Christian Davenport will be our speaker for the January meeting.  His talk is titled “The Findings of the Boyer Archaeological Survey on Lake Okeechobee”. 
     The lecture will discuss the results of an archaeological survey conducted along the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee during the 2006-2008 drought.  The survey resulted in the identification of 33 new archaeological sites ranging in age from 3000 years ago to sunken vessel from the 1928 Hurricane. 
     I have been taking part in archaeological investigations since age 7 when a local archaeologist took me under his arm.  By 16 I was supervising archaeological field schools for the local parks and recreation department. Since then I have taken part in archaeological investigations stretching from Maine to Oaxaca, Mexico and as far west as Memphis, Tennessee.  
     I received my BA from Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire where I specialized in the identification of human and animal remains from archaeological sites.  After graduation I took two years off, working in the private sector side of archaeology called Cultural Resource Management (CRM).  During this time I worked on archaeological investigations throughout the Mid-Atlantic states.  After my first and last western Pennsylvania winter I decided it was time to go back to school (someplace warm).  I was admitted to the University of Tennessee where once again I specialized in the identification of human and animal remains from archaeological sites. During and after grad school I worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to identify delineated and protect thousands of historic resources (sites) within TVA’s property.
     Wanting to be closer to family and friends I took a job in Maryland working for one of the largest CRM firms in the nation.  During this time I also taught at the University of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University. Currently I am the archaeologist for Palm Beach County and an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University. 

Born in: Baltimore, Maryland
Raised in: Duxbury, Massachusetts
Undergraduate School: Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire
Graduate School: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 
Archaeological Specialty: Zooarchaeology (study of animal remains from archaeological sites). 
Age at first archaeological dig: Seven 
Age when running a field school: 15
Most exciting archaeological site worked at: Teotihuacán, Mexico 
Best archaeological day: Proposing to wife on top of a Mayan Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico
Worst archaeological day: Hearing a “snap” as the soil froze before it hit the screen. Summerset, PA. 
Oldest archaeological find: An 8000 year old Kirk Projectile Point. Tellico Reservoir, TN. 
Coolest thing found: Dr. Dick’s crypt and skeleton.  This is the Doctor who bled George Washington to death. Queen Street Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia. 
Worst things found: Illegally buried medical waste.  An unexploded WWII 500lbs. bomb.