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IPFW-AS Personnel
The staff of the IPFW-AS has
over 100 years of combined archaeological experience, and expertise in a wide
variety of field and laboratory settings, methodologies, and techniques.
Our personnel are experienced in all stages of Section 106 compliance and grant funded research involving: survey, excavation, curation, museology, public outreach, detailed artifact analysis, statistical methods, archaeological remote sensing (magnetometry, resistivity, GPR), predictive modeling, CAD, GIS, electronic publishing, digital data collection and long-term data maintenance. Feel free to contact us for more information about how our staff can meet your needs.
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Dr. Robert G. McCullough received his
undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Indiana University
in 1982. After several years of experience in cultural resource
management, he received an M.A. from Ball State University in 1991
and his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2000,
with a dissertation on Late Prehistoric
settlement variability during the Oliver phase of central
and south-central Indiana. He was appointed director of the IPFW-Archaeological
Survey in January 2001. Under his direction, the Survey has been
awarded numerous federal and state grants for archaeological work, completed
scores of Section 106 projects, and been designated a Center of Excellence
by IPFW.
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Dr. "Kip" Andres received his Ph.D.
in 2005 from Indiana University, Bloomington. His dissertation used several
methods of spatial analysis to interpret the construction of an Ancient
Maya ceremonial center in Belize. Kip acts as a Field Director for the IPFW-AS, authors reports for many of our larger projects, and supervises the production of smaller reports. Kip's long relationship with North
American history and prehistory includes cultural resource management
and research work with Southern Illinois University, and the Glenn A.
Black Laboratory at Indiana University. Kip is also a former reviewer
of archaeological reports for the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation
and Archaeology.
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Craig Arnold, M.A.
Craig Arnold acts as Field Director
for many IPFW-AS survey and excavation projects. He has bachelor degrees in
history and anthropology, and recently finished his M.A. from the University
of Wyoming. His archaeological interests include, but are not limited to:
intrasite spatial patterning and applications incorporating Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) technologies, geophysical investigation, Paleoindian subsistence
strategies, prehistoric hunting strategies, hunter-gatherer mobility patterns,
historic and battlefield archaeology and the importance of public archaeology.
In his spare time Craig enjoys spending time with Carolyn and their five children.
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Colin Graham
Colin Graham is a full-time Staff Archaeologist
for the IPFW-AS. Colin holds a B.A. in Anthropology, and is also a graduate
of the IPFW Archaeological Remote Sensing Field School which is funded
by the National Science Foundation. Colin conducts magnetometry, resistivity,
and ground penetrating radar surveys for our CRM and grant-funded research
activities, he also authors reports and report sections for those activities.
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Scott Hipskind
Scott Hipskind is Laboratory Manager for the IPFW-AS. Scott has a B.A. in Anthropology, and is a graduate of the IPFW Archaeological Remote Sensing Field School which is funded by the National Science Foundation. Scott maintains our MS-Access database of archaeological collections, and oversees daily cataloging and curation activities for the IPFW-AS. Scott recently led efforts to geophysically survey, and test excavate an Archaic campsite near Fort Wayne; he funded the project with a competitively awarded IPFW Creative Endeavors grant.
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Paula King is our professional financial coordinator. Paula uses her extensive experience
with the Purdue network, and business managment, to provide our staff and clients with first-rate guidance and oversight for
all of our projects.
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Dorothea McCullough is the Project Historian
for the IPFW-AS. Dot received her Ph.D. in American History from
Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2001, with a dissertation
on women’s roles in southern Indiana during the first decade of statehood
through 1850. Her research interests are antebellum material culture,
gender roles, and religion. While in graduate school, she worked several years at
the Journal of American History as editorial assistant, copy
editor, and assistant production manager. Dot McCullough also
brings curatorial experience to the IPFW-AS, having served as Curator
of Collections at the William Hammond Mathers Museum at Indiana
University, Bloomington, and as Archaeological Collections Manager
at the Indiana State Museum.
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Joshua Wells is a Research Fellow
with the IPFW-AS and the IPFW Department of Anthropology. Josh has over 14 years of experience in CRM and academic research archaeology with institutions in the western and midwestern
U.S., including the Glenn A. Black Laboratory and the National Park Service. He has authored numerous works on Mississippian cultures, most especially on the Vincennes phase from west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois.
Josh also has extensive training in Computer Science and manages Geographic Information Systems (GIS), database construction, and data quality assurance at the IPFW-AS. Josh's interests include: large &
diverse data sets in archaeological projects; landscape level syntheses; interactions of sociocultural behavior and technological practice; public education in science. Josh sits on the Legislative Action Committee for the Indiana Archaeology Council.
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Mariah
Yager
Mariah Yager is a graduate student
and lecturer in Communications at IPFW, with a dual B.A. in Anthropology
and Communications. Mariah has worked as a Staff Archaeologist
for the IPFW-AS since 2004. She successfully competed for a Creative Endeavors
grant from IPFW in 2004 in order to conduct research at the Castor Farm site
using ground penetrating radar.
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IPFW-AS Research Associates
These individuals provide their expertise
to our research projects, and are valued members of the IPFW-AS
community.
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Dr.
Michael Strezewski, Research Associate
Michael Strezewski is an Assistant Professor
of Anthropology at the University of Southern
Indiana, and is a former IPFW-AS Postdoctoral Research Assistant.
He received his M.A. in 1995 from Southern Illinois University
and completed his dissertation in 2003 at Indiana University, Bloomington.
His dissertation research focused on the analysis of six Mississippian
burial sites in the central Illinois River valley, focusing on aspects
of Native American religion and worldview. His research interests
include the Late Prehistoric period in the Midwest and Mississippian
mortuary archaeology. In 2006, Mike was field director for IPFW-AS
remote sensing and excavations at the site of
Kethtippecanunk
an 18th century Wea Indian and French trader’s village in Tippecanoe
County, Indiana.
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Andrew White, M.A., Research
Associate
Andrew White is a doctoral student in
Anthropology at the University of Michigan,
and formerly served as the Assistant Director for the IPFW-AS. Andy
has over a decade of archaeological experience working as a field
supervisor, research assistant, and Principal Investigator in Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio, and Micronesia. He obtained his M.A. from Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale in 1999 and worked at the Glenn A.
Black Laboratory of Archaeology from 1998 to 2002. His research interests
include social dynamics in hunter-gatherer societies, geophysics,
mathematical and statistical methods, Paleoindian
and Archaic social formations, and geomorphology and formation processes.
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