Lara Homsey, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh                                    

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 390 – Geoarchaeology

·         GSC 537 – Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Petrology

·         ARC 300 – Archaeological Method and Theory

Research Interests

Geoarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Eastern North America, Hunter-Gatherers, Cultural Resources Management

Selected Publications and Conference Presentations

Homsey, Lara K. and Rosemary C. Capo. 2006. Geoarchaeological Investigation of Feature Preservation and Variability at Dust Cave, Alabama. 2006 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 38, No. 7 (forthcoming). 

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: 237-269.

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

Pike, Meta, Kandace D. Hollenbach and Lara K. Homsey. 2005. Changes in Plant Use and Associated Plant Processing Technologies at Dust Cave, Al.  Poster presented at the 70^th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology: Salt Lake City, Ut., March 30-April 3.

Homsey, Lara K. 2004. Book Review: “Anthropologists and Indians in the New South,” edited by Rachel Bonney and Anthony Paredes. Southeastern Archaeology 23: 117-119.

Homsey, Lara K. and R.C. Capo, 2002. Geochemical Identification of Feature Function and Activity Areas at a Late Paleoindian through Middle Archaic Archaeological Site: Dust Cave, Al. 2002 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34.

Homsey, Lara K. 2003. Feature Variability in the Early and Middle Archaic Components at Dust Cave, Al. Paper presented at the 60^th annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference: Charlotte, NC, November 12-15.

Homsey, Lara K. 2003. The Spatial Organization of the Late Paleoindian through Middle Archaic Occupation at Dust Cave, Al. Paper presented at the 68^th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology: Milwaukee, Wi, April 9-13.

Professional Affiliations and Services

Member, Geological Society of America

Member, Society for American Archaeology

Member, Southeastern Archaeological Conference

Book Reviewer, International Journal of Geoarchaeology

Book Reviewer, Southeastern Archaeology