Staff

Mark A. Smith

Staff Archeologist

Dr. Mark Smith specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping applications for cultural resource surveys and excavations. He is the primary cartographic specialist for GRA and is trained in the use and application of various surveying systems (e.g., Total Station, GPS, etc.). Dr. Smith is also experienced in nautical archeology having received his M.A. in the subject at Texas A&M University and participated in underwater excavations off the coast of Turkey and in the Caribbean. His dissertation research at New York University entailed an analysis of settlement geography in the Punjab, Pakistan, during the Early Historic and Medieval Periods. Dr. Smith has field experience in the Eastern United States, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, South Asia and the Caribbean. He has directed CRM projects in the Northeast and recently he held the position of Field Director for the Regime Crimes Liaison Office Iraq Mass Graves Team.

Education

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Ph.D. 2007	New York University Anthropology
M. Phil 1999	New York University Anthropology
M.A. 1995	Texas A&M University Anthropology
B.A. 1989	University of Arizona Anthropology

Employment History

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1998 – present	Staff Archaeologist/GIS coordinator, Geoarcheology Research Associates Riverdale, NY
2006	Field Director, Regime Crime Liaison Office, U.S. Department of State Baghdad, Iraq
2005 – 2006	GIS Coordinator/Assistant Field Director, Regime Crime Liaison Office, U.S. Department of State Baghdad, Iraq
2004	Research Assistant, New York University New York, NY
2000 – 2004	Assistant Archaeologist/GIS Consultant, John Milner Associates, Inc. Croton-on-Hudson, NY
2002	GIS consultant, New York University New York, NY

Awards and Fellowships

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1996 – 2004	Graduate Teaching Assistant, New York University
1999	George Franklin Dales Foundation Scholarship
1998	Salwen Fellowship for dissertation Research
1991	Institute of Nautical Archaeology Scholarship
1990	Institute of Nautical Archaeology Scholarship

Publications

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Smith, M. A. and Boyle, J. 2003. Using GIS to Analyze Farms and Farmstead Architecture in the Finger Lakes national Forest. In GIS in Historical Archaeology / Case Study from Central New York, James A. Delle and Patrick Heaton, editors. Northeastern Historical Archaeology, 32: 45-56.

Delle, J. A., P. J. Heaton, J. Boyle, T. Cuddy, K. Holmberg, J. Six, M. Smith, N. Thomas, and K. Wehner. 2003. The Hector Backbone: A Quiescent Landscape of Conflict. Historical Archaeology 37 (3).

Smith, M. A. 1994. The Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey. In S. R. Rao (ed.) The Role of Universities and Research Institutes in Marine Archaeology. Goa: Society for Marine Archaeology.

Cultural Resources and Management Reports

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Schuldenrein, J., M. A. Smith, S. Malin-Boyce and C. Bergoffen. 2008. Phase 1A Archaeological Investigation for the Proposed Randall's Island Field Development Project. A report prepared by Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc., Yonkers, N.Y. for Randall's Island Sports Foundation, Inc., New York and DMJM+Harris, Inc., NY.

Schuldenrein, J., M. Aiuvaslasit, M. A. Smith. 2008. Geoarchaeological Study of Buried Landscapes for the Proposed 2nd Avenue Subway between E. 92nd and E99th Streets, New York, New York. A report prepared by Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc., Riverdale, N. Y. for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York, New York.

Schuldenrein, J. C. E. Larsen, M. Aiuvalasit, M. A. Smith and S. Malin-Boyce. 2007. Geomorphological/Archaeological Borings and GIS Model of the Submerged Paleoenvironment in the New York/New Jersey Harbor and Bight in connection with the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation, Project Port of New York and New Jersey. 2A report prepared for NEA, Portland, Maine.

Schuldenrein, J. R. A. Rowles, N. DuBroff and M. A. Smith. 2006. Developing a Framework for a Geomorphological/Archaeological Model of the Submerged Paleoenvironment in the New York/New Jersey Harbor and Bight in connection with the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation Project Port of New York and New Jersey. A report prepared for Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc.

Malin-Boyce, S., M. A. Smith and S. Selby. 2004. Phase I/II Archaeological Investigations for the Proposed Valley View Group Campsite, Delaware Water Gap Nation Recreation Area, Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. A report prepared for U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Schuldenrein, J., Donald Thieme and M. A. Smith. 2004. The Development and Archaeological Applications of a Geomorphological Survey and Map, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A report prepared for Ft. Bragg Directorate of Contracting, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

Heaton, P. J., M. A. Smith and Joel I. Klein. 2003. GIS Archaeological Sensitivity Model and Results of Archeological Field Survey, High Falls Public Water Installation, Ulster County, New York. A report prepared for John Milner Associates, Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Malin-Boyce, S., M. A. Smith, and J. Schuldenrein. 2002. Phase 1A and Phase 1B Archaeological Survey Proposed Blue Point Development Site Hamlet of Blue Point, Township of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. Report prepared by Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc., Riverdale, N. Y. for Two Guys, LLC., Centereach, N.Y.

Malin-Boyce, S., M. A. Smith, and J. Schuldenrein. 2001. Phase 1A and Phase 1B Archaeological Surveys Proposed Stony Point Substation Site, Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New York. Report prepared by Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc., Riverdale, N.Y. for Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Spring Valley, N.Y.

Malin-Boyce, S., M. S. Smith, and J. Schuldenrein. 2001. Supplement 5 to Phase IB Archaeological Investigation, Stagecoach Storage Project, Town of Owego and Town of Nichols, Tioga County, New York. Report prepared by Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc., Riverdale, N.Y. for Foster Wheeler Environmental Corp., Livingston, N.J.

Malin-Boyce, S., M. A. Smith, and J. Schuldenrein. 2001. Supplement 6 to Phase IB Archaeological Investigation, Stagecoach Storage Project, Town of Owego and Town of Nichols, Tioga County, New York. Report prepared by Geoarcheology Research Associates, Inc., Riverdale, N.Y. for Foster Wheeler Environmental Corp., Livingston, N.J.

Heaton, P. J., M. A. Smith and J I. Klein. 2001. A GIS Based Archaeological Sensitivity Model for use in Conjunction with the Public Water Supply Installations Project Village of High Falls, Ulster County, New York. A report prepared for John Milner Associates, Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Schuldenrein, J., D. M. Thieme, M. A. Smith and T. Epperson. 2000. A Geomorphological and Archeological Study in Connection with the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation Study, Upper and Lower Bay, Port of New York. A report prepared for Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc.

Regime Crimes Liason Office Reports

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Smith, M. A., D. Z. C. Hines, N. J. Brighton, M. K. Trimble, C. S. Steele (editors). 2007. Forensic Investigation of Mass Grave KAR0024, Karbala Province, Iraq. United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Archaeological Curation and Collections Management. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, United States Embassy Baghdad, Iraq.

Trimble, M. K., N. J. Brighton, D. Z. C. Hines, M. A. Smith (editors). 2007. Forensic Survey Along the Tar-as-Saiyid, Karbala Province, Iraq. United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Archaeological Curation and Collections Management. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, United States Embassy Baghdad, Iraq.

Hines, D. Z. C., S. Malin-Boyce, M. A. Smith, C. S. Steele (editors). 2006 Archaeological and Forensic Reconnaissance of Potential Mass Graves Sites: Iraq, 2005-2006. United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Archaeological Curation and Collections Management. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, United States Embassy Baghdad, Iraq.

Hines, D. Z. C., M. A. Smith, N. J. Brighton (editors). 2006. Forensic Investigation of Mass Grave KAR0008, Karbala Province, Iraq. United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Archaeological Curation and Collections Management. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, United States Embassy Baghdad, Iraq.

Selected Papers/Posters Presented

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2008	The Application of GIS in Forensic Archaeology, Karbala, Iraq. A paper presented at the 2008 Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Scientists, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2008	(with Stephen A. Chomko) GIS Applications in Mass Graves Documentation and Analyses. A paper presented at the 41st Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2003	The geomorphic background to human settlement in the New Jersey Meadowlands: New Perspective. A poster presented at the Meadowlands Symposium, New Jersey Meadowlands Commission , Lyndhurst, NJ.
2000	The archaeology of abandoned farmsteads in Hector Township, New York. A poster presented at the 33rd Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Quebec City, Quebec.
1999	Analysis of 19th and 20th century farmsteads in Hector Township: Integrating CAD, CPS and GIS. A poster presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, Illinois.
1997	(with James Delle) Archaeology, the tourist industry, and the state. A paper presented (by James Delle) at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.
1994	The Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey. A paper presented at the Third Indian Conference on Marine Archaeology of Indian Ocean Countries, Karnataka State University, Karnataka, India.