Jessica E. Edwards

595 Harrop Lane | Williamsburg, VA 23185

Home Phone: 757-220-3451 | Cell Phone: 757-508-6558 | Serenity863@gmail.com

Education:

Longwood University, Farmville, VA   Graduation: May 2008

Bachelor of Science, Anthropology Major     GPA:  3.4 (major); 2.9 (over all)

University of Liverpool, Liverpool UK     Graduation: Dec 2011

Masters of Archaeology Grade: 2:1 (upper class merit)

    UK to US Grade Conversion

Study Abroad:            Athens, Crete, and Peloponnese

Greek Culture since Antiquity (HIST 495)        Winter 2005-2006

• Study of present and ancient Greek culture
• Visit and Study ancient Greek ruins and Museum Collections

Field/Lab Experience:

Bulgaria Field Project, Nottingham University   Dobri Dyal, Bulgaria

Roman Hill Fort Site    Summer 2011

Post Graduate Guest excavator, no academic credit

· 5 week excavation of a Roman Fortress site found in Dobri Dyal Bulgaria.

·  Duties: Excavate trench A (building and terrace wall), performed site planning, section drawings, feature drawings, and wall planning,

· Fill out context sheets, catalogue and bag finds, collect soil samples.

· Other of site Duties: Wash, label and bag artifacts, perform floatation on soil samples, sort the remains from floatation.

Senior Seminar (ANTH 461) Westmoreland County, VA

Nomini Hall Plantation    Spring 2008

· Continue Phase III excavation of foundation wall remains of what may have been the Boundary wall or building remains.

· Duties: excavate wall, excavate test pits, collect and catalogue artifacts, clean and sort artifacts

Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 495)   Summer 2007

Field School, British Virgin Islands, Jost Van Dyke

• Excavate Pre-Tainos prehistoric site on Jost Van Dyke
• Finds Supervisor: Document, label and catalogue artifacts

Edgewood/Mickel Knox Plantation Site     Buckingham, VA

Advanced Archaeology (ANTH 350)     Spring 2006

• Gained skills in field and lab while working on a 1762 plantation

Archaeology Lab Methods (ANTH 280)    Fall 2005

• Lessons on lab work
• Artifact cleaning and identification
• Lead class project to Organize and Catalogue Artifacts from Past excavation at Site 44CH62

Archaeology (ANTH 202)   Fall 2005

• Lessons on field and lab work

Field Method Archaeology (ANTH 296)    Summer 2005

Field School, Randy K. Wade site 44CH62  

• 3 weeks of field work, Saponi Native American woodland period
• Phase I through phase II excavation
• Site surveying

Related Experience:

Colonial Williamsburg Department of Archaeology Williamsburg, VA

Volunteer     Summer 2000

• Participated in 2 weeks of field work
• Spent 4 days on plantation house site, end of phase II excavation
• Completed 3 days on phase I excavation in York Town

· Excavated Douglass-Hallam Theater in Colonial Williamsburg For 4 days on phase III excavation

• Cleaned and organized artifacts in lab for 3 days

Archaeology Job Experience:

Louis Berger Group     Front Royal, VA

412 Mount Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
973-407-1000

Field Technician

• CRM archaeology Phase I-III excavations and surveys
• Perform basic archaeological tasks such as excavation, site drawings, unit summaries, feature summaries, feature drawings, profile drawings, etc
• Performed 2 month phase II-III excavation in Front Royal VA for VDOT Bridge widening project. Site yielded Native American artifacts from late archaic to early woodland.

William & Mary Center for Archaeological Research  Williamsburg, VA

(WMCAR)   2008

College of William and Mary
Center for Archaeological Research
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187

Phone: 757-221-1581

Supervisor: Joe Jones

Field Technician

· Perform Phase I, II and III excavations and surveys

• Procure and label artifacts, obtain samples and other site information
• Helped Perform Test Pit Survey of Colonial Parkway spanning from Jamestown Island to Yorktown Battle Field Park

James River Institute for Archaeology    Williamsburg, VA

223 McLaws Circle, Suite 1      2007-2008
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-229-9485

Supervisor: Garrett Fesler

Field Technician/ Part time     

• Perform Phase I, II and III excavations
• Procure and Label artifacts, fill out unit paperwork, profile planning, site drawings, feature drawings, context forms, etc
• Worked on Phase II-III Colonial occupation site 44WB0100

Memberships:

Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology, Delta Chapter

Member  Since April 2006

Officer: Secretary    Term: 2007-2008

PrimTech (Primitive Technologies club) Longwood University

Member       Since 2003

Officer: Vise President   Term: 2007-2008