James G. Gibb
2554 Carrollton Road
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
(443) 482–9593 gibbarchaeology.org
Education
Certificate in Computer–Aided Design & Drafting (Spring 2003)
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Binghamton University. (1994)
M.A. in Anthropology, Binghamton University. (1985)
B.A. in Anthropology, State University of New York, Stony Brook. (1978)
Select Research and Field Experience
Present. Archaeological Consultant. Self–employed consultant conducting surveys, site examinations, and data recoveries in Maryland and adjoining states since 1989.
2008–PRESENT. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DEPARTMENTS Seniors’ Program.
2007-PRESENT Managing Director, The PortTobacco Archaeological Project. Supervise a staff of three, including scores of volunteers. Principal grant writer and publications/reports editor.
2006-Present ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, Stevenson University.
2005 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Harford COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
2002–2003. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DEPARTMENTS OF HISTORY And Engineering.
1999-2008. SPEAKER, MARYLAND HUMANITIES SPEAKERS BUREAU. Topics: cemeteries, mills, 17th-century Colonial life, schoolhouse sites.
1999–June 2005. Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission ConsultING Archaeologist. Consulting archaeologist for City of Annapolis, Maryland.
1999–2008. D. MILLER & Associates, inc. Contract computer applications instructor: Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word, and Windows; AutoCAD.
1995/99 Assistant Director (Contractor), The Lost Towns of Anne Arundel Project. Supervised a staff of ten, including geophysical survey team (cesium magnetometer and ground–penetrating radar), GIS and GPS specialists, digital videography specialist, historians, and archaeological technicians. Principal grant writer and publications/reports editor.
1989/90 Project Director. Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, Maryland Historical Trust, St. Leonard, Maryland. Direction of the Patuxent Point Archaeological Project. Excavation of a 17th century tobacco plantation. Julia A. King, supervisor.
1988 Site Director. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Director of field operations on the Patuxent River Archaeological Project, Laurie Cameron Steponaitis, Principal Investigator. Excavation of prehistoric shell middens in Southern Maryland.
1987/88 Project Director. Public Archaeology Facility, Binghamton, New York. Director of the Jamba Archaeological Project. Excavation of a multicomponent prehistoric site. NinaM.Versaggi, supervisor.
1986/88 Project Director. Elmira College, Elmira, New York. Direction of the Quarry Farm Archaeological Project, Center for Mark Twain Studies. Survey and test excavations of a late 19th/early 20th century elite residence and model dairy farm.
Publications
2009 Farm and Factory: Agricultural Production Strategies and the Cheese and Butter Industry. Historical Archaeology 43(2): 84-108. (with David J. Bernstein and Stephen Zipp)
2009 The Archaeology of Institutional Life. [Junior Editor] University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. (April M. Beisaw, senior editor).
2007 Western Maryland Red Earthenware: Consumer Choice at the Early 19th-Century Reiff Site. Maryland Archeology 43(1):1-14.
2006 Garrett’s Chance #3 (18PR704): A Hilltop Paleoindian site in Southern Prince George’s County. Maryland Archeology 42(2):1-6.
2006 Dove’s Nest Afire! An Early Colonial House in Aquasco, Prince George’s County. Maryland Archeology 42(2):7-14.
2006 Cellaring Wine at Melwood Park (18PR225), Prince George’s County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 43(1): 24-32.
2006 Median Ceramic Dates for Hagerstown Valley Pottery. Maryland Archeology 42(1): 15–23.
2006 Archaeology in the Zone: Can Plowed Sites Yield Bountiful Harvests? Forum organized and compiled by Julia A. King. The Journal of Middle Atlantic Archeology 22: 114-117.
2003 The Archaeologist as Playwright. In Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts, edited by John H. Jameson, Jr., Christine Finn, and John E. Ehrenhard, pp. 25-39. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London.
2000 Learning Cast Up from the Mire: Archaeological Investigations of Schoolhouses in the Northeastern United States. Northeast Historical Archaeology 29: 107–129. (with April M. Beisaw)
2000 Imaginary, But by No Means Unimaginable: Storytelling, Science, and Historical Archaeology. Historical Archaeology 34 (2): 1–6.
2000 Reflection, Not Truth, the Hero of My Tale: Responding to Lewis, Little, Majewski, and McKee and Galle. Historical Archaeology 34(2): 20–24.
1999 A Layperson’s Guide to Historical Archaeology in Maryland: Examples from The Lost Towns of Anne Arundel Project. Archeological Society of Maryland, Crownsville, Maryland. (Editor and Contributor)
1998 Is it Just Rock n’ Roll? A Comment on Stefan Bielinski’s Community History, Popular Music, and Public Audiences. Northeast Historical Archaeology 27: 7–9.
1997 Selby Bay Phase Subsistence Strategies at the Smithsonian Pier Site, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology. 33(1&2): 59–76. (with Anson H. Hines)
1997 Necessary but Insufficient: Archaeology Reports and Community Action. In “In the Realm of Politics: Prospects for Public Participation in African–American and Plantation Archaeology,” edited by Carol McDavid and David W. Babson. Special Issue of Historical Archeology 31(3): 51–64.
1996 The Archaeology of Wealth: Consumer Behavior in English America. Plenum Press, New York
1994 Dated Window Leads from Colonial Sites in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 30(2):23–28. (with Al Luckenbach)
1994 "Dwell Here, Live Plentifully, and be Rich": Consumer Behavior and the Interpretation of 17th Century Archaeological Assemblages from the Chesapeake Bay Region. UMI, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1993 English Trade Tokens from a 17th Century Colonial Site in Southern Maryland. Maryland Archeology 29(1 & 2):55–60.
1993 Dutch Pots in Maryland Middens: or, What light from yonder Pot breaks? The Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 9:67–85. (with Wesley J. Balla)
1993 Publishing in Local History Journals. The Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 9:41–48.
1991 Gender, Activity Areas and Homelots in the 17th Century Chesapeake Region. Historical Archaeology 25(4): 109–131. (with Julia A. King)
1990 Making Cheese: Archaeology of a 19th Century Industry. Historical Archaeology 24(1):18–33. (with David Bernstein and Daniel F. Cassedy)
1989 History Exhibits and Theories of Material Culture. Journal of American Culture 12(2):27–34. (with Karen Lee Davis)
1988 Unpuzzling the Past: Critical Thinking in History Museums. Museum Studies Journal 3:41–45. (with Karen Lee Davis).
1985 Centralization and Cultural Transformation Processes: The Archaeology of Wagon Shops and other Artisan Shops. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University.
Publications: Public Information and Interpretation
2006 Dove’s Nest Afire. St. Mary's Chronicles.
2004 Annapolis Roads Development, 1926-2003. The Bay Breeze, Winter 2004.
2003 Santo Toribio: The Forgotten Battery at La Puntilla/Santo Toribio: La Batería Olvidada de la Puntilla. Educational pamphlet produced for the U.S. Coast Guard, San Juan, Puerto Rico (with Varna Boyd and URS Corporation).
2002 Before Annapolis Roads, Before History. The Bay Breeze, Spring 2002.
2002 Designing Annapolis Roads, 1926–1934. The Bay Breeze, Winter 2002.
2001 Belmont Farm, Precursor to Annapolis Roads. The Bay Breeze, Fall 2001.
2001 Recognizing and Reporting Archeological Sites. Educational pamphlet produced for Free State Electric, Waldorf, Maryland. Greenhorne & O’Mara, Greenbelt, Maryland (with Varna Boyd).
2001 Fischer’s Station on the Chesapeake Beach Railway, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1908–1935). The Calvert Historian 27: 7–42.
2000 Lessons…from Our Long Lost Neighbors: Oysters eaten 1,800 years ago have a moral for our times. Bay Weekly 8(46).
2000 Linden: An Urban Farmstead in Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland (1868–1988. TheCalvert Historian 26: 39–55.
2000 Animating History at Colonial London Town. Chesapeake Life Magazine (January–February): 92–95. (with John Kille)
1999 Revolutionary Spirits: A Play in Two Acts. Performed at London Town Historic Park by the London Town Publik House Players, April 1999.
1998 Ghosts of London: A Play in Three Acts. Performed at London Town Historic Park by the London Town Publik House Players, October 1998; reprised October 1999.
1998 Letters from London: A Provident Visit. The New Bay Times August 6–August 12, 1998.
1998 Letters from London II. The New Bay Times June 25–July 1, 1998.
1998 Letters from London: Sheriff Rawlings Expected Trouble; He Found it. The New Bay Times May 28–June 3, 1998.
1997 The Dorsey–Bibb Tobacco Flue: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Southern Maryland Agriculture. The Calvert Historian 12(1): 4–20.
1995 Helb Barn: A Pennsylvania German Barn in Calvert County. The Calvert Historian 10(2): 5–18. (with Matthew E. Croson)
1994 Railroad Ghosts. The New Bay Times 2(10): 14–16 (May/June 1994). Reprinted in The Calvert Historian 21(1): 63–70.
1993 Chesapeake Bay Life: Finding History through Garbage. The New Bay Times 8(1):10 (July 29–August 11, 1993). Reprinted as “Archaeological Clues to Life in Colonial Calvert County: The William Stephens Land Site, c.1660–1680,” in The Calvert Historian 21(1): 7–16.
1990 A Road Without Rails: The Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, 1868–1891. The Calvert Historian 5(2):20–35.(With Paula F. Mask)
1990 Using Calvert County's Agricultural Censuses. The Calvert Historian. 5(2):9–17.
1990 Charlotte Hall Academy, 1797–1900. St. Mary's Chronicles 38(2): 305–311.
1988 National Geographic Sponsors Museum Archaeology. Patterson Points 3(2):2.
1988 Quarry Farm Harvest. Chemung Historical Journal 34(2):3818–3819.
1988 Center Lisle Tannery, 1858–c.1920. Broome County Historical Society Newsletter (Spring 1988).
1986 The Role of a Covered Bridge. Broome County Historical Society Newsletter (Spring 1986). Reprinted in the Empire State Courier: The Journal of the New York State Covered Bridge Association.
BOOK REVIEWS
2009 Review of Artifact Classification: A Conceptual and Methodological Approach, by Dwight W. Read. African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter. Will be available at <http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/ >.
2009 Review of John Baker’s Late 17th-Century Glasshouse at Vauxhall, by Kieron Tyler and Hugh Willmott. Historical Archaeology. In press. Will be available at <www.sha.org/publications/book_reviews.htm>.
2008 Review of Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia, by Patricia M. Samford. African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter. Available at <http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/news0908/news0908.html#23>.
2008 Review of The Ethics of Archaeology: Philosophical Perspectives on Archaeological Practice, edited by Chris Scarre and Geoffrey Scarre. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archeology 23:136-138.
2007 Review of Ceramics in America 2005, edited by Robert Hunter. Historical Archaeology. Available at <www.sha.org/publications/book_reviews.htm>.
2006 Review of Fish into Wine: The Newfoundland Plantation in the Seventeenth Century, by Peter E. Pope. Historical Archaeology 40 (4): 161-162.
2005 Review of Archaeologists and Local Communities: Partners in exploring the Past, edited by Linda Derry and Maureen Malloy. Historical Archaeology 39 (3) 137-139.
2004 Review of Archaeological Pathways to Historic Site Development, by Stanley South. Historical Archaeology 38 (2): 141-142.
1995 Review of Public Archaeology in Annapolis: A Critical Approach to History in Maryland’s Ancient City, by Parker B. Potter, Jr. Maryland Historical Magazine 90(1): 117–120.
1995 Review of Historical Archaeology of the Chesapeake, edited by Paul A. Shackel and Barbara J. Little. Maryland Historical Magazine 90(1): 117–120.
1993 Review of Industry and Technology in Antebellum Tennessee: The Archaeology of Bluff Furnace, by R. Bruce Council, Nicholas Honerkamp and M. Elizabeth Will. Southeastern Archaeology. 12(2): 164–166.
Select Papers
2010 “No, it’s over there!” Asking Questions a Community has already Answered. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Amelia Island, Florida, January 2010. (with James G. Gibb, April M. Beisaw, and Kelley Walter)
2008 A Burned Earthfast House in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Archaeology Conference, Ocean City, February 2008.
2008 When the World is Mud: Responses to Siltation in Port Tobacco, Maryland (1660s-1895). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 2008. (with April M. Beisaw)
2008 Archaeology Month: Selling a Discipline. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 2008.
2007 Proffered Cups: European Wine and Colonial Gentility. Paper presented at the Archeological Society of Maryland’s Annual Spring Symposium, Crownsville, April 2007.
2007 Dietary Patterns Revealed at Early Colonial Tidewater Sites: Meat and Vegetables on Maryland Drainage Divides. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Williamsburg, Virginia, January 2007.
2006 Archaeology in the Zone: Can Plowed Sites Yield Bountiful Harvests? Forum presentation at the Middle Atlantic Archeology Conference, Virginia Beach, March 2006, Julia A. King, organizer.
2006 Stalking Early Colonial Sites: Elusive Low-Density Sites in the Chesapeake Region. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Sacramento, California, January 2006. Reprised at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006.
2005 Theory and Method in Schoolhouse Archaeology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, York, United Kingdom, January 2005. (with April M. Beisaw)
2004 Beyond Slate Pencils: Schoolhouse Archaeology and Community History. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri, January 2004. (with April M. Beisaw)
2003 Rural Schoolhouses: An Archaeological Perspective. Paper presented at Maryland’s Annual Preservation & Revitalization Conference, Easton, Maryland, May 3, 2003. (with April Beisaw)
2003 Testing Community History: The Archaeological Potential of Schoolhouse Sites. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI, April 10, 2003. (with April M. Beisaw)
2003 Grind not in the Mill of a Truism: New Research Strategies in Millsite Archaeology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI, April 12, 2003. (with April M. Beisaw)
2003 Patapsco Female Institute (1837–1890): A Light upon a Hill Relit. Paper presented in the symposium “Fewer Possessions than Regulations: The Archaeology of Institutional Life”, April M. Beisaw and James G. Gibb, organizers, at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Providence, Rhode Island, January 2003. (with M. Lee Preston and April M. Beisaw)
2002 Median Ceramic Dates for Hagerstown Pottery. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council for Northeastern Historical Archaeology, Wilmington, DE, October 19, 2002, as part of the Symposium, “Redware Discussion Session,” Patricia Gibble and Meta Janowitz, organizers.
2002 Discussant: Writing Historical Archaeology. Paper presented in the symposium “Writing Historical Archaeology, Julia A. King, organizer, at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Mobile, Alabama, January 2002.
2002 Learning Cast Up from the Mire: Archaeological Investigations of Schoolhouses in the Northeastern United States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Mobile, Alabama, January 2002. (with April M. Beisaw)
2001 Invoking Clio, Thalia, and Melpomene: the Archaeologist as Playwright. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana,
18–22April 2001, as part of the Symposium "Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts," John Jameson, Christine Finn, and John Ehrenhard, organizers.
2000 Public Archaeologists as Teachers and Activists. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, 15–19 November 2000, as part of the Symposium "Public Archaeology: International Perspectives, Debate, and Critique," PatriceL. Jeppson and Carol McDavid, organizers. Reprised at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Long Beach, California, January 2001.