Vita Curriculum: Paul Souders

Contents of this Document

• Education History
• Fieldwork
• Laboratory and Museum Collections Work
• Other Employment
• Archaeological Publications
• Other Publications
• Contact Information

(Transcripts available upon request)

• Bachelor of Arts. Major: Anthropology; minors: German, English
• GPA 3.6 (of 4.0) overall; GPA 3.8 (of 4.0) in Anthropology
• Two terms Dean's List: Spring, 1989; Spring, 1993
• Burleigh Scholarship, 1989 - 1990
• Mari Sandoz Fiction Award, 1993
• Relevant Coursework
  • ANTH 280, Field Work in Archaeology
  • ANTH 282, Field Laboratory
  • ANTH 232, Intro. to World Prehistory
  • ANTH 498, Lab. in Historic Archaeology
  • ANTH 434, Intro. Plains Prehistory
  • ANTH 352, Plains Ethnography

1994
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Graduate-at-Large

• Not admitted to a degree program.
• Studied Fiction Writing and Entymology.

1995 - 1996
University of Oregon (UO), Graduate

• Candidate for the Master of Science in Anthropology
• GPA (as of June, 1996): 3.8 (of 4.0) overall
• Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 1996 - 1997
• University of Oregon General Scholarship, 1996 - 1997
• Relevant Coursework
  • ANTH 510, Prehistory NW Coast
  • ANTH 698, Ethnoarchaeology
  • MATH 525, Statistics
  • ANTH 510, Seacoast in Prehistory
  • ANTH 510, Zooarchaeology
  • ANTH 607, Seminar in Great Basin Archaeology (In Progress)
  • ANTH 682, Archaeology Core Course (In Progress)
  • ANTH 609, Cultural Resource Management (In Progress)
  • GEOL 551, Geo-archaeology (In Progress)

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• Excavated and mapped features associated with a demolished wing of the Thomas Kennard House, a historic site in Lincoln, NE, and the site of the Nebraska Statehood Memorial.
• Operated a field laboratory for washing, treating, sorting, and inventorying artifacts.

July, 1992
UNL Field School, Hudson-Meng Bison Boneyard
Instructor: Dr. LuAnn Wandsnider, UNL

• Surveyed archaic hearth features and mapped artifact occurances with a laser total station in northwestern Nebraska, near the Hudson-Meng Bison Boneyard.

June - September, 1993
University of North Dakota, Lake Ilo Project: Archaeological Assistant
Principal Investigator: Dr. Matthew Root, Washington State University

• Excavated at the Bobtail Wolf site, a complexly-stratified Folsom site associated with nearby Knife River Flint quarries in western North Dakota.
• Operated large-scale wetscreening.
• Mapped artifact occurances with a laser total station. Mapped stratigraphic profiles.

May - August, 1994
UND, Lake Ilo Project: Advanced Archaeological Assistant
Principal Investigator: Dr. Matthew Root, Washington State University

• Same duties as Archaeological Assistant (above) at the Bobtail Wolf site, as well as other expanded duties:
• Supervised up to 5 UND field school students and Archaeological Assistants in excavation, mapping, and waterscreening.
• Checked crew's artifact catalogs and record forms for errors.
• Operated laser total station to maintain control grid and map artifact occurances.

September - October, 1994
Mariah Associates/Austin, Jewett Mines Survey: Field Technician
Field Supervisor: Jay Peck, Mariah Associates/Austin

• Conducted a pedestrian survey of proposed lignite mine expansion area near Buffalo, Texas.
• Dug shovel tests and made soil descriptions.
• Mapped potential historic and prehistoric sites.

October - December, 1994
Mariah Associates/Laramie, Altamont Pipeline Project: Field Technician
Field Supervisor: Bill Martin, Mariah Associates/Laramie

• Conducted phase II testing of sites along a pipeline easement near Lander, Rock Springs, and Green River, Wyoming.
• Dug shovel tests and excavated test units.
• Conducted pedestrian surface surveys.
• Mapped stratigraphic profiles and made soil descriptions.

April - July, 1995
Kansas State Historical Society: Engineering Technician Associate
Principal Investigator: Marlin Hawley, Kansas State Historical Society

• Excavated pit features at three late prehistoric village sites near Arkansas City, Kansas.
• Mapped pit and soil profiles and made soil descriptions.
• Washed, sorted, and treated artifacts at a field laboratory.
• Operated full-recovery flotation of excavated materials.

June - August, 1996
Nash Harbor Archaeological Project
Project Coordinator: Dennis Griffin, University of Oregon

• Excavated house floors and garbage middens at Elikaarmiut, a late prehistoric to protohistoric village site at Nash Harbor, Nunivak Island, Alaska.
• Assisted planning of excavation and recovery strategies, and research designs.
• Surveyed site for establishment of control grid.
• Mapped stratigraphic profiles and made soil descriptions.
• Helped coordinate efforts of local high school student employees hired through the Summer Youth Employment Program.
• Helped plan and prepare meals, and other logistical duties.

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• Sorted light and heavy flotation fraction from several late prehistoric sites in central Nebraska.
• Catalogued artifacts.
• Surveyed potential late prehistoric sites near St. Paul, Nebraska.

January - June, 1993
UNL: Laboratory in Historical Archaeology
Instructor: Dr. Peter Bleed, UNL

• Catalogued and analyzed late 19th Century and early 20th Century medicine bottles recovered from a portion of the Thomas Kennard House site.
• Discussed issues of historical archaeology, such as Consumer Choice Theory and the use of industrial literature in dating historic artifacts.

October, 1995 - January, 1996
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology (OSMA), Eugene: Museum Assistant
Collections Manager: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, OSMA

• Catalogued artifacts from the Katmai National Monument, Alaska, for accession into National Park Service database.
• Accessioned collections for inclusion in the Oregon State Repository.
• Assisted Collections Manager with inventories and catalogs for NAGPRA compliance.

January, 1996 - Present
OSMA: Collections Assistant/Graduate Teaching Fellow
Collections Manager: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, OSMA

• Same duties as Museum Assistant, above, with several expanded duties:
• Supervise three Museum Assistants.
• Assist in collections management.
• Inventory and supervise the rearrangement of collections in storage.
• Supervise the accession of large collections.

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March and September, 1990
Nebraska Educational Television Studios: Actor on Learning Japanese

June - August, 1991
Encounter Center, Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln: Senior Volunteer

August, 1991 - May, 1992
E. F. Schramm Residence Hall, UNL: Resident Assistant

January - May, 1992
Daily Nebraskan, UNL: Editorial Columnist

October, 1993 - May, 1994
Kinko's Downtown, Lincoln, NE: Key-Operator

January - April, 1995
Interim Personnel Agcy., Lincoln, NE: Manufacturing & Warehouse work

January - April, 1995
Athletic Dept., UNL: Anthropology Tutor

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