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 – 1994 to present
  • 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 Recent Publications
Guest Co-Editor for four thematic volumes of three refereed journals, International Journal for Historical Archaeology (2 issues in 2001), and Northeast Historical Archaeology (2002), and Historical Archaeology (2009). Four entries in the Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology, Routledge Press (2002). Lead author for over 30 government monographs/site reports and author of 36 journal articles and book chapters.
Book
2007 Past Meets Present: Archaeologists Partnering with Museum Curators, Teachers, and Community Groups, (Jameson, John H, and Sherene Baugher, Editors). Springer: New York.
Articles and Book Chapters
2009 "Benefits of and Barriers to Archaeological Service Learning: Examples from New York." In Archaeological Practice and Community Service Learning, Michael Nassaney and Mary Ann Levine (editors), pp:36-58. University of Florida Press: Gainesville.
2009 "The John Street Methodist Church: An Archaeological Excavation with Native American Cooperation." Historical Archaeology 43(1): 46-64.
2009 "Historical Overview of the Archaeology of Institutional Life." In The Archaeology of Institutional Life, edited by April M. Beisaw and James G. Gibb, pp: 5-13. University of Alabama Press: Tuscaloosa.
2009 "Introduction to the Archaeology of Religious Sites and Cemeteries" (with Richard Veit and Gerald Scharfenberger, Historical Archaeology 43(1): 1-11.
2007 "Service-Learning: Partnering with the Public as a Component of Archaeology Courses." In Past Meets Present: Archaeologists Partnering with Museum Curators, Teachers, and Community Groups, edited by John H. Jameson and Sherene Baugher, pp. 187-202. Springer: New York.
2005 "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 "Power as Reflected in the Cultural Landscape of Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Staten Island (1845-1900)." In Imprints/Footprints: Selected Papers of the 2003 Conference, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), pp. 76-81.
2003 "What is it? Archaeological Evidence of Nineteenth-Century Agricultural Drainage Systems." Northeast Historical Archaeology, vol. 30-31: 23-40.
2003 "Introduction to the Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century Farmsteads in Northeastern Canada and the United States" (Sherene Baugher and Terry Klein) Northeast Historical Archaeology, vol. 30-31: 1-8.
2002 "Archaeological Perspectives on and Contributions to the Study of Colonial American Gardens."  (Sherene Baugher and Lu Ann De Cunzo)  Landscape Journal vol. 22(1): 68-85.
2001 "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.