Kirk French
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Location | Lemont and Pisgah National Forest, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | I'm an anthropological archaeologist whose primary interest is utilizing remotely sensed data to analyze the multiscalar relationships of landuse and climate as related to water availability of both prehistoric and historic sites. The overarching theme of my research is to develop a better understanding of the interplay between humans and their environments, both in the past and present. The goal of my projects are to provide views of what landscape alteration can and has done to the environment through archaeological fieldwork, watershed modeling, GIS, and ethnographic/documentary film. I am currently researching illicit whiskey production sites in the Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina. |
| Interests | Archaeology: Maya Hydraulic Technology – Paleoclimate – Collapse, Abandonment, and Migration – Urbanism – Mesoamerican Culture History, Alcohol Production Anthropology: Water Usage - Response to Climate Change - Public Space – Human/Environment Impact – Ethnographic Film – Public Outreach – Indigenous Alcohol Use – Public Perception of Anthropology – Educational Television Production |