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About Me
| I study the Mississippian period peoples of the Midsouthern United States (AD 1000-1450). My recent research both focuses on community and identity at the major mound center of Kincaid in southernmost Illinois and on regional interaction at contemporaneous sites in southeast Missouri. My true passion is being in the field, although I have a soft spot for faunal and ceramic analyses and enjoy experimental archaeology and the study of prehistoric vernacular architecture as well. |
Publications
| Christensen, Tamira Brennan
2010 The South Cape Site: a Fortified Mississippian Village in Southeast Missouri. Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly. Volume 27. Brennan, Tamira K., Brad Koldehoff and Charles R. Moffat 2008 Lithic Artifacts. In, Archaeological Investigations at the Quicksilver Site, Charles R. Moffat, editor, pp. 63-84. Report No.93. Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Brennan, Tamira K. 2007 In-Ground Evidence of Above-Ground Architecture at Kincaid Mounds. In, Architectural Variability in the Southeast, Cameron Lacquement, editor pp. 73-100. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. |
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| I. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
I. Present University Department: College of Liberal Arts Department of Anthropology Southern Illinois University Carbondale E-mail: tbrennan@siu.edu II. EDUCATION PhD in anthropology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in progress (ABD) M.A. in anthropology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, December 2005 B.A. in anthropology with high honors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2002 III. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor and Field Director, Southern Illinois University Carbondale eight-week archaeological field school. Kincaid Mounds site. Summer 2009 Instructor and Principal Investigator, Southeast Missouri State University six-week archaeological field school. Kincaid Mounds and South Cape sites. Summer 2009 Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University, AN 382 “Archaeology Method and Theory.” Fall 2008 Instructor and Principal Investigator, Southeast Missouri State University six –week archaeological field school, South Cape site. Summer 2008 Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale archaeological eight-week archaeological field school. Kincaid Mounds site. Summer 2008 Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University, UI100 “Global Issues,” Fall and Spring 2007-08. Instructor and Principal Investigator, Southeast Missouri State University four-week archaeological field school. South Cape site. Summer 2007. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, ANTH 104 “The Human Experience.” Fall and Spring 2007-2008 Graduate Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale eight-week archaeological field school. Kincaid Mounds site. Summer 2005 IV. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (not previously listed under teaching) Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Archaeological Investigations Carbondale, Black Mesa Archaeological Project. Fall 2008 Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Paul Welch, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Spring 2008 V. FIELD and LAB EXPERIENCE (not previously listed under teaching) Field Crew, Midwest Archeological Research Services. Historic cemetery at the Lincoln Branch Peoria Branch Public Library. Aug-Oct 2009 Field Crew, Panamerican Consultants, Inc., Columbus branch. Fort Benning Army Base, Columbus, Georgia. Apr-Jun 2004 Field Crew, Parsons Engineering. Avon Park Air Force Base, Avon Park, Florida. Jan-Apr 2004 Crew Chief, Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program (ITARP), American Bottom Survey Division, Belleville and Wood River, Illinois, Aug 2002-Nov 2004 Field Supervisor/ Lab Director, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) eight-week field school at the Grossmann site (11S1131), Summer 2002 Lab technician, North American archaeology lab, UIUC, Fall 2001–Spring 2002 Research assistant/Lab director, UIUC/SIUE joint field school at the Grossmann site (11S1131), Summer 2001 Research Assistant, UIUC field school at the Pfeffer site (11S104), Summer 2000 Lab technician, Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program at UIUC, Fall 2000–Spring 2002 Student, UIUC field school at the Halliday site in Fairview Heights, IL (11S27), Summer 1999 VI. RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY A. Grants applied For 2009 Community and Identity in the Mississippian Period Midsouth, Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2008 Ethnicity beyond Analogy: Interpreting Cultural Identity through Site Structure in the Mississippian Southeast, Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research 2008 Community and Identity in the Prehistoric Metropolis, Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship B. Grants Received 2009 2009 So Ill Improv Comedy Festival, Southern Illinois Arts Fund ($1000) 2008 Funding Proposal for the South Cape Site, Lyman, Barnhill, Irving Fund for Archaeological Research, Missouri Archaeological Society ($600) 2007 Keeping Pace: Resource Upgrade in the Anthropology Graduate Computer Lab, SIUC Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant ($4,639) C. Honors and Awards 2009 Midwest Archaeology student paper competition, 2nd place 2004-2009 Delyte and Dorothy Morris PhD Fellowship, SIUC 2002 The Patricia O’Brien Award, awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate paper in anthropology, UIUC 2002 B.A. awarded with high honors, UIUC D. Papers and Presentations at Professional Meetings 2009 “South Cape: a Fortified Mississippian Site in Southeast Missouri” Paper presented at the Southeast Archaeology Conference, November 5-7th, Mobile, Alabama. 2009 “Update on the Rise and Demise of Kincaid Mounds” Brian M. Butler, lead author, Paul W. Welch and Corin Pursell, co-authors. Paper presented at the Southeast Archaeology Conference, November 5-7th, Mobile, Alabama. 2009 “Domestic Diversity at Kincaid Mounds” Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Meetings, Oct 15-17th, Iowa City, Iowa. 2009 “Old Collections and New Finds at the South Cape Site, Missouri” Sarah A. Stephens, second author. Paper presented at the Kincaid Field Conference, July 10th, Metropolis, Illinois. 2009 “2009 Excavations at Kincaid Mounds” Paper presented at the Kincaid Field Conference, July 10th, Metropolis, Illinois. 2009 “What’s New (and Old) at the South Cape Site” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Missouri Archaeological Society, Lake Ozarks, Missouri. 2008 “Mississippian Lithic Utilization at the Cahokia, Wickliffe and South Cape Sites” Paper presented with Brad Koldehoff (lead author) at the Missouri Archaeological Society Lithics Symposium, September 27th, Meremac State Park, Missouri. 2007 “The Built Environment at Kincaid” Paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, October 31-November 2nd, Knoxville, Tennessee. 2005 “Architecture at the Kincaid Mounds Site” Paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, November 2–5th, Columbia, South Carolina. 2003 “The Quicksilver site: A Mississippian Homestead in the Silver Creek Headwaters” Paper presented with Charles Moffat (second author) at the Midwestern Archaeological Conference, October 16-19th , Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2001 “A Wasp’s Tale: Using Mud Dauber Nests to Infer Upland Site Occupancy Patterns” Paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, November 14-17th, Chattanooga, Tennessee. E. Teaching Tools 2008 Assembled a comparative collection of Midsouthern chert types for educational and training purposes, Archaeology lab, Southeast Missouri State University 2006 Created a cross-referenced comparative collection of Mississippian ceramics for educational and training purposes, housed at the Center for Archaeological Investigation’s Stotlar laboratory, SIUC F. Other 2009 Invited lecturer at the Missouri Archaeological Society Southeast Chapter’s inaugural meeting, October 18th, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2006 “Mississippian Period Architecture at Kincaid Mounds” Paper given at the Southern Illinois University graduate forum “Building Bridges,” February 21st , Carbondale, IL. VII. PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS A. Chapters in Professional Books Brennan, Tamira K. 2007 In-Ground Evidence of Above-Ground Architecture at Kincaid Mounds. In, Architectural Variability in the Southeast. Cameron H. Lacquement, editor, pp.73-100. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. B. Chapters in Published Reports Brennan, Tamira K., Brad Koldehoff and Charles R. Moffat 2008 Lithic Artifacts. In, Archaeological Investigations at the Quicksilver Site, Charles R. Moffat, editor, pp. 63-84. Report No.93. Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign C. Unpublished Reports Brenna, Tamira K. and Paul W. Welch 2009 Preliminary Report of 2009 Investigations on Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site. Manuscript on file, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Brennan, Tamira K. and Meadow Campbell 2009 Feature 10 Burial Report. Report submitted to Dawn Cobb, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, Illinois. Brennan, Tamira K. 2007 2007 Field Season Summary and Preliminary Report: 23CG8. Manuscript on file, Department of Foreign Languages and Anthropology, Southeast Missouri State University. VIII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE A. Membership in Professional Organizations Illinois Archaeological Survey, member 2008-present Missouri Association of Professional Archaeologists, member 2007-present Missouri Archaeological Society, member 2007-present Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, associate member 2006-present Society for American Archaeologists, member 2002-present Southeastern Archaeological Conference, member 2001-present Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology, member 2001-2006 B. Other Archaeology Editor, Popular Anthropology Magazine. 2009-present IV. COMMUNITY SERVICE A. Volunteer Field Experience Vagnari Roman Cemetery at Gravina in Puglia, Italy. July 2006. Southern Illinois University Carbondale Field School, Kincaid Mounds. Jun 2006 University of Illinois Field School, Fingers site. Jun 2006. University of Illinois Field School, Cahokia, Lloyd and Peiper sites. July 2004 Shiloh Mounds site, National Park Service. August 2002 B. Volunteer Lab Experience Director, Southeast Missouri State University Archaeology Laboratory, Fall 2008 - present The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, Department of Anthropology, Dec 2001–Jan 2002 North American Archaeology Lab, UIUC, March-May 2000 C. Academic Organizations SIUC Anthropology Graduate Student Association, president 2006-2007, member 2004-2006, 2008-present UIUC Undergraduate Association of Student Anthropologists, president 2001-2002, vice-president 2000-2001, member 2000-2001 UIUC Atlatl Illinois, president 2002, co-founder and treasurer 2001 |