Emilio Alejandro Santiago

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Revised 08/10/2016

47050 Generals Hwy #315

Three Rivers, CA 93271
(508) 498-7933
eas2215@columbia.edu

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Education
2013 B. A. Archaeological Anthropology
Columbia University in the City of New York

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Undergraduate Thesis: The Evolution of Moieties in the Northern Rio Grande: The
Sovereignty of Sacred Landscapes and the El Bosque Site
Readers: Severin Fowles and Zoe Crossland
2012

Field School Study Abroad Program in Dakhla, Egypt

The Amheida ProjectInstitute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University

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Awards, Distinctions, and Grants

2013 United States Department of Agriculture Certificate of Appreciation
San Juan National Forest, Pagosa Ranger District

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2013

The Ralph and Rose Solecki Prize for Outstanding Student Contribution to Archaeology
Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

2013

Graduation Cord Honoree

Office of Multicultural Affairs, Columbia University

2012

Named Scholar: Al Jolson Fund 2012-2013

Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development, Columbia University

2012

Work Exemption Program Grant Recipient

Center for Career Education, Columbia University

2012

Named Scholar: Al Jolson Fund 2011-2012

Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development, Columbia University

2011

Work Exemption Program Grant Recipient

Center for Career Education, Columbia University

2011

Robert Stigler Award Fund For Archaeological Fieldwork

Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

2009

Named Scholar: Pulitzer Scholars Fund 2009-2010

Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development, Columbia University

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Conference Presentations
2016 E. A. Santiago, R. J. Sinensky,
Pithouses, Pueblos, Projectile Points, Petroglyphs, and Possible Plazas: An Update on
the 2015 Petrified Forest National Park Boundary Expansion Survey. Poster
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presentation in invited session at the 81 Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology. Orlando, FL. April 06-10, 2016.

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Conference Presentations (continued)

2015 Brian Harmon, Cody Dalpra, Reuven Sinensky, Emilio Santiago, Iva Lee Lehmkuhl,
William Reitze.
All About the Base: Late Archaic to Pueblo I Projectile Point Transitions at Petrified
Forest National Park. Poster presentation at the Pecos Conference. Mancos, CO.
August 06-08, 2015.
2015

R. J. Sinensky, E. A. Santiago
Pithouses, Pueblos, Projectile Points, Petroglyphs, and Possible Plazas: An Update on
the 2015 Petrified Forest National Park Boundary Expansion Survey. Poster
presentation at the Pecos Conference. Mancos, CO. August 06-08, 2015.

2014

Emilio Santiago, Matthew Sanger, Emma Gilheany

Scaffolds and links, or how to trace staged-learning through a productive chain. Paper
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presentation at the 79 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Austin,
TX. April 23-27, 2014.

2013

Emma Gilheany, Matthew C. Sanger, Emilio Santiago

Measuring Unsteady Hands: Children, Novice-wares, and Archaic Shell Ring Usage.
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Paper presentation at the 70 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological
Conference. Tampa, FL. November 06-10, 2013.

2013

Emilio Santiago
The El Bosque Site, a Thirteenth Century Village near Dixon, NM. Paper Presentation
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at the 11 Biennial Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference. Taos,
NM. September 26-29, 2013.

2013

Emilio Santiago
Sovereign Mountains: Panoptic Moiety in the Post-Chacoan Northern Rio Grande.
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Digital Poster Presentation and Discussion Participant at the 6 North American
Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference. Chicago, IL. May 09-11, 2013.

2013

Emilio Santiago, Severin Fowles

The Evolution of Moieties in the Northern Rio Grande: New Evidence from the El Bosque
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Site. Poster presentation at the 78 Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology. Honolulu, HI. April 03-07, 2013.

2012

Emilio Santiago, Emma Gilheany, Ana Frosch, Severin Fowles, Heather Atherton
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The Archaeology of Uncertainty in Colonial New Mexico. Poster presentation at the 77
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Memphis, TN. April 18-22,
2012.

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Field and Research Experience

2016 Archaeological Crew Leader (GS-7) National Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon
National Parks, CA. (May-November).
Lead crews in frontcontry and backcountry cultural resource surveys and site recording,
coordinated with fire crews in advance of prescribed burn projects

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2015

Archaeological Monitor (GS-7) National Park Service, Petrified Forest National Park,
AZ. (November-December).
Monitored road construction, authored a stabilization plan for an eroding structure

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Field and Research Experience (continued)

2015 Project Archaeologist. St. Catherines Island Archaeological Project, American Museum
of Natural History. St. Catherines Island, GA. (October-November).
Excavated unit soil and features including the excavation of human remains, conducted
analysis on Spanish mission bells melted in contact period rebellions

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2015

Archaeological Co-Crew Leader (GS-7) National Park Service, Petrified Forest National
Park, AZ. (June-October).
Lead crews of early career interns on cultural resource surveys, site recording, profile
and plan mapping, and ArcGIS mapping.

2015

Archaeologist. The Public Archaeology Laboratory. Pawtucket, RI. (April-May).

Conducted Phase I shovel test pit excavations along Spectra Energy Corp natural gas
line corridors and proposed cellular towers in MA, CT, and NY. Cleaned artifacts in the
laboratory.

2014

Archeology Crew Leader (GS-7). USDA Forest Service, Sierra National Forest, Bass
Lake Ranger District, CA. (June-November).
Lead crews on cultural resource surveys as part of ecological restoration and postwildland fire projects, condition assessments, report writing, & ArcGIS mapping

2014

Laboratory and Research Assistant. St. Catherines Island Archaeological Project,

American Museum of Natural History. New York, NY. (February-April).
Analyzed decorative patterns on Late Archaic ceramics from St. Catherines Island, GA

2014

Laboratory Research Intern. St. Catherines Island Archaeological Project, American

Museum of Natural History. New York, NY & St. Catherines Island, GA. (January-May).
Cleaned and cataloged archaeological museum collections, completed fine-fraction
sorting, participated in two three-week excavations on St. Catherines Island, GA
including the excavation of human remains

2013

Field Technician. Woods Canyon Archaeological Consultants. Cortez, CO. (SeptemberDecember).

Conducted Class III Cultural Resource Inventory (pedestrian survey) in Canyons of the
Ancients National Monument for Kinder Morgan

2013

Field Research Intern. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. Cortez, CO. (JulySeptember).
Supervised and instructed students and volunteers conducting excavations at a
Basketmaker III site, took soil auger samples, and conducted geophysical survey
(electrical resistance remote sensing)

2013

Archeological Volunteer. USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest & Chimney
Rock National Monument, Pagosa Ranger District. Pagosa Springs, CO. (June-July).
Conducted Class III Cultural Resource Inventory (pedestrian survey) in the San Juan
National Forest and at Chimney Rock National Monument

2012-13 Senior Thesis Research. Columbia University Department of (November-May).

Conducted library and archival research, transferred total station data into ArcGIS 10.1,
prepared archaeological site maps with Adobe Illustrator CS5

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Field and Research Experience (continued)

2012-13 Laboratory and Research Assistant. St. Catherines Island Archaeological Project,
American Museum of Natural History. New York, NY. (September-May).
Analyzed firing techniques on Late Archaic ceramics from St. Catherines Island, GA,
developed experimental archaeology proposal, fired ceramics, operated a thermocouple

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2012

Field Technician. Nomadic Archaeologies of the Northern Rio Grande, Stanford

University Department of Anthropology. Taos, NM. (July).
Conducted pedestrian survey at Ute Mountain and the surrounding area

2012

Archaeological Volunteer. BLM, Taos Field Office, NM. (June).

Excavated a Puebloan cave site on Cerro De La Olla in northern New Mexico

2012

Field Research Assistant. The Gorge Project, Barnard College Department of

Anthropology. Dixon, NM. (June).
Mapped a late Pueblo III/early Pueblo IV village, conducted viewshed analysis, drew
petroglyph panels and lithics

2012

Field School Student. The Amheida Project. ISAW, NYU. Dakhla Oasis, Egypt.
(January-March).
Excavated a Roman administrative center occupied from the Old Kingdom to the Roman
Period, conducted topographical survey and mapping with total station and AutoCAD

2011

Research Project Leader. The Archaeology of Uncertainty in Colonial New Mexico.

Columbia University Center for Archaeology. New York, NY. (September-December).
Cleaned, processed, and researched artifacts, completed data entry with FileMaker Pro

2011

Laboratory Assistant. Turley Mill and Distillery Site Project. Southern Methodist
University Department of Anthropology. New York, NY. (September-November).
Cleaned, processed, and entered Turley Mill artifacts into Excel database

2011

Field Student. The Embudo Plaza Study. Columbia Center for Archaeology. Dixon, NM.
(June).
Excavated the site of a Spanish defensive torren on a colonial plaza, cleaned artifacts

2011

Field Student. The Gorge Project. Barnard College Department of Anthropology. Rio
Grande Gorge, NM. (June).
Surveyed and mapped a Comanche camp, drew petroglyph panels

2011

Laboratory Assistant. Turley Mill and Distillery Site Project, Southern Methodist
University Department of Anthropology. New York, NY. (April-May).
Cleaned, processed, and entered Turley Mill artifacts into Excel database

Interpretation and Public Outreach
2015 What is Archaeology? Presentation to the third grade class of Ms. Alba DeFazioBinney, M.Ed. Douglas MacArthur School, Waltham, MA. February 13.

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2013

Tour Guide. Mesa Verde National Park. ARAMARK. Supervisor: Sara Broersma. August
17- September 21.

2013

Greco-Roman Archaeology in Egypt. Presentation to Earthwatch Institute participants at

the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. Cortez, CO. September 25.

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Interpretation and Public Outreach (continued)

2013 High School Archaeology Camp (July 22-26), Archaeology Research Program (August
04-10), Earthwatch (August 12-23, September 16-26), Crow Canyon Archaeological
Center Research Staff. Cortez, CO.

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2012

Excavations at Amheida 2012 Post-Season Presentation. (with Roger Bagnall, Roberta

Casagrande-Kim, Raffaella Cribiore, Sarah Jolly, and Nicola Aravecchia) Public Lecture
at The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. New York, NY.
April 10.

2011

Community Archaeology Day. (with the Gorge Project) La Plaza del Embudo Torreon
Excavations, Dixon, NM. June 25.

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Professional Organizations and Affiliations

Society for American Archaeology (2011-Present)
The Pecos Conference (2013, 2015)
Rocky Mountain Anthropological Association (2013-2014)
North American Theoretical Archaeology Group (2013)
The Archaeological Conservancy (2014-Present)

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Leadership and Service (selected)

2015-Present Alumnus Volunteer Columbia University Alumni Representative Committee
(Conducted interviews of prospective applicants)

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2013-Present

Chair Naman Shah Memorial Scholarship given by the Class of 2009 and the
Shah Family

2012-2013

Co-President Columbia University Archaeology Circle

2012-2013

Student Interviewer Columbia University Alumni Representative Committee,

(Conducted interviews of prospective applicants to Columbia Class of 2017)

2010-2013

Tour Guide Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Columbia Admissions

2010-2012

Member Gotham League of Archaeology Majors (lead groups reestablishment)

2010

Orientation Leader New Student Orientation Program

2009-2013

Appointed Representative Class of 2013 Student Council

2009-2010

Lunch Visit Coordinator Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (for

prospective high school students)

2007-2009

President Milford High School Class of 2009 (Vice President 2005-2007)

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Capabilities
Field Crew Chief experience (AZ, CA)
Archaeological Fieldwork in (AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, MA, NM, NY, RI, and Egypt)
Orienteering with USGS topographic map, compass, and GPS
Unit and feature excavation including the excavation of human remains
Shovel test unit excavation and analysis
Monitoring of ground disturbing construction machinery

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Capabilities (continued)
Field Post wilddland fire survey and site monitoring
Mapping with tape and compass (including Brunton Pocket Transit)
Mapping with Total Station (Leica, Topcon)
Mapping with GPS (Trimble, Spectra, Garmin), ESRI ArcPad 10 and TerraSync
Soil profile drawing, identification, and sampling
Field data entry on iPad (FileMaker Go, Tap Forms HD, and Numbers)
Auger and probe testing
Petroglyph panel drawing
Photogrammetry (AutoCAD)
Geophysical survey (electrical resistance remote sensing)
Artifact and site photography

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Lab

Artifact cleaning, processing, cataloging, database entry

Archival research (including research done on NAGPRA items for repatriation/reburial)
Report Writing
Fine-fraction sorting
Lithic and sherd analysis and drawing
Ceramic firing, thermocouple operation

Computer ESRI

ArcGIS 10.4 (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, X-Tools Pro 10.1)

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
Pathfinder Office
DNR GPS
Adobe Illustrator CS6, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
AutoCAD
FileMaker Pro
ASMIS

Language Spanish

Italian: Elementary Proficiency

Egyptian Colloquial Arabic: Limited Elementary Working Proficiency
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References
David Hurst Thomas, Ph.D., D.Sci., RPA
Curator, North American Archaeology
Principal Investigator, St. Catherines Island Archaeological Project, 01-05/2014, 10-11/2015
Office: 212-769-5890
thomasd@amnh.org
Anthropology Department,
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
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Severin Morris Fowles, Ph.D.

Barnard College, Columbia University
Supervisor for three archaeological seasons with The Gorge Project, Professor for two
courses and two independent studies, undergraduate thesis advisor and reader
Cell: 347-301-7774
sfowles@barnard.edu
Columbia Center for Archaeology
1200 Amsterdam Ave, MC 5523
New York, NY, 10027
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References (continued)
Zoe Crossland, Ph.D.
Columbia College, Columbia University
Major Advisor, Activity Advisor, Professor, undergraduate thesis reader
Currently Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Major
Office: 212-854-7465
zc2149@columbia.edu
Columbia Center for Archaeology
1200 Amsterdam Ave, MC 5523
New York, NY, 10027

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