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Jason Herrmann

Jason T. Herrmann
Doctoral Candidate
Environmental Dynamics Program
113 Ozark Hall
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR 72701
http://www.projectpast.org/herrmann/index.html

I am a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Dynamics Program, where I study the use of non-invasive archaeological methods including surface mapping and survey, near-surface geophysical techniques, and aerial and satellite remote sensing to understand the relationships between the settlement patterns of ancient humans and their environment. I have contributed to multi-year projects in the United States, Belize and Bolivia, and am currently involved in fieldwork in Turkey, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.

For my dissertation, I'm conducting coordinated archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations three archaeological sites in southern Dubai at to reconstruct the ways in which the changing environment from affected settlement patterns in the Rub' al-Khali Desert.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.   University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Environmental Dynamics Program - May 2009 (expected)

M.A.   University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department of Anthropology - December 2004

B.A.     University of Cincinnati, Department of Anthropology with Honors - May 1999

 

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

Casana, Jesse, Jason T. Herrmann and Aaron Fogel. Accepted Manuscript. Deep subsurface geophysical prospection at Tell Qarqur, Syria. Archaeological Prospection.

Casana, Jesse, Jason T. Hermann and Eric R. Jensen. 2008. Settlement History and Urban Planning at Zincirli Höyük, Southern Turkey. Paper presented at the 2008 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Vancouver, British Columbia

Herrmann, Jason T. 2006a. Non-invasive Survey Techniques in Cultural Landscape Investigation. Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology 39th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archeology, January 11-15, 2006, Sacramento, California.
------., 2006b. A GIS Approach to Evaluating Prehistoric Seasonal Land Use Strategies at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas. Poster presented at the 2006 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 26-30, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
------., 2006c. Product Review: IDRISI Andes Edition Enhances Modules, Adds Land Change Modeler. Earth Imaging Journal Vol 3. No. 6. pp. 40-41.
------., 2004. Interpreting Leetown through the Integration of Aerial and Ground-Based Remote Sensing Techniques. Report submitted to the Midwest Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.
------., 2003. Preliminary Report on Upland Archaeological Investigations at Pea Ridge National Military Park. Paper presented at the 61st Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Hermann, Jason T. and Jesse Casana
2008    Climate and Settlement Dynamics at Three Sites in the Rub' al-Khali Desert, UAE. Paper to be presented at the 2008 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Herrmann, Jason T., Jesse Casana and Aaron Fogel
2006. Geophysical Prospection and Three Dimensional Modeling of Buried Archaeological Features at Tell Qarqur, Syria. Paper and poster presented at the 2006 American School for Oriental Research meeting, Washington DC.

Herrmann, Jason T., Eileen Ernenwein, Michele Koons, Dan Aylward, and Duncan McKinnon
2007. Geophysics at Tiwanaku: Results from the 2006 Field Season. Poster presented at the 2007 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Austin, TX.

Kay, Marvin and Jason T. Herrmann. 2005. Report on Archaeological Survey at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Benton County, Arkansas, and Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Christian and Green Counties, Missouri. 2001-2004. Report to U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, for Cooperative Agreement No. CA611500047. Lincoln, NE.

Scarborough, Vernon L., Hutchinson, Richard and Jason T. Herrmann. 2001. Evolution of a Maya Landscape: La Milpa and its Immediate Hinterlands. Paper presented in session in Honor of R.E.W. Adams' Contributions at the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meetings for the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Other Activity

2007    Workshop - Introduction to high density scanning (aka laser scanning) for archaeologists. Workshop at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings. Austin TX. Christopher Goodmaster and Jason T. Herrmann instructors, W. Fredrick Limp, Director.

 

SELECT FIELD PROJECTS

  • Dubai Desert Survey, United Arab Emirates (2006 - present).
  • Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist -Geophysical survey at Zincirli, Turkey geomagnetic survey in collaboration with the University of Chicago expedition (2007 - present).
  • Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist - Tell Qarqur Expedition, Syria Tell Qarqur in the Orontes River Valley of western Syria (2006-2007).
  • Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist Tiwanaku geophysical survey, Tiahuanaco, Bolivia (2005-2006)
  • Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist SERDP research project: New Approaches to the Use and Integration of Multi-sensor Remote Sensing for Historic Resource Identification and Evaluation. Alamogordo, NM. (2003-2004)
  • Battlefields Archaeological Survey, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, MO and Pea Ridge National Military Park, AR. (2002-2005)
  • Excavator Ancient Maya Water and Land Use in Northwest Belize Project, Orange Walk, Belize, (1997 - 1998)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Research Assistant MEST Supported Archaeological Activities, King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Arkansas (2007 - present)
  • Research Assistant "Streamlined Archaeo-Geophysical Data Processing and Integration for DoD Field Use," Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas (March 2006 - 2007)
  • Principal Investigator Development of Leetown Hamlet Interpretation through Geophysical Methods, Pea Ridge National Military Park, AR. (November 2003 - December 2004)
  • Research Assistant Battlefields Survey and Archaeological Predictive Modeling Project, University of Arkansas (May 2002 - August 2005)
  • Technical Specialist Gray & Pape, Inc. Cultural Resource Consultants (June 2000 - May 2002)
  • Archaeological Field Technician Gray & Pape, Inc. Cultural Resource Consultants (June 1999 - May 2000)
  • Archaeological Laboratory Technician Ancient Maya Water and Land Use in Northwest Belize Project, University of Cincinnati (1997 - 2000)

 

GRANTS and AWARDS

  • NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: "Settlements and Sands: Ancient Human Ecodynamics in the Rub’ al-Khali Desert, Dubai, UAE." (2008)
  • Chicago Luminescence Award to support OSL dating of sediments (2008)
  • Robert L. Stigler Jr. Scholarship to support archaeological fieldwork in Dubai, UAE. (2006)
  • King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Student Research Grant to support archaeological fieldwork in Dubai, UAE (2006)
  • American Schools of Oriental Research Travel Grant to support travel to the 2006 American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Washington DC (2006)
  • University of Arkansas Doctoral Academy Fellowship (2004-2008)
  • University of Cincinnati Globalization Travel Grant to support studies in southern Mexico. (1998)
  • Charles Phelps Taft Undergraduate Enrichment Award to support archaeological fieldwork at La Milpa, Belize. University of Cincinnati (1997)

ACTIVITIES

  • Vice President - University of Arkansas Student Chapter American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2007-2008)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Society for American Archaeology
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Sigma XI Scientific Research Society
  • Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology