Who We Are

CHiL is a partnership of faculty, affiliated researchers and collaborators, and students that create a dynamic synergy for the study of historical landscapes.

Faculty

	James Newhard, Director Interests/Specializations: Aegean Prehistory, Late Antique/early Medieval eastern Mediterranean societies, Landscape Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology, Resiliency, Geospatial Modeling, Lithic Analysis
	R. Grant Gilmore III, Director of Historic Preservation and Community Planning Interests/Specializations: Comparative Colonial Archaeology and Architecture, artifact analyses (statistical, chemical etc.), Public Archaeology, Heritage Management, African Diaspora, Caribbean Landscapes, and Geographic Information Systems.
	M. Scott Harris, Director of Archaeology Interests/Specializations: Coastal Plain and Continental Shelf Stratigraphy, Seafloor Mapping, Landscape Evolution, Geoarchaeology, Habitat Delineation
	Maureen Hays, Professor of Anthropology Interests/Specializations: Old World Archaeology, Prehistoric Art and Archaeological Methods, Prehistoric Hunters and Gatherers, Microscopic Lithic Usewear Analysis, Early Lowcountry Euroamerican Settlement
	Norm Levine, Director of the SC GIS Lab and the Hazards Center Interests/Specializations: Surficial Processes, Natural and Environmental Hazards, Geoarcheaology, Geospatial Informatics and Visualizations
	Tara Prakash, Assistant Professor of Ancient Art Interests/Specializations: Ancient Egypt, ethnicity and identity, representations of 'other'
	Peter Piccione, Associate Professor of History Interests/Specializations: Ancient Egypt, the Near Ease, Nubia, and Cush; landscape archaeology; archaeological survey; satellite remote sensing; differential GPS mapping; and GIS
	Hayden Smith, Instructor of History Interests/Specializations: Southeastern US colonial and antebellum history; 18th-19th century rice cultivation in the Carolina Lowcountry; human and environmental interactions.
	Allison Sterrett-Krause, Assistant Professor of Classics Interests/Specializations: Art and architecture of Greece and Rome; ancient topography and urban development; ancient technology and craft production; Roman social history; Roman North Africa; gender in antiquity.
	James Ward, Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Interests/Specializations: Landscape studies and preservation, Southeastern US Historical Archaeology

Research Affiliates and External Collaborators

Hugh Elton, Professor of Classics and History, Trent University
Interests/Specializations: Late Roman warfare, GIS applications in archaeology, ancient logistics

Joanna Gilmore, CHiL Research Affiliate
Interests/Specializations: African diaspora, hidden histories, community archaeology, museum interpretations/exhibition

John Haldon, Emeritus Professor of History, Princeton University
Interests/Specializations: Byzantine and environmental history

La'Sheia Oubre', CHiL Research Affiliate
Interests/Specializations: Descendant communities, public history

Eric Poplin, Brockington and Associates
Interests/Specializations: Cultural Resource Management, Southeastern US historic and prehistoric archaeology