JEFFREY PAUL BLICK

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

February 16, 2005

 

Business Address:                                                    

Department of Government & Sociology                      

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, GA 31061-0490                        

Tel: (478) 445-0937                                        

Fax: (478) 445-5273                                                   

E-Mail: jeff.blick@gcsu.edu

Home E-mail: jblick1@cox.net

http://www.gcsu.edu/acad_affairs/coll_artsci/gov_soc/Blick.html

http://hercules.gcsu.edu/~jblick/

 

University Education:

 

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, December 18, 1993, with Specialization in Latin American Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh

Dates Attended: September 1986-December 1993

http://www.pitt.edu/~pittanth/anthro.html

 

Master of Science in Geography, December 17, 2000, with Specialization in Environmental Analysis, University of Alabama

Dates Attended: August 1997-December 2000

http://www.as.ua.edu/geography/

 

Master of Arts in Anthropology, April 27, 1990, with Specialization in Latin American Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh

Dates Attended: September 1986-December 1993

http://www.pitt.edu/~pittanth/anthro.html

 

Graduate Certificate of Advanced Study in Latin American Studies, with Specialization in Anthropology, August 1989, University of Pittsburgh

Dates Attended: September 1986-December 1993

http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/

 

Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, May 17, 1986, Sociology and Anthropology, with Concentration in Anthropology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dates Attended: August 1982-May 1986

http://www.has.vcu.edu/soc/

 

Areas of Special Interest:

 

The Rise & Fall of Complex Societies (Chiefdoms and States); Latin American Archaeology; New World Archaeology; Alto Magdalena of Colombia; San Salvador, Bahamas; Virginia Algonquians; Prehistoric Dog (Canis familiaris) Skeletal Analysis; Ossuary Burial in Virginia & Eastern North America; Climate Change and Human Impact on the Environment in Colombia; Latin American Geography; Cultural Ecology

 

Appointments and Positions:

 

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Fall 2003-Present

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Fall 1998-Spring 2003                

(Anthropology, Sociology, & Interdisciplinary Studies Courses)            

Department of Government & Sociology                      

Georgia College & State University                  

Milledgeville, GA 31061-0490

http://www.gcsu.edu/

 

Instructor of Social Sciences, 2000-2002, Fall 2004-Spring 2005

(Sociology & Anthropology Courses)

Division of Social Sciences

Macon State College

100 College Station Drive

Macon, GA 31206-5144

http://www.maconstate.edu/

 

Adjunct Professor, 1998                                                                      

(Geography Courses)

Department of Government and Public Service 

University of Alabama-Birmingham                              

Birmingham, AL 35294-3350

http://main.uab.edu/

 

Instructor, 1996-1997

(Anthropology & Sociology Courses)

Department of Social Sciences

Lawson State Community College

Birmingham, AL 35221

http://www.ls.cc.al.us/

 

Assistant Professor, 1996

(Introductory Anthropology)                            

Department of Sociology                                             

Samford University                                                      

Birmingham, AL 35229

http://www.samford.edu/

 

Adjunct Research Associate, 1994-1995

Department of Anthropology

3H01 Forbes Quadrangle

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

 

Instructor, 1993

(Cultural Anthropology)

College of St. Francis (now University of St. Francis), Pittsburgh Campus

500 Wilcox Street                                           

Joliet, IL 60435

http://www.stfrancis.edu/

 

Teaching Fellow, 1991-1992, 1992

(Introduction to Archaeology)

University of Pittsburgh

Department of Anthropology

 

Mellon Predoctoral Fellow, 1989-1990                                   

(Research)

University of Pittsburgh                                    

Department of Anthropology

                                                                                   

Teaching Fellow, 1988-1989

(Introduction to Anthropology)

University of Pittsburgh

Department of Anthropology

 

Instructor, 1988-1989

(Introduction to Anthropology)

LaRoche College (now LaRoche University)                                                    

Department of Sociology

9000 Babcock Boulevard

Pittsburgh, PA 15237

http://www.laroche.edu/home.asp

 

Graduate Student Researcher, 1988

University of Pittsburgh

Department of Anthropology

 

Teaching Assistant, 1987-1988

(Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to Anthropology)                            

University of Pittsburgh                                    

Department of Anthropology

 

Archaeological Consultant, 1986-1987

Cultural Resource Management Program

University of Pittsburgh

 

Archaeological Excavator, 1985-1986             

Virginia Foundation for Archaeological Research, Inc.                          

368 Spring Grove Road

Spring Grove, VA 23881

http://home.earthlink.net/~vfar1/

 

Archaeological Excavator, 1984-1985

Virginia Commonwealth University Archaeological Research Center

1351-1355 West Broad Street

P.O. Box 843029

Richmond, VA 23284-3029

           

Courses Taught:

                                                           

  • Introduction to Anthropology
  • Introduction to Archaeology
  • Global Issues & Society (solo & team taught)
  • The Rise & Fall of Civilizations (+ grad level Political Science Ind. Study)
  • Sociological Perspectives (Introductory Sociology)
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Introduction to Social Problems
  • Native American Cultures (North American Indians)
  • Mexican Prehistory & Cultures (Summer Abroad in Mexico with Kennesaw State University)
  • Physical Anthropology
  • Plants & People of Latin America (team taught)
  • Pre-Columbian & Post-Columbian Bahamas: Archaeology & Anthropology on San Salvador (Maymester Abroad in San Salvador, Bahamas)
  • Origins: The Columbian Exchange (Maymester Abroad in San Salvador, Bahamas)
  • Social Issues: A Comparison Between the U.S. & Mexico (Summer Abroad in Mexico with Kennesaw State University)
  • World Regional Geography
  • North American Geography
  • Geography Independent Study (Prehistoric and Contemporary Social Response to El Niño: The Cases of Moche Civilization and Modern Peru)
  • Anthropology Independent Study (Native Americans in Film)
  • Ethics, Society & the Environment (team taught)
  • Cultural Geography of Latin America
  • Climate Change (with eight guest lecturers)

 

University Service:

 

  • Latin American & Caribbean Studies Advisory Committee, Fall 2004-Present
  • Geography Search Committee, Fall 2003-Spring 2004
  • Presentation to Honors Seminar: Dimensions of the Holocaust, Spring 2003
  • Latin American Studies Program Coordinator, Spring 2002-Summer 2004
  • Anthropology Minor Program Coordinator, Fall 2001-Present
  • Interdisciplinary Studies Program Steering Committee, Fall 2002
  • Ecology Search Committee, Fall 2002
  • Panel Discussion: America and the World: Roles and Responsibilities in the Twenty-First Century. (U.S. Energy Consumption, Global Warming, and the Kyoto Accord). International Week Presentation. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. October 22, 2002. 7:00-9:00 PM.
  • AAC&U Grant Writing Committee, Spring 2002
  • Successfully Achieved Placement of Introduction to Anthropology in the Core Curriculum, Spring 2002
  • Successfully Created Anthropology Minor Program, Fall 2001-Spring 2002
  • Ichthyology Search Committee, Fall 2001-Spring 2002
  • Philosophy Search Committee, Fall 2001-Spring 2002
  • Sociology Search Committee (2 Positions), Fall 2001-Spring 2002
  • Geography Search Committee, Spring 2001, Fall 2001-Spring 2002
  • International Education Committee, Spring 2001-Present
  • Curriculum and Instruction Committee, Academic Years 2000-2002
  • Archontes Society/Omicron Delta Kappa Planning Committee, Spring 2000-2001
  • Committee to Review Area B of the Core Curriculum, Fall 2000-Spring 2001
  • Faculty Advisor to the College Democrats, September 2000-Fall 2003
  • Americas Council Representative for Georgia College & State University, Academic Years 1999-2004
  • Faculty & Staff Diversity Advisory Committee, Fall 1999
  • Geography Search Committee, Fall 1999-Spring 2000
  • Faculty Dialogue on Race. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. October 7, 1999. 4:00-5:45 PM. Invited Participant.
  • New Faculty Orientation/Faculty Mentor Committee, January-May 1999

 

Selected Community Service:

 

  • Friends of Ocmulgee Old Fields, Macon, Georgia (Citizen’s Historic Preservation Group)
  • Moderator. Georgia State National Geographic Bee. 2001 State Level Preliminary Competition. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville. April 6, 2001
  • Middle Georgia Historic Preservation Advisory Committee, Macon, Georgia
  • Volunteered to Identify Bones for Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Milledgeville, Georgia Office, Fall 2002

 

Research Grants, Permits, and Support:

 

Archaeological Investigation on San Salvador, Bahamas, $3500

Council on Undergraduate Research Undergraduate Summer Fellowship

Period of Award: May 14-September 30, 2004

 

Professional Development Funds, Georgia College & State University, $1155

Archaeological Investigations at the Barker’s Point Site, San Salvador, Bahamas

Period of Award: May 10-28, 2004

 

Dean of School of Arts & Sciences Matching Funds, Georgia College & State University, $500 (research supplies)

Period of Award: May 10-28, 2004

 

Archaeological Investigation at the Barker’s Point Site (SS-15), San Salvador, Bahamas

Authorization for Research Granted by The National Museum of the Bahamas, Antiquities, Monuments & Museums Corporation, Nassau.

 

Faculty Research Award, Georgia College & State University, $3325

“Archaeological Investigation of the Dim Bay Site (SS-5), San Salvador, Bahamas: Preliminary Site Mapping, Shovel Testing, and Stratigraphic Test Pit Excavations”

Period of Award: March 27, 2003-July 1, 2003.

 

Professional Development Funds, Georgia College & State University, $1130

Archaeological Investigations at the Minnis-Ward Site, San Salvador, Bahamas

Period of Award: May 3-19, 2003

 

Archaeological Investigation of the Dim Bay Site (SS-5), San Salvador, Bahamas. Authorization for Research Granted by The National Museum of the Bahamas, Antiquities, Monuments & Museums Corporation, Nassau. Letter Dated January 31, 2003. (Ref. AMMC 1/1/3).

 

Chancellor’s Award, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, $1000

Summer 2000 Faculty Development Seminar: “Journey to Panama 2000: The Challenges of Continuity and Change”

Period of Award: March 22, 2000-August 11, 2000

 

Virginia Daniel Weir Scholarship Fund Award for International Visits, Exchanges, and Programs for Faculty and Staff , $2000

Travel to Panama

Period of Award: April 20-August 10, 2000

 

Faculty Research Award, Georgia College & State University, $1000

“Canis familiaris Osteometric Project” (Osteometric Equipment)

Period of Award: October 29, 1999-July 1, 2000

 

Virginia Daniel Weir Scholarship Fund Award for International Visits, Exchanges, and Programs for Faculty and Staff, $3687

Travel to Mexico and Colombia

Period of Award: May 14-Aug. 17, 1999

 

Professional Development Funds, Georgia College & State University, $2327.35

Period of Award: 1998-99 Academic Year

 

Faculty Research Award, Georgia College & State University, $1,122.63

“Prehispanic Settlement Pattern Analysis in Tierradentro, Colombia”

Period of Award: December 3, 1998-July 1, 1999

 

H. John Heinz III Charitable Trust Grant Program for Fieldwork in Latin American Archaeology, $8000 (with Carl Henrik Langebaek)

"Proyecto Arqueológico Valle del Río Páez, Tierradentro, Colombia"

Period of Award: April 9, 1994-August 31, 1995

 

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, $11,700

"Social Differentiation in the Middle Period in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia"

Period of Award: June 1, 1990-May 18, 1991

 

Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, $8000

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology

Period of Award: September 1989-April 1990

 

Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Student Research Grant, $1700

"Middle Period (A.D. 1‑850) Status Differentiation in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia"

University of Pittsburgh, Center for Latin American Studies

Period of Award: June 14-August 14, 1989

 

Tinker Field Research Grant, $2000

"Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de la Plata"

University of Pittsburgh, Center for Latin American Studies

Period of Award: May 17-August 21, 1987

 

Honors:

 

  • Omicron Delta Kappa Charter Faculty Member, Georgia College & State University Circle, Inducted April 25, 2001
  • Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honor Society for Anthropology, Delta Chapter of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Inducted Fall 1993
  • Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society, Charter President, Virginia Commonwealth University Circle, Inducted March 1986
  • Laurels Honor Society, Virginia Commonwealth University, Inducted Spring 1985
  • Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Virginia Commonwealth University, Inducted Fall 1983

 

Memberships in Professional, Scientific and Other Societies:

 

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Archeological Society of Virginia
  • Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
  • Council on Undergraduate Research
  • National Council for Geographic Education
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Ocmulgee National Monument Association, Inc.
  • Paleopathology Club of the International Academy of Pathology
  • Society for American Archaeology
  • Society for Georgia Archaeology
  • Southeastern Archaeological Conference

 

Fieldwork Experience:

 

Systematic Shovel Testing at the Barker’s Point Site and Barker’s Point Shell Midden (SS-15, SS-37) and Stratigraphic Excavation at the Minnis-Ward Site (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas, May 10-28, 2004

 

Systematic Shovel Testing at the Minnis-Ward Site (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas. May 3-19, 2003

 

Proyecto Arqueológico Valle del Río Páez, Tierradentro, Colombia

Co-Principal Investigator (with Carl H. Langebaek), April 9, 1994-August 31, 1995

 

Cultural Resources Survey of Cuts 3 and 4, Lower Savannah River Environmental Restoration, Effingham County, Georgia, and Jasper County, South Carolina, Principal Investigator, June 1994

 

Cultural Resources Survey, Corridor X Metric Realignment, Walker and Marion Counties, Alabama, Principal Investigator, June 1994

 

Dissertation Research: Social Differentiation in the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1‑900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia (Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Drennan)

June 1990-May 1991

 

Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de la Plata (Plata River Valley Archaeological Project), Huila, Colombia, South America

Director: Dr. Robert D. Drennan

May 17-August 21, 1987; July 3-August 4, 1989

 

Woodville (36AL29) Test Excavations, Pittsburgh Historic Landmarks Commission

Directors: Drs. Ronald C. Carlisle and William C. Johnson

April-June 1989

 

Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51) Excavation Project,

Quiyoughcohannock Ossuaries (44SY5D) Excavation Project

Virginia Foundation for Archaeological Research, Inc.

Directors: Leverette B. Gregory and Paul M. Peebles

July 1985-July 1986

 

Henrico County Pipeline Project,

Richmond Metropolitan Area Archaeological Survey,

Curles Plantation Excavation Project Field School,

Bermuda Hundred Town Excavation Project Field School

Virginia Commonwealth University Archaeological Research Center

Directors: L. Daniel Mouer, Douglas McLearen, William C. Johnson

August 1984-July 1985

 

Laboratory Experience:

 

  • Vertebrate Faunal Analysis and Identification, Minnis-Ward Site, San Salvador, Bahamas, June 2004-Present
  • Barker’s Point and Minnis-Ward (San Salvador) Artifact Classification and Analysis, May 2004
  • Minnis-Ward (San Salvador) Artifact Classification and Analysis, May 2003
  • Weyanoke Old Town Canis familiaris Osteometric Project, August 1998-Present; November 1986-January 1989
  • Irwin Site (44PG4), Prince George County, Virginia; Artifact Classification and Analysis, June-August 1988
  • Catawissa Bridge Prehistoric Ceramic Cordage Impression and Temper Analysis, December 1986-April 1987, April-August 1988
  • Henrico County Pipeline Project; Artifact Processing, Cataloging, and Analysis, December 1984-March 1985

 

Computer Experience:

 

  • PC ArcInfo v. 3.4.2b, ArcInfo v. 7 for UNIX, ArcView v. 3.0, Idrisi for Windows v. 2.007, Introduction to ArcCAD r. 11.3 GIS Software Packages
  • AutoCAD Computer Aided Drafting Package r. 10 and 12, AutoCAD LT 98
  • SYSTAT v. 5.0, 7.0 and MINITAB r. 11.21 Statistics Packages
  • Golden Graphics Surfer v. 3.00, Grapher, and Grafit 1.00, HiJaak File Conversion Program, HiJaak Graphics Suite 3.0 Graphics Packages
  • Excel v. 5.0+, Lotus 1-2-3 r. 5, Quattro Pro v. 6.01 Spreadsheet Packages
  • Condor 3 Database Management System r. 2.11
  • BASIC Programming

 

Participation in Professional Conferences and Symposia:

 

A New Projectile Point Type from Barkers Point Shell Midden, San Salvador, Bahamas. Eleventh Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. June 23-27, 2005.

 

Archaeological Testing and Excavation at the Minnis-Ward Site: Evidence for Pre-Columbian Households and Village Spatial Patterning (with Alexis Bovee). Eleventh Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. June 23-27, 2005.

 

Vertebrate Faunal Remains from the Minnis-Ward Site: Pre-Columbian Subsistence and Fishing Techniques (with David Brinson). Eleventh Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. June 23-27, 2005.

 

Vertebrate Faunal Remains from the Minnis-Ward Site (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas: Pre-Columbian Diet and Fishing Techniques of the People Who Encountered Columbus (with David Brinson). Georgia Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia. April 1-2, 2005.

 

Systematic Shovel Testing at the Minnis-Ward Site (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas: Archaeological Evidence for Pre-Columbian Lucayan Households and Subsistence Patterns (with Alexis Bovee). Eighth Annual Conference on the Americas. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia. February 4-5, 2005.

 

Vertebrate Faunal Remains from the Minnis-Ward Site (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas: Pre-Columbian Diet and Fishing Techniques of the People Who Discovered Columbus (with David Brinson). Eighth Annual Conference on the Americas. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia. February 4-5, 2005.

 

Political and Social Conflict in Tierradentro, Cauca: Trouble in “The Land Within” (Guerilla, Ejercito y la Población Indígena). Seventh Annual Conference on the Americas. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, February 20-21, 2004.

 

A New Projectile Point Type from Barkers Point Shell Midden, San Salvador, Bahamas. Seventh Annual Conference on the Americas. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, February 20-21, 2004.

 

Invited Panel Chair. Political and Social Conflict in Tierradentro, Cauca, Colombia: Trouble in “The Land Within.” Panel: Culture, Institutions and Politics. Paper Presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting. The Mountain Creek Inn at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia. November 14-15, 2003.

 

Invited Participant. Political and Social Conflict in Tierradentro, Cauca: Trouble in “The Land Within” (Guerilla, Ejercito y la Población Indígena). Paper Presented at the Symposium: War and Peace in Colombia. Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. April 10, 2003.

 

Natural and Human Disturbance in Colombia over the Past 51,000 Years. Paper Presented in Section III: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. March 22-23, 2002.

 

Invited Participant. Natural and Human Disturbance in Colombia over the Past 51,000 Years: Pollen Evidence for Landscape Change Due to Effects of Climate and Cultivation. Conference on Applied Montology: Comparative Geographies of the Andes and the Appalachians. Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Athens. November 5-6, 2001.

 

Invited Panel Chair. Natural and Human Disturbances in Colombia over the Past 51,000 Years: Landscape Change Due to Effects of Climate and Cultivation. Session: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Ethnography. Americas World Council 4th Annual Spring Conference on the Americas. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, March 30-31, 2001.

 

Invited Participant. Analysis of 85 Colombian Pollen Cores Based on Presence/Absence Data: Evidence for Climate Change and Human Impact (51,000 B.P.-Present). Colombian Biome Meeting, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia. November 27-29, 2000.

 

Climate Change and Human Impact on the Environment in the Andes and Adjacent Regions (50,000 B.P.-Present). Americas World Council 3rd Annual Spring Conference on the Americas. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, April 14-15, 2000.

 

The Huskanaw and Ossuary Rituals of the Quiyoughcohannock Indians of Southeastern Virginia: Virginia Algonquian Rites of Passage and Death. Rites of Passage: Liberal Arts Symposium, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. April 5, 2000.

 

Invited Participant. The Quiyoughcohannock Ossuary Ritual and the Feast of the Dead. Session III: Bioanthropology & Paleopathology: When the Dead Tell Us Their Story. 6th Internet World Congress of biomedical sciences. February 14-25, 2000. Hosted by the Laboratorio de Bioantropología, Universidad de Cauca, Popayán, and the Fundación Para la Investigación Bioantropológica, Popayán, Colombia. Available Online:

http://www.uclm.es/inabis2000/symposia/files/133/index.htm

 

Tierradentro: The Land Within (Southwestern Colombia). Paper Presented at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, University of Texas, Austin, January 6-8, 2000.

 

The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Dogs in Virginia Algonquian Culture as Seen from Weyanoke Old Town. Paper Presented at the 31st Algonquian Conference held in Conjunction with the 9th Annual Woodland National History Conference of the Prophetstown Council for Preservation of Great Lakes Native American Culture, University Inn, Lafayette, IN, October 28-31, 1999.

 

The Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Dogs in Virginia Algonquian Culture as Seen from Weyanoke Old Town. Paper Presented at the American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT, October 20-24, 1999.

 

Tierradentro: The Land Within (Southwestern Colombia). Paper Presented at the Conference on the Americas Annual Meeting, Armstrong State Atlantic University, Savannah, Georgia. April 17, 1999.

 

Invited Session Chair. Research Reports: Eastern North America. Canis familiaris Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. Paper Presented at the Society for American Archaeology 62nd Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. April 2-6, 1997.

 

Canis familiaris (Domestic Dog) Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. Paper Presented at the Alabama Academy of Science 74th Annual Meeting, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama. March 19-21, 1997.

 

Canis familiaris Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. Symposium: Zooarchaeological Approaches to Southeastern Archaeology. Paper Presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference 53rd Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama. November 6-9, 1996.

 

Recent Archaeological Investigations in Tierradentro, Colombia: Stratigraphic Excavations and Regional Survey. Paper Presented at the Society for American Archaeology 61st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 10-14, 1996.

 

Prestige and Wealth in Chiefdom-Level Societies: A Comparison Between Moundville and San Agustín. Paper Presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference 52nd Annual Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 8-11, 1995.

 

Invited Participant. Prestige Versus Wealth in the Cerro Guacas Polity During the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1-900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia. Symposium - The Archaeology of Northwestern South America: Papers in Memory of Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff. Paper Presented at the Society for American Archaeology 60th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, May 3-7, 1995.

 

Archaeological Investigations at Cerro Guacas: Social Differentiation in a San Agustín Chiefdom Satellite Village During the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1-900) in Colombia. Paper Presented at the Alabama Academy of Science 72nd Annual Meeting, University of Alabama, Birmingham, March 15-18, 1995.

 

An Overview of Archaeological Investigations Along Corridor X, Marion and Walker Counties, Alabama. Paper Presented at the Archaeological Society of Alabama Winter Meeting, Troy State University. Troy, Alabama, December 10, 1994.

 

The Quiyoughcohannock Ossuary Ritual and Ossuary Burial in Eastern North America. Paper Presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference/Midwest Archaeological Conference 51st Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, November 9-12, 1994.

 

Social Differentiation in the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1‑900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia. Paper Presented at the 12th Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory. Hosted by The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology. Pittsburgh, October 23‑24, 1993.

 

Invited Participant. El Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de la Plata: Hallazgos Hasta el Presente e Investigaciones en Curso. Paper Presented at the Simposio Sobre la Arqueología de San Agustín, El Macizo Colombiano, y El Suroccidente de Colombia. Sponsored by the Instituto Colombiano de Antropología (Colcultura) and the Fundación de Investigaciones Arqueológicas Nacionales del Banco de la República. San Agustín, Huila, Colombia, October 24‑26, 1990.

 

Invited Participant. The Quiyoughcohannock Ossuary Ritual and the Huron Feast of the Dead: A Case for Cultural Diffusion? Paper Presented at the 1990 Conference on Inter‑Tribal Relations in Aboriginal Virginia. Sponsored by Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. March 30-31, 1990.

 

The Quiyoughcohannock, Priest People of the River, and Their Role in the English Attempt to Convert the Virginia Algonquians to Christianity: A Story of Indian Resistance and English Genocide (1607‑1627). Paper Presented at the American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, November 11‑13, 1988.

 

Lectures and Colloquia Presented:

 

Invited Participant. Canis familiaris (Domestic Dog) Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town, Virginia. Presentation to the Ocmulgee Archaeology Society of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, Georgia. July 10, 2003.

 

Invited Participant. Definitions of Genocide: An Anthropological View. Presentation to the Spring 2003 Honors Seminar: Dimensions of the Holocaust. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. February 5, 2003.

 

A New Projectile Point Type from Barkers Point Shell Midden, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. International Week Presentation. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. October 22, 2002.

 

Natural and Human Disturbance in Colombia Over the Past 51,000 Years: Pollen Evidence for Landscape Change Due to Effects of Climate and Cultivation. Presentation to Faculty and Students for Interdisciplinary Studies Coordinator Selection Process. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. March 11, 2002.

 

Landscape and Human Occupation of Oaxaca, Mexico. Presentation to Faculty and Students. Department of Natural Sciences, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia. February 22, 2002.

 

Invited Participant. Panama: Continuity and Change on the Verge of a New Millennium. International Week Presentation. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. October 30, 2000.

 

Invited Participant. Moundbuilders of Southwestern Colombia and the Southeastern United States: Prestige vs. Wealth in Chiefdom-Level Societies. Ocmulgee Monumental Lecture Series, Ocmulgee National Monument. Macon, Georgia. October 15, 2000.

 

Invited Participant. The Cultural Landscape of Oaxaca, Mexico. National Geography Awareness Week, 1999 Lecture Series. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville. November 17, 1999.

 

Tierradentro, Colombia: The Land Within. Colloquium Presented to Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. April 16, 1998.

 

The Geographic Distribution of Ossuary Burials in Eastern North America. Presentation to Sociology Class. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville. April 9, 1998.

 

Population, Technology, and the Density of Social Relations. Presentation to President, Vice President, and Faculty. Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Washington. June 13, 1997.

 

Tierradentro: The Land Within. Presentation to Dean, Faculty, and Students. LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia. May 19, 1997.

 

What is Anthropology? Presentation to Vice Presidents, Faculty, and Students. Westark Community College, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. May 5, 1997.

 

Population and Urbanization. Presentation to Introduction to Sociology Class. Westark Community College, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. April 21, 1997.

 

Prestige Versus Wealth in the Cerro Guacas Polity, A San Agustín Chiefdom Satellite Village of the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1-900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia. Research Colloquium Presented to the Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, December 9, 1994.

 

Social Differentiation in the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1‑900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia. Colloquium Series. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, October 8, 1993.

 

Archaeology at Weyanoke Old Town, Prince George County, Virginia. Graduate Student Colloquium Series. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, April 7, 1989.

 

Invited Participant. Archaeology at Weyanoke Old Town, Prince George County, Virginia. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Allegheny Chapter, Carlow College, March 7, 1989.

 

Professional and Technical Reports:

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2004. Report on the 2004 Archaeological Investigations at Barker’s Point (SS-15, SS-37) and Minnis-Ward (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas, with Commentary on the Nature of Fire-Cracked Rock. Research Report Presented to the Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. July 18, 2004.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2003. Systematic Shovel Testing at the Minnis-Ward Site (SS3), San Salvador, Bahamas: Archaeological Evidence for Precolumbian Households and Subsistence Patterns. Research Report Presented to the Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. June 11, 2003.

 

Johnson, William C., Jeffrey P. Blick, and D. Scott Speedy. 1989. Preliminary Report on the 1984 Archaeological Investigations at the Irwin Site (44PG4), Prince George County, Virginia. Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks, Richmond.

 

Spanish-English Translation:

 

Bove, Frederick J., Sonia Medrano B., Brenda Lou P., and Bárbara Arroyo L. (eds.). 1993. The Balberta Project: The Terminal Formative‑Early Classic Transition on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Translation by Jeffrey P. Blick, Ana María Boza-Arlotti, and Alvaro Higueras-Hare. University of Pittsburgh Memoirs in Latin American Archaeology No. 6. University of Pittsburgh and Asociación Tikal, Pittsburgh and Guatemala. (Chapters 3‑7).

 

Doctoral Dissertation:

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1993. Social Differentiation in the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1-900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.

 

Master’s Thesis (M.A. in Anthropology):

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1990. Archaeological Evidence for the use of Drugs in the Intermediate Area with an Ethnohistoric Case from Panama. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.

 

Second Master’s Thesis (M.S. in Geography):

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2000. A Presence/Absence Analysis of Data from 85 Colombian Pollen Cores: Evidence for Climate Change and Human Impact (51,000 B.P.-Present). Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

 

Publications:

 

Accepted for Publication. Cambio Climático e Impacto Humano en Colombia (51,000 A.P. - Presente): Análisis de Datos de 85 Sondeos de Polen / Climate Change and Human Impact in Colombia (51,000 B.P. - Present): Analysis of Data from 85 Pollen Cores. Universidad de los Andes, Santafé de Bogotá. (Bilingual Spanish-English Monograph, Currently Being Edited, Anticipated 2005-2006).

 

In Progress. Langebaek, Carl H. and Jeffrey P. Blick, eds. Procesos de Cambio Social Prehistórico e Histórico en Tierradentro: Evidencia Arqueológica y Etnohistórica (Working Title). Universidad de los Andes, Santafé de Bogotá. (Anticipated 2005-2006).

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2001. The Iroquois Practice of Genocidal Warfare (1534-1787). Journal of Genocide Research, 3(3):405-429. Edited by Henry R. Huttenbach, Department of History, The City College of the City University of New York.

 

Drennan, Robert D. (with Jeffrey P. Blick, Michael Coletti, Camilo Díaz, Victor González F., Eva S. Hurliman, Luis Gonzalo Jaramillo E., Dale W. Quattrin, Carlos A. Sánchez, and Mary M. Taft.). 2000. Las Sociedades Prehispánicas del Alto Magdalena. Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, Santafé de Bogotá.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2000. The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Dogs in Virginia Algonquian Culture as Seen from Weyanoke Old Town. Papers of the Thirty-First Algonquian Conference, edited by John D. Nichols, pp. 1-17. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2000. The Quiyoughcohannock Ossuary Ritual and the Feast of the Dead. Proceedings of the 6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences (INABIS 2000) CD-ROM. Ciudad Real, Spain. (Book Chapter Proposed). Available Online: http://www.uclm.es/inabis2000/symposia/files/133/index.htm

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1998. Prestige and Wealth in Chiefdom-Level Societies: A Comparison Between Two Satellite Polities on the Peripheries of San Agustín and Moundville. In Recent Advances in the Archaeology of the Northern Andes: In Memory of Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, edited by Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo and J. Scott Raymond, pp. 71-83. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1991. El Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de la Plata: Hallazgos Hasta el Presente e Investigaciones en Curso. In San Agustín 200 Años (1790‑1990): Seminario ‑ La Arqueología Del Macizo y el Suroccidente Colombianos, edited by Leonor Herrera, pp. 21-32. Fundación de Investigaciones Arqueológicas Nacionales, Bogotá. (With Camilo Díaz).

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1988. Genocidal Warfare in Tribal Societies as a Result of European Induced Culture Conflict. Man 23(4):654-670. Royal Anthropological Institute, London. (Reprinted in Introduction to Anthropology, edited by Janet Curry. Tapestry Press, Ltd., Acton, Maryland 1992 [used for Introduction to Anthropology Class at West Virginia University]).

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1988. The Legitimization and Sanctification of the Chief Through the Monopoly of Ritual and Ritual Inebriants in Pre‑Columbian Panama. Haliksa'i 7:21-32. Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1988. A Preliminary Report on the Osteometric Analysis of Some Aboriginal Dogs (Canis familiaris) from Weyanoke Old Town, 44PG51, Prince George County, Virginia. Archeological Society of Virginia Quarterly Bulletin 43(1):1-13. Archeological Society of Virginia, Richmond.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1987‑88. The Cannibalism Issue: Structuralist and Materialist Interpretations and Other Concerns. Journal of Man 19:1-22. Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society, Wichita State University, Wichita.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1987. The Huskanaw and Ossuary Rituals of the Quiyoughcohannock Indians of Southeastern Virginia. Archeological Society of Virginia Quarterly Bulletin 42(4):193-204. Archeological Society of Virginia, Richmond.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1987. English Expansion and Militarism Versus Indian Resistance: Genocide, Racial Separatism and the Reservation System in Virginia (1607‑1646). Archeological Society of Virginia Quarterly Bulletin 42(1):28-36. Archeological Society of Virginia, Richmond.

 

Published Abstracts:

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2000. A Presence/Absence Analysis of Data from 85 Colombian Pollen Cores: Evidence for Climate Change and Human Impact (51,000 B.P.-Present). Colombian Biome Meeting Abstracts, pp. 10-11 (English with Spanish Translation).

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2000. Tierradentro: The Land Within. Conference of Latin American Geographers. 2000 Meeting Abstracts, pp.17-18.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1999. The Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Dogs in Virginia Algonquian Culture as Seen From Weyanoke Old Town. American Society for Ethnohistory 1999 Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 8.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1997. Canis familiaris (Domestic Dog) Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 68(2):226.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1997. Canis familiaris Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. Abstracts of the Society for American Archaeology 62nd Annual Meeting, Nashville.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1996. Canis familiaris Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 39:19.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1996. Recent Archaeological Investigations in Tierradentro, Colombia: Stratigraphic Excavations and Regional Survey. Abstracts of the Society for American Archaeology 61st Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1995. Prestige Versus Wealth in the Cerro Guacas Polity During the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1-900) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia. Abstracts of the Society for American Archaeology 60th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1995. Prestige and Wealth in Chiefdom-Level Societies: A Comparison Between Moundville and San Agustín. Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 38.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1994. The Quiyoughcohannock Ossuary Ritual and Ossuary Burial in Eastern North America. Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 37.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1988. The Quiyoughcohannock, Priest People of the River, and Their Role in the English Attempt to Convert the Virginia Algonquians to Christianity: A Story of Indian Resistance and English Genocide (1607‑1627). Abstracts of the American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting, Williamsburg.

 

University Related Publications:

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2002. New Latin American Studies Program Swings Into Action. Terra Nostra (International Newsletter of the International Office at Georgia College & State University). Spring 2002.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 2000. Research Opportunities for Students in Panama. Terra Nostra (International Newsletter of the International Office at Georgia College & State University). Fall 2000.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1999. GC&SU and Kennesaw State Students Study in Oaxaca (Mexico). Terra Nostra (International Newsletter of the International Office at Georgia College & State University). October 1, 1999.

 

Blick, Jeffrey P. 1999. Archaeological Research in Latin America. Newsnotes (International Newsletter of the International Office at Georgia College & State University). April 3, 1999.

 

Unpublished Research Reports:

 

Systematic Shovel Testing at the Minnis-Ward Site (SS-3), San Salvador, Bahamas: Archaeological Evidence for Precolumbian Households and Subsistence Patterns. Unpublished Report Prepared for the Dean of the Graduate School and Research Services and the Faculty Research Award Committee, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville. June 11, 2003.

 

A New Projectile Point Type from Barkers Point Shell Midden, San Salvador, Bahamas. Research Report Presented to the Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. August 8, 2002.

 

Canis familiaris Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia. Unpublished Report Prepared for the Dean of the Graduate School and Research Services and the Faculty Research Award Committee, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville. September 22, 2000.

 

Prehispanic Settlement Pattern Analysis in Tierradentro, Colombia: A GIS Approach. Unpublished Report Prepared for the Dean of the Graduate School and Research Services and the Faculty Research Award Committee, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville. July 1, 1999.

 

Proyecto Arqueológico Valle del Río Páez, Tierradentro, Colombia (Páez River Valley Archaeological Project, Tierradentro, Colombia), Report of Investigations (1994-1995 Field Seasons). Unpublished Report Prepared for the H. John Heinz III Charitable Trust Program in Latin American Archaeology, Pittsburgh. January 15, 1996.

 

Social Differentiation in the Middle Period (A.D. 1-850) in the Valle de la Plata, Colombia: Project Summary and Findings. Unpublished Report Prepared for the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. September, 1991.

 

Review of Manuscripts for Professional Journals:

 

  • Review of Article, “Territories and Corridors: A Biological Model for Analyzing the Success of Ancient States and Empires,” by Monica Smith. Current Anthropology. (Request by Editor, Benjamin S. Orlove, September 26, 2003; August 2004).
  • Review of Article, “The Earliest Ice Age Primitive Dogs are Found at the Russian Upper Paleolithic Site Eliseevichi,” by M.V. Sablin and G.A. Khlopachev. Current Anthropology. (Request by Editor, Benjamin S. Orlove, April & November 2001).
  • Review of Article, “A Burial Chamber at Seqllas, Ayacucho Valley, Peru,” Current Anthropology (Request by Assistant Editor, Rebecca Taylor, February 2000).
  • Review of Article, “General, Governor, and Admiral: Three Miskito Lines of Succession,” by M.D. Olien. Ethnohistory 45(2):277-318. 1998. (Request by Editor, Ross Hassig, Summer 1996).

 

Other Items of Note:

 

·        Invited to Participate in Universidad de los Andes’ (Bogotá) Newly Created Masters in Archaeology Program as a Visiting Scholar, Fall 2002 (Contact: Drs. Sonia Archila and Carl Henrik Langebaek).

  • Successfully Nominated Tabby Ruin Site (38BU1431), a.k.a. Laurel Bay Plantation/Woodward Plantation, Beaufort County, South Carolina to the National Register of Historic Places (February 27, 1997) (South Carolina Department of Archives and History).

 

Other Items in Progress:

 

  • Archaeological Investigations at the Barker’s Point, Minnis-Ward, and North Storr’s Lake Sites, San Salvador, Bahamas.
  • Palynology and Paleoecology of San Salvador, Bahamas: Analysis of Pollen Cores from Inland Lakes (with Dr. Eric Kjellmark) (proposal pending approval from Gerace Research Center and Bahamian Department of Agriculture).
  • Collection of Bahamian Fish and Other Vertebrate Fauna for Comparative Collection at the University of Georgia Museum of Natural History (proposal pending approval from Gerace Research Center and Bahamian Department of Fisheries).
  • Prehispanic Chiefdoms in the Valle de la Plata, Volume 6: Prestige Versus Wealth in the Cerro Guacas Polity During the Regional Classic Period (A.D. 1-900). University of Pittsburgh Memoirs in Latin American Archaeology. University of Pittsburgh and Universidad de los Andes, Pittsburgh and Santafé de Bogotá. (bilingual English-Spanish monograph).
  • Osteometric Analysis of Canis familiaris Skeletal Remains from Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Virginia.
  • The Quiyoughcohannock Ossuary Ritual and the Feast of the Dead (publication based on web-based article).

 

References:

 

Dr. Michael F. Digby, Professor & Chair (Current Chairman)

Department of Government & Sociology                      

Georgia College & State University                                          

Milledgeville, GA 31061-0490

(478) 445-4925

Fax: (478) 445-5273

mdigby@mail.gcsu.edu