Katherine G. Parker

**Katherine Parker** is an Assistant Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Mary Washington.

Her research focuses on the ways that moonshine is constructed in discursive spaces, such as popular media, social memory, and academic research, and in material places where moonshine distillation sites exist as archaeological resources. Her work examines the entangled influences of class, race, racism, gender, and heritage tourism on the political economy of moonshiners in the postbellum US.
**Research Interests:** Historical Archaeology, Southeastern US, Mid-Atlantic Region, Landscapes, Heritage Studies, Historical Memory, Political Economy, African Diaspora, Archaeology of the New South, Conflict Archaeology, Clandestine Economies, Moonshine, Spatial Analysis and Patterning, Remote Sensing, Archaeological Geophysics, Archaeological Practice and Ethics, Cemetery Documentation, Climate Change
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4958-185X

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Background

Education

Ph.D., Anthropology

2023 | University of Tennessee

Dissertation: Distilling Southern Histories: Moonshine and the Remaking of Plantation Landscapes

B.A., Anthropology

2014 | University of South Carolina

Distinction in Archaeology, Magna Cum Laude

Professional Experience

Katherine Parker has field experience across all phases of archaeological study at both the supervisory and technician level. She has conducted projects for a wide range of private, federal, and state entities in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Current Position

Assistant Professor of Historical Archaeology | University of Mary Washington
2023 - Present

Previous Employment

Project Archaeologist and Field Technician | Archaeological Consultants of the Carolinas, Inc.
2015 - 2018

Field Technician | New South Associates, Inc.
2014 - 2015, 2019 - 2022

Teaching Experience

University of Mary Washington

Assistant Professor

HISP 100: Introduction to Historic Preservation | Fall 2023
HISP 462: Lab Methods in Archaeology | Fall 2023

UT Non-Credit Course Program

Instructor of Record

University of South Carolina

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

PHIL 110: Deductive Logic and Reasoning | 2012-2014

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Instructor of Record

ANTH 120: World Prehistory | Download Syllabus
ANTH 120: Introduction to Archaeology (redesigned) | Download Syllabus
ANTH 360: North American Prehistory | Download Syllabus
ANTH 361: Historical Archaeology | Download Syllabus
ANTH 430: Fieldwork in Archaeology | Download Syllabus
ANTH 430: GPR for Anthropology (Field School & Seminar) | Summer 2023
ANTH 430/493: Advanced Fieldwork in Archaeology | Download Syllabus

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Certifications

Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar | National Parks Service National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

Photogrammetry for Archaeology | Society for American Archaeology

XRF in Archaeology | Society for American Archaeology

IS-00100: Introduction to Incident Command System | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

IS-00102: Preparing for Federal Disaster Operations: FEMA Response Partners | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

IS-00700: National Incident Management System (NIMS) | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Responsible Conduct of Research | University of Tennessee

Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Researcher | Collaborative Institute Training Initiative (CITI)

Honors and Awards

2022 Jamie Chad Brandon Student Paper Prize Runner-Up | Society for Historical Archaeology

17th Annual Ethics Bowl Championship Team | Society for American Archaeology

6th Annual Ethics Bowl Championship Team | Society for Historical Archaeology

Dirty Trowel Award | University of South Carolina

Palmetto Fellow | South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

Grant-in-Aid Recipient | Archaeological Society of South Carolina

Technical Skills

Geophyiscal and Geospatial Equipment

GPS/RTK | EOS Arrow Gold GNSS receiver, Trimble Catalyst GNSS positioning service, Trimble DA2 GNSS receiver, Trimble Geo7X GPS, Trimble TDC 600 GPS

GPR | GSSI SIR 3000 and SIR 4000 units, GSSI 350 MHz antenna (digital hyperstacking), 400 MHz antenna (analog) and 900 MHz antenna (analog) with 3-wheel cart and tow cable configurations

Other | Bartington GRAD 601-2 Fluxgate Gradiometer, Fisher F75+ Metal Detector, Garrett AT Pro Metal Detector, Nokia and Nikon stationary total station models

Software

Geospatial | ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, Esri Field Maps and Survey123, Pathfinder, TerraSurveyor, TerraSync, Trimble Collector

Geophysical | GSSI RADAN 7

Collections Management | Microsoft Access, Re:discovery

Other | R Studio, Microsoft Office, WordPerfect

Katherine Parker is an Assistant Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Mary Washington.