UVM Consulting Archaeology Program
Dr. John G. Crock
Director of the University of Vermont Consulting
Archaeology Program
Dr. John G Crock is the Director
of the University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program (UVM CAP) and
Associate Professor in the UVM Department of Anthropology. He received his
Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2000, and took over
as Director of the UVM CAP in May, 2000. He has been conducting archaeological
research in the northeastern United States and the Caribbean since 1987,
specializing in cultural resource management studies required by state and
federal regulations. This work, primarily in Maine and Vermont, has included
all phases of archaeological investigation from preliminary assessments to
large-scale site mitigations. Dr. Crock has authored dozens of technical
reports and numerous scientific articles. In addition to his capacity as UVM
CAP's Director and Principal Investigator, he also teaches at least one UVM
Anthropology course per year. Crock's training and experience far exceed the
Secretary of the Interior's minimum professional qualifications for archaeology
(Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61; Federal Register 48,
190:44738-44739). Dr. Crock can be reached at jcrock@uvm.edu
Dr. Charles Knight
Assistant Director of the UVM CAP
Dr. Charles Knight received his
Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999 and joined UVM
CAP in 2001. Since 1989, Knight has conducted archaeological research in the
eastern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Ecuador, and Alberta, Canada. Dr.
Knight specializes in digital mapping, spatial analysis, and topographic
modeling with GIS, CADD and other programs, and has a strong background in
lithic technology. He has been awarded research grants from organizations
including FAMSI and the National Science Foundation. In addition to assisting
the Director in administrative matters, Knight also serves as Principal
Investigator on projects and manages the UVM CAP data systems and data
analysis. In addition to his capacity as UVM CAP's Assistant Director, he also
teaches two UVM Anthropology courses per year, usually on Mesoamerican
archaeology. He has authored several technical reports and scientific articles,
and meets the Secretary of the Interior's minimum professional qualifications
for archaeology (Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61; Federal Register
48, 190:44738-44739). Knight can be reached at cknight@uvm.edu
Geoff Mandel
Research Supervisor/Research Field Technician
Geoff Mandel joined the UVM CAP
in 1991. As one of the UVM CAP's most senior staff members, he provides an essential
bridge to the organization's past, contributing to an institutional memory
essential to building upon the program's extensive research experience. Mandel
is the UVM CAP's lead field supervisor, bringing to the job 14 years of
excavation experience on both prehistoric and historic sites in Alabama,
Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
and Vermont. In addition to this archaeological resume, Mandel also is an
experienced flintknapper, and regularly gives demonstrations. In addition to
his responsibilities supervising field work and report writing, Mandel's
intimate knowledge of prehistoric lithic technology is a key analytical
resource for the UVM CAP. Mandel can be reached at gmandel@zoo.uvm.edu
Kathleen Kenny
Program Historian
Kathleen Kenny joined the UVM CAP
in 1992. Her historic research has been the primary element of many of the UVM
CAP's technical reports, and a major component of many others. For example,
Kenny is the senior author of the recently completed Archaeological
Investigations at the Old Burial Ground, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, a seminal
study detailing aspects of early nineteenth century public health and mortuary
practices in Vermont. In addition to her outstanding historic research, Kenny
supervises historic artifact analyses and also helps supervise field work,
particularly at historic sites. She has organized and conducted many UVM CAP
public outreach endeavors, including numerous presentations to elementary and
high school students. Personal research projects involve many aspects of
Vermont history from the earliest settlement through to the Civil War. Kenny
can be reached at mck95@aol.com
Francis "Jess" Robinson
Archaeological Field Technician II
Francis "Jess" Robinson
became a full-time staff member of UVM CAP in 2001. Prior to this staff
appointment, Robinson completed a Master's Program at the University of Kent in
Canterbury, England, where he studied English and American literature. His
thesis focused on anthropological aspects of modernist novels. Robinson has
worked on prehistoric and historic sites in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New
York, at the Smithsonian Institute, and in areas of Kent, England for the
Canterbury Archaeological Trust. In addition to field and laboratory work,
Robinson is currently writing a handbook on the prehistory of Chittenden County
as an outreach tool for the Chittenden County Circumferential Highway .
Robinson may be reached at either frobinso@zoo.uvm.edu
or jessrobbie@hotmail.com
Last modified June
16, 2011