Kathryn Amanda Cross

49 North High St. Harrisonburg, Virginia 22802

(703) 504-8185

crosska@jmu.edu

EDUCATION          

2011    James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia (May 6^th)

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude

Major: Anthropology   Concentration: Archaeology

Major GPA: 3.905       Cumulative GPA: 3.796

Senior Honors Project: Breaking Traditional Settlement Models: The Movement

of Lithic Raw Material and the Residential Mobility of Native Peoples in the Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Carole Nash and Dr. Julie Solometo

Relevant Undergraduate Coursework: Spatial Analysis for Anthropologists; Archaeological Methods of Analysis and Interpretation; History of Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology; Introduction to Archaeology; North American Native Americans; Buried Cities and Lost Tribes; Global Positioning Systems (GPS); Field Geophysics; Soils and Land Use; Elementary Statistics

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE   

2009    Archaeological Field and Laboratory Technician:

- Pres.  James Madison University Department of Integrated Science and Technology, Environment and Archaeology Program, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Supervisor: Dr. Carole Nash

• Swift Run Well Survey, Phase I, Field Assistant, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
• Mossy Creek Survey, Phase I, Field Assistant, Bridgewater, Virginia
• Belmont Archaeological Project, Phase I, Field Assistant, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
• Hilltop Plantation Survey, Phase I and II, Senior Team Leader, Ralph Sampson Park, City of Harrisonburg, Virginia
• Smith Run Fire Survey, Phase I, Field Assistant, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
• Big Meadows/Mathews Arm Campground Bear Locker Surveys, Field Assistant, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
• Pryors Camp Site Survey, Phase I, Senior Team Leader, Wintergreen Resort, Virginia

o   Field duties: Phase I, II, & III fieldwork; hiking in difficult terrain and variable weather conditions; photography; photo log; detailed field notes; creating field maps and drawings; mapping with a survey-grade GPS unit; creation and completion of field site/feature forms; pre/post-field research; use of historic maps/photos and aerial imagery; map and compass navigation; providing assistance with interpretation of data and report writing

• Laboratory Assistant, Shenandoah National Park Artifact Backlog Project; Wintergreen Archaeological Survey; Hilltop Plantation Survey

o   Laboratory duties: performing museum registrar duties such as prehistoric/historic artifact processing; analysis; cataloging (ReDiscovery Systems, Inc./ICMS or Microsoft Excel); planning and problem solving; archival storage preparation

2011    Gault School of Archaeological Research, Florence, Texas

            Supervisor: Dr. Michael Collins and Michael Johnson

·         Volunteer for Phase III excavation; plan mapping of artifacts; excavation form completion; water screening/artifact sorting

Independent Study: American Southwest Material Culture, James Madison

University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Supervisors: Dr. Julie Solometo and Dr. Mathew Chamberlin

·         Lithic analysis; scanning and digitizing field documents and profile maps with Adobe Illustrator; artifact organization

2010    Anthropology Course Assistantship: Archaeology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

            Supervisor: Dr. Carole Nash

·         Field assistant for Phase I, II, and III local Shenandoah Valley Projects; held regular office hours and study sessions; presented a portion of my thesis research; provided assistance with assignment/test grading

2009    Archaeological Field School, Chupadera Mesa Archaeological Project, James Madison University Field School in the American Southwest

Supervisors: Dr. Julie Solometo and Dr. Matthew Chamberlin

·         Conducted excavations, mapping, and artifact analysis of two late prehistoric pueblos in the Salinas Pueblo Province, New Mexico

            Anthropology Course Assistantship: Cultural Anthropology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

            Supervisor: Dr. Mika Polanco

·         Held regular office hours and study sessions; designed and taught a lesson on Shamanism for two classes; provided assistance with assignment/test grading

AWARDS & HONORS      

2011    Outstanding Anthropology Thesis

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University

Outstanding Archaeology Student

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University

JMU Anthropology Program Nominee, Lambda Alpha National Undergraduate Scholarship

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University

Best Undergraduate Student Paper (Prehistory), Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference

Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology

2010    Best 2010 Student Paper (Prehistory), Archaeological Society of Virginia

Paper in preparation for publication in the ASV Quarterly Bulletin

Phi Beta Kappa

Xi of Virginia at James Madison University

2009    Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors

Epsilon of Virginia at James Madison University

PRESENTATIONS & PAPERS

2012    Challenging Traditional Settlement Models: GIS Cost-Path Analysis and Hunter-Gatherer Mobility in the Virginia Blue Ridge. Poster Presented at the 77^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee (April 19^th)

Evaluating the Potential of Geophysical Techniques for Archaeological Survey: The James Madison University Farm, co-authored with Daniel Sumner, Dr. Anna Courtier, and the Fall 2011 JMU Field Geophysics class. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia (March 23^rd) and at the monthly meeting of the Massanutten Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Virginia (May 2^nd)

2011    Belmont: Rediscovering an Early Vineyard and Winery/Distillery in the Shenandoah Valley, co-authored with Peter Hof (senior author) and Sarah Ellis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, Staunton, Virginia (October 16^th)

Breaking Traditional Settlement Models: The Movement of Lithic Raw Material and the Residential Mobility of Native Peoples in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains (Senior Honors Project). Paper presented at the James Madison University Department of Sociology & Anthropology Undergraduate Research Symposium, Harrisonburg, Virginia (April 12^th)

Least Resistance? Cost-Path Analysis and Hunter-Gatherer Mobility in the Virginia Blue Ridge. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological

Conference, Ocean City, Maryland (March 18^th)

2010    Hunter-Gatherer Site Function in the Blue Ridge Mountains: An Analysis of Artifacts from the Pryors Camp Site (44NE153). Paper presented at the Meeting of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia (October 30^th) and at the monthly meeting of the Massanutten Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Virginia (November 3)

The True Identity and Distribution of Stay-at-Home Moms in Virginia (Spatial Analysis

Independent Project). Poster presented at the James Madison University Department of

Sociology & Anthropology Undergraduate Research Symposium, Harrisonburg, Virginia

(April 5^th)

ACTIVITIES           

2012    Volunteer for the White House Farm Archaeological Project, Luray, Virginia, Phase I, Archaeolocial Society of Virginia, Massanutten Chapter

2011    Volunteer with USArray, Mineral, Virginia, Servicing seismometers for central Virginia earthquake aftershock research

Volunteer at the Journey into History Camp, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library,

Staunton, Virginia, Teaching children basic archaeological methods

Volunteer for Maupin-Lamb House, Port Republic, Virginia, Phase I, II, and III,

Archaeological Society of Virginia, Massanutten Chapter

2009    Volunteer with the Archaeological Technician Certification Program, Virginia

-Pres.   Department of Historic Resources, Field and Laboratory Assistant

RELEVANT SKILLS

Archaeology: Lithic analysis; Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Analysis; Phase I, II, and III Fieldwork; Survey-grade GPS (Terrasync); Basic Map and Compass Navigation; Basic GPR, Resistivity, and Magnetics Experience

Computer/Software: PC and MAC; Microsoft Office; ArcGIS; Pathfinder Office; ReDiscovery Systems, Inc./ICMS (National Park Service); Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop

MEMBERSHIPS

Archaeological Society of Virginia, Massanutten Chapter; Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference; Society for American Archaeology

REFERENCES

Dr. Carole L. Nash

Assistant Professor

Department of Integrated Science and Technology

James Madison University

nashcl@jmu.edu

(540) 568-6805

Dr. Julie P. Solometo

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

James Madison University

solomejp@jmu.edu

(540) 568-6171

Dr. Anna M. Courtier

Assistant Professor

Department of Geology and Environmental Science

James Madison University

courtiam@jmu.edu

(540) 568-4162

Kandace Muller

Shenandoah National Park

Museum Specialist

Kandace_muller@nps.gov

(540) 999-3500 xtn 3495