Joe W. Saunders Ph.D. Southern Methodist University 1986 Hanna 303 & Stubbs 127A 318.342.1899 318.342.1879(FAX) saunders@ulm.edu

Dr. Joe W. Saunders Northeast Regional Archaeologist Associate Professor of Geosciences Research Origin of mound construction in the Southeast; geoarchaeological applications to prehistoric earthworks; hunter-gatherer adaptation to wetlands; social evolution. Extramural Funding Two National Geographic Society grants, NCPTT grant for soils workshop, LEQSF grant for field equipment, LEH grant for 1936 photo display, STM grant for Watson Brake model. Service & Outreach Recording and testing of archaeological sites for the public. Ancient Mounds Trial Program. Selected Publications & Presentations Saunders, Joe W, Rolfe D. Mandel, C. Garth Sampson, Charles M. Allen, E. Thurman Allen, Daniel A. Bush, James K. Feathers, Kristen J. Gremillion, C.T. Hallmark, H. Edwin Jackson, Jay K. Johnson, Reca Jones, Roger T. Saucier, Gary L. Stringer and Malcolm Vidrine 2005 Watson Brake, A Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana. American Antiquity 70(4):630-667. Saunders, J., 2004 Are We Fixing to Make the Same Mistake Again? In Signs of Power: The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast, edited by J. L. Gibson and P. J. Carr. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London. Saunders, Joe and Thurman Allen, 2003, Jaketown Revisited. Southeastern Archaeology 22:155-164. Saunders, J., Thurman Allen, Dennis LaBatt, Reca Jones and David Griffing 2001, An Assessment of the Antiquity of Lower Jackson Mound. Southeastern Archaeology 20(1):67-77. Saunders, Joe W., Rolfe D. Mandel, Roger T. Saucier, E. Thurman Allen, C.T. Hallmark, Jay K. Johnson, Edwin H. Jackson, Charles M. Allen, Gary L. Stringer, Douglas S. Frink, James K. Feathers, Stephen Williams, Kristen J. Gremillion, Malcolm F. Vidrine and Reca Jones 1997 A Mound Complex in Louisiana at 5400-5000 Years B.P. Science 277(5333):1796-1799. Saunders, Joe W. and Thurman Allen, 1994, Hedgepeth Mounds: An Archaic Mound Complex in North-Central Louisiana. American Antiquity 59(3):471-489.

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