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<p>The 2007–2009 Recession and the transition period for the 1986 Age Discrimination Employ... more <p>The 2007–2009 Recession and the transition period for the 1986 Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) which ended mandatory retirements of tenured faculty effective December 1993 are highlighted. Data for year of graduation are smoothed using a 3-year moving average.</p
<p>(A) PhD programs, (B) MA/MS programs, and (C) and BA/BS programs. Males have been system... more <p>(A) PhD programs, (B) MA/MS programs, and (C) and BA/BS programs. Males have been systematically over hired into PhD departments (A) and MA/MS For BA/BS departments (C), the percentages of females hired have been more or less equal to the percentage of female PhD graduates with the exception of the period 1990–1994.</p
<p>Assuming proportional distribution in hiring and comparable enrollment/completion of mal... more <p>Assuming proportional distribution in hiring and comparable enrollment/completion of males and females among the subfields, solid and dashed lines of the same color should agree. For the discipline as a whole (A), males have been more successful over the past 30 years in obtaining tenure-track jobs relative to the actual percentage of male PhD graduates. From approximately 1992–2009, the subfields of sociocultural (D) and biological anthropology (C) were successful in hiring males and females at rates that reflect the actual percentages of male and female PhD graduates whereas males in archaeology (B) have been systematically hired at disproportionate rates relative to percentages of female graduates. Of note is that disparity in hiring has increased in sociocultural (D) and biological anthropology (C) following the end of the recession in 2009, whereas hiring disparity has decreased in archaeology (B) since 2009.</p
<p>All subfields of anthropology (A), archaeology (B), bioanthropology (C), and sociocultur... more <p>All subfields of anthropology (A), archaeology (B), bioanthropology (C), and sociocultural anthropology (D). The number of placements (n) and percentage of academic market share (%) for the period 2004–2014 are provided.</p
Remote Sensing, 2018
In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive, landscape-scale remote sensing project ... more In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive, landscape-scale remote sensing project at Santa Elena on Parris Island, South Carolina. Substantial occupation at the site extends for over 4000 years and has resulted in a complex array of features dating to different time periods. In addition, there is a 40-year history of archaeological research at the site that includes a large-scale systematic shovel test survey, large block excavations, and scattered test units. Also, modern use of the site included significant alterations to the subsurface deposits. Our goals for this present work are threefold: (1) to explicitly present a logical approach to examine sites with long-term occupations; (2) to examine changes in land use at Santa Elena and its implications for human occupation of this persistent place; and (3) to use the remote sensing program and past archaeological research to make substantive suggestions regarding future research, conservation, and management of the site. Our research provides important insight into the distribution of cultural features at this National Historic Landmark. While the majority of archaeological research at the site has focused on the Spanish period, our work suggests a complex and vast array of archaeological features that can provide insight into over 4000 years of history in the region. At a gross level, we have identified possible Late Archaic structures, Woodland houses and features, Late Prehistoric and early Historic council houses, and a suite of features related to the Spanish occupation which builds on our previous research at the site. In addition to documenting possible cultural features at the site, our work illustrates the value of multiple remote sensing techniques used in conjunction with close-interval shovel test data.
In this article, we focus on the question of how monumental architecture of the Belle Glade cultu... more In this article, we focus on the question of how monumental architecture of the Belle Glade culture was built. To do so, we focus on the Big Mound City site (8PB48) in Palm Beach County. In contrast to Fort Center (8GL13), Belle Glade (8PB40/8PB41), and other sites in the region, Big Mound City provides detailed evidence for large-scale, rapid construction events of architectural features of monumental proportions. To demonstrate this, we focus on a single architectural feature of the site: the midden-mound (Mound 4). Drawing on results of recent excavations, we present stratigraphic, pedogenic, and chronometric lines of evidence to support an argument for rapid construction.
While numerous cultural resource management projects have been conducted in the region-primarily ... more While numerous cultural resource management projects have been conducted in the region-primarily led by Robert S. Carr (Archaeological and Historical Conservancy) and the archaeologists working for the Seminole Tribe of Florida's Tribal Historic Preservation Office-the majority of our knowledge-base is drawn from two major archaeological projects and several important theses and dissertations. The first is Matthew Stirling's work at the Belle Glade and Big Mound City sites during the early portion of the 1930s (Stirling 1935) (Figure 1). This work, however, was not widely available until Gordon Willey's publication of Excavations in Southeast Florida (1949). These detailed excavations predated the radiocarbon revolution, leading Willey to create the initial two-period cultural chronology of the region based entirely on the seriation derived from the Belle Glade site. However, the majority of the Big Mound City materials had been misplaced, which severely limited Willey's interpretation of the site and obscured his ability to definitively align this important monumental site to his Belle Glade chronology (Willey 1949:73-77). William Sears' (1982) work at the Fort Center site during the 1960s provides the other major source of information regarding this enigmatic archaeological culture. This important work refined Willey's initial chronology with the addition of a large dataset and a series of chronometric dates. Drawing on the data he collected, Sears was able to create a four-period chronology based on a tight-knit seriation of ceramic materials, settlement patterns, the incorporation of imported materials into the cultural repertoire, and construction activities. This chronology has become the primary reference point for the regional culture history. We view this as problematic because a regional chronology extrapolated from a single archaeological site masks variation, which ultimately leads to a biased view
PloS one, 2018
Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 3... more Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 350 to 530 graduates per year. This rise in doctorates entering the work force along with an overall decrease in the numbers of tenure-track academic positions has resulted in highly competitive academic job market. We estimate that approximately79% of US anthropology doctorates do not obtain tenure-track positions at BA/BS, MA/MS, and PhD institutions in the US. Here, we examine where US anthropology faculty obtained their degrees and where they ultimately end up teaching as tenure-track faculty. Using data derived from the 2014-2015 AnthroGuide and anthropology departmental web pages, we identify and rank PhD programs in terms of numbers of graduates who have obtained tenure-track academic jobs; examine long-term and ongoing trends in the programs producing doctorates for the discipline as a whole, as well as for the subfields of archaeology, bioanthropology, and sociocultural anthropol...
American Antiquity
Over the past 30 years, the number of US doctoral anthropology graduates has increased by about 7... more Over the past 30 years, the number of US doctoral anthropology graduates has increased by about 70%, but there has not been a corresponding increase in the availability of new faculty positions. Consequently, doctoral degree-holding archaeologists face more competition than ever before when applying for faculty positions. Here we examine where US and Canadian anthropological archaeology faculty originate and where they ultimately end up teaching. Using data derived from the 2014–2015 AnthroGuide, we rank doctoral programs whose graduates in archaeology have been most successful in the academic job market; identify long-term and ongoing trends in doctoral programs; and discuss gender division in academic archaeology in the US and Canada. We conclude that success in obtaining a faculty position upon graduation is predicated in large part on where one attends graduate school.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
PloS one, 2018
Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 3... more Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 350 to 530 graduates per year. This rise in doctorates entering the work force along with an overall decrease in the numbers of tenure-track academic positions has resulted in highly competitive academic job market. We estimate that approximately79% of US anthropology doctorates do not obtain tenure-track positions at BA/BS, MA/MS, and PhD institutions in the US. Here, we examine where US anthropology faculty obtained their degrees and where they ultimately end up teaching as tenure-track faculty. Using data derived from the 2014-2015 AnthroGuide and anthropology departmental web pages, we identify and rank PhD programs in terms of numbers of graduates who have obtained tenure-track academic jobs; examine long-term and ongoing trends in the programs producing doctorates for the discipline as a whole, as well as for the subfields of archaeology, bioanthropology, and sociocultural anthropol...
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Florida Anthropologist, 2019
Florida. We suggest that such artifacts, often interpreted as fishing gear, instead were items of... more Florida. We suggest that such artifacts, often interpreted as fishing gear, instead were items of personal adornment and magic, and thus important in community public rituals and ceremonies. As such, they serve as useful indicators of regional and macro-regional exchanges among varying communities. By tracking the different styles and material types found at sites in Florida through a typological and network analysis, we argue that certain sites, such as Crystal River, played a larger role in connecting subregions in Florida, and may have served as cultural brokers across the macro-region due to their connections to Hopewell sites throughout the Eastern Woodlands. Furthermore, it appears that such connections were limited in time and given the prominence of plummets buried with certain individuals, we suggest that specific places and persons were entwined with some of these larger scale processes. Fig. 2. The Crystal River site (9CI1) map, showing its layout and architecture.
<p>The 2007–2009 Recession and the transition period for the 1986 Age Discrimination Employ... more <p>The 2007–2009 Recession and the transition period for the 1986 Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) which ended mandatory retirements of tenured faculty effective December 1993 are highlighted. Data for year of graduation are smoothed using a 3-year moving average.</p
<p>(A) PhD programs, (B) MA/MS programs, and (C) and BA/BS programs. Males have been system... more <p>(A) PhD programs, (B) MA/MS programs, and (C) and BA/BS programs. Males have been systematically over hired into PhD departments (A) and MA/MS For BA/BS departments (C), the percentages of females hired have been more or less equal to the percentage of female PhD graduates with the exception of the period 1990–1994.</p
<p>Assuming proportional distribution in hiring and comparable enrollment/completion of mal... more <p>Assuming proportional distribution in hiring and comparable enrollment/completion of males and females among the subfields, solid and dashed lines of the same color should agree. For the discipline as a whole (A), males have been more successful over the past 30 years in obtaining tenure-track jobs relative to the actual percentage of male PhD graduates. From approximately 1992–2009, the subfields of sociocultural (D) and biological anthropology (C) were successful in hiring males and females at rates that reflect the actual percentages of male and female PhD graduates whereas males in archaeology (B) have been systematically hired at disproportionate rates relative to percentages of female graduates. Of note is that disparity in hiring has increased in sociocultural (D) and biological anthropology (C) following the end of the recession in 2009, whereas hiring disparity has decreased in archaeology (B) since 2009.</p
<p>All subfields of anthropology (A), archaeology (B), bioanthropology (C), and sociocultur... more <p>All subfields of anthropology (A), archaeology (B), bioanthropology (C), and sociocultural anthropology (D). The number of placements (n) and percentage of academic market share (%) for the period 2004–2014 are provided.</p
Remote Sensing, 2018
In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive, landscape-scale remote sensing project ... more In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive, landscape-scale remote sensing project at Santa Elena on Parris Island, South Carolina. Substantial occupation at the site extends for over 4000 years and has resulted in a complex array of features dating to different time periods. In addition, there is a 40-year history of archaeological research at the site that includes a large-scale systematic shovel test survey, large block excavations, and scattered test units. Also, modern use of the site included significant alterations to the subsurface deposits. Our goals for this present work are threefold: (1) to explicitly present a logical approach to examine sites with long-term occupations; (2) to examine changes in land use at Santa Elena and its implications for human occupation of this persistent place; and (3) to use the remote sensing program and past archaeological research to make substantive suggestions regarding future research, conservation, and management of the site. Our research provides important insight into the distribution of cultural features at this National Historic Landmark. While the majority of archaeological research at the site has focused on the Spanish period, our work suggests a complex and vast array of archaeological features that can provide insight into over 4000 years of history in the region. At a gross level, we have identified possible Late Archaic structures, Woodland houses and features, Late Prehistoric and early Historic council houses, and a suite of features related to the Spanish occupation which builds on our previous research at the site. In addition to documenting possible cultural features at the site, our work illustrates the value of multiple remote sensing techniques used in conjunction with close-interval shovel test data.
In this article, we focus on the question of how monumental architecture of the Belle Glade cultu... more In this article, we focus on the question of how monumental architecture of the Belle Glade culture was built. To do so, we focus on the Big Mound City site (8PB48) in Palm Beach County. In contrast to Fort Center (8GL13), Belle Glade (8PB40/8PB41), and other sites in the region, Big Mound City provides detailed evidence for large-scale, rapid construction events of architectural features of monumental proportions. To demonstrate this, we focus on a single architectural feature of the site: the midden-mound (Mound 4). Drawing on results of recent excavations, we present stratigraphic, pedogenic, and chronometric lines of evidence to support an argument for rapid construction.
While numerous cultural resource management projects have been conducted in the region-primarily ... more While numerous cultural resource management projects have been conducted in the region-primarily led by Robert S. Carr (Archaeological and Historical Conservancy) and the archaeologists working for the Seminole Tribe of Florida's Tribal Historic Preservation Office-the majority of our knowledge-base is drawn from two major archaeological projects and several important theses and dissertations. The first is Matthew Stirling's work at the Belle Glade and Big Mound City sites during the early portion of the 1930s (Stirling 1935) (Figure 1). This work, however, was not widely available until Gordon Willey's publication of Excavations in Southeast Florida (1949). These detailed excavations predated the radiocarbon revolution, leading Willey to create the initial two-period cultural chronology of the region based entirely on the seriation derived from the Belle Glade site. However, the majority of the Big Mound City materials had been misplaced, which severely limited Willey's interpretation of the site and obscured his ability to definitively align this important monumental site to his Belle Glade chronology (Willey 1949:73-77). William Sears' (1982) work at the Fort Center site during the 1960s provides the other major source of information regarding this enigmatic archaeological culture. This important work refined Willey's initial chronology with the addition of a large dataset and a series of chronometric dates. Drawing on the data he collected, Sears was able to create a four-period chronology based on a tight-knit seriation of ceramic materials, settlement patterns, the incorporation of imported materials into the cultural repertoire, and construction activities. This chronology has become the primary reference point for the regional culture history. We view this as problematic because a regional chronology extrapolated from a single archaeological site masks variation, which ultimately leads to a biased view
PloS one, 2018
Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 3... more Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 350 to 530 graduates per year. This rise in doctorates entering the work force along with an overall decrease in the numbers of tenure-track academic positions has resulted in highly competitive academic job market. We estimate that approximately79% of US anthropology doctorates do not obtain tenure-track positions at BA/BS, MA/MS, and PhD institutions in the US. Here, we examine where US anthropology faculty obtained their degrees and where they ultimately end up teaching as tenure-track faculty. Using data derived from the 2014-2015 AnthroGuide and anthropology departmental web pages, we identify and rank PhD programs in terms of numbers of graduates who have obtained tenure-track academic jobs; examine long-term and ongoing trends in the programs producing doctorates for the discipline as a whole, as well as for the subfields of archaeology, bioanthropology, and sociocultural anthropol...
American Antiquity
Over the past 30 years, the number of US doctoral anthropology graduates has increased by about 7... more Over the past 30 years, the number of US doctoral anthropology graduates has increased by about 70%, but there has not been a corresponding increase in the availability of new faculty positions. Consequently, doctoral degree-holding archaeologists face more competition than ever before when applying for faculty positions. Here we examine where US and Canadian anthropological archaeology faculty originate and where they ultimately end up teaching. Using data derived from the 2014–2015 AnthroGuide, we rank doctoral programs whose graduates in archaeology have been most successful in the academic job market; identify long-term and ongoing trends in doctoral programs; and discuss gender division in academic archaeology in the US and Canada. We conclude that success in obtaining a faculty position upon graduation is predicated in large part on where one attends graduate school.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
PloS one, 2018
Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 3... more Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased from about 350 to 530 graduates per year. This rise in doctorates entering the work force along with an overall decrease in the numbers of tenure-track academic positions has resulted in highly competitive academic job market. We estimate that approximately79% of US anthropology doctorates do not obtain tenure-track positions at BA/BS, MA/MS, and PhD institutions in the US. Here, we examine where US anthropology faculty obtained their degrees and where they ultimately end up teaching as tenure-track faculty. Using data derived from the 2014-2015 AnthroGuide and anthropology departmental web pages, we identify and rank PhD programs in terms of numbers of graduates who have obtained tenure-track academic jobs; examine long-term and ongoing trends in the programs producing doctorates for the discipline as a whole, as well as for the subfields of archaeology, bioanthropology, and sociocultural anthropol...
Florida Anthropologist, 2019
Florida. We suggest that such artifacts, often interpreted as fishing gear, instead were items of... more Florida. We suggest that such artifacts, often interpreted as fishing gear, instead were items of personal adornment and magic, and thus important in community public rituals and ceremonies. As such, they serve as useful indicators of regional and macro-regional exchanges among varying communities. By tracking the different styles and material types found at sites in Florida through a typological and network analysis, we argue that certain sites, such as Crystal River, played a larger role in connecting subregions in Florida, and may have served as cultural brokers across the macro-region due to their connections to Hopewell sites throughout the Eastern Woodlands. Furthermore, it appears that such connections were limited in time and given the prominence of plummets buried with certain individuals, we suggest that specific places and persons were entwined with some of these larger scale processes. Fig. 2. The Crystal River site (9CI1) map, showing its layout and architecture.
In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive, landscape-scale remote sensing project ... more In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive, landscape-scale remote sensing project at Santa Elena on Parris Island, South Carolina. Substantial occupation at the site extends for over 4000 years and has resulted in a complex array of features dating to different time periods. In addition, there is a 40-year history of archaeological research at the site that includes a large-scale systematic shovel test survey, large block excavations, and scattered test units. Also, modern use of the site included significant alterations to the subsurface deposits. Our goals for this present work are threefold: (1) to explicitly present a logical approach to examine sites with long-term occupations; (2) to examine changes in land use at Santa Elena and its implications for human occupation of this persistent place; and (3) to use the remote sensing program and past archaeological research to make substantive suggestions regarding future research, conservation, and management of the site. Our research provides important insight into the distribution of cultural features at this National Historic Landmark. While the majority of archaeological research at the site has focused on the Spanish period, our work suggests a complex and vast array of archaeological features that can provide insight into over 4000 years of history in the region. At a gross level, we have identified possible Late Archaic structures, Woodland houses and features, Late Prehistoric and early Historic council houses, and a suite of features related to the Spanish occupation which builds on our previous research at the site. In addition to documenting possible cultural features at the site, our work illustrates the value of multiple remote sensing techniques used in conjunction with close-interval shovel test data.