Volunteering in the Chesapeake Archaeology Lab can lead to opportunities for eligible senior Anthropology majors to in-depth analysis on a topic of their choice as a part of the Honors Program.
Previous Senior Honors Projects
- Parker J. Jackowski (2023) – “Oyster Morphology in Middle Woodland Middens and Late Woodland Pits at the Shelly Archaeological Site (Southeastern Virginia)”
- Mary Young (2021) – “Archaeology Saves the Bay: The Sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Fishery”
- Caroline Lehman (2019) – “Canine Ceremonialism in the Algonquian Chesapeake: An Eventful Archaeology of Dog Burials at the Hatch Site”
- Leanna Richmond (2016) – “Merging Social and Natural Histories at Kiskiak: A Historical Ecology Study”
- Alexandria Brown (2012) – “Exchange Patterns in the Woodland-Period Chesapeake: An XRF Study”
- Jennifer Fitzgerald (2009) – “Native Dog Burials and Associated Ritual in Coastal Virginia and Beyond”
- Anna Hayden (2009) – “Ceramic Production in Middle Woodland Communities of Practice: A Cordage Twist Analysis in Tidewater Virginia”
- Laura Steadman (2008) – “The Origins of Abbott Zoned Incised Ceramics in the late Middle Woodland Virginia Coastal Plain: An LA-ICP-MS Analysis”
These projects are available at https://scholarworks.wm.edu/