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.