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Dr. John G. Crock is the Director of the University of Vermont Consulting
Archaeology Program (UVM CAP) and an Assistant Research 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 1986, 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).
Crock can be reached at
jcrock@uvm.edu
Dr. Charles Knight is the Assistant Director of the UVM CAP.
He 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, 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 Kenney , Program Historian, 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, 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
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