CAROLE A. MANDRYK

TITLE:

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Anthropology and Quaternary Studies, University of Alberta, 1992

M.A. Anthropology and Museum Training, George Washington University 1981

B.A. Anthropology, Beloit College, 1976

POSITIONS:

Associate Professor. Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. Teach North American Prehistory, Quaternary Environments, Geoarchaeology, Introductory Archaeology, and Quaternary Pollen Analysis. Advise students; serve on university, museum, and departmental committees. 1997-present.

Research Associate. Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Co-teach courses in archaeological science. 1993-present.

Assistant Professor. Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. 1993-1997.

Instructor. Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, Alberta. Taught Intro Anthropology, Archaeology, World Prehistory, Social-Cultural Anthro, Sex Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Responsible for library acquisitions in anthropology. Planned archaeology laboratory facilities for new campus. 1989-1993.

Instructor. Senior Studies Institute, Edmonton, Alberta. 1989.

Sessional Instructor. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Formulated and taught World Prehistory, Technology and Culture, Sex Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective. 1986-1988.

Teaching Assistant. University of Alberta. 1985.

Teaching Assistant. George Washington University. 1980-1981.

HONORS:

American School of Prehistoric Research Award 2000 Thomas T. Hoopes Award for Excellence in the Art of Teaching, Harvard, 1999

Petra T. Shattuck Award for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard, 1998

Harvard University Clark Fund Award, 1996, 2000

Harvard University Research Assistant Work Study Grant, 1994-2000

Harvard Medical School William F. Milton Fund Award, 1994

Sigma Xi Scientific Society Grant-in-Aid, 1986

Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship, 1985

University Women's Club of Edmonton Scholarship Award, 1985

University of Alberta Graduate Assistantship, 1983, 1984

Passed Masters Comprehensive Exam with Honors, March 1981

George Washington University Fellow, 1980

Anthropological Society of Washington student board member, 1980-1981

Dean's List, Beloit College, 1975-1976

Mortar Board, National Honorary Scholastic Sorority, 1975

SELECTED FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Co-Investigator. International Kuril Island Project, University of Washington. As member of international Russian-American-Japanese team did geoarchaeological and paleoenvironmental survey of Kuril Islands and south Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East. 2000.

Co-Investigator. International Kuril Island Project, University of Washington. As member of international Russian-American-Japanese team did geoarchaeological and paleoenvironmental survey of Kuril islands and south Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East. 2000.

Investigator. Peabody Museum, Harvard University. Data recovery at Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard. Excavation and mapping of 19th century medical school midden, and associated architectural features. 1999.

Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Investigation of geological relationships of Pleistocene and earlier sediments to Lucy Vincent archaeological site, Martha's Vineyard, MA. 1998.

Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Investigation of the stratigraphic integrity of the Cactus Hill Site (44SX202), a possible pre-Clovis site in southeastern Virginia through the application of micromorphology, hydraulic equivalence ratios, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and phytolith analyses. 1998, 2000.

Primary Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Direct interdisciplinary geoarchaeological field investigation at Tule Lake, California. 1994, 1996, 1998.

Primary Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Cored Mitchell Lake, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta for dating correlation project. 1996.

Primary Investigator. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta. Cored Mitchell and Strubel Lakes and Nordegg Pond; field reconnaissance of surficial geology and vegetation. 1985, 1986.

Field Assistant. Department of Geology, University of Alberta. Assisted geology graduate student in stratigraphic analysis of till exposures, Banff National Park, Alberta. 1984.

Site Interpreter. Strathcona Archaeological Centre and Rutherford House, Alberta Culture, Historic Sites Service. Conducted tours of exhibit and archaeological site. Formulated, planned and implemented Takwakin, an annual autumn festival held to celebrate Alberta's native heritage. 1983-1984.

Primary Surveyor. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe, AZ. Monitored Arizona Public Service employee on Yuma 500 Project regarding Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant. Surveyed, located and identified sites; wrote field site reports. Sites encountered ranged from Prehistoric Yuman to Historic homesteads. 1981.

Co-Investigator. International Kuril Island Project, University of Washington. As member of international Russian-American-Japanese team did geoarchaeological and paleoenvironmental survey of Kuril Islands and south Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East. 2000.

Investigator. Peabody Museum, Harvard University. Data recovery at Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard. Excavation and mapping of 19th century medical school midden, and associated architectural features. 1999.

Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Investigation of geological relationships of Pleistocene and earlier sediments to Lucy Vincent archaeological site, Martha's Vineyard, MA. 1998.

Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Investigation of the stratigraphic integrity of the Cactus Hill Site (44SX202), a possible pre-Clovis site in southeastern Virginia through the application of micromorphology, hydraulic equivalence ratios, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and phytolith analyses. 1998, 2000.

Primary Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Direct interdisciplinary geoarchaeological field investigation at Tule Lake, California. 1994, 1996, 1998.

Primary Investigator. Quaternary Research Lab, Harvard University. Cored Mitchell Lake, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta for dating correlation project. 1996.

Primary Investigator. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta. Cored Mitchell and Strubel Lakes and Nordegg Pond; field reconnaissance of surficial geology and vegetation. 1985, 1986.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Curator, North American Archaeology. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Serve on Advisory Committees on Repatriation, Curatorial Review , Hall of the North American Indian. 1995-present.

Principal Investigator. Paleoenvironmental Studies Lab, University of Alberta. Analyzed fossil pollen samples from lake basins in central Alberta. 1986-1989.

Researcher. Provincial Museum of Alberta. Produced annotated and illustrated bibliography of hide-tanning practices of North American indigenous peoples. 1986.

Research Assistant. Paleoenvironmental Studies Lab, University of Alberta. Processed modern pollen samples for SEADYN Boreal Forest Project. 1984.

Research Assistant. Project for the Study of Material Culture, University of Alberta. Analyzed videocassette recordings, artifacts, and photographs. 1982-1984.

Researcher. Karell Archaeological Services, Washington, D.C. Did archival research and interviews. 1982.

Museum Intern. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History. Constructed composite stratigraphy profile for the Lamb Spring Site. 1981.

Research Assistant. Newborn Psychological Research Laboratory, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ran computer programs sleep recording data. 1979.

Museum Intern. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM. 1976.

PUBLICATIONS:

Mandryk, C. A. S. [submitted]. Invented Traditions and the Ultimate American Origin Myth: In the beginning . . . there was an ice free-corridor. In Late-Pleistocene-Early Holocene Population Movements in the Americas: The Peopling of a Continent, Edited by David R. Yesner and Georges A. Pearson. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology Series, Plenum Publishing.

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in press]. The ice-free corridor (or not?): An inland route by any other name is not so sweet nor adequately considered. In On Being First: Cultural and Environmental Consequences of First Peoplings, 1998 Chacmool Conference Proceedings, Calgary, Alberta.

Mandryk, C. A. S., Josenhans, H., Mathewes, R.W., Fedje, D.W. 2000. Late Quaternary Paleoenvironments in Northwestern North America: Implications for Inland vs. Coastal Migration Routes. Quaternary Science Reviews.

Perron, J. Taylor and Mandryk, C. A. S. 1999. Preliminary report on the micromorphology of the Cactus Hill Site (44SX202), Sussex County, Virginia. Current Research in the Pleistocene.

Mandryk, C. A. S. 1999. Comment on "Reproductive Interests and Forager Mobility" by Douglas H. MacDonald and Barry S. Hewlett. Current Anthropology 40 (4):518-519.

Mandryk, C.A.S. 1998. A geoarchaeological interpretation of the Lamb Spring site, Colorado. Geoarchaeology 13 (8):819-846.

Mandryk, C.A.S. 1997. New Evidence for Early Human Occupation in the Americas. Symbols, pp.2, 38-39, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge.

Mandryk, C.A.S. 1996. Late-glacial vegetation and environment on the Eastern Slope Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 16:37-57.

Mandryk, C.A.S. 1996. Late Wisconsinan Deglaciation of Alberta: Processes and Paleogeography. Quaternary International 32:79-85.

Mandryk, C.A.S. and Nat Rutter, eds. 1996. The Ice-Free Corridor Revisited. Pergamon Press. Special issue of Quaternary International.

Mandryk, C.A.S. 1993. Hunter-Gatherer Social Costs and the Nonviability of Submarginal Environments. Journal of Anthropological Research 49:39-71.

Mandryk, C. A. S. 1990. Could Humans Survive the Ice-Free Corridor? Late Glacial Vegetation and Climate in West Central Alberta. In Megafauna and Man: Discovery of America's Heartland. The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, Inc. Scientific Papers, Volume 1. pp. 67-79.

Catto, N. and C. A. S. Mandryk. 1990. Geology of the Postulated Ice-Free Corridor. In Megafauna and Man: Discovery of America's Heartland. The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, Inc. Scientific Papers, Volume 1. pp. 80-85.

Schweger, C. E. and C. A. S. Mandryk. 1989. Kootenay Plains to Goldeye Lake; Goldeye Lake; Goldeye Lake to Rocky Mountain House. In Late-Glacial and Post-Glacial Processes and Environments in Montane and Adjacent Areas, CANQUA 1989 Field Excursion Guide, Edited by V.M. Levson, B.H. Luckman and A.B. Beaudoin, Edmonton, Alberta., pp. 92-95.

Mandryk, C. A. S. and C.E. Schweger. 1989. Stop 27: Mitchell Lake. In Late-Glacial and Post-Glacial Processes and Environments in Montane and Adjacent Areas, CANQUA 1989 Field Excursion Guide, Edited by V.M. Levson, B.H. Luckman and A.B. Beaudoin, Edmonton, Alberta., pp. 96-99.

IN PRESS:

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep] Prehistory of North America. Contract with Mayfield Publishing.

Mandryk, C. A. S. and Perron, J. T. [in prep]. Environmental and stratigraphic context of the Cactus Hill Site (44SX202), Sussex County, Virginia. To be submitted to Geoarchaeology.

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep]. Late Pleistocene Lake Levels of the Tule Lake Basin, Northern California: Implications for Pluvial Lake Modoc. To be submitted to Quaternary Research.

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep]. Human Viability of the Late- and Post-Glacial Ice-Free Corridor. To be submitted to Current Anthropology.

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep]. A Historical Analysis of the Concept of the Ice-free Corridor. To be submitted to American Antiquity.

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep]. Establishing a correction factor for old carbon dating errors in the Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta, Canada. To be submitted to Quaternary Research.

Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep]. A Non-Vacant Vacant Quarter: Post 1450 A.D. Occupation at the Sellars Site, Tennessee. To be submitted to North American Archaeologist.

Devlin, M. J. and Mandryk, C. A. S. [in prep]. Burial Practices, Personhood, and the Status of Children in the Mississippian. To be submitted to Southeastern Archaeology.