Damien Reinhart
Department of Anthropology
University of Minnesota
395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center
301 19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (701)-527-2231
e-mail:
EDUCATION:
2008: M.A. of Anthropology in progress, University of Minnesota, TwinCities.
2007: B.A. in Anthropology, North DakotaStateUniversity, Fargo.
2004: A.A. in History, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, North Dakota
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Experience
2008, University of Minnesota. Teacher’s Assistant. Introduction to
Archaeology. Discussion leader for two sections of students on Tuesday
mornings during fall 2008. Designed in-class activities, developed essay
questions, and grader. Sections accounted for 25% of overall grade.
2007-2008, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Bismarck, North Dakota. Trainer of new employees to the company. Demonstrating the proper operating procedures for curation of artifacts, fieldwork, and standard operating procedures.
2007, North DakotaStateUniversity. Teaching assistant for a mummy studies course that instructed teenage girls on the importance of women selecting careers in math and science.
2007, North DakotaStateUniversity. Served as anthropology tutor for the TRIO program and the entire campus in classes of various levels
Field Experience
2007-Present: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc., (Bismarck, North Dakota). Conducted files searches and trained others in said task, prepared and authored field reports, recorded field notes, became proficient in GPS use as well as in electronic mapping with two versions of GIS, participated in Classes I, II, and III of cultural resource inventories, curator of artifacts, and skilled in the varying phases of excavation
2006: The North Orkney Population History Project (Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, U.K.). Participated in interviewing local islanders concerning their views on the changes they have seen on the islands during their lifetimes, transcribing interviews, surveying abandoned farms, mapping those same farms, creating profile drawings of each site, documenting my findings in field notes, supervising small crews in the field, understanding and recognizing patterns in island demography
Laboratory Experience
2007-Present. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. (Bismarck, North Dakota). Data collection and analysis of artifacts encountered during cultural resource surveys in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. The historic and prehistoric artifacts were then cleaned, catalogued, and prepared for transportation to the state historical preservation office or the rightful landowners.
2006-2007. Iron Age European Peat Bog Body Image Analysis (North DakotaStateUniversity Biological Anthropology Research Laboratory). Analyzed and interpreted the computed tomography (CT) scans of the mummified remains of an iron aged human being. I made several new discoveries concerning the life and death of the individual using MIMICS scan analysis computer software. Used this data in a presentation and senior thesis for the McNair Scholar’s Program.
2006-2007. Marine midden analysis (archaeology laboratory, North DakotaStateUniversity). Analyzed, quantified, and classified the marine midden that was recovered during fieldwork in Western Samoa during excavations in the late 1990s. The data was entered into spreadsheets and there will be future collaborations for the write-up.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Manuscripts
Reinhart, Damien. 2007. What Lies Beneath the Skin? Unpublished senior
Thesis for inclusion into the 2008 McNair Scholar’s research journal. North DakotaStateUniversity. Fargo, North Dakota.
Presentations and Conference Papers
Reinhart, Damien. 2007. What Lies Beneath the Skin? Analysis of an Iron Age
Bog Body. Paper presented at the annual McNair Scholars Research Presentation. North DakotaStateUniversity, Fargo, North Dakota.
Reinhart, Damien. 2007. The North Orkney Population History Project: The
Perspective of a Student Participant. Proceedings of the APALA student conference, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Technical Reports
Reinhart, Damien. 2008. Jerome 1-15H: A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory in
McKenzie County, North Dakota. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. Bismarck, North Dakota.
Reinhart, Damien. 2008. Rindell/Lovdahl Pit: A Class III Cultural Resource
Inventory in Divide County, North Dakota. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. Bismarck, North Dakota.
Reinhart, Damien. 2008. Watford Expansion Survey: A Class III Cultural
Resources Survey in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. Bismarck, North Dakota.
Reinhart, Damien. 2008. Knife River-North Central Pit Expansion: A Class III Cultural
Resources Survey in Walsh County, North Dakota. Metcalf Archaeological
Consultants, Inc. Bismarck, North Dakota.
Reinhart, Damien. 2008. State 4-36H: A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory
in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
Reinhart, Damien. 2008. Jones 4-24H: A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory
In McKenzie County, North Dakota. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2007. Selected as a delegate to the archaeology forum sponsored by the Golden Key Honor Society. Could not attend the yearly delegation in China.
2007. Graduated Magna Cum Laude from North DakotaStateUniversity.
2007. Phi Kappa Phi (North DakotaStateUniversity).
2007. The National Dean’s List (North DakotaStateUniversity).
2006. Selected as a McNair Scholar (North DakotaStateUniversity).
2006. North DakotaStateUniversity Transfer Student Scholarship.
2003-2007. President’s and Dean’s List at Bismarck State College and North DakotaStateUniversity
2004. Nominee for Who’s Who Among American Junior College Students.
2003. Awarded with inclusion into the campus honor fraternity at Bismarck State College, Bismarck, North Dakota.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
McNair Scholar, North Dakota State University
American Association of Physical Anthropology
LANGUAGES
English: Native Speaker
Spanish: Moderate
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SKILLS
Horizontal and stratigraphic excavation, monitoring, data recording
Survey and mapping, use of GIS and GPS
Lithic and ceramic analysis
Digital photography
Feature and artifact illustration
Software proficiency in: Corel Presentation, MS Excel, Microsoft Office, ArcView 3.2 and 9.2, MIMICS imaging software
Skilled in human osteology and forensic anthropology
REFERENCES
Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson
Department of Anthropology
North DakotaStateUniversity
Minard Hall-404H
Fargo, North Dakota58102
(701)231-8920
Dr. Jeffrey Clark
Department of Anthropology
North DakotaStateUniversity
Minard Hall-408D
Fargo, North Dakota58102
(701)231-8921
Dr. Tim Murtha
Department of Landscape Architecture
The PennStateUniversity
419 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814)865-9511
Ed Stine
Branch Manager and Principal Investigator
Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
2154 East Broadway, Suite 19
Bismarck, ND 58502
(701)258-1215