Christopher Judge is an

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

at the University of South Carolina Lancaster, whose research focus is the late

prehistoric Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...

and early

historical archaeology Historical archaeology is a form of archaeology dealing with places, things, and issues from the past or present when written records and oral traditions can inform and contextualize cultural material. These records can both complement and conflic ...

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

and immediately surrounding areas, as well as

blues music Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

in South Carolina. He is an instructor in both

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

and archaeology. Some of his areas of interest include the

Woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

and

Mississippian Mississippian may refer to: * Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago * Mississippian cultures, a network of precontact cultures across the midwest and Easte ...

periods, ceramics, theory, public education, and folk music.

Personal life

Judge is from

Spring Lake, New Jersey Spring Lake, is a Borough (New Jersey), borough situated on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,789, a decrease of ...

. He currently resides in South Carolina with his wife and two sons, Liam and Seamus. He is a professor at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. He is one of the co-founders and board member of Columbia's Annual Free Blues Festival. Judge graduated from St. Rose High School in

Belmar, New Jersey Belmar is a Borough (New Jersey), borough located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,907, an increase of 113 ...

in the late 1970s. In 1983, he graduated from the

University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina (USC, SC, or Carolina) is a Public university, public research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, It is the flagship of the University of South Car ...

Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 1987 he received a master's degree in Anthropology and Public Service Archaeology from that university. He is currently pursuing his PhD Degree at USC- Columbia in anthropology, doing dissertation research on the exploration of Late Woodland (A.D. 675-1,100) life ways in the Great Pee Dee River Valley of eastern South Carolina.

Professional career

Judge's area of expertise is late prehistoric archaeology in the southeastern United States with an emphasis on South Carolina. He is currently Assistant Director of Native American Studies at USC Lancaster. For a number of years, Judge and his colleagues Carl Steen and Sean Taylor have conducted field work at the Johannes Kolb Site in Mechanicsville, South Carolina. This site is located in the Great Pee Dee Heritage Preserve, and was first found and recorded in 1973 by a high school student named Ernest Helms.

Selected publications

(2006) Palynology and Paleoecology of Late Pleistocene to Holocene, Organic-Rich, Paleomeander/Rimswamp Deposits in South Carolina and Georgia; Co-authors Cohen, Arthur D., David C. Shelley, H. Thomas Foster, II, Michelle A. Metzler, and Elizabeth A. Cannon; Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 235 (2007) Dietary Reconstruction from Late Woodland Pit Features at the Johannes Kolb Site; Presented at 2007 Chacmool Conference however Chris did not make it due to Passport issues. (2007) The Daws Island Volume: A Tribute to the Career of James L. Michie, edited by Christopher Judge and Carl Steen, South Carolina Antiquities Volume 32 (1&2) 2000 (published August 2007)

Bibliography

Judge, Chris. "The Johannes Kolb Site." Diachronic Research Foundation. 02 Feb 2008. 5 May 2008 . Judge, Chris. "SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE." 2007. 5 May 2008 . Judge, Chris. "CHRISTOPHER JUDGE ." College of Arts and Sciences Anthropology. 08 Feb 2008. 5 May 2008

External links

UC Lancaster Anthropology: Chris JudgeThe Johannes Kolb Site: Chris JudgeSoutheastern Archaeological Conference Public Outreach Grant Program Diachronic Research Foundation: Chris Judge
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