Grant Recipients


Graduate Students Funded through the ASSC Grant-in-Aid Program
Year Granted
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 



 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 



2011 
 
 
 
 
 




2011
 
 
 
 
 
 



2010
 
 
 
  


2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
 
 
 






2008
 
 
 
 
 

2008
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
2007
 
 
 
 
 



2006
 
 
 
 
 

2005
 
 
 
 
 

2005
 
 
Recipient
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Stewart
 
 
 
 
 




Brooke Kenline
 
 
 
 
 
 



Lisa Randle 
 
 
 
 
 




Kimberly Pyska
 
 
 
 
 




Brilliant, Brooke
 
 
 
 
 

Nyman, James
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thornock, Chris
 
 







Thornock, Chris
 
 
 
 


Ferguson, Helena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wood, M Jared
 
 
 
 




Brummitt, Aaron
 
 
 
 

Emily Dale
 
 
 
 
 

Samolis, Joseph
 
 
 
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grant of $450.00 
 
 
 
 
 




Grant of $450.00
 
 
 
 
  




Grant of $450.00 
 
 
 
 

 



Grant of $450.00
 
 
 
  
 




Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 
 
Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 
 
Grant of $1,000.00
 
 






Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 

Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 
 
  
Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 



Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 

Grant of $1,000.00
 
 
 
 

Grant of $1,000.00
 
Completed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
in progress
 
 
 
 
 
 



 in progress
 
 
 
  
 




in progress
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


in progress
 
 
 
 
 
 



2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 






2009
 
 
 
 
 

 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
2010
 
 
 
 
 



2007
 
 
 
 
 

2007
 
 
 
 
 

2005
 
Topic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of Eighteenth Century Indigenous Ceramic Assemblage at Fort Congaree
 
 
 
 
 



Impacts of Racism and African Cultural Influences on the Development of Alkaline Glazed Stoneware in Edgefield, South Carolina
  
 
 



The African American Landscape along the East Branch of the Cooper River, Berkeley, South Carolina 1780-1820 
 
 
 




Role of the Anglican Church in Colonising the Eighteenth Century Frontier in the Lowcountry
 
 
 
  



Colonoware, Creolization, and Interactions between African Americans and Native Americans during the Colonial Period in the South Carolina Lowcountry
 


The Ashley Series as Native American Persistence: Lowcountry Indians in the Period of European Expansion
 
 
 
 
 

 







Geomorphologic and Underwater Investigations at the Mason’s Plantation 
Mound Site on the Middle Savannah River
 
  
 
 

Reconnecting the Physical and Cultural Landscapes of the Hampton-Preston Mansion in Columbia, South Carolina 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mississippian Chiefdom Organization: A Case Study from the Savannah River Valley
 
 





The Sleepy Hollow Phase: Mississippian Emergence in the Middle Savannah Valley
 
 
 

 
The Red Lake Site (9SN4): A Middle Mississippian Mound Town in the Central Savannah River Valley
 
 
 

Public Engagement at the Seibels House: Applied Archaeological Methodologies and Techniques in Columbia, South Carolina
 
 
 
 
 
Purpose
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
 
  
  
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
 
 
 
Ph.D. dissertation proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
  
 
 
Ph.D. dissertation proposal, Department of Anthropology, UT 
 
 
 
 
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
  
PhD Dissertation proposal proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
   
 
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
 
PhD Dissertation proposal, Department of Anthropology, UGA
 


Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
  
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
 
Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, USC
2005
Bartley,
Heather
Grant of $1,000.00 2006 Geomorphology and Site Formation Processes of the Belmont Neck Site (38KE06) in the Wateree Valley, SC Master's thesis proposal, Department of Geography, University of Georgia.
2004 Kara Bridgman-Sweeney Grant of $1,000 announced in Features and Profiles, July-Sept 2004 2009 Variation in Early Archaic Material Culture across the Lower Southeast Ph.D. dissertation proposal, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida.
2003 Isenbarger, Nicole Grant of $1,000 announced in Features and Profiles, Jan.-March 2004 2006 Phytolith Analysis of Coloware from Charleston, South Carolina Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina.
2003 Nelson, Michael Grant of $1,000 announced in Features and Profiles, Jan.-March 2004 2005 Seasonality and Residential Population at the 14th-Century Lawton Mound Site Master's thesis proposal, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
2002 Andrew Agha Grant of $544.32 announced in Features and Profiles, July-August 2002 2004 Searching for Cabins, Searching for Places: Locating the Living Areas at the James Stobo Plantation, Willtown Bluff, Charleston County, South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
2002 Katrina S. Epps Grant of $900 announced in Features and Profiles, July-August 2002 2004 Intra-Regional Interaction in the Lowcountry of South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
2002 Alexander Y. Sweeney Grant of $1,000 announced in Features and Profiles, July-Aug. 2002 2003 Investigating Yamasee Identity: Archaeological Research at Pocotaligo Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
2001 Rebecca Barrera Grant of $800 announced in Features and Profiles, April-June 2001 2005 The Impact of Archaeological Method and Theory: Intra-site Comparisons of Sixteenth-Century Spanish Santa Elena and St Augustine Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
2001 Jamie Civitello Grant of $263.50 announced in Features and Profiles, April-June 2001 2005 Anthropogenic Landscapes at Spratt?s Bottom (38YK3), South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
2000 Thomas I. McIntosh Grant of $592.12 announced in Features and Profiles, April-June 2001) 2001 Diachronic Variation in Late Archaic Lithic Technology at the Big Pine Tree Site, Allendale County, South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1999 Kerri S. Barile Grant of $600 announced in Features and Profiles, January-February 1999 1999 Causes and Creations: Exploring the Relationship between Nineteenth-Century Slave Insurrections, Landscape and Architecture at Middleburg Plantation, BerkeleyA Lodge of Their Own: A Look at Vessel Function at a Possible Cofitachequi Women?s Lodge County, South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1999 J. Michelle Schohn Grant of $600 announced in Features and Profiles, Jan.-Feb. 1999 2001 A Lodge of Their Own: A Look at Vessel Function at a Possible Cofitachequi Women?s Lodge Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1999 Christopher R. Moore Grant of $600 announced in Features and Profiles, Jan.-Feb. 1999 2000 A Technological Analysis of the Early Archaic Debitage from G.S. Lewis-East (38AK228), South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, Eastern Carolina University, North Carolina.
1998 No Proposals received



1997 Kristin J. Wilson Grant of $800 announced in Features and Profiles, May-June 1997 1997 Biocultural Investigation of Late Archaic Stallings Culture. Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.



1997 Bioarchaeological Investigation of Late Archaic Stallings Culture: A Summary
1996 Susan D. Ball Grant of $400 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1996 1996 Phase One Colonization: The Process of Reduction Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1996 A. Eric Howard Grant of $400 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1996 1997 An Intrasite Spatial Analysis of Surface Collections at Chattooga (38OC18): A Lower Town Cherokee Village Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.



1998 Graduate Student Spotlight: A Look at Research Funded In-Part by the ASSC. Features and Profiles, January-February 1998:7 Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
1996 J. Christopher Reed Grant of $1,130 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1996 1998 The Holladay Site: Bioarchaeological Analysis of an Ossuary in Horry County, South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1996 M. Beth Sain Grant of $845 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1996


1995 Myles Bland Grant of $500 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1995 1995 Late Archaic Plant Use at the Big Pine Tree Site (38AL143), Allendale County, South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1995 Kerry L. Ogata Grant of $600 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1995 1995 African-American Women and Medicine: Expanding Interpretations of Colono Ware Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1995 Scott G. Sutton Grant of $350 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1995 1996 Symbolism and Archaeological Interpretation: A Case Study of Late Woodland Ceramics from the South Carolina Coast Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1994 Monica L. Beck Grant of $300 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1994 1996 Servant to Chattel: African-American Slaves and Their Masters on an Upcountry Plantation



1997 Upcountry Planters: Archaeological Investigations of a Slave Cabin at the Bratton Farmstead, ca. 1770s. South Carolina Antiquities 27(1&2):1-25



1998 ?A Fer Ways Off from the Big House?: The Changing Nature of Slavery in the South Carolina Backcountry. In The Southern Colonial Backcountry: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Frontier Communities, edited by D.C. Crass, S.D. Smith, M.A. Zierden, and R.D. Brooks, pp. 108-136. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
1994 Phillip J. Carr Grant of $300 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1994 1995 Hunter-Gatherers, Mobility, and Technological Organization: The Early Archaic of East Tennessee Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1994 Amy L. Young Grant of $300 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1994 1995 Risk and Material Conditions of African-American Slaves at Locust Grove: An Archaeological Perspective Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville



1996 Archaeological Evidence of African-Style Ritual and Healing Practices in the Upland South. Tennessee Anthropologist XXI(2):139-155
1993 Elizabeth L. Collins Grant of $225 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1993 1993 Elements of Childbirth and Infant Care among Native Americans of the Southeast Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.



1994 Childbirth and Infant Care Among Native Americans. Features and Profiles, January-February:3-5.
1993 Cherry L. Johnson Grant of $225 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1993 1995 The Pious and the Prudent: An Analysis of Gender Variation in the Eighteenth-Century Tombstones of the South Carolina Low Country Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
1993 Ellen Shlasko Grant of $300 announced in Features and Profiles, March-April 1993 1997 Carolina Gold: Economic and Social Change on a South Carolina Rice Plantation, 1760-1820 Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven



2002 Frenchmen and Africans in South Carolina: Cultural Interaction on the Eighteenth-Century Frontier. In Another?s Country: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies, edited by J.W. Joseph and M. Zierden, pp.133-144, The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa
1992 Patti L. Byra Grant of $700 announced in Features and Profiles, May-June 1992 1996 The Contextual Meaning of the 1830s Landscape at Middleburg Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia.




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