Cornell University
Intercollege Program
 

ARCHAEOLOGY  CORE  FACULTY
     
 
Program Director

Sherene Baugher
Associate Professor,
Landscape Architecture

sbb8@cornell.edu
607.255.1648
457 Kennedy Hall
Education
  • CUNY – Hunter College, Cultural Anthropology, B.A. 1969, M.A. 1971
  • SUNY - Stony Brook, Anthropology/Archaeology, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978
Teaching Experience
  • Cornell University – 14 years
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – 1 semester & 3 summers
  • Fairleigh Dickinson, Madison Campus – 2 yrs
  • Wagner College – 7 yrs
 
Research Interests
Historical Archaeology, Urban Archaeology, Rural and Farmstead Archaeology, Class, Ethnicity, Native American and Euro-American: town planning, sacred sites, cultural landscapes, and historic preservation.
 
Research Experience
City Archaeologist, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (1980-1990); Director of the following projects in NYS: Troy Worker Housing (1978-1980), Inlet Valley (1993-1996); Indian Fort Road (1996-1997); Enfield Falls (1998-present).
 
Selected Publications
  • Guest Co-Editor for three thematic volumes of two refereed journals, International Journal for Historical Archaeology (2 issues in 2001), and Historical Archaeology (2002). Four entries in the Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology, Routledge Press (2002). Lead author for 25 government monographs/site reports.
  • “Sacredness, Sensitivity, and Significance: The Controversy Over Native American Sacred Sites.” In Heritage of Value, Archaeology of Renown: Reshaping Archaeological Assessment and Significance, edited by Clay Mathers, Tim Darvill, and Barbara Little, pp: 248-275. University Press of Florida: Gainesville. 2005
  • “What is It? Archaeological Evidence of Nineteenth-Century Agricultural Drainage Systems.” Northeast Historical Archaeology, vol 30-31: 23-40. 2003
  • “Addressing an Historic Preservation Dilemma: The Future of Nineteenth-Century Farmstead Archaeology in the Northeast.” (Terry Klein and Sherene Baugher) Northeast Historical Archaeology, vol. 30-31: 167-180. 2003
  • “Archaeological Perspectives on and Contributions to the Study of Colonial American Gardens.” (Sherene Baugher and Lu Ann De Cunzo) Landscape Journal 22(1): 68-85, 2002.
  • “Visible Charity: The Archaeology, Material Culture, and Landscape Design of New York City’s Municipal Almshouse Complex, 1736-1797.” International Journal for Historical Archaeology, vol. 5 (2): 175-202, 2001.
  • “Turning Archaeological Problems into Archaeological Assets.” In Construction in Cities: Social, Environmental, Political, and Economic Concerns edited by Patricia Lancaster, Edward Plotkkin, Jill Lerner, and M.D.Morris, pp: 135-155. C.R.C. Press: Boca Raton, Florida, 2001.
  • “The Indians and New York State: Separate Nations or Ethnic Minorities”(Sherene Baugher and Robert W. Venables). In New York in the 21st. Century, edited by Thomas A. Hirschl and Tim B. Heaton, pp. 75-93. Praeger: Westport, Connecticut, 1999.