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Martin Scott, Operations Manager | Sustainable Archaeology McMaster

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Scott Martin

Operations Manager | Sustainable Archaeology McMaster

Adjunct Faculty, Staff
Department of Anthropology

Area(s) of Interest:

Biography

I have been involved in the discipline of archaeology, and the archaeology of Ontario in particular, since 1993.  My roles have included:  Volunteer; Student; Field Technician; Field Supervisor; University Instructor (CLA and Sessional); Professional Licensee; Project Archaeologist, Project Manager; and Acting Laboratory Manager.   Since July 2016, I have been the Operations Manager at Sustainable Archaeology McMaster, where I am primarily focussed on archaeological collections curation, background research on sites/collections and research facilitation.  Some of my other interests are in archaeobotanicals (usually charred plant remains from archaeological sites), lithics (stone tools and their manufacturing by-products), precontact ceramics and field methods.  Thematically, I have put some research time to:  the spread of maize (Zea mays) through the Lower Great Lakes region; final foragers and first farmers; and the materiality and taxonomy of tradition, transmission and transition.  One ongoing, intermittent field project (McMaster University Archaeological Field School) I am a part of runs at the Nursery (AhGx-8), a multicomponent precontact to historic site in Cootes Paradise, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton.  I seek to partner further with the Indigenous communities whose ancestors lived and worked at this location.  

Education

B.A. (Hons.) Anthropology, McMaster University (1998)

M.A. Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Durham (1999)

Ph.D. Archaeology, University of Cambridge (2006)

Teaching

Anthropology 3CC6:  Archaeological Field School's 2018 Investigations at Nursery (AhGx-8)

 

 

Research

Publications

Martin, Scott. 2018. The Stew Leslie Collection: Working with an Avocational Archaeologist’s Legacy Collection at Sustainable Archaeology McMaster. Arch Notes (N.S.) 23(3):13-17.

Martin, Scott. 2008. Languages Past and Present: Archaeological Approaches to the Appearance of Northern Iroquoian Speakers in the Lower Great Lakes Region of North America. American Antiquity 73(3):441-463.

Martin, Scott. 2004 (2007). Lower Great Lakes Region Maize and Enchainment in the First Millennium AD. Ontario Archaeology 77/78:135-159.

Martin, Scott. 2005. Preliminary Investigations at Rat Island (AhGx-7), Cootes Paradise, Hamilton, Ontario. KEWA: Newsletter of the London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological Society 05(3):1-19.

 

Selected Research Reports

Martin, Scott (ed.). 2017. Original Report, The Nursery Site (AhGx-8): 2016 Stages 2 to 4 Archaeological Field School Excavations in Cootes Paradise, Hamilton, Ontario. Report on file, Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, Toronto.

Martin, Scott. 2017. Original Report, Stage 2 Archaeological Research, Former Coyne Property, Part of Lot 17, Concession 1, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario. Report on file, Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, Toronto.

Martin, Scott (ed.). 2011. The Nursery Site (AhGx-8): 2009 Stage 2 to 4 Archaeological Field School Excavations in Cootes Paradise, Hamilton, Ontario. Report on file, Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, Toronto.

Martin, Scott. 2011. Final Report on 2009 Archaeological Investigations of Inishee Island, Lough MacNean Lower, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Environment Agency Licence No.: AE/09/57. Report on file, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Martin, Scott. 2009. Brief Report on Archaeological Investigations for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, The Mesolithic Fisher-Gatherer-Hunters of Northwestern Ireland: a pilot archaeological investigation of Inishee Island, Lough MacNean Lower, Near Belcoo, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Environment Agency Licence No.: AE/09/57. Report on file, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Martin, Scott (ed.). 2008. The Nursery (AhGx-8) Site: 2006 Stage 4 Archaeological Field School Excavations in Cootes Paradise, Hamilton, Ontario. Report on file, Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, Toronto.