People
Associated Faculty
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Monica Faraldo, M.A. (University of Miami, 2002)
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Monica Feraldo's research interests include forensic anthropology (osteology and associated fieldwork techniques) and physical anthropology.
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John A. Gifford, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1978)
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In 1983 Dr. Gifford accepted a position in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Miami, and in 1992 he transferred to the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Division of Marine Affairs & Policy to concentrate on teaching and research in underwater archaeology, specifically at the Little Salt Spring prehistoric underwater site. For the past decade he has taught a graduate course in Marine Cultural Resource Management at the Rosenstiel School, as well as continuing to teach introductory and upper-level archaeology courses in the Anthropology Department.
Dr. Gifford's research interests have always lain at the interface between geology and archaeology, and he has co-edited two books on this subject, as well as written numerous articles concerning the interdisciplinary field of geoarchaeology. He has concentrated on studying the changes in coastlines since the last Ice Age, and how these coastal changes affected early human activity. He has participated in geoarchaeological projects in Belize, Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Florida, Greece, Turkey Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, and Tunisia. He also has a continuing interest in the technology of underwater archaeological excavation, particularly the creative application of Geographic Information Systems to site recording and mapping.
Dr. Gifford is director of the Little Salt Spring Archaeological and Ecological Preserve, an early prehistoric underwater site located on the west coast of Florida and owned by the University since 1982.
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Sarah K. Meltzoff, Ph.D. (Columbia, 1982)
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Industrial and small-scale fisheries analyses, political anthropology; Indo-Pacific and Spanish West Africa
