Pearce Paul Creasman, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
University of Arizona
105 W Stadium Dr., Tucson AZ 85721 USA
Email: pcreasman-AT-ltrr.arizona.edu
Telephone: +1 520 621 2414

Curriculum Vita
(pdf)

Education:

Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)

                       2010 - Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology Program)
                          Chair: Dr. Filipe Vieira de Castro
                          Dissertation: Extracting Cultural Information from Ship Timber
                         
                       2008 - Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation, College of Architecture
                       2007 - Graduate Certificate in Conservation Training, College of Liberal Arts

                       2005 - Master of Arts, Anthropology
                          Thesis: The Cairo Dahshur Boats    (Click here for PDF file, 5.07 mb)

University of Maine (Orono, Maine) - September 2000 to May 2003

                       Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and Philosophy.
                                  Cum Laude; Concentration in Classical Studies
                                 

Academic Appointments:

         University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research; Curator of Collections, July 1, 2009 - Present
                  Assistant Research Professor of Dendrochronology (since July 1, 2010)

         Central Texas College, Department of Distance Education, Social Sciences; Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology
                  US Navy/PACE Program Anthropology Instructor, 2008-Present

         Blinn College, Department of Social Sciences; Instructor of Anthropology, 2007-2009

Professional Experience:

         Institute of Maritime Research and Discovery, Ltd; President/ Founder, 2005-Present
                  A 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit scientific/ educational organization
         Texas A&M University, Department of Anthropology, Nautical Archaeology Program
                  Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cultural Anthropology, 2008
                  Graduate Research Assistant, Steffy Ship Reconstruction Laboratory, 2004-2007
         University of Maine, Department of Philosophy; Instructor’s Assistant (National Work Merit Scholarship), 2002-2003
         University of Maine, President of the Student Body, and CEO, Student Government, Inc.2001-2003    
        
Internships and Fellowships:

2007 Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Marion M. Cook Graduate Fellow (declined)
         Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona, Internship in Dendrochronology.
2005 Texas A&M University, Study Abroad Fellowship. Cairo, Egypt.
         L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness, Research Fellowship.
2004 Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Graduate Fellow.
         Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Internship. Bodrum, Turkey.

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Creasman, P.P. Accepted. A Further Investigation of the Cairo Dahshur Boats. Accepted: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Expected 2010 or 2011.

Creasman, P.P., Sassen, D., Koepnick, S., and N. Doyle. 2010. Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey at the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur, Egypt, 2008: Search for the Lost Boat of a Pharaoh. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37.3: 516-524.

Creasman, P.P. and N. Doyle. 2010. Overland Boat Transportation in Pharaonic Egypt: Archaeology and Iconography. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 2.3: 14-30.

Towner, R. H. and P.P. Creasman. 2010. Historical Dendroarchaeology in the El Malpais: Lessons from the Savage Homestead. Historical Archaeology, 44(4): in press.

Creasman, P.P., Vining, B., Koepnick, S., and N. Doyle. 2009. An Exploratory Geophysical Survey at the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur, in Search of Boats. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 38.2: 386-399.

REFEREED AND INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS
Creasman, P.P. Under review. An Evaluation of Dendrochronology as a Tool for the Interpretation of Historical Shipwrecks, in ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2010. Eds. C. E. Horrell and M. Damour.

Creasman, P.P. In press. Curating Tree Ring Cores, Sections, Charcoal and Archaeological Samples, in National Park Service Conserve-O-Grams, Ed. J. Bacharach.

Creasman, P.P. 2008. Ship Timber: Forests and Ships in the Iberian Peninsula during the Age of Discovery, in Edge of Empire: Proceedings of the Symposium held at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Eds. F. Castro and K. Custer: 235-248.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Creasman, P.P., Sassen, D., Koepnick, S., N. Doyle. 2009. Archaeological Report: “2008 Geophysical Survey at the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur, Egypt” Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art (41 pp).

Creasman, P.P., Sassen, D., Koepnick, S., N. Doyle. 2009. Archaeological Report: “Search for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh” National Geographic Society (16 pp).

Creasman, P.P. 2008. Dovetails or Lashings? A Case Study in Middle Kingdom Ship Construction and How to Prove It (poster). Archaeological Institute of America. http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10332.

Creasman, P.P. and W. Edwar. 2008. “Middle Kingdom Ship Construction.” An exhibit in The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Posters, PowerPoint, pamphlet

Creasman, P.P., Vining, B., S. Koepnick. 2008. Archaeological Report: “Geophysical Survey at the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur, Egypt 2007.” Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art (27 pp).

Creasman, P.P. 2007. Unlocking the Secrets of the Pharaohs’ Cellar. Association of Former Students (Texas A&M) Annual Newsletter 34.1: 6.

Castro, F., Fraga, T., Creasman, P.P., DuBard, B., Schwarz, G., Koepnick, S. and A. Catsambis. 2006. Archaeological Report: “Ship Lab Report 12: Lagos Summer School.” Texas A&M University, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation, Ship Reconstruction Laboratory. (165 pp).

Creasman, P.P. 2006. The Cairo Dashur Boats Project. Jordan Journeys, Newsletter of the LT Jordan Institute for International Awareness (3 pp).

Creasman, P.P. 2006.‘The Edge of Empire: Iberian Ships’ A Symposium at the Society for Historical Archaeology 2006 Annual Meeting. INA Quarterly 33.2: 5-12.

Creasman, P.P. 2006. The Cairo Dahshur Boats: Project Update. INA Quarterly 33.2: 25-26.

Creasman, P.P. 2005. An Experience in Egypt at The Cairo Museum. Annual of the L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness (13 pp).

Creasman, P.P. 2005. Egyptian Boats Receive a Fresh Look. INA Quarterly 32.2: 24.

Creasman, P.P. 2005. The Cairo Dashur Boats. INA Quarterly 32.1: 15-19.

Grants and Awards:

EXTERNAL AND PEER REVIEWED GRANTS
2010 National Park Service, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
         Pilot Project: Cataloging Dendroarchaeological NPS/LTRR Materials

         U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity
         Univ. of Arizona Office for the Responsible Conduct for Research
         Curriculum Development: Responsible Preservation of Scientific Materials

2008 National Geographic Society, Waitt Grants Program
         Project: Survey for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh. Dahshur, Egypt.

         Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Research Associate
         Project: Survey for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh. Dahshur, Egypt

2006 The Egyptian Museum & Egypt’s Supreme Council on Antiquities
         Cairo Dahshur Boats Recording Project

         Lagos Municipality, Portugal. Lagos Project
         Lodging, Food, Dock, Boats, Storage Facilities, Diving Equipment, Fuel.
         co-PIs: Filipe Castro, Rui Louiero, Tiago Fraga.

         RPM Nautical Foundation, Ponta da Peidade Survey Project, Portugal

         Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Lagos Project, Portugal.
         Equipment and grant with co-PI Filipe Castro.

2005 RPM Nautical Foundation, Cairo Dahshur Boats Project, Egypt

         Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Cairo Dahshur Boats Project

2004 RPM Nautical Foundation, Cairo Dahshur Boats Project, Egypt

         Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Cairo Dahshur Boats Project

INTERNAL AND OTHER GRANTS
2009 Blinn College, Faculty Improvement Grant

         Texas A&M University, Department of Anthropology, Travel Grant

2008 Texas A&M University, Department of Geophysics, equipment
         Survey for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh. Dahshur, Egypt.

         Blinn College, Faculty Improvement Grant

         Texas A&M University, Department of Anthropology, Travel Grant

2007 Anonymous Donor, Survey for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh, Egypt

         Texas A&M University, Department of Geophysics, equipment
         Survey for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh, 2007. Egypt.

         Blinn College, Faculty Improvement Grant

         Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Dendrochronology Internship Grant

2006 College of Liberal Arts and Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
         Project: Pharaonic Ships Initiative, Travel Grant

         Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Travel Grant

2005 Anonymous Donor, Cairo Dahshur Boats Project, Egypt

         College of Graduate Studies and Texas A&M University Alumni Association,
         Research and Presentation Grant

         Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Travel Grant

         Dean of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Travel Grant, Texas A&M Univ.

AWARDS
         Eagle Scout
         Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society)
         Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy Academic Honor Society)
         Phi Kappa Phi (Interdisciplinary Honor Society, Declined)
         Golden Key International Honour Society (Academic Achievement)
         Who’s Who in North American Colleges and Universities (Nominated 2009)
         Cambridge Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals (Nominated 2009)

2009 Sigma Xi annual meeting, Superior Interdisciplinary Research/Presentation Award

2008 Archaeological Institute of America, Best Graduate Student Poster

         Archaeological Institute of America, Dorot/ McCain Travel Award (declined)

         Texas A&M University Research Week
                  Interdisciplinary Research Award; International Education Award; Melbern G. Glasscock Humanities Award (~600 participants)

         St. Augustine Archaeological Society (Florida), Travel Award

2007 Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology’s archaeological photo contest, held at the Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting (Williamsburg): First place—Color Archaeological Site; First place—Color Portrait

         SeaSpace Education Fund Scholarship, Houston Underwater Club

         Archaeological Institute of America, Best Graduate Student Paper Finalist

         Archaeological Institute of America, Dorot/ McCain Travel Award

2006 Texas A&M University System, Pathways Student Research Symposium
         First Place (poster presentation, 250 participants)

2003 Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Scholarship

2003-2009 Virginia Council of Higher Education, Academic Common Markets
         (In-state tuition rates for entire graduate school career at out-of-state University)

2002 National Work Merit Scholarship

Teaching Experience:

INSTRUCTOR
         Peoples and World Cultures, Anthropology 205 (Texas A&M University, 1 section)
         Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology 2351 (Blinn College, 20 sections, and Central Texas College, 19 sections)
         Nautical Archaeology of the Americas, Anthropology 318 (Texas A&M University, 1 section)

INVITED LECTURER
         Advanced Near-Surface Applied Geophysics, Geophysics 689 (Texas A&M University)
         Introduction to Nautical Archaeology, Anthropology 216 (Texas A&M University)
         History of Shipbuilding Technology, Anthropology 615 (Texas A&M University)
         Research and Reconstruction of Wooden Ships, Anthropology 616 (Texas A&M University)

TEACHING ASSISTANT
         Being a Nautical Archaeologist, Anthropology 685 (Texas A&M University)
         Books and Treatises on Shipbuilding, Anthropology 614 (Texas A&M University)
         Medieval Seafaring in the Mediterranean, Anthropology 618 (Texas A&M University)
         History of Shipbuilding Technology, Anthropology 615 (Texas A&M University)
         Research and Reconstruction of Wooden Ships, Anthropology 616 (Texas A&M University)
         Nautical Archaeology of the Americas, Anthropology 318 (Texas A&M University)

INSTRUCTOR'S ASSISTANT
         The Philosophy of Law, Philosophy 244 (The University of Maine)
         Problems in Recent Philosophy, Philosophy 200 (University of Maine)
         Methods of Reasoning, Philosophy 103 (The University of Maine)

Course Offerings:

UNDERGRADUATE
         Introduction to Anthropology (Four Field)
         Cultural Anthropology / Peoples and Cultures of the World
         Introduction to Nautical Archaeology
         Nautical Archaeology of the Americas

GRADUATE
         History of Shipbuilding Technology
         Research and Reconstruction of Wooden Ships

Field Experience:

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR / PROJECT DIRECTOR 
        September 2009-present: Associate Director for Remote Sensing, University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
                  Queen Tausert Temple Project, Director- Dr. Richard Wilkinson.
         March 2007-September 2009: Dahshur Boats Survey Project. Dahshur, Egypt.
                  Geophysical survey in cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's expedition to pharaoh Senwosret IIIs pyramid complex                   at Dahshur, led by Dr. Dieter Arnold.
         May 2006-January 2007: Co-Principal Investigator/ Dive Supervisor: Algarve Region Survey and Ponta da Peidade Recording
                  Projects (Portugal). Underwater survey and archaeological recording. See http://projects.imrd.org/pontadapiedade.htm/
         January 2004-May 2007: The Cairo Dahshur Boats Project, in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
                  Researching and recording Middle Kingdom vessels, circa 1850 BC. See http://cairodahshur.imrd.org
         May 2007-June 2007: Internship/ Field School: Dendrochronology, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona.
                  Savage Homestead Site, New Mexico.
         May 2001-July 2001: Field School in Archaeology, Wake Forest University. Site 31Wk33, Early Woodland Era.

PARTICIPANT
         May 2007- Present Internship/ Field School: Dendroarchaeology, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona. Savage                   Homestead Site, New Mexico. Co-author and continuing researcher.
         September 2005-Sept 2007 Assistant: Nautical Archaeology Digital Library. Texas A&M University. CoPIs- Richard Furuta, Filipe
                  Castro. National Science Foundation Grant No. IIS-0534314. See http://nadl.tamu.edu
         July 2004-August 2004: Internship: Institute of Nautical Archaeology (Bodrum, Turkey).
                  Cataloguing ‘pilgrim flask’ ceramics from the 14th century BC Uluburun shipwreck.

Invited Lectures and Presentations:

20102010 Swansea University, Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology
         Experiment and Experience: Ancient Egypt in the Present. Wales, UK. May 10-12
         "Exposing Ancient Egyptian Shipbuilders Secrets "

         American Research Center in Egypt, Arizona Chapter. Tucson, April 8
         "Radar for the Lost Barque "

         Department of the Interior/NPS Natural History Curation Class. Lincoln, March 18
         "Curating Dendrochronological Specimens "

         ARCE North Texas Chapter, held at Southern Methodist University. Dallas, March 13
         "Radar for the Lost Barque"

2009 University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Tucson, March 5
         "A Vision for the Collections of the LTRR"

         Blinn College, Geographic Society Bryan, TX, Feb. 27
         "Fieldwork and Anthropology: Why Bother?"

         Texas Community College Teachers Association annual meeting. Austin, Feb. 20
         "Teaching Anthropology: Integrating Field Work & the Classroom"

2008 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, hosted by The Egyptian Museum, Cairo
         Theme: Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean.’ October 26-29
         "Ancient Egyptian Ships, Diffusion, and the Mediterranean World" (poster)

         The Egyptian Museum. Cairo, October 19
         "A History of Pharaonic Ships and Boats", with Waheed Edwar

         Chicago chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt. Chicago, June 28
         Lecture delivered in conjunction with the Field Museum of Natural History.
         "Ancient Egyptian Ships and Seafaring: What Do We Know?"

         Northeast Florida Symposium on Maritime Archaeology. St. Augustine, March 14
         "Iberian Ships in the Age of Expansion: What Can Ship Timber Tell Us?"

2007 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art. NYC., April 27
         "The Dahshur Boats Survey Project and Ancient Egyptian Shipbuilding"

         Cultural Collisions: A Carnegie Foundation Initiative. College Station, February
         "The Concept of Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Pharaoh and His People"

2006 Wadi Gawasis Archaeological Expedition. Mersa Gasus, Egypt. December 30
         "Ancient Egyptian Ship Construction and the Dahshur Boats"

         Descobrimentos Ibéricos E Arqueologia Nautica. Lagos, Portugal. June 1-30
         "Story of Iberian Vessels: Forests and Ships during the Age of Discovery"

CONFERENCE PAPERS
2010 American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting. Oakland, April 23-25
         "Radar for the Lost Barque"

         Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, Jacksonville, January 6-10
         "An Evaluation of Dendrochronology as a Tool for the Interpretation of Historical Shipwrecks"

2009 Sigma Xi’s annual meeting. The Woodlands, TX. November 14-15
         "A Geophysical Survey for the Lost Ship of a Pharaoh (poster)"

         American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting. Dallas, April 26
         “In Search of Boats: Two Brief Seasons of Remote Sensing at Dahshur”

2008 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting. San Francisco, Nov. 20
         "Maritime Archaeology in the Desert: A Multidisciplinary Search for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh"

         Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting. Albuquerque, January 10
         "Historical Dendroarchaeology in the El Malpais: Lessons from the Savage Homestead (New Mexico)" with Ronald H. Towner

         Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting. Chicago, January 7
         "Dovetails or Lashings? A Case Study in Middle Kingdom Ship Construction" (poster)

2007 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting. Washington DC, Dec. 2
         "A Method to Extract Cultural Information from Ship Timber"

         American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting. Toledo, April 20-22
         "Dovetails or Lashings: Case Study in Middle Kingdom Ship Construction"

         Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting. San Diego, January 4-7
         "The Cairo Dahshur Boats"

2006 Pathways Symposium. Texas A&M University System. Houston, November 10
         "At the Foot of the Pharaoh: the Cairo Dahshur Boats" (poster)

         American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting. Jersey City, April 28
         "The Cairo Dahshur Boats: Interpretations and Conclusions"

         Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting. Sacramento, January 14
         "Forests and Ships in the Iberian Peninsula during the Age of Discovery"

2005 American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting. Cambridge, MA April 23
         "Preliminary Social and Technological Analysis: the Cairo Dahshur Boats"

         Melbern Glasscock Center for Humanities Research. College Station, TX. March
         "Forest Management Practices in Early America c.1500-1862"

Organization of Conferences
2007 The Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation Lecture Series. College Station, Texas.
         Co-organizer: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/index.htm

2006 Descobrimentos Ibéricos E Arqueologia Nautica. Nautical Archaeology in Iberia, during the Age of Discoveries.
         Lagos, Portugal. June 1-30. Co-organizer.

Symposia Organized at International Meetings

2010 Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, Jacksonville, January 6-10
         Invited session chair: “Methodological and Theoretical Contributions in Historical Archaeology”

2008 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting, San Francisco. Nov. 20
         “Maritime Archaeology as Anthropology: Diverse Multidisciplinary Approaches”
         Co-chair and co-organizer: Benjamin Ford

2006 Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, Sacramento. January 14
         “The Edge of Empire - Iberian Ships” Co-organized with Filipe Castro
         Discussants: Roger C. Smith and Brad Loewen

Documentaries and Advising

2008 Soaring Eagle Adventures, LLC
         -Advising: Expedition, regarding ancient Egyptian seafaring

2007 Arcadia Entertainment and Playmaker Films (Canadian)
         -Advising: An eight-part series for History Television
         -To film “Go Deep: Ancient Egyptian Seafaring”

2006 Längengrad Filmproduktion (German)
         -To film “Unlocking Pharaohs’ Cellar” (in English, French, German)

Professional Affiliations:

        American Institute for Conservation
        American Red Cross
        American Research Center in Egypt
        Institute of Maritime Research and Discovery
        Institute of Nautical Archaeology
        Sigma Xi
        Society for Historical Archaeology
        Tree-Ring Society

Additional Research Interests:

         New World Seafaring, 1500 to 1850.
         Richard Hakluyt - His life, associations and his works "Principall Navigations..." or "Voyages"
         Thomas Harriot - A manuscript on shipbuilding; circa 1610. His life and associations in regards to nautical or maritime studies.
         Isambard Kingdom Brunel - His life and shipbuilding career. Great Western, Great Eastern, and Great Britain.

General and Other:

         Eagle Scout- Troop 899 Chesterfield, Virginia.  Boy Scouts of America
         Founder, Institute of Maritime Research and Discovery, Ltd.
         World Junior Champion, Triathlon 2001/2002  (XTerra)
         US National Champion, TaeKwonDo 2005, (Green/140 lb)
         The University of Maine – Cross Country, Track and Field (2000-2003)
         Texas A & M University – Cross Country, Track and Field (2003-2005)
         President of the Student Body -(Univ. of Maine) Oct.2001-Jan.2003
              President, Student Government, Inc. (Univ. of Maine) Oct.2001-Jan.2003

CERTIFICATIONS
         American Red Cross: (Instructor) First Aid, CPR, Oxygen Administration (O2), Automated External Defibrillator, Lifeguarding, etc.
         Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona: Dendroarchaeology
         "Descombrimentos Ibéricos E Arqueologia Nautica". The Iberian Age of Discoveries and Nautical Archaeology. Portugal, June 2006.
                  Certification by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Municipality of Lagos, Portugal.
         International Diving Educators Associations (IDEA): NOAA Nitrox Diver
         Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI): Advanced Open Water, Naturalist