Lara Homsey, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh                                    

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Pittsburgh, 2004

M.S. (Geology), University of Pittsburgh, 2003

B.A. (History/Anthropology & Geoenvironmental Studies), Shippensburg University, 1997

Department of Geosciences, Murray State University

Murray, KY 42071-3311

Phone: (270) 809-2408    Fax: (270) 809-3276

Email: lara.homsey@murraystate.edu

Courses Taught at Murray State University:

GSC 101 – The Earth and the Environment

GSC 310 – Rock and Mineral Resources

GSC 432 – Sedimentary Petrology and Stratigraphy

GSC/ARC 314 – Sediments & Soils

GSC/ARC 390 – Geoarchaeology

ARC 350 – Public Archaeology

ARC 615 – Environmental Archaeology

Research Interests:

North American archaeology with specialization in hunter-gatherer adaptive systems in the Southeastern United States; the interaction of humans with their environments; prehistoric food processing technologies; cultural resource management and public archaeology. Methodological interests include geoarchaeological investigation of caves and rockshelters and microartifact analysis.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Forthcoming  HOMSEY, Lara K. The Identification and Prehistoric Selection Criteria of Fire-Cracked Rock: An Example from Dust Cave, Alabama. Southeastern Archaeology 28(1).

Forthcoming    HOMSEY, Lara K. Book Review: “Seeking Our Past: An Introduction to North American Archaeology,” edited by Sarah W. Neusius and G. Timothy Gross. Southeastern Archaeology.

Walker, Renee B, Lara HOMSEY, and Kandace D. Hollenbach

2007    Investigating Archaeological Correlates for Food Processing at Dust Cave, Alabama. Paper presented at the 64^th annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference: Knoxville, TN, October 31-November 3.

2006    HOMSEY, Lara K. and Rosemary C. Capo
Integrating Geochemistry and Micromorphology to Identify Feature Use at Dust Cave, a Paleoindian through Middle Archaic Site in Northwest Alabama. Geoarchaeology 21: 237-269.

2006    HOMSEY, Lara K. and Rosemary C. Capo
Geoarchaeological Investigation of Feature Preservation and Variability at Dust Cave, Alabama. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38: 24.

2006    HOMSEY, Lara K
Book Review: “Techniques in Archaeological Geology,” by Ervan G. Garrison. Geoarchaeology 21: 516-517.

Professional Affiliations and University Services

·    Member, Geological Society of America

·    Member, Society for American Archaeology

·    Member, Southeastern Archaeological Conference

·    Member, Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists

·    Faculty Advisor, undergraduate Geoarchaeology majors

·    Faculty Advisor, Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society