David G. AndersonCurriculum Vitae May2013
CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID G. ANDERSON
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Birth date:31 July 1949, St. Louis, Missouri
Marital Status:Married Jenalee Muse, 28 November 1981
Home Address: Work Address:
1619 Jefferson AvenueDavid G. Anderson
Knoxville, TennesseeDepartment of Anthropology
(803) 259–6289250 South Stadium Hall
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0720
865-974-2960
email:
EDUCATION:
PhDUniversity of Michigan, Anthropology, 1990
Dissertation: Political Change in Chiefdom Societies: Cycling in the Late Prehistoric Southeastern United States.DOWNLOAD PDF
MAUniversity of Arkansas, Anthropology, 1979
Thesis: An Evaluation of the Excavation Strategies Employed at the Zebree Site (3MS20): 1968–1976 Field Seasons.DOWNLOAD PDF
BACase Western Reserve University, Anthropology, 1972
High SchoolBaldwin County High School, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1967
HONORS:
College of Arts and Sciences Senior Research/Creative Achievement Award University of Tennessee, 2012
College of Arts and Sciences Advising Award, University of Tennessee, 2009.
Excellence in Cultural Resource Management Research Award, Society for American Archaeology, 1999
Presidential Recognition Award, Society for American Archaeology, 1997
Dissertation Prize, Society for American Archaeology, 1991.
Clarence B. Moore Award for Excellence in Southeastern Archaeological Studies, Lower Mississippi Valley Survey/Southeastern Archaeological Conference, 1990.
Oak Ridge Affiliated Universities, Department of Energy, Dissertation Fellowship, August 1988–March 1990.
Rackham Nontraditional Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1983–1984.
Doreen Ozker Memorial Fellowship, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1983–1984.
EXPERIENCE:
Positions Held:
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. August 2009 to present. Associate Head, 2007-present.
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. January 2004 to 2009 (tenure awarded 2005).
Archeologist, Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service, March 1996–December 2003
Archeologist, Interagency Archaeological Services Division, National Park Service, March 1990 to March 1996.
Oak Ridge Affiliated Universities, Department of Energy Dissertation Fellow, Savannah River Archaeological Program, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, August 1988–March 1990.
Intern, Atlanta Interagency Archaeological Services Division, National Park Service, May 1988–April 1989 (on leave after July 1988).
Senior Archaeologist, Garrow & Associates, Inc., May 1986–April 1988.
Research Assistant, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, September 1984–May 1986.
Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Savannah River Archaeological Program, May 1985–August 1985.
Archaeologist, Commonwealth Associates Inc., November 1977–August 1983.
Survey Assistant, Arkansas Archaeological Survey, University of Arkansas, July 1975–November 1977.
Archaeologist, Highway Archaeology Program, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, February 1975–June 1975.
Research Assistant, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, February 1974–January 1975.
Fieldwork:
Various projects in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and U.S. Virgin Islands (1972–present)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
American Anthropological Association 1976–1993, 1997–present. Treasurer, Archaeology Division 2002–2007
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1974–present. (Section H, Anthropology, Executive Committee Member at Large 2003–2006; Nominating Committee 2012–2015)
American Ethnological Society 1978–1990.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists; Special member; 1978–1988.
Archaeological Institute of America; 2004-present. Doris Z. Stone Lecturer in New World Archaeology, 2007/2008. East Tennessee Chapter, Vice President 2010-2011. President 2011-2012.
Archaeological Society of South Carolina 1973–present (life member). Director, 1974–1975; Assistant Editor, 1974 –1975; President 1998-1999.
Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists 1990–1999.
Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society 1986-1996 (Treasurer 1986–1988; Director 1990–1994).
Register of Professional Archaeologists 1999–present, AAA Executive Board representative 2004-2007, 2008-2010.
Sigma Xi; Associate Member 1975–1988.
Society for American Archaeology 1974–present. (Annual Meeting program committee 1993, 1996; 1997 (chair), 2002; Membership Committee Chair 1999-2002; Task Force on Curriculum Development, 1998-2000), Editor, The SAA Press 2004-2008.
Society for Historical Archaeology 1977–1987, 1993–1994, 1997–2011.
Society of Professional Archaeologists 1987–1998. (Grievance Board 1994–1996)
Southeastern Archaeological Conference 1974–present (life member). Secretary 2001-2003. President elect 2007-2008. President 2008-2010.
South Carolina Council of Professional Archaeologists 1978–present (Editor 1980–1982; President 1992–1993).
Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology 1999-present (President Elect 2005-2006, President 2007-2008)
Other Organizations
Archeological Conservancy, National Space Society, Planetary Society, World Wildlife Fund.
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia state archaeological societies (Life memberships).
American Archaeology, Editorial Advisory Board (2007-2010)
CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship, Editorial Board (2004-present)
Current Research in the Pleistocene Associate Editor,(2005-2011)
BOOKS
2012Recent Developments in Southeastern Archaeology: From Colonization to Complexity. Society for American Archaeology Press, Washington, D.C. (David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman). 285pp.
2007Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions(David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch, and Daniel H. Sandweiss). Academic Press/Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 604 pp.
2003Archaeology, History, and Predictive Modeling: Research on Fort Polk 1972–2002.(David G. Anderson and Steven D. Smith).University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 668 pp.
2002The Woodland Southeast. (David G. Anderson and Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., editors) University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 696 pp.
1996The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast. (David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman, editors). University of Alabama Press. 526 pp.
The Archaeology of the Mid–Holocene Southeast. (Kenneth E. Sassaman and David G. Anderson, editors). University Presses of Florida. 387 pp.
1994The Savannah River Chiefdoms: Political Change in the Late Prehistoric Southeast. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 459 pp.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
2012Radiocarbon Dates from Three Sites along the Middle Cumberland near Nashville. Tennessee Archaeology6:52–71.(Miller, D. Shane, David G. Anderson, Thaddeus G. Bissett, and Stephen B. Carmody). DOWNLOAD PDF
A Preliminary Report on the Sanders #1 Site (40CH193). Tennessee Archaeology6:31–39. (Miller, D. Shane, John B. Broster, Gary L. Barker, David G. Anderson, Thaddeus G. Bissett, and Stephen B. Carmody). DOWNLOAD PDF
2011Multiple Lines of Evidence for Possible Human Population Decline/Settlement Reorganization during the Early Younger Dryas. (David G. Anderson, Albert C. Goodyear, James Kennett, and Allen West). Quaternary International242:570–583. DOWNLOAD PDF
2010Employing High Resolution Bathymetric Data to Infer Possible Migration Routes of Pleistocene Populations. (David G. Anderson, Stephen J. Yerka, and J. Christopher Gillam). Current Research in the Pleistocene 27:60-64. DOWNLOAD PDF
Cycling in the Complexity of Early Societies. Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History1:58–80. (Sergey Gavrilets, David G. Anderson, and Peter Turchin).Also available at DOWNLOAD PDF
PIDBA (Paleoindian Database of the Americas) 2010: Current Status and Findings. (David G. Anderson, D. Shane Miller, Stephen J. Yerka, J. Christopher Gillam, Erik N. Johanson, Derek T. Anderson, Albert C. Goodyear, and Ashley M. Smallwood). Archaeology of Eastern North America 38:63-90. DOWNLOAD PDF
Comment on “The 12.9-ka ET Impact Hypothesis and NorthAmerican Paleoindians” by Vance T. Holliday and David J. Meltzer. Current Anthropology38:585.
2009Caminos hacia el poder en el Sureste prehistórico de Norteamérica [Pathways to power in Southeastern North America]. In Procesos y expresiones de poder, identidad y orden tempranos en Sudamérica. Segunda parte, edited by Peter Kaulicke and Tom D. Dillehay. Boletin de Arqueologia PUCP, Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru 11:205-232. (Volume for 2007, published December 2009).DOWNLOAD PDF
On Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological Delusions. Native South 2:69-73. (David G. Anderson and Robbie Ethridge) DOWNLOAD PDF
Montana Paleoindian Artifact Project: A Call For Data. Archaeology in Montana 50(1):71-78. (David G. Anderson and Ruthann Knudson) DOWNLOAD PDF
2008The Toltec Mounds Site in Southeastern Prehistory: Inferences from Early Collections. The Arkansas Archeologist 47:9-30.DOWNLOAD PDF
Recording Paleoindian Projectile Points in Georgia. Current Research in the Pleistocene 25:89-91. (R. Jerald Ledbetter, David G. Anderson, and Scott C. Meeks). DOWNLOAD PDF
Southeastern Data Inconsistent with Paleoindian Demographic Reconstruction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(50):E108. (David G. Anderson, Scott C. Meeks, Albert C. Goodyear, and D. Shane Miller). DOWNLOAD PDF
2007A Continental-scalePerspective on the Peopling of the Americas: Modeling Geographic Distributions and Ecological Niches of Pleistocene Populations. Current Research in the Pleistocene 24:86-90. (J. Christopher Gillam, David G. Anderson, and A. Town Peterson). DOWNLOAD PDF
Comment on "Redefining the Age of Clovis: Implications for the Peopling of the Americas"Science 317:320. (Gary Haynes, David G. Anderson, C. Reid Ferring, Stuart J. Fiedel, Donald K. Grayson, C. Vance Haynes, Jr., Vance T. Holliday, Bruce B. Huckell, Marcel Kornfeld, David J. Meltzer, Julie Morrow, Todd Surovell, Nicole M. Waguespack, Peter Wigand,Robert M. Yohe, II)
Remembering the Career of James L. Michie. South Carolina Antiquities 32:73-75. DOWNLOAD PDF
2006Eco-Cultural Niche Modeling: New Tools for Reconstructing the Geography and Ecology of Past Human Populations. PaleoAnthropology 2006:68-83. (William E. Banks, Francesco d’Errico, Harold L. Dibble, Leonard Krishtalka, DixieWest, Deborah I. Olszewski, A. Townsend Peterson, David G. Anderson, J. Christopher Gillam, Anta Montet-White, Michel Crucifix, Curtis W. Marean, María-Fernanda Sánchez-Goñi, Barbara Wohlfarth, and Marian Vanhaeran)DOWNLOAD PDF
Estimating Pleistocene Shorelines and Land Elevations for North America. Current Research in the Pleistocene 23:185-187. (J. Christopher Gillam, David G. Anderson, Stephen J. Yerka, and D. Shane Miller). DOWNLOAD PDF
The James W. Cambron and David C. Hulse Collections: An Avenue for Understanding Paleoindian Occupation in the Midsouth. Current Research in the Pleistocene 23:132-135. (Meta G. Pike, Scott C. Meeks, David G. Anderson, and Elijah C. Ellerbusch) DOWNLOAD PDF
2005Paleoindian Database of the Americas: 2005 Status Report. Current Research in the Pleistocene 22:91-92. (David G. Anderson, D. Shane Miller, Stephen J. Yerka, andMichael K. Faught).DOWNLOAD PDF
2001Climate and Culture Change in Prehistoric and Early Historic Eastern North America. Archaeology of Eastern North America 29:143-186. DOWNLOAD PDF
Paleoindian Interaction and Mating Networks: Reply to Moore and Moseley. American Antiquity 66(3):530-535. (David G. Anderson and J. Christopher Gillam) DOWNLOAD PDF
The Water Island Archaeological Project: Archaeology and History in the Eastern Caribbean. (David G. Anderson, R. Steven Kidd, and Emily M. Yates). Antiquity 75:513-14.
Resource Management in the Department of Defense: Defending America’s Heritage. CRM 24(3):42-44.
Membership Committee Update: Membership in National Professional Organizations by Members of State Professional Archaeological Councils. (David G. Anderson and Donna L. Freid) The SAA Archaeological Record 1(4):10-13.
2000Paleoindian Colonization of the Americas: Implications from an Examination of Physiography, Demography, and Artifact Distributions. (David G. Anderson and J. Christopher Gillam). American Antiquity 65:43-66. DOWNLOAD PDF
Paleoindian Artifact Distributions: Evidence and Implications (David G. Anderson and Michael K. Faught) Antiquity 74:507-513. DOWNLOAD PDF
Supporting Professional Societies. SAA Bulletin 18(4):13.
The Earliest Americans: The Southeast. Common Ground (Spring-Summer):45-53.
1999Transitions in the Mid-Holocene (Daniel H. Sandweiss, Kirk A. Maasch, David G. Anderson). Science 283:499-500.
Native Earthen Architecture in Eastern North America ((David G. Anderson and Michael Russo) CRM 22(6):49-51.
Monte Verde and the Way American Archaeology Does Business. Discovering Archaeology 1(6), Special Report: Monte Verde Revisited, pp. 19-20.
Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century: Thoughts on Graduate Education. (Lynott, Mark J., David G. Anderson, Glen H. Doran, Richard J. Elia, Maria Franklin, K. Anne Pyburn, Joseph Schuldenrein and Dean R. Snow) SAA Bulletin 17:22-22.DOWNLOAD PDF
1998The Distribution of Fluted Paleoindian Projectile Points: Update 1998. (David G. Anderson and Michael K. Faught) Archaeology of Eastern North America 26:163–187. DOWNLOAD PDF
Paleoindian Projectile Point Recording Project: A Call for Data. (Brinnen Carter, James S. Dunbar, and David G. Anderson). The Florida Anthropologist 51:37–44.
Missouri Paleo-Indian Projectile Point Recording Project: A Call for Data. (David G. Anderson and Michael J. O’Brien). Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly 15(3):4–9.
1997"Celebrating National Commitments to Archaeology" and "A National Commitment to Archaeology." In Common Ground: Archaeology and Ethnography in the Public Interest 2(1):12–19. (Issue guest editor). National Park Service Archeology and Ethnography Program, Washington, D.C.
Tribute to James B. Griffin (1905–1997). Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 22:129–130.
1995Recent Advances in Paleoindian and Archaic Period Research in the Southeastern United States. Archaeology of Eastern North America 23:145–176.
Paleoclimate and the Potential Food Reserves of Mississippian Societies: A Case Study from the Savannah River Valley (David G. Anderson, David W. Stahle, and Malcolm R. Cleaveland). American Antiquity 60:258–286. DOWNLOAD PDF
The Excavations at Dust Cave to Date: A Commentary. Journal of Alabama Archaeology 40(1&2):237–246.
1994North American Paleoindian Database—An Update. (Michael K. Faught, David G. Anderson, and Anne Gisiger. Current Research in the Pleistocene 11:32–35.DOWNLOAD PDF
De Soto in Coosa: Another Reply to Henige. (Charles M. Hudson, Chester B. DePratter, Marvin T. Smith, and David G. Anderson). Georgia Historical Quarterly 68:716–734.
1993Twenty–Five Years of Prehistoric Archaeology in South Carolina. South Carolina Antiquities 25:14–22. DOWNLOAD PDF
The Future of South Carolina Archaeology: A Management and Research Perspective. South Carolina Antiquities 25:78–81. DOWNLOAD PDF
1991Examining Prehistoric Settlement Distribution in Eastern North America. Archaeology of Eastern North America 19:1–22.
The Bifurcate Tradition in the South Atlantic Region. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 7:91–106. DOWNLOAD PDF
Mississippian Period Settlement in the Savannah River Basin. Early Georgia 19(2): 47–60.
1990A North American Paleoindian Projectile Point Database. Current Research in the Pleistocene 7:67–69.DOWNLOAD PDF
Update on the Georgia Paleoindian Survey. (David G. Anderson, R. Jerald Ledbetter, and Lisa D. O'Steen). Current Research in the Pleistocene 7:70–72.DOWNLOAD PDF
The Mississippian Occupation and Abandonment of the Savannah River Valley. The Florida Anthropologist 43:13–35.
1988Early Archaic Occupations in the Southeastern United States: A Case Study from the Savannah River Basin (David G. Anderson and Glen T. Hanson). American Antiquity 53:262–286. DOWNLOAD PDF
1987Recent Paleoindian Research in Georgia. (David G. Anderson, Jerald Ledbetter, Lisa O'Steen, Daniel T. Elliott, and Dennis Blanton). Current Research in the Pleistocene 4:47–49.DOWNLOAD PDF
1986The Mississippian Occupation of the Savannah River Valley (David G. Anderson, David J. Hally and James L. Rudolph). Southeastern Archaeology 5(1):32–51.
L'Archeologie du secteur prive aux Etats–Unis: le point de vue d'un archeologue de terrain. Nouvelles de l'Archeologie 22(2–3): 54–62. DOWNLOAD PDF
Archaeological Testing at the Herman Farm Site (20BE189): An Example of the Utility of Controlled Surface Collection for Site Evaluation. (David G. Anderson and Donald J, Weir) Michigan Archaeologist 32:139–155.DOWNLOAD PDF
1985The Internal Organization and Operation of Chiefdom Level Societies on the Southeastern Atlantic Slope: An Examination of Ethnohistoric Sources. South Carolina Antiquities 17:35–69.
Middle Woodland Societies on the Lower South Atlantic Slope: A View from Georgia and South Carolina. Early Georgia. 13:29–66.
1983Early Archaic Settlement on the Southeastern Atlantic Slope: A View from the Rucker's Bottom Site, Elbert County, Georgia (David G. Anderson and Joseph Schuldenrein). North American Archaeologist 4(3):177–210.
Mississippian Settlement in the Southern Piedmont: Evidence from the Rucker's Bottom Site, Elbert County, Georgia. Southeastern Archaeology 2(2):98–117. DOWNLOAD PDF
Zebree: An example of Problem–Oriented Contract Research in Northeast Arkansas (Dan F. Morse and David G. Anderson). Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 20:136–140.
The Ceramic Sequence from the Mattassee Lake Sites: Towards a Cultural Sequence for the Lower Santee River, South Carolina. South Carolina Antiquities 15:31–41.
The Archaeology of Tenancy (2): A Reply to Trinkley (David G. Anderson and Jenalee Muse). Southeastern Archaeology 2(1):65–68.
1982The Archaeology of Tenancy: An Example from the South Carolina Low Country (David G. Anderson and Jenalee Muse). South Carolina Antiquities 14:71–85.DOWNLOAD PDF
1979Prehistoric Selection for Intentional Thermal Alteration: Tests of a Model Employing Southeastern Archaeological Materials. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 4(2):221–254. DOWNLOAD PDF
Test Excavations at Two Sites in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Charleston County, South Carolina (David G. Anderson and Stephen R. Claggett). South Carolina Antiquities 11(1):12–74.
1978More on Australopithecine Sexual Dimorphism. Current Anthropology 19:219–221.
Some Comments on Science with a Small "S." SEAC Newsletter 20(1):18–24.
1977Archaeology and Speleology: The Case for Conservation. Bulletin of the National Speleological Society 39(2):55–64.
A History of Prehistoric Archaeological Investigations in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. South Carolina Antiquities 9(2):1–32. DOWNLOAD PDF
1975Inferences from Distribution Studies of Prehistoric Artifacts in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Bulletin 18:180–194. DOWNLOAD PDF
Fort Congaree on the Carolina Frontier: Archaeological Investigations 1970 Through 1975. South Carolina Antiquities 7(2):1–30.DOWNLOAD PDF
Summary of: Inferences from the Distribution of Prehistoric Ceramics in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. South Carolina Antiquities 7(1):8–15.DOWNLOAD PDF
1974An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Alternate Two Routes of the Southeastern Beltway Between SC Route 48 and I–26, Richland–Lexington Counties, South Carolina, August 1974. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, The Notebook 6(5–6):125–163.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS (peer-reviewed)\\
2013Social Landscapes of Early and Middle Woodland Peoples in the Southeast. In Woodland Landscapes of the Southeast, edited by Alice Wright and Edward Henry. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. (In Press)
Paleoindian and Archaic Periods in North America In The Cambridge World Prehistory, edited by Paul Bahn and Colin Renfrew. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (In Press).
Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics:Lessons from the Past for the Future (David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch, and Daniel H. Sandweiss.) In Humans and the Environment: New Archaeological Perspectives for the 21st Century, edited by Matthew Davies and Freda Nkirote. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (In Press)
Drought, Subsistence Stress, and Population Dynamics Assessing Mississippian Abandonment of the Vacant Quarter (Scott C. Meeks and David G. Anderson). In Soils, Climate, and Society Archaeological Investigations in Ancient America, edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes, pp. 61–83. University of Colorado Press, Boulder.
Paleoindian Archaeology in Eastern North America: Current Approaches and Future Directions. In In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition, edited by Joseph A. M. Gingerich, pp. 371–403. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City (In Press).
2012North America: The Eastern Woodlands and the South. In The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, Second Edition, edited by Neil Asher Silberman, pp. 528–532. Oxford University Press, New York. (Article revised and updated from the 1996 edition)
Evaluating the Effect of the Younger Dryas on Human Population Histories in the Southeastern United States (Scott C. Meeks and David G. Anderson). In Hunter-Gatherer BehaviorHuman Response During The Younger Dryas, edited by Metin I. Eren, pp. 111–138. Left Coast Press,Walnut Creek, California.DOWNLOAD PDF