K. Renee Barlow Curriculum Vitae
Education
1998 Collections Management Workshop, Smithsonian Institution Center for Museum
Studies, Washington D.C.
1997 Ph. D. anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
1993 M. A. anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
1984 B. S. anthropology, Brigham Young University, Provo.
Grants and Awards
2003 $15,000 (with D. Metcalfe and J. Spangler) Cost-Sharing Grant, Price District,
Bureau of Land Management.
2002 $3,000 Salt Lake Community College eEducation Development Grant.
1998 $1,000 Utah Museums Association Technical Assistance Grant.
1998 $800 Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Travel Grant.
1998 $500 State of Utah Local History Grant.
1994-5 $3,000 Research Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of
Utah.
1993-4 $6,500 Anthropology Teaching Assistantship, University of Utah.
1992-3 $6,000 Anthropology Teaching Assistantship, University of Utah.
1991-2 $4,500 University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship, University of
Utah.
Positions/Appointments
2002-04 Assistant Professor, Humanities Department, Salt Lake Community College,
Salt Lake City.
2000-02 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Humanities Department, Salt Lake Community
College, Salt Lake City.
1998-04 Research Curator of Anthropology, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt
Lake City.
1998-99 Curator of Collections, Edge of the Cedars State Park, Utah Division
of Parks and Recreation, Blanding, Utah.
1992-98 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City.
1997-98 Office and Lab Technician, Utah State Historical Society, Antiquities
Section, Salt Lake City.
1985-90 Staff Archaeologist, P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City.
Professional Interests
Archaeological method and theory, prehistory of the Great Basin and Southwest,
Tarahumara, evolutionary ecology, origins of agriculture, paleoethnobotany,
lithic studies.
Teaching
2000-4 Salt Lake Community College, Humanities
Department. Anthropology 1010-Culture and the Human Experience;
Anthropology 1030-Introduction to Archaeology; Anthropology 1030-Internet Introduction
to Archaeological Method and Theory for WebCT, Anthropology 2010-Peoples and
Cultures of the Southwest, Anthropology 2500-Archaeological Field School, Humanities
1900- Special Studies in Humanities, Humanities 2000-Work Coop. (nine semesters)
1992-8 University of Utah, Department of Anthropology.
Anthropology 103,The Human Past; Anthropology 381R, Prehistory of the American
Southwest; Anthropology 352, The Origins of Agriculture. (ten quarters)
Additonal Teaching Experience:
1992-4 Teaching Assistant, University of Utah, Department of Anthropology.
Anthropology 103,The Human Past. (six quarters with Jim O'Connell and Duncan
Metcalfe)
Archaeological Permits
2003 Utah annual antiquities permit,
Salt Lake Community College, principal investigator
2002 Utah annual antiquities permit, University of Utah Archaeological Center,
field supervisor.
2001 Utah annual antiquities permit, Utah Museum of Natural History, principal
investigator.
1998 Utah annual antiquities permit, Utah State Division of Parks and Recreation,
principal investigator.
1997 BLM cultural resource use permit, University of Utah Archaeological Center,
principal investigator.
1997 Utah annual antiquities permit, University of Utah Archaeological Center,
principal investigator.
Publications and Selected Manuscripts
Barlow, K. Renee
2003 A formal model for predicting agriculture among the Fremont. In Foraging
Theory and the Transition to Agriculture, Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce
Winterhalder, editors. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C. In press.
Barlow, K. Renee
2002 Predicting maize agriculture among the Fremont: an economic comparison
of farming and foraging in the American Southwest. American Antiquity
67(1): 65-88.
Barlow, K. Renee and Melissa D. Heck
2002 More on acorn eating during the Natufian: expected patterning in diet and
the archaeological record of subsistence. In Hunter-gatherer Archaeobotany,
edited by Sarah L. R. Mason and Jon G. Hather, pp. 128-145. Institute of Archaeology,
University College, London. ISBN 0-905853-38-5.
Barlow, K. Renee
1997 Foragers that Farm: A Behavioral Ecology Approach to the Economics
of Corn Farming for the Fremont Case. Ph. D. dissertation, Department of
Anthropology, University of Utah. UMI, Ann Arbor.
Barlow, K. Renee and Duncan Metcalfe
1996 Plant Utility Indices: Two Great Basin Examples. Journal of Archaeological
Science 23:351-371.
Barlow, K. Renee and Duncan Metcalfe
1993 1990 Archaeological Excavations at Joes Valley Alcove. University
of Utah Archaeological Center Reports of Investigation 93-1.
Barlow, K. Renee, Penny R. Henriksen and Duncan Metcalfe
1993 Estimating load size in the Great Basin: Data from conical burden-baskets,
Utah Archaeology 1993: 27-37.
Metcalfe, Duncan, and K. Renee Barlow
1992 A Model for exploring the optimal trade-off between field processing and
transport. American Anthropologist 94(2):340-356.
Invited Papers
Barlow, K. Renee and Duncan Metcalfe
2003 The Archaeology of Range Creek, presented to museum docents, Utah Museum
of Natural History Brown Bag Lunch Series.
Barlow, K. Renee, Bonnie Bass, Shannon Arnold,
Joel Boomgarden and Peter Nelson
2002 The Archaeology of Locomotive Rock. In "the Archaeological and Historic
Treasures of Range Creek", Utah. 28th Great Basin Anthropological Conference,
Elko.
Barlow, K. Renee and Duncan Metcalfe
2002 Storage Strategies, Caching and the Economy of a Variable Environment.
In "the Archaeological and Historic Treasures of Range Creek," Utah.
28th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Elko.
K. Renee Barlow
2001 A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture Among the Fremont. Invited paper
in “Foraging Theory and the Transition to Agriculture,” 66th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.
K. Renee Barlow
2000 The Archaeology of Wadi Mataha in Petra, Jordan: Prehistoric and Classical
Ruins. Humanities Forum,
October 2000, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City.
Barlow, K. Renee and Melissa D. Heck
2000 More on acorn eating during the Natufian: Expected patterning in diet and
the archaeological record of subsistence. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, General Session on Paleoethnobotany, Philadelphia.
Barlow, K. Renee
2000 Prehistoric Maize Economies: Foraging and farming in the Great Basin and
Colorado Plateau. Two invited
lectures, March 2000, Brigham Young University, Provo.
1999 Prehistoric Maize Economies: Foraging and
farming in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. The
Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series, October 1999, University of California,
Berkeley.
1999 Wadi Mataha 1999, An archaeological site near Petra,
Jordan. Trails of the Ancients Society meeting, Utah
Statewide Archaeological Society, Blanding, Utah.
1997 Aboriginal uses of plant resources in the Great Basin,
presented to the museum docents, Utah Museum of
Natural History Brown Bag Lunch Series.
1996 Antlers, Stones and Bones: An Introduction to the Surprise Valley Lithic Project, presented to students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, November 1996, Stewart Auditorium, University of Utah.
1994 Symposium Chair, Foraging and farming at the edge
of the Basin: Variation in subsistence and
settlement in the archaeological record of the Fremont, 24th Great Basin Anthropological
Conference, Elko.
1994 A Cost/benefit comparison of farming and foraging. 24th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Elko.
1994 Archaeology and Prehistory. Presented at the Great Salt Lake Audubon Society, Basin and Range Seminar and Workshop, Clover Springs.
1994 Results of the 1990 Excavation of Joes Valley Alcove. Presented at the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society Meetings, Utah County Chapter, Provo.
1992 Math in Archaeology. Lecture and workshop prepared for the Utah Math-Science Network, Women and Mathematics, Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Westminster College, Salt Lake City.
Barlow, K. Renee
1991 The 1990 Excavation of Joes Valley Alcove. Presented at Statewide Archaeological
Society meetings, Salt Lake Chapter, Salt Lake City.
1990 Preliminary Report of the 1990 Excavation of Joes Valley Alcove. Presented at the Utah Professional Archaeological Council Meetings, Salt Lake City.
1990 Differential Transport of Plant Parts: Experimental Data on Several Great Basin Plant Resources. 22nd Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Reno.
Cultural Resource Management Reports
Barlow, K. Renee, Duncan Metcalfe and Shannon Arnold
2002 Preliminary report of the 2001 excavations at the Bead Tree Site: 42Wn2401.
Manuscript on file at the Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City.
Barlow, K. Renee, Nancy D. Sharp, Lorelea Hudson, Gary
Bowyer and Christian J. Miss
1996 Report on the cultural resource inventory survey completed for the proposed
WorldCom Seattle to Salt Lake City fiber-optic line, Part 1: Utah. Submitted
to the Utah Division of State History, Antiquities Section.
Barlow, K. Renee
1994 Supplemental Cultural Resource Inventory of the Proposed Park and Ride
Lot 9400 South 2000 East, Salt Lake County. Submitted to Utah Division of State
History, Antiquities Section, SLC.
Barlow, K. Renee and Duncan Metcalfe
1993 1990 Archaeological Excavations at Joes Valley Alcove, University of Utah
Archaeological Center Reports of Investigation 93-1 (139 pages).
Barlow, K. Renee
1989 Site No: 42Ws2356. In Cultural Resource Inventory Along State Road 9, I-15
to the Virgin River, Milepost 0 to 5, Washington County, Utah, edited by B.
L. Tipps, pp. 56-62. Cultural Resources Report 436-03-8904. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, SLC.
Barlow, K. Renee and Betsy L. Tipps
1989 Cultural Resource Inventory of Improvements to the South St. George Interchange
on Interstate 15, Washington County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 438-08-8903.
P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State
History, SLC. (14 pp.)
Tipps, Betsy L. and K. Renee Barlow
1989 Site No: 42Ws2355. In Cultural Resource Inventory Along State Road 9, I-15
to the Virgin River, Milepost 0 to 5, Washington County, Utah, edited by B.
L. Tipps, pp. 44-52. Cultural Resources Report 436-03-8904. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, SLC.
1989 Oral Interviewing and Documents Research. In Cultural Resource Inventory Along State Road 9, I-15 to the Virgin River, Milepost 0 to 5, Washington County, Utah, edited by B. L. Tipps, p. 20. Cultural Resources Report 436-03-8904. P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, SLC.
1988 Cultural Resource Inventory for a New County Road, Central Utah Project, M & I System, Jordanelle Dam, Wasatch County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 430-04-8813. P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities Section, SLC.
Barlow, K. Renee
1988 Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for Seven Geologic Exploration Trench
Sites, Tithing Mountain, I & D System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project,
Utah County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 430-02-8812. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Region,
SLC.
1988 Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for the Dry Mountain Tunnel, I and D System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 430-01-8811. P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Region, SLC.
Barlow, K. Renee
1988 Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for Two Drill Hole Sites for the
Nephi Pumping Plant, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Juab County, Utah.
Cultural Resources Report 430-06-8810. P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City.
Submitted to Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Region, SLC.
Russell, Kenneth and K. Renee Barlow
1988 Cultural Resource Inventory of 5400 South, 1900 West to 3200 West, Salt
Lake County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 416-57-8808. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities
Section, Salt Lake City. (33 pp.)
Barlow, K. Renee and Betsy L. Tipps
1988 Cultural Resource Inventory of a Proposed Improvement Along State Road
112, Tooele County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 438-02-8825. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities
Section, Salt Lake City. (16 pp.)
1988 Cultural Resource Inventory of Two Proposed Construction Sites on Interstate 15, Beaver County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 436-01-8824. P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities Section, Salt Lake City. (29 pp.)
Barlow, K. Renee and Alan R. Schroedl
1986 Supplemental Cultural Resource Inventory for U. S. 40 Road Development,
Summit County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 416-28-8626. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities
Section, Salt Lake City.
1986 Cultural Resources Inventory for US 40 Road Development, Summit County, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 416-23-8621. P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities Section, Salt Lake City.
Barlow, K. Renee and Betsy L. Tipps
1986 Supplement To: Cultural Resource Inventory of the Black Rock Interchange,
Salt Lake and Tooele Counties, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 416-26-8623.
P-III Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State
History, Antiquities Section, Salt Lake City.
Barlow, K. Renee and Alan R. Schroedl
1986 Cultural Resource Inventory of the Black Rock Interchange, Salt Lake and
Tooele Counties, Utah. Cultural Resources Report 416-22-8618. P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City. Submitted to Utah Division of State History, Antiquities
Section, Salt Lake City.
Field Summary
2002 Field Supervisor, Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey in Range Creek,
Emery County, Utah.
2002 Field Supervisor, University of Utah Archaeological Center. Cultural Resource
Inventory in Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab County, Utah.
2001 Field Supervisor, University of Utah
Archaeology and Geoarchaeology Field School. Cultural Resource Inventory in
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab County, Utah.
2001 Field Supervisor, University of Utah
Archaeology and Geoarchaeology Field School. Test Excavations of 42Wn2401 and
24Wn2400 for State and Institutional Trust Lands (SITLA) parcel near Teasdale,
Wayne County, Utah.
1999 Volunteer, Bagley Meadows test excavations
for SITLA, Sevier County, Utah.
1999 Consultant, University of Utah Archaeology
and Geoarchaeology Field School, Surprise Valley California.
1999 Laboratory Supervisor, Brigham Young University Field School, Wadi Mataha,
Petra, Jordan.
1998 Principal Investigator, Test Excavation at Edge of the Cedars Ruin, San
Juan County, Utah.
1996 Field Director, WorldCom Fiber-Optic Cable Survey, Utah Section, Northwest
Archaeological Associates.
1990-7 University of Utah Archaeological Center
· Project Manager 1994-97, Surprise Valley Lithics Project, University
of Utah Archaeological Center.
· Principal Investigator 1994-present, Tarahumara Project, northern Mexico.
· Field Supervisor, 1993 Excavation of the Bennett Site, Coyote Springs,
Millard County, Utah.
· Field Supervisor, 1990 Excavation of Joes Valley Alcove, Emery County,
Utah.
1985-90 Staff archaeologist, P-III Associates,
Inc., Salt Lake City.
· Crew member, Canyonlands Archaeological Project, Phase VI, San Juan
County, Utah.
· Crew member, Canyonlands Archaeological Project, Phase V, San Juan
County, Utah.
· Crew member/Crew Chief, Burr Trail Archaeological Project, Garfield
County, Utah.
· Field assistant, Fire-X survey, Tooele County, Utah.
· Field assistant, South St. George interchange survey, Washington County,
Utah.
· Crew member, Anderson Junction Project, Washington County, Utah.
· Crew member, State Road 9 Project, Washington County, Utah.
· Field assistant, Fillmore to North Holden Project, Millard County,
Utah.
· Assistant crew chief, Bonneville Estates Rockshelter test excavations,
Elko County, Nevada.
· Field supervisor, Wildfire survey, Beaver County, Utah.
· Field supervisor, Grantsville Road survey, Tooele County, Utah.
· Crew member, Buckskin burn survey, Eureka County, Nevada.
· Crew member, Tooele Army Depot Project, Tooele County, Utah.
· Crew member, 5300 South Project, Salt Lake County, Utah.
· Crew member, Canyonlands Archaeological Project, Phase IV, San Juan
County, Utah.
· Crew member, Snyderville Project, Summit County, Utah.
· Field archaeologist, Tithing Mountain survey, Utah County, Utah.
· Field supervisor, Dry Mountain survey, Utah County, Utah.
· Field supervisor, Nephi Pumping Plant survey, Juab County, Utah.
· Field archaeologist, 5400 South survey, Salt Lake County, Utah.
· Crew member, US 40 road survey, Summit County, Utah.
· Field supervisor, Blackrock Interchange Survey, Tooele County, Utah.
· Crew member, Little Boulder Basin survey, Eureka County, Nevada.
· Crew member, Canyonlands Archaeological Project, Phase II, San Juan
County, Utah.
· Laboratory director, N-16 Project, Navajo Nation, northeastern Arizona.
1983 Lab director, Brigham Young University Field School, Blanding, Utah.
1981-3 Museum assistant, Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures.
1982-3 Student/archaeologist, BYU Cultural
Resource Management Services, Provo.
· Crew member, Archaeological and Geologic assessment of Antelope Cave,
Mohave County, Arizona.
· Volunteer crew member, preliminary test excavations at Nancy Patterson
Village, San Juan Co, Utah.
· Crew member, Marathon Oil/Tin Cup Gas pipeline project, San Juan County,
Utah
· Crew member, Westwater Archaeological Inventory, San Juan County, Utah.
· Crew member, Marathon Oil/Southern Tin Cup Archaeological Survey, San
Juan County, Utah.
· Crew member, Recapture Settlement Sampling Survey, San Juan County,
Utah.
· Field school student, Brigham Young University, Recapture Wash, San
Juan County, Utah.
· Volunteer crew member, Sparrow Hawk site, Utah County, Utah.
· Crew member, Browns Draw Feeder Canal, Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation,
Duchesne County, Utah.
· Crew member, Inventory of seismic lines and powder magazine locations,
Duchesne County, Utah.
· Volunteer crew member, American Legion Recreation Park, Washington
County, Utah.
· Volunteer crew member, City of Blanding Water treatment project, San
Juan County, Utah.