through the Canoa Ranch Property, Pima County, Arizona. Technical Report No. 98-‐15, Draft, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
Whittlesey, Stephanie M., and Charles R. Riggs (editors)
2000 Archaeological Investigations at the Pistol Hill Road Site (AZ BB:14:15 [ASM]) in the Eastern Tucson Basin, Pima County, Arizona. Technical Report No. 00-‐62. Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson.
Service Faculty Committees and Other College Service
2015 Center of Southwest Studies Director Search Committee, Chair 2015 Chair, Archaeologist Search Committee 2014-‐15 Native American and Indigenous Studies Department Personnel Committee 2014-‐ Academic Policy Committee 2014-‐ Handbook Committee 2012 Summer, Faculty Retreat Planning Committee 2011 Fall, Strategic Planning Committee 2011 Summer, School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences Career Services Search Committee 2011 Fall, School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences Functional Area Review Group 2011 Winter, Chair, Historical Archaeologist Search Committee 2010-‐11 FLC Anthropology Representative, Statewide Transfer Articulation Agreement Working
Group (October 24, 2010 to October 18, 2011) 2010-‐-‐ Member of Westwind Pipes and Drums (NBS Honors Awards, Convocation,
Commencement) 2009-‐10 Fort Lewis College Presidential Search Committee 2009-‐10 Off-‐Campus activities policy committee 2008-‐ Regular member of the Department of Anthropology Personnel Committee 2008-‐-‐12 Faculty Task Force for the Hiring and Retention of Quality Faculty 2008-‐-‐12 Fort Lewis College Marketing and Branding Committee 2008-‐09 Chair, Historical Archaeologist Search Committee 2008-‐09 Faculty Advisor – Anthropology Club 2007-‐-‐ NAGPRA Committee
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2006-‐-‐10 Center of Southwest Studies Advisory Board 2005-‐10 Center of Southwest Studies Accessions/Deaccessions Committee 2005-‐06 Steering Committee for Mesa Verde National Park Centennial Activities at FLC. 2004-‐05 Intercultural Committee (Fall 2004 – Fall 2005) 2004-‐05 Chair, Sociocultural Anthropology Search Committee 2004-‐05 Physical/Biological Anthropology Search Committee 2004 Navajo Studies Conference Organization Committee 2003-‐05 Faculty Advisor – Anthropology Club 2003 Quantitative Sub-‐committee, Gen. Ed Council 2002-‐04 NAGPRA Committee
Professional
Program Committees 2014-‐15 Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2015
2013-‐14 Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Austin TX, April 2014
External Program Reviewer 2012, Anthropology Department, Western State
University, Gunnison, CO Program Chair 2009 Pecos Archaeological Conference, Cortez Organization Committee Chair 2015 Pecos Archaeological Conference, Mancos
2010 Pecos Archaeological Conference, Silverton Poster Judge Society for American Archaeology, 68th Annual Meeting,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2003)
Manuscript Reviewer American Antiquity; University of Utah Press; Kiva; Oxford University Press; Journal of Anthropological Research; University of Arizona Press; Wiley Press
Peer Reviewer National Park Service, National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training (NCPTT) Grants; Colorado State Historical Fund
Consultant Statistical Research, Inc. (2002-‐2006)
Invited Participant National Park Service workshop to develop a Comprehensive Interpretive Plan for Chaco Culture National Historical Park, May 2007.
Professional Associations Society for American Archaeology American Anthropological Association Register of Professional Archaeologists
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Community
2010 -‐ Westwind Pipes and Drums, Various Community and Charitable Events 2011 Invited professional panelist, Durango High School, career day for TRIO program
students.
2010 – Member of the Archaeological Conservancy’s Puzzle House Archaeological Preservation Management Team.
2009 Panelist. Talk of the Town: Local Archaeology, Durango Public Access Television.
September 2009 2005-‐2006 Archaeological action group of the Mesa Verde National Park 100th anniversary
celebration planning committee Periodic guest speaker at the Liberty School for Gifted and Dyslexic Children, Durango, CO