Archaeology Wordsmith

archaeology editor/writer providing solutions for busy archaeologists

Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD, RPA
29 Brooks Lane
Ivoryton, Connecticut 06442
860.767.1551 phone, 860.767.1288 fax

bakipfer@gmail.com
http://www.archaeologywordsmith.com

Education:

PhD in Archaeology, Greenwich University, 1999
(mentor, Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni, State Archaeologist of Connecticut)

Publications:

Dictionary of Artifacts, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2007
The Archaeologist’s Fieldwork Companion, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, Springer, 2000

Fieldwork Experience:

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado (field school)
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut (Stuart Reeve and Harold Juli, archaeologists) 2 seasons
Friends of the Office of State Archaeology (Nick Bellantoni, archaeologist) 10 seasons+
Henry Whitfield State Museum, Guilford, Connecticut (Harold Juli, Thomas Tartaron, Marcello Canuto, archaeologists) 3 seasons
Hyland House, Guilford, Connecticut (Jim Powers, archaeologist)
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, Connecticut (Kevin McBride, archaeologist)
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts (Ed Hood, archaeologist) 2 seasons
Randall’s Ordinary, Stonington, Connecticut (Kevin McBride, archaeologist)
Thomas Griswold House, Guilford, Connecticut (Jim Powers, archaeologist)

Laboratory and Museum Collections Experience:

(cleaning, identifying, labeling, cataloging artifacts; organizing and computerizing card catalog)
Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT
Essex Historical Society, Essex, CT
Yale Archaeological Studies Laboratory, New Haven, CT

Association Memberships: Friends of the Office of State Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, Society for American Archaeology

Certification: Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA)