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Publications and Papers : Experience : Honors and Awards

Publications and Papers

Publications

 

Presentated Papers and Public Speaking

 

  • 1998 Investigating Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation during the Contact Period in New Mexico. Invited paper, Sixth Biennial Southwest Symposium, Hermosillo, Mexico. (with A. Ramenofsky).

  • 1996 Featured in video titled People and Pots: A Preservation Dialog produced by Rural Video Access and Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Co.

  • 1996 Why Corrugated Pottery? A Functional and Historical Analysis of the Change from Smooth to Corrugated Cooking Pots in the American Southwest. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, La.

  • 1996 Pottery Production in the Sand Canyon Locality. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, La. (with M. Thurs and D. Glowacki).

  • 1996 Pottery Production and Distribution in the Sand Canyon Locality. Fifth Biennial Southwest Symposium, Tempe, Az. (with D. Glowacki and M. Thurs).

  • 1995 Explaining the Development of Corrugated Cooking Pots in the American Southwest. Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico.

  • 1995 Organizer and chair of 1995 Southwestern Pottery Workshop, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Co.

  • 1995 Why Corrugated Pottery? Uniting History and Function through an Evolutionary Approach to Explaining Technological Change. Invited paper, Durango Conference on Southwest Archaeology, Durango, Co.

  • 1995 Organizer of the 4th semiannual BigMaCC conference, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Co.

  • 1994 Determining the Taxonomic Identity of Trees and Shrubs Present in Prehistoric Hearth Ash Via ICP-AES Analysis. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim, Ca. (with K. Adams and J. Stewart).

  • 1994 Organizer and chair of 1994 Southwestern Pottery Workshop, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Co.

  • 1994 Variation in Direct Evidence of Pottery Production among Pueblo III Settlements in the Sand Canyon Locality. Pecos Conference, Mesa Verde National Park, Co.

  • 1994 Organizer and chair of symposium “Recent Research on Pottery Production in the Northern Southwest.” Pecos Conference, Mesa Verde National Park, Co.

  • 1991 Distinguishing Style and Function in Poverty Point Objects. 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, La.

  • 1991 Organizer and chair of symposium “Using Archaeometry: The Role of Physical Sciences in Archaeology.” 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, La.

  • 1989 Exploring Functional Variation in Fire-Altered Rocks . 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, Ga.

  • 1988 Functional Analysis of Fire-Altered Rock Features. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Redding, Ca.

  • 1988 California's Milling Stone Horizon: Of Mice or Men? 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Phoenix, Az.

  • 1985 Archaeological Units and Human Activities in the Southwest Archaic. 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Co. (with C. Irwin-Williams and S. Durand).

  • 1984 Excavations at a Historic Chumash Village in the Santa Monica Mountains, California. Nevada Archaeological Society, Reno, Nv.

  • 1984 Analysis of Cooking Stones from a Late Period Chumash Village. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland, Or.

  • 1984 Co-organizer of symposium “New Perspectives on Chumash Prehistory.” 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland, Or.

  • 1983 The Cooking Stones of Talepop: Evidence of Status Related Differentiation in Chumash Subsistence. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, San Diego, Ca.

  • 1982 Processes of Site Formation at Talepop (Ca-LAn-229). Southwestern Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, Ca.

  • 1982 An Analysis of Surface Artifact Assemblages in the Arroyo Cuervo Region, New Mexico. Pecos Conference, Pecos National Monument, NM.

  • 1980 Organizer and chair of the Anthropology Research Colloquium, San Jose State University, Ca.

Technical Reports & Unpublished Manuscripts

 

  • Sabik, J. F., J. A. Holmes, A. Boone, J. Feng, C. Pierce, T. G. Santoscoy, E. H. Blackstone
    2003 Effectiveness of Blake vs. Standard Drains for Pleural Cavity Drainage in Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Final Report. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

  • Ramenofsky, A. and C. Pierce
    2001. Summary Report of the 2000 Season of Archaeological Research at San Marcos Pueblo (LA98) by the University of New Mexico (Permit SE-155; ABE-427). Submitted to the Archaeological Conservancy and the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

  • Pierce, C., and A. Ramenofsky
    2000 Report on Archaeological Research Conducted at Pueblo San Marcos (LA98) during 1999 by the University of New Mexico. Ms. on file, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM.

  • Ramenofsky, A. and C. Pierce
    1999 A Summary Report on Archaeological Mapping at Pueblo San Marcos (LA98), 1997 & 1998 . Ms. on file, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM.

  • Pierce, C.
    1993 Evolutionary Theory and the Explanation of Formal Variation: An Application to Poverty Point Objects from the Lower Mississippi Valley. Unpublished MA paper, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle.

  • Pierce, C.
    1989 Report on 1989 Archaeological Investigations of the Buffalo Slough Tract, Dunklin County, Missouri. Submitted to R. C. Dunnell for the Little River Lowlands Project, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle.

  • Pierce, C. and S. Durand
    1988 Prehistoric Land-Use and Spatial Patterning in the Mesilla Bolson. In Archaeological Resources of the Santa Teresa Study Area, South-Central New Mexico, edited by J. C. Ravesloot, pp. 235-252. Arizona State Museum, Tucson.

  • Pierce, C.
    1988 A Functional Classification of Fire-Altered Rock Features from CA-SBr-5381. In The Archaeology of Tiefort Basin, Fort Irwin, San Bernardino County, California, by K. McGuire and M. Hall. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Davis, Ca.

  • Pierce, C.
    1988 Southwestern Archaic and the Oshara Tradition Type Sites: A Progress Report. Submitted to the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, Oakland, Ca.

  • Pierce, C. and N. Chapin
    1987 Archaeological Investigations for the West Sinter Project, Southern Cortez Mountains, Eureka County, Nevada>. Technical Report No. 54. Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv. (with N. Chapin).

  • Pierce, C.
    1987 A Cultural Resources Survey of Three Mineral Exploration Areas in the Cortez Mountains, Eureka County, Nevada. Cultural Resources Report 87-5. Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv.

  • Pierce, C.
    1987 A Cultural Resources Survey of the Trinity Silver Project, Pershing County, Nevada. Cultural Resources Report 87-4. Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno.

  • Pierce, C.
    1987 Archaeological Survey of Access Roads along Portions of a Transmission Line from Dixie Valley, Nevada to Bishop, California. Cultural Resources Report 87-3. Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv.

  • Pierce, C.
    1987 A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of the Sagewood Estates Subdivision, Southern Washoe County, Nevada. Cultural Resources Report 87-1. Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv.

  • Pierce, C.
    1986 Analysis of Sites Excavated by the Anasazi Origins Project, 1965 to 1969: A Progress Report on BNS 8205746. Submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Pierce, C.
    1985. The Significance of Ephermeral Water Sources to Arid Land Hunter-Gatherers: A Synthesis and Annotated Bibliography. Produced for the Nevada Test Site Archaeological Program, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv.

  • Pierce, C.
    1984. The Western Stemmed Projectile Point Tradition: An Annotated Bibliography and Summary of Dating Evidence. Produced for the Nevada Test Site Archaeological Program, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv.

  • Pierce, C. and S. Durand
    1984 Analysis of Regional Survey Data. In The Oshara Tradition: Archaic Hunter- Gatherer Adaptation in the Northern Southwest: Progress Report, Phase I. Submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Pierce, C. and S. Durand
    1983 Regional Survey. In Hunter‑Gatherer Culture Change and the Development of Sedentism in the Southwest U.S., Phase I 1981-1983: Progress Report. Submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Pierce, C.
    1982 Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of Two Linear Miles of Water Line Right-of-Way near Nixon, Nevada. Cultural Resources Report 82-1. Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv.

  • Irwin-Williams, C. and C. Pierce
    1982 Archaeology Field Investigations: Regional Survey. In Supplementary Information on Phase I Development: Progress Report on Project Activities in 1982. Submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Pierce, C.
    1982 Data Recovery Procedures for Excavations. InArchaeological Investigations at Talepop (LAN-229), compiled by C. D. King, pp. 2.6-2.22. Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • Pierce, C.
    1982 Stratigraphy, Features, and Site Formation. In Archaeological Investigations at Talepop (LAN-229), compiled by C. D. King, pp. 5.1-5.87. Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • Pierce, C., E. Clingen and L. Gamble
    1982 Petrology of Chipped Stone Artifacts. In Archaeological Investigations at Talepop (LAN-229), compiled by C. D. King, pp. 7.1-7.8. Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • Pierce, C.
    1980 Analysis of Shellfish Remains. In: Investigations of the Escalante Site Ca-SCl-314. Ms. on file, Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.

  • Hammett, J. and C. Pierce
    1979 Assessment of Cultural Resources at Lands of Hellett et al: San Jose, California. Ms. on file, Archaeological Regional Research Center and Clearinghouse, Cabrillo College, Aptos, Ca.

  • Pierce, C. and H. Dallas
    1979 The Soil pH of Ca-SCl-300 and 302. In: The Archaeology of North 1st Street, edited by R. Cartier. Occasional Papers of Archaeological Resource Management, San Jose, Ca.

  • Pierce, C.
    1978 The Soil pH of Ca-SCr-168. In: Secondary, Subsurface Archaeological Evaluation of Ca-SCr-168, edited by R. Cartier. Occasional Papers of Archaeological Resource Management, San Jose, Ca.



Experience



Research Projects

 

Field and Laboratory Experience

 

  • 1997-2000 Co-director of Pueblo San Marcos Archaeological Research Program, Galisteo Basin, New Mexico.

  • 2000 Analysis of Mayan ceramics vessels collected from caves in the Maya Mountains of southern Belize by the Maya Mountains Archaeological Project.

  • 1996 Survey of fortified settlements in the Sigatoka Valley, Viti Levu, Fiji.

  • 1994-1996 Conducted analyses and experiments on ancient sherds and modern replicas of Southwestern plain and corrugated pottery for Ph.D. dissertation.

  • 1992-1996 Crow Canyon Archaeological Center: Designed, conducted, supervised and reported on basic and specialized analyses of artifacts collected during Crow Canyon programs and from other sites in SW Colorado; managed collections, records, and databases; supervised mapping and in-field analysis of artifacts at several sites in SW Colorado; supervised research and museum exhibits by students and interns; produced research design, development, and strategic planning proposals.

  • 1990-1991 Conducted formal, archaeometric, and experimental analyses of Poverty Point ceramic objects from the lower Mississippi Valley.

  • 1989 Designed and implemented a flaked stone analysis protocol, and participated in shovel-test surveys for Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.

  • 1989 Crewmember on excavations at the Paleolithic rock shelter of Grotte XVI, Dordogne River valley, Cenac-et-Saint-Julien, France.

  • 1989 Conducted surface survey, total station mapping, and surface artifact collections for the Little River Lowlands Project, southeast Missouri.

  • 1987-1988 Project Director of cultural resource management contracts in Nevada for Desert Research Institute.

  • 1984-1988 Laboratory Director for the Southwestern Archaic Oshara Project, Desert Research Institute. Designed and supervised analysis, database management, curation, and write-up of Oshara Tradition type sites and non-site surface collections; produced grant proposals to support this work.

  • 1984-1988 Participated in fieldwork and conducted background research for the Nevada Test Site Archaeological Program, Desert Research Institute.

  • 1987 Designed and conducted analyses of fire-altered rocks from Fort Irwin, California, for Far Western Anthropological Research Group.

  • 1987 Assisted in mapping and description of Quaternary stratigraphy and soils in the basin of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan for Desert Research Institute.

  • 1985 Conducted spatial analysis of surface artifact distributions in the Mesilla Valley, south-central New Mexico, for Desert Research Institute and Arizona State Museum.

  • 1984 Conducted attribute analysis of chipped stone debitage from archaic and Puebloan sites near Abiquiu, New Mexico, for Desert Research Institute.

  • 1982-1983 Supervised field crews in non-site surface survey of the Arroyo Cuervo Region, New Mexico, for the Desert Research Institute.

  • 1980-1982 Directed systematic surface collections, test excavations, and geoarchaeological research at the late prehistoric and historic Chumash village of Talepop in the Santa Monica Mountains, California, for the Office of Public Archaeology, UC Santa Barbara.

  • 1980 Assistant crew chief on 100% surface survey and site mapping of 5300 acres in Ridges Basin, SW Colorado, and conducted in-field analyses of stone artifacts on archaic and early Puebloan sites for the Office of Contract Archaeology, University of New Mexico.

  • 1976-1980 Crewmember on numerous, short duration survey and excavation projects in the southern San Francisco Bay area.

  • 1978-1979 Crewmember on surface collection, excavation, and laboratory analysis for Sonoma State University at Suskol, a late prehistoric and historic Patwin village in southern Napa County, California.

  • 1978 Crewmember on survey, mapping, and surface collection of Puebloan habitation sites on Cow Mesa and Squaw Point, SW Colorado, for Southern Illinois University.

  • 1978 Crewmember on survey, mapping, and in-field analysis of surface artifacts at historic Chumash villages on Santa Cruz Island, California.

  • 1978 Crewmember on survey of prehistoric and historic sites on Gasquet and Rattlesnake Mountains, Six Rivers National Forest, California.

  • 1977-1978 Field crewmember and laboratory director for Archaeological Resource Management on intensive surface and subsurface studies of a Late Period village site in Almaden Valley, California.

  • 1977 Crewmember for Archaeological Resource Management on surface collection and test excavation at the Napa Glass Mountain obsidian source, Napa Valley, California.

  • 1977 Crewmember for Dames and Moore on surface survey of LNG pipeline route from Bakersfield to Point Conception, California.

  • 1976-1977 Crew member for San Jose State University on survey, surface collection, excavation, and laboratory analysis of sites in Chesbro Reservoir, Santa Clara County, California.

  • 1975-1977 Hovenweep Archaeological Project, San Jose State University. Student crew member on sample surface survey around Hovenweep National Monument, SW Colorado; assistant crew chief and crew chief on test excavations of Pueblo settlements and agricultural features; conducted pollen and soil chemical analyses to locate ancient agricultural fields; conducted experiments with replicas of ancient soil and water management features.

Teaching Experience

 

  • 1999-2000 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Courses taught include “ANT 302: Archaeology” and “ANT 336: Archaeology Lab Methods.”>

  • 2000 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio. Courses taught include “Soc 180: Archaeology and Human Evolution.”

  • 1999-2000 Co-Director of University of New Mexico Summer Field School in Archaeology, Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico.

  • 1998 Extended guest lecturer (2 weeks) in course on evolutionary theory in archaeology taught by Dr. Ann Ramenofsky, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico.

  • 1977-1997 Numerous presentations to elementary and secondary school classes in California, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico.

  • 1992-1996 Crow Canyon Archeological Center: designed and presented several multi-week advanced laboratory and field experiential education courses for adult alumni of Crow Canyon research programs, cultural resource management paraprofessionals, and high school field school students; delivered weekly laboratory research/education programs to adult participants; presented evening educational programs on the nature of archaeological research and Southwestern archaeology for adult participants and school groups; and advised and supervised graduate students and Crow Canyon interns conducting research, exhibit, and curation activities with artifact collections.

  • 1992 Led a group of 15 high school students from Seattle on a two-week tour of archaeological and historical monuments in the Four Corners area of the southwestern United States.

  • 1991-1992 Center for Social Science Computation and Research, University of Washington. Developed and taught several short courses for students and faculty on social science databases, database design and management; using the Internet, LAN management, and digital data archiving. Provided individual consultation and training on the use of computers and databases for quantitative and qualitative social science research; and served as contact person for academic users of US Census data in Washington State.

  • 1991 Guest lecturer in an introduction to archaeology course at South Seattle Community College, Seattle, Wa.

  • 1983-1986 University of Nevada, Reno and Desert Research Institute: Teaching Assistant and Instructor for summer archaeological field school and Earthwatch research project in northwestern New Mexico.

  • 1981 Presented public educational tours of UC Santa Barbara excavations at Talepop, a Late Period Chumash village in Malibu Creek State Park, Ca.

  • 1979 Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University: Teaching Assistant for upper division course on laboratory methods in archaeology.

  • 1978-1980 San Jose State University: Tutor in anthropology and geology for minority students in the University Affirmative Action Program.

  • 1977-1980 San Jose State University: Part-time staff, Media and Instructional Services.

  • 1978 Guest lecturer in course on North American Indians, Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.

  • 1976 Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University: Teaching Assistant for summer archaeological field school at Hovenweep National Monument.

Honors and Awards

 

  • 1997, 2000 Standard Products Foundation grants for research at Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico.
  • 1996 Ward Weakly Memorial Scholarship, Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists.
  • 1993-95 Standard Products Foundation grants for dissertation research.
  • 1988-92 Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education.
  • 1988 University of Washington recruitment fellowship.
  • 1988 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
  • 1987-88 L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation grants to study Oshara Tradition type sites, New Mexico.
  • 1986 Nominated to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
  • 1986 Graduated with distinction, University of Nevada, Reno.
  • 1985 Jewett W. Adams Memorial Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno.
  • 1984-85 President, University of Nevada Reno Anthropology Club.
  • 1984 First Prize in anthropology term paper competition, University of Nevada, Reno.
  • 1984 Major Max C. Fleischmann Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno.
  • 1980 Letter of Commendation from the Santa Clara County Archaeological Society.
  • 1980 Alumni Association Dean’s Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.
  • 1979 President’s Scholar, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.
  • 1978-79 President, San Jose State University Anthropology Club.
  • 1978 Dean’s Scholar, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.
  • 1977 Full summer tuition scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
  • 1977 Co-recipient, National Science Foundation Student Originated Studies Research Grant.
  • 1976-1978 Humanities Honors Program, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.
  • 1976 Partial summer tuition scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca.
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