MA with GIS Cert. seeks any position. Willing to relocate.
Mwrenn1




M. Wrenn
Email: BookWrenn@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/margaret-wrenn/87/ab7/66
Education:
M.A.
Anthropology (four field with focus
in archaeology) Magna cum laude
Graduate Certificate in GIS (24 additional
graduate hours)
Archaeological Field School
B.A. Anthropology (minor in classical
civilizations and languages)
2008 LSU
Arts and Sciences Senior of the Year
Publications:
2014
“Crafting Orange Pottery in Early Florida: Production and Distribution” in New
Histories of Pre-Columbian Florida with Dr. Rebecca Saunders
2012
“Designing Pots: Determining Orange Incised Design Variation and Distribution
At The Rollins Shell Ring Site and the Guana Shell Ring Site in Florida” (Presented at Southeastern Archaeological
Conference)
Skill Set:
-ESRI
10.2 Suite of Products
-Microsoft
Office Suite
-Excavation
-Survey
-Data
analysis
-
Education and Lesson Prep
-Archaeological
Illustration
-In-depth Research
-Ceramic
Analysis
-Faunal
Analysis
-Technical
Writing
-Academic
Writing
Field Experience:
2013
Chatsworth Archaeological Project (Field tech)
-CRM mitigation effort
-Total Station Survey
-Sugar house and slave quarters
excavation and mapping
-Artifact recovery, research, and
identification
-Lab analysis and cleaning of
artifacts
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dennis Jones (LSU Rural Life Museum)
2011
Port Hudson (Field tech)
-Battery A Excavation
-Shovel testing
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rob Mann (LSU Anthropology Department)
Lab Experience:
2010-2011
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences (Graduate Researcher Rollins and Guana)
-Analyzed archaic pottery sherds
for motif, construction, and individualization
-Created a database of all motifs,
pottery types, and characteristics
-Created drawings of all motifs
and archaeological illustrations of notable and typified artifacts
-Conducted archaeological
experiment to determine tools used to create incisions
-Repaired and cross-mended
artifacts
(Many previously
unidentified as being from the same vessel)
Lab Administrator: Dr. Rebecca
Saunders (LSU Museum of Natural Sciences)
2008-2009
LSU Maya DIVA Lab (Dendrochronology Project)
-Processed tree core samples
-Desalinized wooden artifacts
-Cross sectioned waterlogged
artifacts with the goal of identifying tree ring structure
(Compared with modern tropical hardwood
varieties)
-Worked in conjunction with
Forestry Department to identify tropical growth ring patterns
-Compared
tree ring structure of tropical specimens to that of known dendrochronologal sequences
Lab Administrator: Dr. Heather
McKillop (LSU Doris Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Studies)
Archival Experience:
2010
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences (Curatorial Assistant)
-Rehoused collections
-Checked provenience and culled
collections without provenience
-Compared provenience with museum
database and updated database
-Processed Faunal Remains and
Other Artifacts
Administrator: Dr. Rebecca
Saunders (LSU Museum of Natural Sciences)
Educational Experience:
2011-2015
Runnels High School (Teacher)
- Experience teaching Latin I,
Latin I honors, Latin II, Latin II honors, Latin III, Latin III Honors, Latin Pre-AP, Latin V honors, Latin VI honors, Latin VII honors, Greek I honors,
Greek II honors, Greek III
honors,
and High School Earth Science
-Developed lesson plans to
facilitate student learning
-Utilized classroom management
techniques to create a cohesive learning environment
-Devised experiments to reinforce
understanding of subject material
-Organized fieldtrips to tie
student learning to real world settings
Volunteer and Organizational Activities:
-Baton Rouge General Hospital Arts
in Medicine Program
-Spot It Free Skin Cancer
Screening Program
-Sponsor of Runnels Junior
Classical League
-Convention Chairperson Louisiana
Junior Classical League
-West Baton Rouge Museum Guest
Relations Volunteer
-National Young Leaders Conference
Nominating Committee Member
-Students for the Promotion of
Antiquities founding Member and President
-Member Phi Kappa Phi
-Member Eta Sigma Phi
-Member American Classical League
References:
Dennis
Jones
LSU
Rural Life Museum
Chatsworth
Head Archaeologist
Heather
McKillop
Louisiana
State University
Doris
Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Studies
225-578-6178
Rebecca
Saunders
Louisiana
State University
Associate
Professor
225-578-6562
rsaunde@lsu.edu
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