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CURRICULUM VITAE
Renee L. Collins2290 Emmett Ave. Simi Valley, CA
[email protected] | Cell (805) 791-7693
Education
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles 2015Degree - AnthropologyEmphasis - Archaeology
A.A. Moorpark Community College 2013Degree – AnthropologyEmphasis – Archaeology
Research Interests REGIONAL: Mesoamerica, CaliforniaTOPICAL: Settlement Patterns, landscape, and Ritual activity OTHER: Cave Archaeology, Conservation, And Ceramic Analysis
Professional/Archaeological Field and Lab Experience
Fowler Museum (UCLA)2015-2016 Los Angeles, California
Museum assistant (08/2015-03/2016) Curator: Dr. Wendy TeeterArtifact classification, analyzing artifacts, filing tribal paperwork
2015 Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR) Junior Staff (2015)PI: Dr. Jaime Awe; Supervisor: Rafael GuerraExcavation, and supervision of students at the Maya site of Lower Dover In Central America, Belize
2013-2016 Dr. J. Arnold and S.T Sunell, California Channel Islands Lab, UCLALab Assistant: Proper consolidation of artifacts. The artifacts were cleaned, organized, and analyzed.
2015 Archaeological Reconnaissance, Moorpark College, MoorparkStudent/Assistant (1/15 – 5/15) Survey and mapping of sites in San Buenaventura County and Santa Barbara County, as part of an archaeology field class. Assisted students in understanding the lay of the land, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Kinkella.
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2014 Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR)Junior Staff (6/14 – 8/14): Excavation, and supervision of students at the Maya site of Lower Dover in Belize, Central America. Dr. Jaime Awe, Director, and Rafael Guerra, field supervisor.
2013 Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR)Field School Student (7/01): Excavation and survey at the Maya site of Lower Dover in Belize, Central America. Dr. Jaime Awe, Director and Rafael Guerra, field supervisor.
2012 Archaeological Lab, Moorpark College, Moorpark, CaliforniaStudent (8/23): Creating a topographic map using total station coordinates of CA-VEN-1691 and CA-VEN-24
2012 Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR)Field School Student (6/28 – 7/27): Excavation and lab work at the Maya site Cahal Pech and Lower Dover in Belize, Central America. Dr. Jaime Awe Field Director and Rafael Guerra.
2012 Archaeological Reconnaissance, Moorpark College, Moorpark, CaliforniaStudent (1/07): Survey and Mapping site in San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara County.
2011 Field Excavation/Methods Moorpark College, Moorpark, CaliforniaField School Student (8/23 – 12/14) Excavation of CA-VEN-1691 and excavation of CA-VEN-24, under guidance of field director Dr. Andrew Kinkella
Honors and RewardsDean’s List 2015, UCLA
University of Los Angeles, California2014 Will Rogers Scholarship
PublicationsGuerra, Rafael, and Renee Collins. (2015). Excavations in Lower Dover’s Palace Complex: Results of the 2014 Field Season. In Julie A. Hoggarth and Jaime J. Awe, Eds., The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2014 Field Season, pp. 1-16. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize.
Professional AffiliationsCosten Archaeology Association (CAA)Member
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Society for American Archaeology (SAA)Member
Ventura County Archaeological Society (VCAS)Member
References
Wendy Teeter, (Ph.D)Curator Archaeology, Fowler MuseumUniversity of California, Los Angeles308 Charles E. Young Drive NorthLos Angeles, CA 90095(310) [email protected]
Andrew Kinkella, (Ph.D) Department of Anthropology Moorpark Community College 7075 Campus Road Moorpark, CA 93021 (805) 378-1400, ex. 1641 [email protected]