Lara K. Homsey, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2004)

Assistant Professor

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 102 – The Earth through Time

GSC 310 – Rock & Mineral Resources

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 between humans and their environments; prehistoric food processing technologies; cultural resource management and public archaeology. Methodological interests include experimental archaeology, microartifact analysis and geoarchaeological investigation of caves and rockshelters.

 

Recent Publications:

Homsey, Lara K. and Sarah C. Sherwood. (Forthcoming). The Role of Actualistic Studies in the Interpretation of Prepared Clay Surfaces at Dust Cave, Alabama. Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies.

Homsey, Lara K., Renee B. Walker, and Kandace D. Hollenbach. (Forthcoming). What’s for Dinner? Investigating Food Processing Technologies at Dust Cave, Alabama. Southeastern Archaeology.

Homsey, Lara K. (2009). The Identification and Prehistoric Selection Criteria of Fire-Cracked Rock: An Example from Dust Cave, Alabama. Southeastern Archaeology 28(1):99-114.

Homsey, Lara K. (2008). Book Review: “Seeking Our Past: An Introduction to North American Archaeology,” edited by Sarah W. Neusius and G. Timothy Gross. Southeastern Archaeology 27:297-298.

Homsey, Lara K. and Rosemary C. Capo. (2006). Integrating Geochemistry and Micromorphology to Identify Feature Use at Dust Cave, a Paleoindian through Middle Archaic Site in Northwest Alabama. Geoarchaeology 21(3):237-269.

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

 

Professional Affiliations and University Services

·    Advisor, undergraduate Geoarchaeology majors

·    Collegiate Representative, Academic Council

·    Campus Representative, Geological Society of America

·    Member: Geological Society of America, Society for American Archaeology, Southeastern Archaeological Conference, and Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists