Daniel Thornton Elliott

 
 

The LAMAR Institute, Inc.
Specialist in Late Archaic, 18th Century, Lost Cities, and Ground Penetrating Radar.

Address: P.O. Box 2992, Savannah, Georgia 31402

dantelliott@windstream.net

 

Education

Attended, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1972-1974

B.A., Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976

M.A., Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, 1980

P.A.D.I., Open Water Scuba Diving Certification, Decatur, Georgia, 1986

Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Survey Training Course, Cultural Resources GIS, National Park Service, Horseshoe Bend, Alabama, 2001

Grant Writing 101, Columbus State University, 2001

Ground Penetrating Radar Training Course, Mala GeoScience USA, Charleston, SC, 2002

Ground Penetrating Radar Course, Taught by Larry Conyers, Denver University, Denver, CO, 2003

Intro to ArcGis 8.3, ESRI, Charlotte, NC, 2004 GPR-Slice Workshop, Taught by Dean Goodman and USFS, Alexandria, LA,

2004 GPR-Slice Workshop, Taught by Dean Goodman and USFS, Alexandria, LA, 2005

Remote Sensing Workshop, National Park Service, St. Simons Island, Georgia, 2006

Georgia Master Naturalist Program, Taught by David Moulder and USDA Extension Service, 2006

 

Professional Memberships, Offices Held, and Honors

Preservation Achievement Award, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 2005

Georgia Archaeology Awareness Week, 1996, Co-chairperson

Smithsonian Institution, Short Term Research Grant, 1993

Savannah River Archaeological Research Project, Research Grant,

1993 Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists, Charter Member, Board of Directors,1990-1992, Vice-President, 1996-1998, President, 2000-2002,

Georgia Historical Society

Georgia Salzburger Society, Honorary Member, 1989

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society Board Member, 1987

LAMAR Institute, Inc., President and Chairman Board of Directors

Society for American Archaeology

Society for Historical Archaeology

Society for Georgia Archaeology, Life Member

Society of Professional Archaeologists, Certified Field Researcher, 1993

Southeastern Archaeological Conference,Life Member

Register of Professional Archaeologists, Certified Archaeologist, 1999

 

Professional Experience

1987-Present Research Archaeologist, LAMAR Institute, Inc., Savannah, Georgia.

2004-2006 Consultant, Southern Research, Ellerslie, Georgia.

1995-2004 Senior Archaeologist, Southern Research, Ellerslie, Georgia. 1998-1999 Archaeologist, Elderhostel Programs, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia.

1994-1995 Archaeologist, Diachronic Research Foundation, Columbia, South Carolina.

1992-1994 Senior Archaeologist, Garrow & Associates, Inc., Athens, Georgia.

1993 Archaeologist, French Huguenot Project, Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina, Yale University. 1991 Archaeologist, Tutu Archaeological Project. St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands.

1990 Archaeologist, Hurricane Hugo Archaeological Recordation Project, Government of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands.

1990 Archaeologist, Law Environmental, Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia. 1989 Archaeologist, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.

1988-1992 Archaeologist, Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc., Athens, Georgia.

1988-1994 Archaeologist, New South Associates, Inc., Stone Mountain, Georgia.

1988-1990 Archaeologist, Brockington and Associates, Inc., Atlanta.

1987 Crew member, Petersburg Underwater Survey Project, Clark Hill Reservoir, Georgia. East Carolina University, Department of Maritime History and Underwater Research, Greenville, North Carolina.

1986 Volunteer, Lake Phelps Canoe Recordation Project, East Carolina University, Department of Maritime History and Underwater Research, Greenville, North Carolina.

1986 Volunteer, Underwater Field School, East Carolina University, Department of Maritime History and Underwater Research, Greenville, North Carolina and the Bermuda Maritime Museum

1984-1988 Archaeologist, Garrow & Associates, Inc., Atlanta.

1982-1984 Archaeologist, Sumter & Francis Marion National Forests, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Greenwood, South Carolina. 1982 Archaeologist, Soil Systems, Inc., Marietta, Georgia.

1982 Archaeologist, Memphis State University, Department of Anthropology, Memphis, Tennessee.

1981 Archaeologist, Gilbert Commonwealth Associates, Inc., Jackson, Michigan.

1981 Archaeologist, Southeastern Wildlife Services, Inc., Athens, Georgia.

1981 Archaeologist, Soil Systems, Inc., Topeka, Kansas.

1980-1981 Archaeologist, Southeastern Wildlife Services, Inc., Athens, Georgia.

1980 Archaeologist, Guy Weaver personal services contract with the TVA, Hartsville, Tennessee.

1980 Archaeologist, University of Florida, Department of Anthropology, Gainesville, Florida.

1977-1979 Archaeologist and Research Technician, University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, Athens, Georgia.

1977 Field School, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Greensboro, Georgia.

1976 Volunteer, University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, Archaeological Project, 9Mg28, Morgan County, Georgia. 1974-

1976 Independent Archaeological Research, North Carolina and Georgia.

 

Books, Articles and Monographs

Elliott, Daniel T.

2007 Archaeological Investigations at Tabbies 1 and 2, North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 108. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Fort Hawkins, History and Archaeology. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 107. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Reconnaissance on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 91. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Chocolate Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 92. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Beaulieu Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 94. Savannah, Georgia

2007 Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Greenwood Plantation and Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the Jones Cemetery, Thomas County, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 95. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Coosaw Island Community Center, Beaufort County, South Carolina. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 96. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Horton Plantation, Jekyll Island, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 98. Savannah, Georgia

2006 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Gould-Bethel Cemetery. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 100. Savannah, Georgia

2006 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Bullhead Bluff Cemetery. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 102. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Archaeological Survey and Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of the Village, St. Simons Island, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 103. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Railroad Ward, Savannah, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 104. Savannah, Georgia.

2007 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Waldburg Street Site, Savannah, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 105. Savannah, Georgia.

2006 Sunbury Battlefield Survey. LAMAR Institute, Box Springs, Georgia. Prepared for American Battlefield Protection Program National Park Service, Washington, D.C.

2006 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 110. Savannah, Georgia.

2004 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Woodbine Mound Site. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 88. LAMAR Institute and Rocquemore Research, Box Springs, Georgia.

2003a Archaeological Investigations at Fort Morris State Historic Site, Liberty County, Georgia. Southern Research Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. Submitted to Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division, Atlanta, Georgia.

2003b Ebenezer Revolutionary War Headquarters: A Quest to Locate and Preserve. LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report Number 73. The LAMAR Institute, Box Springs, Georgia.

2002a Point Peter and the St. Marys River Forts. LAMAR Institute Report Series, Report 62. LAMAR Institute, Box Springs, Georgia.

2002b Life in the Queensborough Township: Data Recovery at Hannah’s Quarter, Site 9Jf195, Jefferson County, Georgia. Southern Research Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. Submitted to Earth Tech, Raleigh, North Carolina and Georgia Department of Transportation, Office of Environment and Location, Atlanta, Georgia.

2000a Georgia Standards and Guidelines for Archaeological Surveys. Report of Survey Standards Committee. Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists. Printed by New South Associates, Stone Mountain, Georgia.

2000b Some Observations on Archaeological Survey in Georgia. http://georgia-archaeology.org/GCPA/archpriv/artiles1.html.1998a Olive to Amber: A New Dating Technique for 18th and 19th Century Sites? The Profile, Newsletter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology 100:7. Athens.

1998b Northern and Eastern Expression of Swift Creek Culture. In A World Engraved, Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture, edited by M. Williams and D. T. Elliott. University of Alabama Press, University.

1997a Argyle Historical Archaeological Study of a Colonial Fort in Bryan County, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 37. Watkinsville, Georgia. Submitted U. S. Army Fort Stewart Military Reservation, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

1997b Argyle Colonial Fort on the Ogeechee. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 38. Watkinsville, Georgia. Submitted U. S. Army Fort Stewart Military Reservation, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

1995 The Clark Hill River Basin Survey. LAMAR Institute, Watkinsville, Georgia and the Savannah River Archaeological Research Project, University of South Carolina. New Ellenton, South Carolina.

1994 History of Archaeological Investigations of the Savannah River Archaic. In Archaeology of the Mid-Holocene Southeast, Draft, David G. Anderson and Kenneth A. Sassaman, editors. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

1993 Archaeological Survey of the Dry Creek/Long Cane Creek Area, Abbeville County, South Carolina. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 27. Watkinsville, Georgia.

1992 West Effingham Survey. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 17. Watkinsville, Georgia. 1991a Lost and Found: Eighteenth-Century Towns in the Savannah River Region. Early Georgia 19(2): 61-92.

1991b Ye Pleasant Mount: 1989 & 1990 Excavations. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 11, Watkinsville, Georgia

1990a The Lost City Survey. Archaeological Reconnaissance of Nine Eighteenth Century Settlements in Chatham and Effingham Counties, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 19, Watkinsville, Georgia.

1990b Two Late Lamar Sites Near Ray's Corner, Oconee County, Georgia. In Lamar Archaeology, edited by M. Williams & G. Shapiro. University of Alabama Press, Moundville.

1990c Mount Pleasant, An Eighteenth-Century Yuchi Indian Town, British Trader Outpost, and Military Garrison in Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 10, Watkinsville, Georgia.

1989 Ebenezer Town Lots and Their Owners. Ebenezer Archaeological Report Series, Number 3. Georgia Salzburger Society, Rincon, Georgia.

1988 Ebenezer: An Alpine Village in the South Georgia Swamp. Ebenezer Archaeological Report Series, Number 1. Georgia Salzburger Society, Rincon, Georgia.

1986 The Live Oak Soapstone Quarry, DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia. Waste Management of North America, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.

1981a Soapstone Use in the Wallace Reservoir: A Tool for Interpreting Prehistory. Wallace Reservoir Contributions to Archeology 5, University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, Athens, Georgia.

1981b Finch's Survey. Early Georgia 9(1 & 2): 14-24.

Anderson, D. G., J. Ledbetter, L. O'Steen, D. Blanton, G. T. Hanson, D. T. Elliott, and F. Snow

1994 Paleoindian and Early Archaic in the Lower Southeast: A View from Georgia. In Ocmulgee National Monument 50th Anniversary Conference, edited by D.J. Hally. University of Georgia Press, Athens.

Anderson, D. G., R. J. Ledbetter, L. D. O'Steen, D. T. Elliott, and D. B. Blanton.

1987 Recent Paleoindian Research in Georgia. Current Research in the Pleistocene 4:47-50.

Elliott, Daniel T., and W. C. Boyko

1989 The King Bee Site, Putnam County, Georgia. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 14, Watkinsville, Georgia.

Elliott, Daniel T., and R. Doyon

1981 Archeology and Historical Geography in the Savannah River Floodplain near Augusta. University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, Research Manuscript 22, Athens, Georgia.

Elliott, Daniel T., and R. F. Elliott

1991a Seasons in the Sun: 1989 & 1990 Excavations at New Ebenezer. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 15, Watkinsville, Georgia.

1991b The Lost Diary of Rupert Schrempff, Locksmith as told through the Historical and Archaeological Record at Ebenezer, Georgia. Ebenezer Archaeological Report Series, Number 4. Georgia Salzburger Society, Rincon.

1989 Bethany Cemetery, Effingham County, Georgia. Ebenezer Archaeological Report Series, Number 2. Georgia Salzburger Society, Rincon, Georgia.

Elliott, Daniel T., R. F. Elliott, W. D. Wood, R. M. Weisman, and D. J. Wells

1998 Archaeological Testing of Nine Sites on Fort Benning in Muscogee County, Georgia. Southern Research, Ellerslie, Georgia. Department of Defense, Legacy Resource Management Program Report.

Elliott, Daniel T., and Scot J. Keith

2001  Archaeological Testing at the Hogjaw Valley Site, 1Ja643, Jackson County, Alabama. Southern Research Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc., Ellerslie, Georgia. Submitted to U.S.D.A., Natural Resources and Conservation Service, Auburn, Alabama. Online edition at http://www.al.nrcs.usda.gov/about/so_sect/ec_sc/cul_res/site643.html, October 3, 2006.

Elliott, Daniel T., and S. A. Kowalewski

1990 Fortson Mound, 9Ws2, Wilkes County, Georgia. Early Georgia. Elliott, Daniel T., R. J. Ledbetter, and E. Gordon 1994 Data Recovery at Lovers Lane, Phinizy Swamp and the Old Dike Sites Bobby Jones Expressway Extension Corridor Augusta, Georgia. Occasional Papers in Cultural Resource Management Number 7. Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta.

Elliott, Daniel T., and R. A. Martin

1991 Yarbrough Cave. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 13, Watkinsville, Georgia. Elliott, Daniel T., and K. E. Sassaman

1995 Archaic Period Archaeology of the Georgia Coastal Plain and Coastal Zone. Georgia Archaeological Research Design Papers Nos. 7 and 8. University of Georgia, Athens.

Elliott, Daniel T., and C. Steen

1992 Jamestown Reconnaissance. LAMAR Institute Publication Series Report Number 16. Watkinsville, Georgia.

Elliott, Daniel T., and J. T. Wynn

1991 The Vining Revival: A Late Simple Stamped Phase in the Central Georgia Piedmont. Early Georgia 19(1): 1-18. Elliott, Rita F., and

D. T. Elliott

1998 Guten Tag Bubba: Germans in the Colonial South. In Colonial Adaptations to the New World: A View from Georgia and the Carolinas, edited by J. Joseph, III, and M. Zierden. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Ledbetter, R. J., D. G. Anderson, L. D. O'Steen, and D. T. Elliott

1996 Paleoindian and Early Archaic Research in Georgia. In The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast. edited by D. G. Anderson and K. E. Sassaman, pp. 270-287. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.

O'Steen, L. D., R. J. Ledbetter, D. T. Elliott, and W. W. Barker

1986 Paleo-Indian Sites in the Inner Piedmont of Georgia: Observations of Settlement in the Oconee Watershed. Early Georgia 13:1-63.

Williams, Mark and Daniel T. Elliott, editors

1998 A World Engraved, Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture. University of Alabama Press, University, Alabama. Wood, W. D., T. P.

Rudolph, D. T. Elliott, and D. B. Blanton

1986 Prehistory in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir. The Archaic and Woodland Periods of the Upper Savannah River. Russell Papers 1986. National Park Service, Archaeological Services, Atlanta, Georgia.