Vita

Andrew P. Hyder

115 Corn Maze Lane

Elizabethton, TN 37643

Cell: 423-213-9312

Email: aphyder@yahoo.com

B.A., Pending 2013, Anthropology/Archaeology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.

B.S., 2011, Criminal Justice/Criminology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.

Minor: Anthropology and Archaeology

ETSU Archaeological Field School Summer 2007. Eagle Drink Rock Shelter, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee.

Military Service

U.S. Marine Corps: E-4 Corporal, Military Occupation Specialty 0331-Machine Gunner, Lima Company 3^rd Battalion 24^th Marine Regiment from December 16^th, 2000 to December 16^th, 2008. Honorably Discharged December 2008. Combat deployment Iraq 2004-2005.

Military Awards

Combat Action ribbon, Sea Service Deployment ribbon, National Defense medal, Selective Marine Corps. Reserve medal, Armed Forces Reserve medal with mobilization device, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary medal, Global War on Terrorism Service medal, Operation Iraqi Freedom medal, Expert Rifle badge 4^th award, and Expert Pistol badge 2^nd award

Awards/Research Grants

2007 (spring) “Research on lithic assemblage for sites W39 and G1 on the Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee.” Competitive Student-Faculty Collaborative Grant awarded to Andrew Hyder and Jay Franklin by the Honors College, East Tennessee State University ($850.00).

2011 (summer) “Rock Art and Archaeology: Investigating Ritual Landscapes in the Mongolian Altai.” Competitive Student selection for project participants and was awarded grants and stipend from Department of Anthropology and the Office of Vice Provost of Research ($1000.00).

Archaeological Field Positions

Field Technician, Phase I, Corridor K Cleveland TN, Louis Berger Group, Richmond VA Office. July 2012- August 2012

Field Technician, Phase I, Keystone Pipe Line Northern Nebraska Section, American Resources Group, Carbon Dale, IL. June 2012-July 2012

Field Technician, Phase II, Site 38 LA 595 and 605, Haile Gold Mine Lancaster County, SC. R. S. Webb and Associates, LTD. February 2012-May 2012

Field Technician, Phase I, Haile Gold Mine Lancaster County, SC. R. S. Webb and Associates, LTD. December 2011

Field Technician, Phase III Trigon Associates Stallings Historical Project New Orleans, LA. Cultural Resource Analyst, Inc. Knoxville, TN and Trigon Associates New Orleans, LA November-December 2011

Field Technician, Phase I pipeline surveying and shovel testing URS Corporation. Project DTE Bluestone Pipeline Binghamton, NY. URS October-November 2011

Field Technician, Phase I surveying and shovel testing PSA, LTD. Project 212 Piney branch surface Mine survey Logan, WV. Pacuilli, Simmons, and Associates, LTD.  September-October 2011

Field Technician, Phase II and III testing and data recovery GLARC Project 11.080

site 32RY473 Devils Lake, North Dakota. Great Lakes Archaeology Research Center, Inc. August-September 2011

Field Assistant, Phase I/II/III, Rock Art and Archaeology: Investigating Ritual Landscapes in the Mongolian Altai. Bayan Olgii Provence, Western Mongolia. Joint East Tennessee State University, Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History Artic Studies Center, and Mongolia National History Museum. Summer 2011

Research Assistant, East Tennessee State University-Archaeology Laboratory, Upper Cumberland Plateau. 2006-2011.

Field Technician, Phase I Pogue Creek Archaeological Survey, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. East Tennessee State University and Tennessee State Parks. 2006-2011.

2010 Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Wetland Bank 2, Civil District 11, Greene County, Tennessee.

Museum Assistant, Museum of Appalachia, Norris, TN.  Duties to curate and catalog Native American and Historic Ceramic Collections.  Funded through a federal grant for museum cataloging (August-December 2008).

Field Technician, Phase I Archaeological Survey, Boone Reservoir, Sullivan County, Tennessee. East Tennessee State University/Tennessee Valley Authority Cultural Resources, Knoxville, Tennessee. Fall 2007.

Field Technician, Phase II/III Testing and Data Recovery of Site W71, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. East Tennessee State University. March 2007.

Field Technician, Phase III Data Recovery of Site W64, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. East Tennessee State University. June 2006 and 2007.

2009 Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Lick Creek Wetland Bank 1, Civil District 11, Greene County, Tennessee.

Phase I Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Proposed Cliffs Subdivision, Boone Reservoir, Sullivan County, Tennessee. 2007

2007 Phase I Archaeological Survey and Limited Deep Testing of the Proposed Kendrick Creek Relocation Development Project, Cox Hollow, Sullivan County, Tennessee

2005 Phase I Archaeological Survey of Tracts WAR-626F and WAR-627F, Watauga Lake, Butler, Johnson County, Tennessee

Research Interests

Lithic Technology

Microscopic use wear analysis

Prehistory of the Southeastern United States

Prehistory of Mongolia

Prehistory/History of Middle East

Shell Middens and Mounds

Rock shelter/cave Archaeology

Professional Organizations

Society of American Archaeologist

American Center for Mongolian Studies

Other Organizations

ETSU Marksmanship Club

Anthropos- ETSU student organization

Criminal Justice Society ETSU student organization

Sigma Nu, Social Fraternity

References

Dr. Jay D. Franklin

Professor

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN 37601

423-833-6249

franklij@etsu.edu

Dave Port

Owner/Principal Investigator

New World Archaeology

Fairfax, VA 22033

770-315-1895

daveport@newworldarcheology.com

Paul Avery

Principal Investigator

Cultural Resource Analyst, INC.

Knoxville, TN

865-202-8091

pgavery @crai-ky.com

Les Spurlock, USMC

Company Gunnery Sergeant Lima Company 3rd Battalion 24th Marines

Armed Forces Reserve Center

215 Donald May Road

Grey, TN 37614

423-946-8820

Dr. Dennis Hamm

Professor

Dean College of Arts & Sciences

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN 37601

423-439-857

hammd@etsu.edu