Masur 1 Laura E. Masur lemasur@bu.edu EDUCATION Boston University, Boston, MA Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (sub-discipline: Historical Archaeology), anticipated May 2019 Passed qualifying exams November 2015 Advanced to candidacy February 2016 Dissertation: “Priestly Plantations: An Archaeology of Capitalism and Community in British North America” Advisor: Mary C. Beaudry The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Master of Arts in Anthropology, May 2013 Thesis: “Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and Cultural Affiliation: Revisiting Identities and Boundaries in the Chesapeake” Committee: Danielle Moretti-Langholtz (chair), Martin Gallivan, Michael Blakey Award: William and Mary Graduate Studies Advisory Board Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award in the Social Sciences The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, December 2011 The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and History, May 2010 Summa Cum Laude COURSES TAUGHT Jamestown through the American Revolution The College of William and Mary Instructor – Summer 2016, 2017, 2018 Zooarchaeology Boston University Teaching Assistant – Spring 2015 EXPERIENCE Boston University Boston, MA Research Assistant, Zooarchaeology Laboratory 2017-Present Edited and managed zooarchaeology lab website, including news, social media, profiles, and research projects Researched use of small mammals and birds by indigenous groups in polar regions in order to interpret zooarchaeological data from Chirikof Island, Alaska Manager, Zooarchaeology Laboratory 2015-2016 Trained students to sort fauna by taxonomic class and element Supervised student research on faunal remains from Chirikof and Kodiak Islands in Alaska Developed teaching materials for students learning zooarchaeology in lab and classroom settings Collaborated with faculty and fish and wildlife professionals to build, catalog, and manage the lab's comparative collections Teaching Fellow, Zooarchaeology 2015 Instructed students in the anatomy of mammal, bird, and fish bones and the process of element and taxa identification Created and graded weekly bone quizzes and graded journal article abstracts Masur 2 Zooarchaeology Lab Technician 2014 Screened bulk samples, sorted faunal material by class, and identified taxa using comparative collections The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 2016-2018 Instructor, National Institute for American History and Democracy Pre-Collegiate Program in Early American History Planned and directed class for a small seminar of high school students enrolled in a college course on colonial Virginia history Guided students on site visits and tours throughout southeastern Virginia Provided written and verbal feedback on student writing and seminar discussion Sanford Tavern Archaeological Excavation and Education Project Hawley, MA 2014-2015 Project Archaeologist Planned excavations for the 2014 field season in collaboration with the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Sons and Daughters of Hawley (local non-profit), and past project archaeologists Completed a two-week field project, instructing and supervising students (ages 13-18) in field and laboratory techniques and excavating shovel tests and test units Processed and cataloged material culture and environmental samples collected during excavation Compiled archaeological and historical evidence in a comprehensive site report Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Charlottesville, VA 2014-2015 Research Assistant, DAACS Research Consortium Completed two-week training program in DAACS web-based database system, Navicat for PostgreSQL, and material culture identification and analysis Cataloged artifacts from Little Bay Plantation in Montserrat using the DAACS web-based database system Prepared maps using field notes and geospatial data in ArcMap The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 2012-2013 Research Assistant, Center for Geospatial Analysis Compiled, edited, and analyzed spatially-referenced data on trade products moving through the Mexican state of Quintana Roo using Microsoft Excel and Access and ESRI ArcGIS Researched literature on political ecology and production networks relating to the Central American cattle economy DATA Investigations Gloucester Courthouse, VA 2011-2013 Field and Lab Technician Assisted in Phase I-III excavations at 17th-20th century historic sites in eastern Virginia Sorted, washed, and bagged 17th-20th century artifacts from Phase I-III excavations The Fairfield Foundation White Marsh, VA 2012 Archaeologist/Intern Coordinator Instructed interns in archaeological field techniques including test unit excavation, mapping, feature and artifact identification, and taking measurements with a total station Supervised excavations at Fairfield, a 17th-19th century plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, when principal investigators were not present The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 2010-2011 Resident Program Assistant, National Institute for American History and Democracy Pre-Collegiate Program in Early American History Supervised and chaperoned high school students participating in a summer program in American History at the College of William and Mary National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 2011 Contractor, Repatriation Department Researched two repatriation claims made by lineal descendants of the Makah Indian Tribe and Kaw Nation and evaluated primary and secondary sources in research summaries Completed the reorganization of over 400 repatriation case and tribal files, assisting in their centralization Masur 3 under Client Profiles case management software Assisted staff in fulfilling requests associated with an audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), including the compilation of repatriation data on catalog number, object, and MNI counts Intern, Repatriation Department 2010 Investigated repatriation case histories and produced a report for museum director Kevin Gover, which analyzed reasons why objects had been declined for repatriation Assisted staff in the multi-year reorganization of physical repatriation case files Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Cortez, CO 2010 Research Intern Excavated, photographed, mapped, and recorded test units in sites surrounding Goodman Point Pueblo on Hovenweep National Monument Supervised and instructed lay participants in basic excavation techniques and archaeological concepts Alexandria Archaeology Museum Alexandria, VA 2009 Intern (unpaid) Excavated and interpreted Shuter's Hill, an 18th-19th century plantation Researched and synthesized the history of the African American community that lived at post-Civil War Fort Ward, using documents, maps, and oral histories Assisted Museum Educator in teaching archaeology lessons and guiding site tours for school groups Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, VA 2008 Participant, Field School in Public Archaeology Attained basic field and laboratory skills including mapping, elevation measurement, and ceramic analysis Interpreted Ravenscroft site to the public, including work with educational programs for children VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Fairfield Foundation White Marsh, VA 2010-2013 Field, Lab, and GIS Volunteer Colchester Archaeological Research Team Fairfax, VA 2011-2012 Field Volunteer Alexandria Archaeology Museum Alexandria, VA 2009-2011 Field and Lab Volunteer Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica Antigua, Guatemala, C.A. 2009 Intern, Central American Social Sciences Library FELLOWSHIPS Fall 2018 Historic St. Mary’s City and the Society of the Ark and the Dove Scholar in Residence Fellowship $5000 Summer 2018 Boston University Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship $6000 Summer 2016 Boston University Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship $6000 Fall 2015-Spring 2016 Teaching as Research (TAR) Fellowship, Center for Integration, Research, Teaching, and Learning, Boston University $1000 Summer 2015 Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology, Maryland Archaeological Conservation (MAC) Laboratory $500 Fall 2013-Spring 2018 Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences $20,000/year AWARDS May 2016 Boston University Center for the Humanities Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award and Angela J. and James J. Rallis Memorial Award $2000 May 2013 William and Mary Graduate Studies Advisory Board Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award in the Social Masur 4 Sciences $250 GRANTS Fall 2018 Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Research Grant $750 Spring 2018 Boston University Archaeology Conference Presentation Grant $400 Fall 2016 Boston University Archaeology Conference Presentation Grant $400 Spring 2016 Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference Meeting Attendance Grant $50 Fall 2015 Boston University Archaeology Conference Presentation Grant, Fall 2015 $100 Summer 2015 Boston University Archaeology Chad DiGregorio Grant-in-aid $750 Spring 2014 Boston University Archaeology Conference Presentation Grant $100 Fall 2012 William and Mary Student Activities Conference Attendance Grant $285 Spring 2012 William and Mary Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Grant $270 Spring 2012 William and Mary Student Activities Conference Attendance Grant $100 PUBLICATIONS “‘Taking the discipline’ at St. Inigoes Plantation: A Cilice from Priest’s Point.” Curator’s Choice Artifact Series. Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. January 2017. http://www.jefpat.org/CuratorsChoiceArchive/2017CuratorsChoice/Jan2017-TakingTheDisciplineAtSt.InigoesPlantation-ACiliceFromPriestsPoint.html “Community Archaeology at the Sanford Tavern, Franklin County.” The SHA Newsletter 47:4, p. 22. Winter 2014. A “New” Archaeology of Capitalism Manuscript in preparation Material as Metaphor: Jesuit Rings and Chesapeake Copper in seventeenth-century Maryland Manuscript in preparation Tempering our Expectations: Drinking, Smoking, and the Economy of a Western Massachusetts Farmstead-Tavern Manuscript in preparation (lead author with Aaron F. Miller) “Taking the Discipline” at St. Inigoes Plantation Manuscript in preparation TECHNICAL REPORTS “Archaeological Site Examination of the Sanford Tavern: Report of the 2014 Field Season.” Report presented to the Massachusetts Historical Commission. December 2015. Report on file at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. “Kaw Nation of Oklahoma Request for Repatriation of Pipe bowl and Pipestem: Preliminary Assessment.” Report on file at the Repatriation Department, National Museum of the American Indian. July 2011. (as Laura E. Buchanan) “Makah Indian Tribe of Washington Request for Repatriation of Twenty-four Whaling and Fishing Items: Preliminary Assessment.” June 2011. Report on file at the Repatriation Department, National Museum of the American Indian. (as Laura E. Buchanan) ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS “‘They were dying in such great quantity’: An archaeology of human burials at Gloucester Point.” Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. January 2018. “‘Taking the discipline’ at St. Inigoes Plantation: A Cilice from Priest’s Point.” Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. October 2016. “Tempering our Expectations: Archaeology at William Sanford’s Farmstead-Tavern in Hawley, Massachusetts.” Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, Maryland. March 2016. Masur 5 “Reimagining Methods in Historical Zooarchaeology: Methods and Themes in Recent Literature.” Poster presentation. Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. January 2016. “‘The best place to buy New England rum’: Archaeology at William Sanford’s Farmstead-Tavern in Hawley, Massachusetts.” Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Annual Conference, Fredericksburg, VA. November 2015. “Revisiting American Indian Identities and Boundaries in Late Woodland Virginia: A View from Repatriation.” Boston University Archaeology Biennial Graduate Student Conference, Breaking Boundaries: Perspectives on Identity and Conflict, Boston, MA. February 2014. “Navigating the ‘thorny theoretical thicket’: Ethical codes and archaeological models under NAGPRA.” Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference, Québec City, Quebec, Canada. January 2014. “Life and Limb in Early America: A synthesis of mortuary archaeology and skeletal analysis from Historic Gloucester Point, Virginia.” William and Mary Graduate Research Symposium, Williamsburg, VA. March 2013. “How NOT to Bulldoze a Burial: Creating a geodatabase of human interments at Gloucester Point.” Archaeological Society of Virginia Annual Meeting, Wytheville, VA. October 2012. “The Representation and Analysis of Archaeological and Historic Landscapes Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).” William and Mary Graduate Research Symposium, Williamsburg, VA. March 2012. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS “‘The best place to buy New England rum’: Archaeology at William Sanford’s Farmstead-Tavern in Hawley, Massachusetts.” Invited presentation, Saugus in Context: The 2015 Saugus Iron Works Lecture Series. Saugus, MA. June 2015. “Tavern and Community: Archaeology in Hawley.” Public presentation on the 2014 field season at the Sanford Tavern in Hawley, Massachusetts. Shelburne Falls, MA. October 2014. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Executive board member (elected), Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, November 2015-present Chair, Archives Committee Member, Publications Committee, Subcommittee on Social Media Member, Education and Outreach Committee, Subcommittee on Students and Young Professionals President, Archaeology Graduate Student Association, Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Co-organizer, “Jesuit Missions, Plantations, and Industries.” Organized symposium at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference, St. Charles Missouri, January 2019 (with Steve Lenik). Organizational committee, Boston University Digital Humanities Symposium, October 2015. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society for American Archaeology Society for Historical Archaeology Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference Archaeological Society of Virginia American Catholic Historical Association PUBLIC OUTREACH “Teaching as Research.” Guest blog post on Bones, bones, bones! Live from the Boston University Zooarchaeology Lab. May 3, 2016. http://blogs.bu.edu/cfwest/2016/05/03/teaching-as-research/ Masur 6 “Building Collections at the Zooarchaeology Lab.” Guest blog post on Bones, bones, bones! Live from the Boston University Zooarchaeology Lab. April 22, 2016. http://blogs.bu.edu/cfwest/2016/04/22/building-collections-at-the-zooarchaeology-lab/ “The Boston University Zooarchaeology Lab.” Student interview on YouTube. March 5, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kD5gasCwC0 “Mapping Buildings and Burials at Gloucester Town.” Guest blog post for the Fairfield Foundation. July 16, 2013. http://www.fairfieldfoundation.org/mapping-buildings-and-burials-at-gloucester-town/ “Mapping and Excavating Features at Ravenscroft.” Guest blog post for the Ravenscroft Archaeological Project. July 31, 2008. (as Laura Buchanan) http://research.history.org/ravenscroft/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/31/Mapping-and-Excavating-Features-at-Ravenscroft ADDITIONAL SKILLS Language: Native English speaker; proficient in Spanish and French (reading/writing/speaking) Technology: ArcGIS 10.5; WordPress; Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access; DAACS web-based database; Navicat for PostgreSQL; KE EMu Collections Information System; Client Profiles Legal Case Management Software REFERENCES Prof. Mary Beaudry (Advisor) Prof. Catherine West (co-Advisor) Boston University Boston University Department of Archaeology Department of Archaeology 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 347 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 347 Boston, MA 02215 Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-2637 (617) 358-1652 beaudry@bu.edu cfwest@bu.edu Prof. John Marston David Brown, Ph.D. Boston University Co-Director, The Fairfield Foundation Department of Archaeology DATA Investigations, LLC 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 347 P.O. Box 157 Boston, MA 02215 White Marsh, VA 23183 (617) 353-2357 (804) 815-1066 marston@bu.edu dabro3@email.wm.edu Next >