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Adam D. Fracchiafracchia@umd.edu Education Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2014 Dissertation: Laboring in Stone: The Urbanization of Capital in the Quarry Town of Texas, Maryland, and its Effects, 1840-1940. M.A. in Historical Archaeology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 2006 Thesis: Negotiating Identity: The Missouria’s Response to European Contact and Trade, 1670- 1800. B.A. in Anthropology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, MO 2004 Senior Thesis: Weapons of Destruction: The Osage and the Firearm Trade. B.S. in Aeronautics- Aviation Science/Professional Pilot, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 2002 Certificate of Business AdministrationResearch InterestsHistorical Archaeology, Baltimore, Identity, Immigration, Urbanization, Industrialization, Built Environment and Landscape, Digitization, Labor, and Public ArchaeologyResearch and Teaching EXPERIENCEAdjunct Professor, University of Delaware, Newark. DEInstructor for undergraduate and graduate courses such as Archaeology of the Modern World, Material Culture Analysis, Issues in American Culture: Archaeological Perspectives, and Historical Archaeology and the Public.Research Assistant Professor/Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park, MDFormulate a process for and direct the curation and digitization of the collections of the Archaeology in Annapolis (AIA) Program. Design and build a website and artifact database to make the AIA collections searchable and more accessible.Director, Baltimore Archaeology Forum, Baltimore, MDBuild a public archaeology and history program through collaboration with preservation groups and community groups and work towards researching and using Baltimore’s archaeological heritage to serve the present.Co-Director, Forensic Aviation Archaeology Field School, University of Maryland, College Park, MDDirect an undergraduate/graduate field school in Austria to locate and identify aircraft wrecks from World War II and investigate and recover the remains of missing US servicemen. The field school is a partnership between the University of Maryland, University of Vienna, and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.Post-Doctoral Associate, University of Maryland/Museum Resource Center, National Park Service, Landover, MDAssist in the curation and management of collections of the National Capital Region. Prepare collections for loan or long-term storage and liaison with park staff from the National Capital Region to ensure the preservation and best use of each park’s collections. Supervise and train students and interns in the processing and preservation of archaeological collections.2016-20192017-20192017-20192016-20182015-2017Archaeologist, Maryland State Highway Administration, Baltimore, MDAssist in the identification and analysis of historic and archaeological properties in transportation corridors. Assess significance of properties and formulate appropriate research proposals, budgets, and scopes of work. Aid in the supervision of archaeological excavations and laboratory operations and the drafting of archaeological assessments. Analyze, process, and curate a late seventeenth to the early twentieth-century plantation/farm assemblage. 2014-2015Graduate Research Assistant, University Maryland-College Park, MDDraft and defend a National Historic Landmark Theme Study on industrial labor. Conduct research for faculty in the Department of Anthropology and correspond with professional and practicing anthropologists. Edit peer-review articles and books. Create a website for the Department of Anthropology.2009, 2013-2014Field and Laboratory Director, Archaeology of Labor and Immigration, University of Maryland, College Park, MDEstablish a working archaeological laboratory. Supervise the day-to-day operation of the laboratory and the processing, analysis, and curation of several nineteenth and twentieth-century assemblage. Assist in the creation and supervision of three years of archaeological field school excavations of historic period sites in the Baltimore area. Utilize GIS and mapping software to record and recreate past landscapes. 2009-2014Instructor, Introduction to Archaeology, University Maryland, College Park, MD2011-2012Graduate Teaching Assistant, University Maryland, College Park, MDInstructor and Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics and Introduction to Archaeology 2009-2010Archaeological Field Director, The Ottery Group, Olney, MDAssist in the identification of historic and archaeological properties in the Mid-Atlantic and the assessment of National Register eligibility. Formulate applicable research proposals and scopes of work. Aid in the supervision of archaeological excavations and laboratory operations and the drafting of archaeological assessments and reports for private contractors and local, State, and Federal agencies. 2007-2008Archaeological Field Director, EAC Archaeology, Baltimore, MDAssist in the identification of historic and archaeological properties in the Mid-Atlantic and the assessment of National Register eligibility. Formulate applicable research proposals and scopes of work. Aid in the supervision of archaeological excavations and laboratory operations and the drafting of archaeological assessments and reports for private contractors and local, State, and Federal agencies.2006-2008Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Illinois State University, Normal, ILEdit peer-review journal and review manuscripts for submission. Correspond with authors, potential authors, and reviewers.2004-2006Archaeological Technician, Archaeological Research Center, St. Louis, MOAssist in the identification of historic and archaeological properties in the Midwest and the assessment of National Register eligibility. Formulate applicable research proposals and scopes of work. Aid in the archaeological excavations and laboratory operations and the drafting of archaeological assessments and reports for private contractors and local, State, and Federal agencies.2004-2005Archaeological Technician, Central Mississippi Valley Archaeological Research Institute, Collinsville, ILAssist in the identification of historic and archaeological properties in the Midwest and the assessment of National Register eligibility. Aid in the archaeological excavations and laboratory operations and the drafting of archaeological assessments and reports for private contractors and local, State, and Federal agencies.2002-2004OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCECustomer Service and Operations Agent, Trans States Airlines, St. Louis, MO and Bloomington, IL1998-2006Professional Papers“The Global, the Local, and the Personal: Searching for meaning and relevancy through Baltimore’s Past.” Paper to be presented at the Fifty-second Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, St. Charles, MO. 2019.“It’s Christmas and the House is On Fire: Understanding Labor Relations in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore.” Paper presented at the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017.“Divided: Material Landscapes of Labor in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore City and County, Maryland.” Paper presented and chair of session titled, In the Land of Pleasant Living: Archaeology and its Role in 21st-Century Baltimore, at the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2016. “Cats, Rats, a Stroller, and a Privy: Excavations on Lemmon Street in Baltimore City.” Paper presented at the Forty-Fifth Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD. 2015.“Assessing the Value and Potential of Labor Archaeology: A Description of the Labor Archaeology of the Industrial Era National Historic Landmark Theme Study.” Paper presented and co-Chair of session titled, Approaching Labor through Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century, at the Forty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, WA. 2015. “Bare Life, Boundaries, and Violence.” Paper presented at the Forty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, WA. 2015. “Labor and Limestone: The Relationship between Stone and Life in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Quarry Town of Texas, Maryland.” Paper presented at the Cultures of Stone Conference hosted by the University College of Dublin, Ireland. 2014.“Worth(Less): Value and Destruction in a Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Quarry Town.” Paper presented and received an Honorable Mention in the student paper competition at the Forty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Quebec City, Quebec. 2014. “Crushed Limestone and Ironstone: Labor and Everyday Life in a Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Quarry Town.” Paper presented at the Maryland State Archives Lecture Series, Annapolis, MD. 2013.“Working Stone: An Archaeology of Life in a Quarry Town.” Paper presented at the Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Baltimore, MD. 2012.“Breaking Stone: Labor Relations in a Nineteenth-Century Quarry Town.” Paper presented at the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Baltimore, MD. 2012.“Written in Stone: The Relationship between Texas and Baltimore City.” Paper presented at the Forty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Austin, TX. 2011.“Negotiating Identity: Trade among the Missouria.” Paper Presented at the Ninth North American Fur Trade Conference and Twelfth Rupert’s Land Colloquium, St. Louis, MO. 2006.PublicationsFracchia, Adam. Bare Life, Boundaries, and Violence in Baltimore. Historical Archaeology. 2019.Fracchia, Adam. A Brief History of Historical Archaeology in the Beginning of the Twentieth-First Century. In The Handbook of Historical Archaeology, edited by Charles Orser, Routledge, 2019.Fracchia, Adam. Worth(Less): Value and Destruction in a Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Quarry Town. In Archaeologies of Removal, edited by Terrance Weik. University of Florida Press, 2019.Fracchia, Adam. Between Freedom and Slavery: Understanding the Material Landscapes of Labour in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore and Texas, Maryland. In Atlantic Crossings, edited by Mark P. Leone and Lee M. Jenkins. Brill Rodopi, Leiden. 2017.Fracchia, Adam and Mike Roller. Labor Archeology of the Industrial Era: A National Historic Landmark Thematic Study. National Park Service. 2015.Fracchia, Adam and Stephen Brighton. Limestone and Ironstone: Capitalism, Value, and Destruction in a Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Quarry Town. In Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism, edited by Mark P. Leone and Jocelyn Knauf. Springer, Chao 2015.ReportsCrumbling Walls: Archaeological Excavations at the Sellers Mansion, 801 N. Arlington,Baltimore, Maryland. Report prepared for the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, Baltimore, Maryland.Phase I Survey of the Proposed Corbett Store Parcel Alteration. Adam Fracchia. Center for Heritage Resource Studies, University of Maryland, College Park.Archaeological Investigations of 912 and 914 Lemmon Street (18BC174 and 18BC175) in Baltimore City, Maryland. Adam Fracchia and Stephen Brighton. Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora and Labor Project, University of Maryland, College Park. 2018 20172015Archaeological Investigations of Texas, Baltimore County, Maryland: 18BA324 and 18BA313. Stephen A. Brighton and Adam Fracchia. Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora and Labor Project, University of Maryland, College Park.2012Archaeological Investigations of Texas, Baltimore County, Maryland: Lot 11 (18BA324). Stephen A. Brighton and Adam Fracchia. Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora and Labor Project, University of Maryland, College Park.2010 Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Long Hill Property, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Tom Bodor and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by the Ottery Group.2008Phase II Archaeological Survey of the Holland Cliff Site, Huntington, Calvert County, Maryland. Tom Bodor and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by the Ottery Group.2008Phase I Archaeological Survey of the KCC Property, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Tom Bodor and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by the Ottery Group.2008A Parkway Runs Through It, A Phase I and II Archaeological Survey of the Wilderness Site, 18AN596, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Tom Bodor and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by the Ottery Group.2007Phase I Archaeological Survey of the SMECO Transmission and Switching Station, Aquasco to Holland Cliff, Prince George's and Calvert Counties, Maryland. Tom Bodor and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by the Ottery Group.2007Phase I Survey of the Park Retreat Property, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Tom Bodor and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by the Ottery Group.2007Addendum to the Phase I Survey of the George Washington Memorial Parkway Outfalls, GWMP, Virginia. Terry Harris and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by EAC Archaeology.2007Phase I Survey of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. Terry Harris and Adam Fracchia. Report Prepared by EAC Archaeology. 2006Grants and AwARDS Diageo Sponsorship: Guinness Exhibit GrantDean’s Research Initiative, University of Maryland, College Park City of Annapolis Preservation Grant, Annapolis, MarylandJacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, Graduate School, University of Maryland, College Park201920182017-20182014International Conference Student Support Award, University of Maryland, College Park2014Department of Anthropology Chair’s Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park2013-2014Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park2012Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, Graduate School, University of Maryland, College Park 2011MD Heritage Grant, Institute for Museum, Preservation, and Archaeology Research and Training 2009Graduate Student Association Aid in Research Grant, Illinois State University2005-2006Anthropology Department Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Missouri, St. Louis2003Potential CoursesCourses Taught-Archaeology of the Modern World-Material Culture Analysis-Issues in American Culture: Archaeological Perspectives-Historical Archaeology and the Public-Introduction to Archaeology-Archaeological Field Methods-Archaeological Laboratory Methods-Forensic Aviation ArchaeologyProposed Courses-Archaeology of Identity-Urban Archaeology-Industrialization and Urbanization in Baltimore-Critical Theory and Archaeology-Community, Landscape, and Space-Labor and Identity in Baltimore ................
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