User:K. Kris Hirst
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I'm a science writer and ex-archaeologist. I worked 13 years as a project archaeologist for the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, and 5 more as an editor/principal investigator for the Louis Berger Group, before retiring from the field in 2005 to concentrate on writing.
This bit below here is from my cv which blabs on and on about me, unentertainingly but truthfully. I primarily work for About.com, writing articles on archaeological science, but at least at the moment feel like I can support the Citizendium as an editor and counsel without a conflict of interest, since I'm all about making accurate archaeology available to the public at large. I really want to help, I think this is an exciting thing y'all have started here, but also want to keep writing for a living. Go figure.
EDUCATION MA Anthropology, The University of Iowa. Thesis Title: Subsistence Systems on the Honey Creek, Van Buren County, Iowa. Thesis Supervisor, Thomas H. Charlton, MA Awarded December 1985. BS Education, Illinois State University. English and Theater. Awarded June 1978.
WORLD WIDE WEB EXPERIENCE
- Editor. The Wasteflake Project 2003–present. Develop and write a wiki on the intersection between culture and science. http://www.wasteflake.com.
- Newsletter Editor. Science and Education Channels, About.com 2002–2003. Wrote two weekly newsletters for the About.com service.
- Webmaster. Louis Berger Group, Inc. 2000–2005. Developed, wrote, and maintained a World Wide *Web site on public archaeology aspects of cultural resource projects conducted by the Louis Berger Group, Inc. http://www.culturalresourcegroup.com/
- Guide for Archaeology. About.com 1997–present. Develop, write, and maintain a World Wide Web site on archaeology at About.com. http://archaeology.about.com/
- Associate Editor. Office of the State Archaeologist Home Page. 1995–1998. Assisted with creation, production and maintenance of the award-winning home page, and produced and maintained the Iowa Archeological Society home page. http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa
- Partner. Scribal Traditions. 1994–present. Publishing Assistance firm, specializing in Anthropology and Archaeology; provides technical editing, HTML formatting, graphics art, artifact illustration. URL: http://scribaltraditions.com
POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES ELSEWHERE
- 2006. The Irritable Heart: Increased Risk of Physical and Psychological Effects of Trauma in Civil War Vets. About Psychology.
- 2006. A Visionary Act. The Centenary of the American Antiquities Act. Archaeology Online
- 2006. Civil War PTSD. Unsigned article in Random Samples, Science 311:927. February 17, 2006. Clipping available on request
- 2006. Maya Writing Got Early Start. Science Now 106(2). January 6, 2006.
- 2005. Hellenistic Engineering. Unsigned article in Random Samples, Science 310:968. November 11, 2005.
PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY ARTICLES ON ABOUT (Selected)