Jason T. Herrmann

 

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Jason Herrmann

Jason T. Herrmann
Doctoral Candidate
Environmental Dynamics Program
113 Ozark Hall
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR 72701
http://www.projectpast.org/herrmann/index.html

 

Jason Herrmann is an archaeologist that specializes in remote sensing applications in archaeology and historic preservation.  He is particularly interested in using surface mapping and survey, near-surface geophysical techniques, and aerial and satellite remote sensing to understand the relationships between the settlement patterns of ancient humans and their environment. Over the years, Jason has contributed to multi-year projects in the United States, Belize and Bolivia, and is currently involved in ongoing archaeological projects in Turkey, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.

 

Jason Herrmann’s doctoral research is concerned with developing a model for the relationships between environmental change and settlement patterns in the desert inland of the United Arab Emirates.  To do so, he is integrating data from coordinated archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations at three archaeological sites in southern Dubai.  These data will help him to reconstruct the ways in which the changing environment may have influenced settlement patterns in the Rub' al-Khali Desert and how ancient desert land-use may have contributed to environmental change.

 

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Environmental Dynamics Program - (in progress)

M.A.     University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department of Anthropology - December 2004

B.A.      University of Cincinnati, Department of Anthropology with Honors - May 1999

 

PUBLICATIONS and REPORTS

In production     Herrmann, Jason T. Ancient Human Ecodynamics at Three Sites in the Rub’ al-Khali Desert, Dubai, UAE.  Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Fulbright School of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas

 

In production     Casana, Jesse and Jason T. Herrmann. Settlement History and Urban Planning at Zincirli Höyük, southern Turkey. Antiquity.

                    

In production     Casana, Jesse, Hussein Qandil and Jason T. Herrmann.  Archaeological investigations at Saruq al-Hadid: An Iron Age metalworking site in Dubai’s inland desert, In Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Abu Dhabi 2009, P. Hellyer, editor.  Zayed Center for Heritage and History.

 

In production     Herrmann, Jason T. Digital Dunes: Site Structure as seen in GPR from Saruq al-Hadid, UAE.  Proceedings of the 37th annual international conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), March 22-26, 2009 in Williamsburg, Virginia

 

2009     Casana, Jesse, Jason T. Herrmann and Hussein Qandil. Settlement History in the eastern Rub al-Khali: Preliminary Report of the Dubai Desert Survey (2006-2007). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. 20 (1): 1-16

 

2008     Casana, Jesse, Jason T. Herrmann and Aaron Fogel. Deep subsurface geophysical prospection at Tell Qarqur, Syria. Archaeological Prospection 15, 207–225.

 

2006     Herrmann, Jason T. Product Review: IDRISI Andes Edition Enhances Modules, Adds Land Change Modeler. Earth Imaging Journal Vol 3. No. 6. pp. 40-41.

 

2004     Herrmann, Jason T. Interpreting Leetown through the Integration of Aerial and Ground-Based Remote Sensing Techniques. Report submitted to the Midwest Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

2005     Kay, Marvin and Jason T. Herrmann. Report on Archaeological Survey at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Benton County, Arkansas, and Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Christian and Green Counties, Missouri. 2001-2004. Report to U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, for Cooperative Agreement No. CA611500047. Lincoln, NE.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2009     Herrmann, Jason T.  Digital Dunes: Site Structure as seen in GPR from Saruq al-Hadid, UAE. Paper presented at the 37th annual international conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), March 22-26, 2009 in Williamsburg, Virginia

 

2009     Herrmann, Jason T. and Jesse Casana.  Geomagnetic Survey at Zincirli Höyük, Turkey.  Poster presented at the 37th annual international conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), March 22-26, 2009 in Williamsburg, Virginia

 

2009     Casana, Jesse, Hussein Qandil and Jason T. Herrmann.  Archaeological investigations at Saruq al-Hadid: An Iron Age metalworking site in Dubai’s inland desert.  2nd Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Abu Dhabi 2009

 

2008     Casana, Jesse, Jason T. Hermann and Eric R. Jensen. Settlement History and Urban Planning at Zincirli Höyük, Southern Turkey. Paper presented at the 2008 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

2008     Hermann, Jason T. and Jesse Casana.  Climate and Settlement Dynamics at Three Sites in the Rub’ al-Khali Desert, UAE. Paper presented at the 2008 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

2008     Herrmann, Jason T. Human Ecodynamics at Three Sites in Dubai, UAE. Paper to be presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

2007     Herrmann, Jason T., Eileen Ernenwein, Michele Koons, Dan Aylward, and Duncan McKinnon.

Geophysics at Tiwanaku: Results from the 2006 Field Season. Poster presented at the 2007 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Austin, TX.

 

2006     Herrmann, Jason T.  Non-invasive Survey Techniques in Cultural Landscape Investigation. Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology 39th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archeology, January 11-15, 2006, Sacramento, California.

 

2006     Herrmann, Jason T.  A GIS Approach to Evaluating Prehistoric Seasonal Land Use Strategies at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas. Poster presented at the 2006 Society for American Archaeology Meetings, April 26-30, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

2006     Herrmann, Jason T., Jesse Casana and Aaron Fogel.  Geophysical Prospection and Three Dimensional Modeling of Buried Archaeological Features at Tell Qarqur, Syria. Paper and poster presented at the 2006 ASOR meeting, Washington DC.

 

2003     Herrmann, Jason T.  Preliminary Report on Upland Archaeological Investigations at Pea Ridge National Military Park. Paper presented at the 61st Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

2001     Scarborough, Vernon L., Hutchinson, Richard and Jason T. Herrmann. Evolution of a Maya Landscape: La Milpa and its Immediate Hinterlands. Paper presented in session in Honor of R.E.W. Adams' Contributions at the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meetings for the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

INVITED LECTURE

2009     Archaeological Investigations in Dubai's Interior. Presented to the Abu Dhabi chapter of the Emirates Natural History Group.

 

GRANTS and AWARDS

2008     American Schools of Oriental Research Travel Grant to support travel to the 2008 American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Boston MA

2008     National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

2008     King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Student Research Grant to support archaeological fieldwork in at Zincirli Höyük, Turkey 

2008     Chicago Luminescence Award to support OSL dating of sediments

2006     Robert L. Stigler Jr. Scholarship to support archaeological fieldwork in Dubai, UAE.

2006     King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Student Research Grant to support archaeological fieldwork in Dubai, UAE

2006     American Schools of Oriental Research Travel Grant to support travel to the 2006 American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings, Washington DC

2004-8       University of Arkansas Doctoral Academy Fellowship

1998     University of Cincinnati Globalization Travel Grant to support studies in southern Mexico.

1997     Charles Phelps Taft Undergraduate Enrichment Award to support archaeological fieldwork at La Milpa, Belize. University of Cincinnati

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008-9       Instructor, Approaches to Archaeology Lab, University of Arkansas

2007     Introduction to high-density scanning for archaeologists. Workshop at the 2007 Society for American Archaeology Meetings. Austin TX. Christopher Goodmaster and Jason T. Herrmann instructors, W. Fredrick Limp, Director.

 

SELECT FIELD PROJECTS

2006-9  Archaeologist, remote sensing, Dubai Desert Survey, United Arab Emirates

2007-9  Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist, Geophysical survey at Zincirli Höyük, with the University of Chicago expedition

2006-7  Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist, Tell Qarqur Expedition, Syria

2006     Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist, Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria

2005-6  Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist, Tiwanaku geophysical survey, Tiahuanaco, Bolivia

2003-4  Archaeo-Geophysics Specialist, SERDP research project: New Approaches to the Use and Integration of Multi-sensor Remote Sensing for Historic Resource Identification and Evaluation. Alamogordo, NM.

2002-5  Graduate Assistant, Battlefields Archaeological Survey, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas and Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri

1997-8  Excavator, Ancient Maya Water and Land Use in Northwest Belize Project, Belize

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007-8  Research Assistant, MEST Supported Archaeological Activities, King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Arkansas

2006-7  Research Assistant, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas

2003-4 Principal Investigator, Development of Leetown Hamlet Interpretation through Geophysical Methods, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas

2002-4  Research Assistant, Battlefields Archaeological Survey and Predictive Modeling Project, University of Arkansas

2000-2  Technical Specialist, Gray & Pape, Inc. Cultural Resource Consultants

1999-2000         Field Technician, Gray & Pape, Inc. Cultural Resource Consultants

1997-9  Laboratory Technician, Ancient Maya Water and Land Use in Northwest Belize Project, University of Cincinnati