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Papers by Victoria Dekle
Recent approaches to pottery and society in the Southeast
This article discusses the themes of this special edition of Southeastern Archaeology on modern p... more This article discusses the themes of this special edition of Southeastern Archaeology on modern pottery studies and summarizes the articles included in this edition. Southeastern archaeologists increasingly are applying new theoretical constructs and techniques to ceramic studies. These new techniques, in conjunction with traditional typological analysis, allow archaeologists to approach the study of past peoples from a broader perspective.
In September 2014 SEAC sponsored a sexual harassment survey of its membership. Goals of the surve... more In September 2014 SEAC sponsored a sexual harassment survey of its membership. Goals of the survey were to identify frequency and types of sexual harassment in field situations and identify consequences of such incidences for perpetrators and victims. Specifically, the survey was designed to identify if victims of sexual harassment had suffered adverse affects to their career. This poster presents preliminary results of the survey and identifies ways to decrease sexual harassment incidents in the field, including education, communication, examination of field and field house practices, and the use of a conduct code in the field.
Employing a dwelling perspective, this paper reinterprets the adoption of horticulture during the... more Employing a dwelling perspective, this paper reinterprets the adoption of horticulture during the terminal Late Archaic in eastern North America as an unintended consequence of changing human-animal-plant relations and the invention of bulk processing techniques during the Middle and Late Archaic. The incorporation of immobile plant and animal species into the lifeworlds of Archaic individuals by 7000 BP was part of a dynamic series of changes that greatly altered the taskscapes of these hunter-gatherers. The activities characteristic of these new taskscapes were group oriented and included the bulk processing of nuts and mussels to buffer against risk of winter food shortages. Changing social relations during the terminal Late Archaic dissociated certain groups from important riverine resources; however, the adoption of bulk wild-food-processing techniques provided a technological foundation for the replacement of aquatic immobile resources with upland garden crops, leading to the advent of a stable upland horticultural complex.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, May 2007
excavated a large multicomponent site located near the city of Savannah, Georgia. Due to lack of ... more excavated a large multicomponent site located near the city of Savannah, Georgia. Due to lack of funds and time, the investigators never published a report on the Deptford excavations. Additionally, most of the original field notes and profile drawings were lost over the past 60 years. The first published manuscript of Deptford was written by Chester DePratter (DePratter 1991), who conducted only limited analysis on this extensive collection. During the 1990s, the National Park Service gave the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology funding to analyze completely the Deptford collection. This manuscript is a report of that analysis, as well as an interpretation of the large data set.
Conference Presentations by Victoria Dekle
What Happens in the Field? Preliminary Results of the SEAC Sexual Harassment Survey
Bone Pin Design and Late Archaic Regional Connections across the Southern Atlantic Coast
An Investigation of Late Archaic Bone Pins in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina
The Political Ecology of Archaeological Climatic Research
Political ecology is an interdisciplinary research agenda that works beyond traditional livelihoo... more Political ecology is an interdisciplinary research agenda that works beyond traditional livelihood studies to investigate the implications of ecological research on present and future human societies. While anthropologists and other social scientists have widely embraced political ecology, archaeology is essentially absent from this discussion. Ancient sea level rise is one way that Southeastern archaeologists use public and political influence to promote research and we must now consider future implications of this work. I argue that we must reference reflexive social theory in addition to scientific climatic measures to investigate the impact of archaeological research on future populations.
Ritual Life and Landscape at Tunacunnhee: Ideology and Politics at a Middle Woodland Site in Northwest Georgia
The Climatic Narrative and Archaeology's Use of the Past: Sea Level Rise on the Southern Atlantic Coast
The Deptford Site: Reconfigured and Reconsidered
Talks by Victoria Dekle
Teaching Documents by Victoria Dekle
Recent approaches to pottery and society in the Southeast
This article discusses the themes of this special edition of Southeastern Archaeology on modern p... more This article discusses the themes of this special edition of Southeastern Archaeology on modern pottery studies and summarizes the articles included in this edition. Southeastern archaeologists increasingly are applying new theoretical constructs and techniques to ceramic studies. These new techniques, in conjunction with traditional typological analysis, allow archaeologists to approach the study of past peoples from a broader perspective.
In September 2014 SEAC sponsored a sexual harassment survey of its membership. Goals of the surve... more In September 2014 SEAC sponsored a sexual harassment survey of its membership. Goals of the survey were to identify frequency and types of sexual harassment in field situations and identify consequences of such incidences for perpetrators and victims. Specifically, the survey was designed to identify if victims of sexual harassment had suffered adverse affects to their career. This poster presents preliminary results of the survey and identifies ways to decrease sexual harassment incidents in the field, including education, communication, examination of field and field house practices, and the use of a conduct code in the field.
Employing a dwelling perspective, this paper reinterprets the adoption of horticulture during the... more Employing a dwelling perspective, this paper reinterprets the adoption of horticulture during the terminal Late Archaic in eastern North America as an unintended consequence of changing human-animal-plant relations and the invention of bulk processing techniques during the Middle and Late Archaic. The incorporation of immobile plant and animal species into the lifeworlds of Archaic individuals by 7000 BP was part of a dynamic series of changes that greatly altered the taskscapes of these hunter-gatherers. The activities characteristic of these new taskscapes were group oriented and included the bulk processing of nuts and mussels to buffer against risk of winter food shortages. Changing social relations during the terminal Late Archaic dissociated certain groups from important riverine resources; however, the adoption of bulk wild-food-processing techniques provided a technological foundation for the replacement of aquatic immobile resources with upland garden crops, leading to the advent of a stable upland horticultural complex.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, May 2007
excavated a large multicomponent site located near the city of Savannah, Georgia. Due to lack of ... more excavated a large multicomponent site located near the city of Savannah, Georgia. Due to lack of funds and time, the investigators never published a report on the Deptford excavations. Additionally, most of the original field notes and profile drawings were lost over the past 60 years. The first published manuscript of Deptford was written by Chester DePratter (DePratter 1991), who conducted only limited analysis on this extensive collection. During the 1990s, the National Park Service gave the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology funding to analyze completely the Deptford collection. This manuscript is a report of that analysis, as well as an interpretation of the large data set.
What Happens in the Field? Preliminary Results of the SEAC Sexual Harassment Survey
Bone Pin Design and Late Archaic Regional Connections across the Southern Atlantic Coast
An Investigation of Late Archaic Bone Pins in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina
The Political Ecology of Archaeological Climatic Research
Political ecology is an interdisciplinary research agenda that works beyond traditional livelihoo... more Political ecology is an interdisciplinary research agenda that works beyond traditional livelihood studies to investigate the implications of ecological research on present and future human societies. While anthropologists and other social scientists have widely embraced political ecology, archaeology is essentially absent from this discussion. Ancient sea level rise is one way that Southeastern archaeologists use public and political influence to promote research and we must now consider future implications of this work. I argue that we must reference reflexive social theory in addition to scientific climatic measures to investigate the impact of archaeological research on future populations.
Ritual Life and Landscape at Tunacunnhee: Ideology and Politics at a Middle Woodland Site in Northwest Georgia
The Climatic Narrative and Archaeology's Use of the Past: Sea Level Rise on the Southern Atlantic Coast
The Deptford Site: Reconfigured and Reconsidered