Ashley D. Savage, Archaeologist II
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Education:
B.A. - Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1999)

Research Interest:
Southeastern archaeology, Prehistoric/historic ceramics, Lithic technology/flint-napping, Geology/planetary science, Geoarchaeology, Geochemistry, Geophysical/GPS/GIS applications in archaeology, Military history/archaeology, Historic frontier archaeology, Historic building reconstruction/preservation.

 

Work Experience:
December 2005 - March 2006
Crew Chief, UT Archaeological Research Laboratory, TVA ROC: supervised TVA archaeological assessment crew on Alabama reservoirs. Site identification and re-visitation.

May - December 2002/May 2003 - present
Field Technician, UT Archaeological Research Laboratory, West Harpeth: phase I assessment for Stream Restoration Project on West Harpeth River in Williamson County, TN.
Cherokee Farm: phase I & II invasive/noninvasive assessments of UT Agricultural Experiment Station for proposed farm relocation, Knox County, TN.
Morgan County : phase I assessment, shovel testing of Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex.
TVA ROS : archaeological assessment and site identification of TVA reservoirs.
Norris Transfer : phase I assessment, shovel testing of TVA Tract XTNR-117 for a land swap with City of Norris on Norris Reservoir, Anderson County.
UT Dairy Farm : phase I & II survey/evaluation of a late Mississippian/Dallas settlement located on a proposed golf course on the UT Agricultural Experiment Station on Tennessee River, Knox County.
Cumberland Gap : phase I reconnaissance survey of backcountry land tracts/rock shelters in Cumberland Gap State Park, Lee County, Virginia and Bell County, Kentucky.
Morgan County: phase II testing on two open habitation Archaic sites on the Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex.
Dade County: phase II evaluation, unit excavation and shovel testing of an Early Archaic open habitation site on TVA boundary property in Dade County, Georgia.
Lovell Road : phase II evaluation of a 19th/20th century homestead for road expansion on Lovell Road, Knox County.
Evan's Ferry: phase III mitigation of 19th/20th century historic settlement and ferry crossing with associated African slave quarters on the Clinch River, Grainger County.
Greene County: phase II testing for Meadow Creek Road bridge reconstruction on Birdwell and Neas sites on Nolichucky River. Early Archaic, Middle Woodland, Mississippian, Euro-American components.
River Islands : phase I survey of a proposed subdivision on right bank of French Broad River, Knox County.
Townsend Project: phase III mitigation of multi-component prehistoric/Euro-American habitation sites on Little River, Blount County.
University of Tennessee Anthropology, Student Archaeological Field Technician, Lab Technician, Artifact Analyst: Phase III field school on sites BSH 2 and BSH 3, 17th-19th century British Military Fortress on Brimstone Hill National Park, St. Kitts, West Indies. Analysis of smoking pipe fragments, construction/architectural materials and metal military buttons.

 

Selected Publications/Technical Reports:
Savage, Ashley D. and Gerald F. Schroedl
1999   Metal Buttons and Miscellaneous Personal Items from the 1998 Excavations at Sites BSH 2 and BSH 3, Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, St. Kitts, West Indies. Brimstone Hill Archaeological Report No.11, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

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