BIO SKETCH (Synoptic CV): David T. Clark, Ph.D. Dr. David Clark is a professional archaeologist and collegiate (Catholic University-38 years) and pre- collegiate educator (High-School to Elementary-52 years). Dr. Clark has national archaeological experience in eight states, specializing in historic/prehistoric archaeology, forensics and Heritage Preservation programs. He is a Community-Outreach specialist with experience from Washington DC to Hawaii. David has international archaeological experience in eight countries including Kenya, Pacific Islands, Vietnam and New Guinea. Dr. Clark specializes in ZOOARCHAEOLOGY AND OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY of animal/human remains, and human-dietary practices. He has compiled over 120 related publications. He is a FORENSIC EDUCATION SPECIALIST teaching forensic anthropology and archaeology, human remains recovery techniques and laboratory analysis, and Law-Enforcement Forensics. David designs and teaches youth programs in Forensics. David has worked in the DC-Northern Virginia area for nearly 40 years, the last 20 years as a resident of Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. Dr. Clark is executive director and principle investigator of the LOUDOUN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION (2007) conducting scientific research and community outreach programs engaging over 7 thousand area residents, yearly. (site is currently inactive) David is a STEM EDUCATION SPECIALISTS for PRIMARY/SECONDARY grade-levels (Science, technology, engineering, math) including classroom programs, archaeology and science summer camps for 3-6 and 6-9 grades and Weekend Workshops in Stem, Archaeology, Forensics and Heritage Preservation and Girl/Boy Scout programs. CURRENTLY, Dr. Clark maintains archaeological research, STEM programs and/or community outreach partnerships in Loudoun County, Virginia with National Trust properties of Oatlands and Waterford, Virginia and NOVA Parks, Northern Virginia. He sub-contracts with 8 different corporations and state government offices working in Urban Archaeology (CRM). Military Status: Inactive United States Marine Corps Paris Island Recruit Depot, Graduate: 1966 United States Marine Corps (R): 1965-1972 Marital status: Married Wife: Heidi Siebentritt; Daughters: Grace (16) and Ella (14). Education: B. A. The Ohio State University: 1967-1972 PH.D. University of Pittsburgh: 1973-1978 CURRENT COLLEAGEANT POSITIONS: • The Catholic University of America, Dept. of Anthropology: since 1980. Human Evolution, Archaeology, BioAnthropology, Methods in Archaeology: Lab/Field Techniques, Forensic Anthropology/Archaeology, Forensic Osteoarchaeology, Zooarchaeology, Archaeobotany, Human Osteology, Research Grant Course. • Zooarchaeology Research: since 1980, Catholic University, Department of Anthropology. PRECOLLEAGEANT (Elementary to High School) TEACHING: • Elementary to High School. Since 1972. STEM Education. General Science, Archaeological Sciences, Forensics. • Loudoun County (Science and Archaeology): Public Schools, Countywide Afterschool, Girl/Boy Scouts, 4H Groups • Science Club. 2006-2016, Lovettsville Elementary School; Forensic Club, Harmony Middle School. • Visual/Physically Impaired Student Stem-Programs, SENIOR/Retirement Community programs. • Field Archaeology Camps (3-5th; 6th-8th; ; 8th-10th) 2008-present: Oatlands, Waterford. • Weekend Workshops: One-day, intensive science investigation (i.e. Forensics, Fossils, Archaeology, Microscopes, Geology, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Rocketry, Physics, and Electricity). Middle to High School Students. SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: • “The Prehistoric Archaeology of Pyramid Lake, Nevada”. PhD, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1978. • Meadowcroft Micro-Faunal Analysis, Research Assistant to John E. Guilday, Carnegie Museum, 1975-77. • Smithsonian Post Doctorate 1979-80: Zooarchaeology of Russells’ Cave National Monument, Alabama. • Catholic University: Visiting Professor 1980-82; Adjunct Professor: Archaeology/Forensics; to present. • Kenyan National Museum: Richard Leakey Zooarchaeological Research Grant 1984. • Bishop Museum, Archaeological Research Project, Parker ranch, Island of Hawaii, 1982. • WWII Archaeological Survey: Islands of Micronesia, 1983-84. • Maui, Hawaii: Waihe’e Community Archaeology Program: 1987-1991. • MIA Archaeological Recoveries 1993-94: Vietnam, F4, F100 and F8 Crash Sites • MIA Archaeological Recovery of Human Remains, 1993, WWII B-17 crash site, Papua New Guinea. • “Community Open-House” Program, Annual Conference: Society for Historical Archaeology: 1996-2000. • Northern Virginia Community College: Adjunct Prof., Archaeology/Forensics: Historic Preservation Program: 1999-2017. • Catholic University Forensics Studies. 2011-present. • Certified Diver. Shipwreck diver: Civil War Blockade wrecks, WWII wrecks: ships and aircraft, South Pacific. LOUDOUN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION (LAF) (est.2007, 501C-3), non-profit organization for professional research and “Whole Community” archaeological OUTREACH/AWARENESS programs: • STATE GRANT $70,000 (SPONSERS: REP. JOE MAY AND SEN. MARK HERRING, 2007) • ANNUAL COUNTYWIDE PROGRAMS: Claude Moore/Lanesville Park, Lucketts Fair, Purcellville Heritage Day, Waterford Fair, SterlingFest, Bluemont Fair. Artifact Identification Programs. 8,000 residents per year. • Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference Symposium: “From Classroom to Community Action”; former HPCP Students: Tales of post-certificate endeavors. RECENT ACTIVITIES/RESEARCH/PROGRAMS: 1992-2006 Prehistoric Archaeology at the Lab School Site: 9,000 Years Under the School-Yard ! 1996-2016 The Pirates Diet: Preliminary study of Foodbone from “Queen Ann’s Revenge” shipwreck, Blackbeard’s Flagship. 2001 Prehistoric Diet at the Fisher Site (44LD0004): Bone Tales from a 400 year old Loudoun Indian Village. 2008 250th Anniversary Archaeology Programs: Loudoun County and Leesburg 2010 Sycolin Road Pottery Site: On the trail of Loudoun County Pottery Commerce. 2010 Crashing in Loudoun: Archaeology/Archive Research of 1937 to 2004 fatal plane crash sites. 2010- Military Foodways: The Soldier’s Diet- Zooarchaeology: French and Indian War; Revolutionary War; Civil War. 2011 17th- 18thc. Diet and Butchering Technology : Gloucester Point, Virginia. 2011 Teaching Modern Forensics: Elementary, Highs School, College Forensic classes 2011 HESSIAN SOLDIERS DIET: Foodbone Refuse from a Revolutionary War POW Camp. 2012 From Classroom to Community Preservation Action: Historic Preservation Students Tales, MAAC Conference. 2012 Girl Scout Camp Tag-a-long: STEM EDUCATION Science Theme Summer camp centers 2013 “Dietary Tidbits: Zooarchaeology of Late 17thc. Benedict, Maryland: a Colonial Port Town”. 2014 PROGRAM: “Late 18thc. Foodways of the Upper and Lower Sorts”; Historic Gunston Hall, Virginia. 2014 EARLIEST LOUDOUNERS: Archaeological Evidence of the First Loudoun Native Americans. 2015 EUROPEAN CONTACT IN 1730: Missing Native Americans in Loudoun County! 2016 ARCHAEOLOGY OF HEROES: Mia Investigations from Vietnam and WWII. 2018 A PIRATES REPAST: in “Blackbeard’s Sunken Prize”, Archaeology of Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s Flagship. FORENSIC RELATED EXPERIENCE (Short-list): • 1980- Teaching Human Osteology/Osteoarchaeology: Catholic University. • 1984-85 Preliminary Recording of Miscellaneous Human Remains: Islands, Micronesia. • 1987-92 Recovery/Study of Miscellaneous Human remains from Waihe’e, Maui, Hawaii. • 1987 Mapping Historic Casketed Burials: Waihe’e, Maui, Hawaii. • 1993 Recovery/Analysis: Human Remains From WWII B-17F CRASH SITE, New Guinea • 1993-94 Recovery /Analysis/ Search for Human Remains, AIR-CRASH SITES: REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM • 2005 Forensic Archaeology for High School Students: Summer Programs, Catholic University • 2011- Forensic Anthropology: Catholic University; Mock Human Skeleton Recovery. • 2015- Elected Member: “COUNCIL OF FORENSIC SCIENCE EDUCATORS”. RECENT/NEW PROGRAMS: • Weekend Workshops in FORENSICS for Middle School/High School Students. • Forensic/Archaeology After-school Club, Middle School, Loudoun Public Schools. • World War II in Loudoun County: WWII Air-defense Spotter Sheds; WWII air-crashes in Loudoun County • NAZI POW’s IN LOUDOUN COUNTY: SEARCH FOR POW CAMP #4 • CUA 2017-18: DC Boy Scout “Merit Badge University”; STEM PROGRAMS: Archaeology, Forensics, and Archives • CUA 2017-18: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DAY. Student Poster Sessions: “CUA’S Lost Heritage”: Building Without Voice. • CUA 2017-18: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DAY. Faculty Oral Presentations: (2017) Dietary Tidbits of Blackbeard the Pirate, research of bone artifacts from the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck. • CUA 2018: LOST AMERICAN HEROES: THE SERACH FOR AMERICAN WWII MIA’S. • OATLANDS NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE. Archaeology Program: Uncovering the Cobble Road. 2018 • CUA New course offering, Spring 2019: Methods in Archaeology 206: Artifacts, Lab and Field Methods • NEW PARTNERSHIP: Dr. David T. Clark and NOVA PARKS (Northern Virginia regional Park Authority), Loudoun County, Virginia. • CUA Summer Field School Program (2019). Dr. David Clark (NOVA PARKS). White’s Ford Archaeological Research. Late Prehistoric (woodland) Native American village site. Next >