TEACHER, ARCHAEOLOGIST, HEADMASTER

  rstark@anvilcom.com

(w) (512)847-9857 or (c) (512)470-3283                           

 564 Honeycomb Circle, Driftwood, TX 78619

2002 PhD University of Texas ~ anthropology

1997 MA University of Texas-Austin ~ anthropology major with a minor in geology; www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/anthropology

1994 BA University of Arizona-Tucson ~ anthropology major with a minor in geology; http://anthro.web.arizona.edu/

2004 to Current~ School Headmaster and teacher at St. Stephens Episcopal School, Wimberley, Texas http://www.sseswimberley.org/

2003-2005~ Principal Investigator for Archaeological Survey of Austin Watershed Quality Protection Lands.  A collaborative pro bono project between the City of Austin, St. Stephen’s School of Wimberley and the University of Texas at Austin.  THC Project #3374.  Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Theusen, the City of Austin,  Kevin.theusen@ci.austin.tx.us

2004~Contract Archaeologist for the Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington. Tribal Archaeology: Snoqualmie Traditional Cultural Preservation, an Ethno-history and Prehistory of a Tribal Chiefdom Snoqualmie Cultural Preservation Office.  http://www.snoqualmienation.com/ Supervisor: Matt Mattson. Phone: (425) 333-6551.

2003 (fall) ~ Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, the University of Texas-Austin.  Teaching An Introduction to Archaeology/Survey of World Prehistory. Department Head & Supervisor, Sam Wilson. s.wilson@mail.utexas.edu

2000-2002 ~ Ethno-archaeological doctoral research on earth ovens in the Chihuahuan Desert.  Research funded by the Brom Cooper Foundation for Archaeological Research in Northern Mexico and South Texas. Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Hester. secocreek@ricc.net

1998-2000 ~ Middle School Head of School at TMI-The Episcopal School of the Southwest; http://www.tmi-sa.org/. Supervisor: Dr. Mark Desjardins.

1997 (fall)-1998 (spring) ~ Instructor and coach, Texas Military Institute; 6^th grade world human geography, 9^th grade ancient history, and middle school PE instructor.  Assistant varsity basketball and football coach.  Supervisor: Dr. Mark Desjardins.

1997 (summer) ~ Field Archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution.  Survey and excavation of Paleo-Indian and Paleo-Eskimo camps in north central Alaska; www.nps.gov/akso/akarc/early.htm .  Principal Investigator, Dr. Dennis Stanford. Stanford.dennis@nmnh.si.edu 

1996 ~ Co-founder of the Headwaters Experimental Group, a not for profit experimental archaeology organization specializing in experimental workshops for fire-cracked rock studies. Supervisor Dr. Steve Black, (512) 471-5998, sblack@mail.utexas.edu

1995 (summer) ~ Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas-Austin Archeological Field School, Victoria, Texas.  Principal Investigators, Dr. Thomas Hester secocreek@ricc.net and Dr. Mike Collins. 

1995 (fall) ~ Collections curation, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory.  Supervisor, Dr. Darrel Creel, (512) 471-5959.

1994-2005 (summers) ~ Director of earth science youth camp (archaeology, paleontology, biology, geology) at Sports Country Camp, Dripping Springs, Texas; http://www.sportscountrycoamp.com/.  

1994 (spring) ~ Lab assistant, University of Arizona.  Pretreatment of radiocarbon samples submitted for radiocarbon dating and replica AMS sample preparation for materials from the Battle of the Little Bighorn.  Supervisor, Dr. C. Vance Haynes; http://anthro.web.arizona.edu/anthrofacultyemeritus.html .

1993 (fall) ~ Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona.  Introductory Physical Geology Lab.  Supervisor, Dr. Peter Kressan.

1993 (summer) ~ Field Archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution.  Excavation at two Paleo-Indian (Folsom) camps in southern Colorado.  Principal Investigator, Dr. Peggi Jodry. jodry.peggi@nmnh.si.edu

1993 (spring) ~ General Collections Docent, Arizona State Museum; http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/

1992 (summer) ~ Collections Inventory for Prewitt & Associates consulting archaeologists http://www.paiarch.com/ .  Supervisor, Karen Gardener.

1992 (summer) ~ Field Archaeologist, San Saba Regional Archeological Survey, Texas Tech Archeological Field School.  Principal Investigator, Dr. Grant Hall.

1992 (spring) ~ Lab Archaeologist, University of Arizona Garbage Project http://www.archaeologychannel.org/commentary/rathje.html .  Principal Investigator, Dr. William Rathje.

Board Memberships

2006 ~ Board of Directors, The Southwest Association of Episcopal Schools.

2005-present ~ Episcopal Schools Commission, by appointment from the Bishop, The Diocese of West Texas.

Professional Papers and Books

In Progress:

1. Secondary Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Middle and High School Students. Manuscript in progress.

2. Secondary Archaeology: Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Elementary, Middle and High School Students. Manuscript in progress.

3. Ascertaining Stakeholders’ Views at a Religious School, Mary Apodaca-Tucker ESP Academics, John R. Slate Texas A & M 4. 4. University, Kingsville and Richard T. Stark St. Stephen’s Episcopal School.

4. Comidas de la Tierra: an Ethnoarchaeology of Earth Ovens. Book manuscript currently under review, University of Arizona Press.

Published and/or Presented:

1. Tribal Archaeology: Snoqualmie Material Culture.  Paper contracted by and presented to the Snoqualmie Tribal Council, September 2004.

2. Experiments with  Fire Cracked Rock: Three Analytical Techniques to Understanding FCR as Artifact.  La Tierra: Journal of the South Texas Archeological Association. 2002 Volume 29(4).

3. Maguey Processing in the Sierra Catorce, Mexico: An Ethnoarchaeology.  Paper Given at the 2002 Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver.

4. Earth Ovens of the Chihuahuan Desert.  Paper given March 2002 at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, Brown Bag Lecture Series.  See www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/bb/Stark.htm.

5. Fire Cracked Rock as Artifact. Paper given at the 1999 Society of American Archaeology meeting in Chicago.

6. Headwaters Experimental Archaeology Workshops: Four Seasons of Experimental Cooking with Hot Rocks.  Paper given at the spring 1997 meeting for the South Texas Archaeological Society, San Antonio.

7. Piedras Calientes: Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology, and Cooking with Hot Rocks. Paper given at the 1996 meeting of the Texas Archeological Society, Austin and the 1996 Headwaters Experimental Workshop, Dripping Springs, Texas.

8. Hot Rocks and Experimental Archaeology.  Paper given at the 1996 meeting of the South Texas Archeological Society.