VITA OF
JILL K. GARDNER
California State University, Bakersfield
Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology
9001 Stockdale Avenue
Bakersfield CA 93311-1099
(661) 664-3297
email:
jgardner4@csub.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
in progress Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1998 M.A. in Anthropology, California State University, Bakersfield
1996 B.A. in Anthropology (magna cum laude), California University, Bakersfield
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Lecturer at California State University, Bakersfield, California (2001-Present). Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Native Peoples of North America, Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to Field Archaeology.
Lecturer at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, California (1997-Present). Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, North American Indians, Introduction to Physical Anthropology.
Lecturer at Porterville College, Porterville, California (Jan 2001-Dec 2001). North American Indians, Introduction to Archaeology.
Lecturer at University at Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada (Jan 2000-Dec 2000). Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
California, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert prehistory; hunter-gatherer cultural development, including settlement and subsistence practices, migration patterns, and the role of the environment in social complexity; bioarchaeological techniques.
LITERARY APPOINTMENTS
1998-present Current Editor, CSUB Museum of Anthropology, Occasional Papers
in Anthropology
1998-2001 Coeditor (with Dr. Mark Q. Sutton), Journal of California
and Great Basin Anthropology1995-present Current Editor, Kern County Archaeological Society Journal
1994-1998 Assistant Editor, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
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Dec 2000- Present |
Staff Archaeologist, Center for Archaeological Research, CSUB, Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Director, and Robert E. Parr, Assistant Director. Responsibilities include staffing, budget preparation, report preparation, and survey, recordation, and excavation of sites.
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Dec 1999- Jan 2000 |
Crew Leader, Ghwair I Neolithic site in Jordan, under the direction of Dr. Alan Simmons, Project Director.
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Jul 1997- Present |
Consultant with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, performing forensic analysis.
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Jun 1997- Aug 1999 |
Staff Archaeologist, Southern San Joaquin Valley Historical Resources Information Center, CSUB, Adele Baldwin, Assistant Coordinator.
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Sep 1996- Aug 1999 |
Staff Archaeologist, Center for Archaeological Research, CSUB, Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Director, and Robert E. Parr, Assistant Director. Duties included survey, recordation, and excavation of sites. Participated in over 50 surveys.
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Jul 1994- Aug 2001 |
Circulation Manager, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology.
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Jul 1994- Dec 1996 |
Archaeological Lab Assistant, analysis of artifact collection from Seep Spring, under the direction of Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Professor of Anthropology, CSUB.
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Jul 1994- Aug 1996 |
Archaeological Aide/Field Technician, Center for Archaeological Research, CSUB, Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Director, and Robert E. Parr, Assistant Director. Duties included survey, recordation, and excavation of sites.
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Sep 1995 |
Crew Member, Tolo Lake Mammoth Project in Idaho, Dr. Robert Yohe, Co-Principal Investigator, Susan Miller, Excavation Director. Duties included mapping and excavation.
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Mar 1994- Jul 1994 |
Editorial Assistant, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Editor.
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Jan 1994- Jul 1994 |
Archaeological Lab Assistant, analysis of artifact collection from Rustler Rockshelter, under the direction of Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Professor of Anthropology, CSUB. |
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Mar 1993- Aug 1994 |
Laboratory Technician, cataloguing, measuring, weighing, and illustration of artifacts for the Stahl and Pinto Basin sites, under the direction of Adella Schroth, Doctoral Research at University of California, Riverside.
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Apr 1993- Dec 1993 |
Technical Assistant, processing of skeletal material for comparative faunal collection for Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, under the direction of Richard Cerreto, Lecturer. |
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Jan 1993- Dec 1993 |
Field Technician, survey and collection of soil samples for chemical analysis from Oasis of Mara, Twentynine Palms, California, under the direction of Richard Cerreto, Doctoral Research at University of California, Riverside.
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Jan 1993- May 1993 |
Laboratory Technician, soil phosphate analysis for three archaeological sites for the Domenigoni Valley Project, under the direction of Richard Cerreto, Consultant.
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Jul 1992 |
Field Technician, Gallegos and Associates, Carolyn Kyle, Project Manager, Richard Cerreto, Field Director.
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May 1992- Sep 1992 |
Technical Assistant, review, data entry, and assistance in report preparation for synthesis of human osteological remains from several Orange County sites, under the direction of Richard Cerreto, Osteological Consultant for the Keith Companies.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Jill K. Gardner, Testing a Regional Model of Changing Settlement and Subsistence Patterns in the Western Mojave Desert: Results from the Coffee Break Site. Coyote Press Archives of Great Basin Prehistory, No. 6.
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| 2000 |
Joan S. Schneider, Robert M. Yohe II, and Jill K. Gardner, eds., Archaeological Passages: A Volume in Honor of Claude Nelson Warren. Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology, Publications in Archaeology No. 1.
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| 1998 | Jill K. Gardner,
Testing
a Regional Model of Changing Settlement and Subsistence Patterns in
the Western Mojave Desert: Results from the Coffee Break Site.
Master’s thesis, California State University, Bakersfield.
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| 1997 |
Jill K. Gardner, Insect Use by the Yokuts, Kern County Archaeological Society Journal 8:44-55.
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| 1993 |
Jill K. Gardner, compiler, Index to Vols. 1-14, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 15(1):3-47.
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PAPER
PRESENTATIONS
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| 2003 |
Jill K. Gardner, Mark Q. Sutton, Robert M. Negrini, and Peter E. Wigand, Investigating the Paleoindian Occupation at Tulare Lake: Issues and Problems. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for California Archaeology, Sacramento.
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| 2002 |
Jill K. Gardner and Mark Q. Sutton, Investigating Late Holocene Climate and Culture in the Western Mojave Desert. Paper presented at the Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Elko, Nevada.
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| 2002 |
Jill K. Gardner, Mark Q. Sutton, and Linda Wells, Molecular Analysis of Deciduous Teeth from the Cross Mountain Site, Southern Sierra Nevada. Paper presented at the 2002 Kelso Conference, Red Rock Canyon State Park.
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| 2001 |
Jill K. Gardner, The Archaeology of Ghwair I, Jordan. Guest lecture for Kern County Archaeological Society, Bakersfield, California.
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| 1999 |
Jill K. Gardner, Wetter Than You Thought: Life by the Lakeshore. Guest lecture for symposium entitled A Native Peoples of the Mojave Desert: Recent Archaeological Investigations, guest lecture series presented by the Victor Valley College Social Sciences Department and the Victor Valley College Anthropological Society.
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| 1998 |
Jill K. Gardner, Testing a Regional Model of Changing Settlement and Subsistence Patterns in the Western Mojave Desert: Results from the Coffee Break Site. Paper presented at the 1998 Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Bend, Oregon.
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| 1998 |
Jill K. Gardner, Linda Wells, and Mark Q. Sutton, DNA Analysis of Ancient Teeth from the Cross Mountain Site (CA-KER-4619), Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for California Archaeology, San Diego.
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| 1997 |
Jill K. Gardner, Test Excavations at the Coffee Break Site (CA-KER-5043), Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. Paper presented at the 1997 Society for California Archaeology Data Sharing Meeting, Riverside, and the 1997 Kelso Conference, Ocotillo . |
| 1997 |
Jill K. Gardner, Mark Q. Sutton, Susan Kerr Siefkin, Richard Cerreto, and Matthew Des Lauriers, Further Analysis of Salvage Excavations at the Cross Mountain Site (CA-KER-4619), Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for California Archaeology, Rohnert Park.
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| 1996 |
Jill K. Gardner, Mark Q. Sutton, Susan Kerr Siefkin, and Matthew Des Lauriers, Recent Salvage Excavations at the Cross Mountain Site (CA-KER-4619), Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Paper presented at the 1996 Society for California Archaeology Data Sharing Meeting, Riverside.
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| 1996 |
Mark Q. Sutton, Jill K. Gardner, Susan Kerr Siefkin, and Matthew Des Lauriers, Salvage Excavations at the Cross Mountain Site (CA-KER-4619), Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Paper presented at the 1996 Kelso Conference, Red Rock Canyon State Park.
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| 1996 |
Jill K. Gardner, The Archaeology of Seep Spring. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for California Archaeology, Bakersfield.
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| 1996 |
Robin L. Tidmore, Jill K. Gardner, and Robert E. Parr, Hauling Asphalt: The McKittrick Railroad. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Society for California Archaeology, Bakersfield.
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| 1995 |
Jill K. Gardner, Sally F. McGill, and Mark Q. Sutton, Further Analysis of Mid-Holocene Hearth Features Along the Garlock Fault, Western Fremont Valley. Paper presented at the Society for California Archaeology Data Sharing Meeting, Los Angeles.
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| 1995 |
Jill K. Gardner, Kimberley Pinney, Hubert Switalski, and Athene Mitchell, Preliminary Archaeological Investigations at the Van Den Enden Site, Tulare Lake, California. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for California Archaeology, Eureka.
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| 1994 |
Jill K. Gardner, Sally F. McGill, and Mark Q. Sutton, Buried Hearth Features Along the Garlock Fault. Paper presented at the 1994 Kelso Conference, Little Lake, and the 1994 Society for California Archaeology Data Sharing Meeting, Los Angeles.
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REPORTS
| 2003 |
Victoria Harvey and Jill K. Gardner, Archaeological Investigations at CA-KER-246, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California. Report submitted to Department of Parks and Recreation, Southern Service Center, San Diego.
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Jill K. Gardner, Archaeological Assessment of the Arroyo Passajero Westside Detention Basin and Flood Storage Project, Kings County, California. Report submitted to Department of Water Resources, Division of Operations and Maintenance, Sacramento.
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| 2001 | Jill K. Gardner, Natural
Environment of the Owens Valley. In: Archaeological
Assessment of the Cartago/ Olancha Four Lane Project, PM 30.8/40.6,
Inyo County, California (E.A. 09-21340), by Robert E. Parr, pp. 9-18.
Report prepared for California Department of Transportation Central
Region, Cultural Resources Branch, Fresno.
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| 1998 | Jill K. Gardner and Richard
Cerreto, Report on Anthropological Forensic Analysis for the Kern
County Sheriff’s Department, Case No. C-1556-97. Report on file
at Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Bakersfield.
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| 1998 |
Jill K. Gardner and Richard Cerreto, Report on Anthropological Forensic Analysis for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Case No. C-1413-97. Report on file at Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Bakersfield.
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| 1997 |
Jill K. Gardner, Report on Anthropological Forensic Analysis for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Case No. C-1314-97. Report on file at Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Bakersfield.
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| 1997 |
Jill K. Gardner and Richard Cerreto, Report on Anthropological Forensic Analysis for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Case No. C-0536-97. Report on file at Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Bakersfield.
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
Graduate Student Association International Grant Recipient, UNLV
Magna cum laude graduate from CSUB
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Anthropology, CSUB
Student Research Scholars Program Grant Recipient and Award Winner, CSUB
Dean’s List at CSUB
Exemplary Scholarship Award at Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga
AFFILIATIONS
Member, Great Basin Anthropological Association
Member, Society for American Archaeology
Member, Society for California Archaeology
Member/Past Officer, Kern County Archaeological Society
Member/Past Officer, Anthropology Club of CSUB
REFERENCES
Dr. Mark Q. Sutton, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, California State University, Bakersfield (661-664-3153).
Dr. Robert M. Yohe II, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, California State University, Bakersfield (661-664-3457).
Dr. Alan H. Simmons, Professor of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (702-895-3912).
Dr. Richard Wright, Division Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Foreign Language, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, California (661-395-4511).
Mr. Richard Osborne, Professor of Anthropology, Porterville College, Porterville, California (559-791-2298).
