Sherman Lee Johns Jr.

Curriculum Vitae

 

shermanjohnsjr@archlabscrm.com

(304) 400-7319

 

Project Manager and Project Archaeologist

ArchLabs LLC

 

EDUCATION

 

2025    Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia

 

2020    M.A. Anthropology, University of Central Florida

 

2016    B.A. Anthropology, University of North Florida, summa cum laude

Minor: Geography

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Archaeology of pre-contact North America; St. Johns II culture and pre-contact northeastern Florida; political organization and exchange networks; evolutionary theory; costly signaling; value; GIS and spatial analyses; archaeometry; lithic analysis and provenance studies; use-wear analysis; quantitative archaeology; cultural heritage management; field archaeology; human osteology

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

2025    Doctoral Student Marshall: for academic excellence and outstanding service to the MU community.

2025    Rollins Society Inductee: for significant advancement of the well-being of self-defined communities              beyond the scope of academic work.

2022    Justin M. Nolan Award for Academic Excellence and Service: $3000

2022    University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council Conference Presentation Travel Award,                          Southeastern Archaeological Conference 78th Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas: $600

2021    W. Raymond Wood Opportunities for Excellence in Archaeology Award, Mill Cove Complex,                          Florida Research Excavations: $1500

2020    University of Missouri G. Ellsworth Huggins Fellowship: $39,022 per academic year. 5- year award

2020    UCF Anthropology Teaching Assistantship Spring Semester: $8,330

2019    Salute Veteran National Honors Society Inductee

2019    UCF Anthropology Teaching Assistantship Fall Semester: $8,330

2016    Student Paper Award Winner, Florida Anthropological Society

2016    University of North Florida Outstanding Anthropology Graduate

2016    Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society Inductee

2014    Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Inductee

2014    SAGE Student Ambassador/Translator Study Abroad Grant, Nanteuil-en-Valle, France:   $1,700

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Johns Jr., Sherman L. and Keith Ashley

2025    Caracasi: Introducing a St. Johns II Site. The Florida Anthropologist 78(1):27-40.

 

Johns Jr., Sherman L. and Keith Ashley

2025    Assessing the Mill Cove Complex Flaked Stone Debitage Assemblage. The Florida Anthropologist 78(1):41-56.

 

Johns, S. Lee

2023    Review of Archaeological Narratives of the North American Great Plains: From Ancient Pasts to Historic Resettlement by Sarah J. Trabert and Kacy L. Hollenback. Plains Anthropologist 1-2.

 

Johns, S. Lee

2022    University of Missouri Archaeological Field School. The Florida Anthropologist 75(1):99-101.

 

Johns, S. Lee

2020    Mill Cove Complex Lithic Typology: Understanding Early Mississippian Period Social Exchange in Northeastern Florida. M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Orlando.

 

Ashley, Keith and S. Lee Johns

2016    University of North Florida (UNF) Summer Archaeological Field School. The Florida Anthropologist 69(4):206-207.

 

Johns, S. Lee

2015   University of North Florida Archaeological Field School Summary. The Florida Anthropologist 68(3-4):113-114.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Johns, Sherman, Jay Stephens, Virginie Renson, and Keith Ashley

2024    Mill Cove Complex Native Copper: A Lead Isotopic Study presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.

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Johns, Sherman and Keith Ashley

2022    The Mill Cove Complex: An Analysis of Flaked Stone Debitage presented at the 79th   Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, AR.

 

Ashley, Keith, Sherman L. Johns, Rochelle Marrinan, and Nicole Abreu

2022    An Update on Pottery, Stone, Bone, and Other Recent Discoveries at the Mill Cove Complex presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society, Coral Gables, FL.

 

Johns, Sherman

2022   Mill Cove Complex 2021 Excavations, Presented at the MU Benefactors’ Symposium and Nolan Award Ceremony, Columbia, MO.

 

Johns, S. Lee and Keith Ashley

2016   Caracasi and the Mortuary Mounds of Mayport. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Athens, GA.

 

Johns, S. Lee

2016   The Mill Cove Complex: A Comparative Analysis of Mississippian Small Triangular Points. Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society.

 

FIELD/ LAB/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2023 –

Pres     Archaeological Project Manager, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Soil & Water Conservation Program, Jefferson City, MO. Supervise 2 Archaeological Technicians and 1 Contract Archaeologist. 521 Projects Reviewed or Surveyed, 28 Cultural Resource Management Reports authored and on file with the Missouri SHPO, 131 field visits resulting in an internal memo filed with MoDNR, 14 New Sites Discovered and Reported to SHPO, 3 Sites Updated and Reported to SHPO.

 

2025    Director, University of Missouri-Columbia Archaeological Field School, Rancho Moreno, Springfield, MO. 4-week field school, camping in field. Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Historic Components. May-June.

 

2022    Archaeologist, Wetlands Boundary Survey, MoDOT, Washington Park Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

 

2022    Archaeologist, Phase I Bridge Survey, MoDOT, Bennett Spring State Park, Oxly, Eunis, and Springfield, MO.

 

2022    Archaeologist, Rocheport Bridge Artifact Analysis, MoDOT Historic Preservation Laboratory, Jefferson City, MO

 

2022    Lead Osteological Researcher, Identification of Human Remains from MoDOT projects. Resulted in repatriation of 118 human bones representing an MNI of 21 individuals, 17 adults and 4 neonates. Supervisor Dr. Libby Cowgill.

 

2022    Historic Preservation Intern, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Paid Summer Internship

 

2021    Interim Assistant Laboratory Manger, Fall Semester, University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), Managing NAA Sample Long and Short Irradiations of Pottery, Chert, Obsidian, and Ochre

 

2021-

2022    Research Technician, University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), LA-ICP-MS

 

2021    Anthropology Consultant, Dalton Cemetery Preservation and Erosion Recovery, Dalton             Missouri

 

2021    Project Manager / Lead Archaeologist, Geological Survey and Collection, Various Locations throughout Florida.

 

2021    Project Manager / Lead Archaeologist, Mill Cove Complex 8DU12 excavations, Jacksonville, FL.

 

2021-

2022    GIS Technician, Missouri SHPO, State Data Input and Feature Creation

 

2020    Intern, Missouri SHPO, 106 Compliance and Site Form Review, 173 hours

 

2020    Volunteer, University of North Florida MLK excavations, Mill Cove Complex,

            Jacksonville, FL.

 

2019    Volunteer, University of North Florida MLK excavations, Mill Cove Complex, Jacksonville, FL.

 

2018    Volunteer, University of North Florida MLK excavations, Mill Cove Complex, Jacksonville, FL.

 

2016-

2017    Archaeological Technician, SEARCH Inc.

 

2016-

2017    Archaeological Lab Technician, SEARCH Inc.

 

2016    Volunteer, University of North Florida Archaeological Field School, Caracasi, Naval Air Station Mayport, FL.

 

2016    Student, University of North Florida MLK excavations, Mill Cove Complex, Jacksonville, FL.

 

2015    Student Laboratory Assistant (Paid), University of North Florida Archaeology Lab

 

2015    Student, University of North Florida Archaeological Field School, Mill Cove Complex, Jacksonville, FL.

 

2014    Student, Valencia College Study Abroad, Medieval Mill Preservation, Nanteuil-en-Vallee, France.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2025    Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia Archaeological Field School, Anthropology 4800 Field Methods in Archaeology, 4-week Field School, Rancho Moreno, Springfield, MO

 

2025    Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida, Anthropology 2000, Introduction to Anthropology, Online Course, Spring Semester.

 

2025    Graduate Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthropology 2020, Fundamentals of Archaeology Lab, Spring Semester.

 

2024    Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida, Anthropology 2000, Introduction to Anthropology, Online Course, 2 Sections, Fall Semester.

 

2024    Adjunct Professor, Missouri State University, Anthropology 100, Cultures of the World, Online Course, Fall Semester.

 

2024    Adjunct Professor, Missouri State University, Anthropology 314, Environmental Anthropology, Online Course, Fall Semester.

 

2024    Graduate Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthropology 2020, Fundamentals of Archaeology Lab, Fall Semester.

 

2024    Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida, Anthropology 2000, Introduction to Anthropology, Online Course, Summer B.

 

2024    Adjunct Professor, Missouri State University, Anthropology 100, Cultures of the World, Online Course, 2 Sections, Spring Semester.

           

2024    Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida, Anthropology 2000, Introduction to Anthropology, Online Course, 2 Sections, Spring Semester.

 

2024    Graduate Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthropology 2020, Fundamentals of Archaeology Lab, Spring Semester.

 

2023    Graduate Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthropology 2020, Fundamentals of Archaeology Lab, Fall Semester.

 

2023    Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida, Anthropology 2000, Introduction to Anthropology, Online Course, Summer Semester.

 

2023    Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida, Anthropology 2000, Introduction to Anthropology, Online Course, Spring Semester.

 

2023    Graduate Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthropology 2020, Fundamentals of Archaeology Lab, Spring Semester.

 

2022    Graduate Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthropology 2020, Fundamentals of Archaeology Lab, Fall Semester.

 

2020    Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-Columbia, Intro to Cultural Anthropology.

 

2020    Instructor (Unpaid), University of Central Florida, FAA sUAS Fundamentals.

 

2020    Guest Lecture, University of Central Florida, Brown Bag Presentation, sUAS      Regulations: Drone Use in Education and Research.

 

2020    Teaching Assistant, University of Central Florida, Archaeology and the Rise of Human   Culture, Paleoethnobotany.

 

2019    Instructor (Unpaid), University of Central Florida, FAA sUAS Fundamentals.

 

2019    Teaching Assistant, University of Central Florida, Peoples of the World, Forensic             Anthropology.

 

2019    Tutor (Paid), University of Central Florida, Global UCF, The Human Species.

 

2019    Guest Lecture, University of Central Florida, Lithic Analysis, Florida Prehistoric Lithic Technology.

 

2018    Guest Lecture, Valencia College, Introduction to Anthropology, Archaeological Research Methods.

 

UNIVERSITY & DISCIPLINE SERVICE

 

University of Missouri-Columbia

 

2024-Pres        MoDNR Archaeology Internship Director and Instructor for MU Students

2023 (Fall)       Anthropology Lecture Series Sponsor, Dr. Keith Ashley

2021 (Fall)      MURR NSF Grant Evaluation Committee

2021 (Spring)  MURR NSF Grant Evaluation Committee

2021 (Spring)  President, Graduate Anthropology Association

2020 (Fall)       President, Graduate Anthropology Association Founding Member

 

University of Central Florida

 

2020 (Spring)  UCF Anthropology sUAS Program Coordinator and Instructor (Unpaid)

2019 (Nov)      Salute Veterans Honors Society Veterans Day UCF Flag Placement Volunteer

2019 (Fall)       UCF Anthropology sUAS Program Coordinator and Instructor (Unpaid)

2019 (Oct)       UCF Creative School for Children Archaeological Activities Volunteer

2019 (April)    Archaeological Institute of America Presentation Volunteer

2019 (Sept)     Archaeological Institute of America Presentation Volunteer

 

University of North Florida

 

2016 (June)     UNF Field School Volunteer, Caracasi, Naval Air Station Mayport, FL

2016 (Jan)       Volunteer Excavation, Mill Cove Complex, Jacksonville, FL

2015 (Oct)       Volunteer Archaeological Survey, Atlantic Beach, FL

2015 (Sept)     Archaeological Institute of America Presentation Volunteer

2015 (Spring)  Volunteer Laboratory Assistant, UNF Archaeology Lab

2015 (Jan)       Volunteer Excavation, Mill Cove Complex, Jacksonville, FL

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

2024 (Nov)      Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, Funeral Services, Motorcade and Color Guard, Fallen Active-Duty Airforce Member, California, MO.

2024 (Sep)       Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association volunteer and donation event, Welcome Home Veterans Community, Columbia, MO. $2000 raised for homeless veterans.

2024 (Jun)       Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, Poker Run, $3000 raised to be donated to veterans causes. Focus on suicide and homelessness.

2023 (Apr)      MoDNR Earth Day Volunteer, South Capitol Lawn, Jefferson City, MO.

2022 (Jun)       Art in the Park, MURR Archaeology Tent, Columbia, MO.

2021 (Aug)      Missouri Department of Natural Resources Bicentennial Bash and                                      Commemoration Volunteer. First Missouri State Capital Site, St. Charles, MO.

2021 (Jan)       MU Healthcare Human Resources Intro to Archaeology Presentation & Lab

2019 (Nov)      Deerwood Elementary School Teach-In 2nd Grade Archaeology Presentation

2015 (Oct)       International Archaeology Day, Beaches Museum, Jacksonville Beach

 

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

 

2023 (Fall)        Copper Sample Preparation Training for Lead Isotope Analysis, MURR

2022 (Jul)          106/NRHP Training, MoDOT

2022 (Jun)         Trimble, Top Con Survey Grade GPS, and Total Station Training with MoDOT

2022 (May)       Advisory Council on Historic Preservation “Successfully Navigating 106 Review” E-Learning Course

2022 (May)       Advisory Council on Historic Preservation “What is Section 106” E-Learning Course

2022 (May)       Missouri SHPO “Section 106 Review Introduction to the Basics” Online Training Course

2022 (May)       Working Effectively with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments Training Course. Tribal.usalearning.net.

2022 (Spring)    Experimental research in use-wear analysis, Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Ferguson

2021 (Spring)    Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) Training, MURR

2019 (Oct)        SAA Online Seminar Series, XRF in Archaeology: Overview of Fundamental Concepts and Case Studies

2019 (Oct)        Trimble Set-up and Use, Instructor: Dr. Sarah Barber

2019 (Jan)         pXRF Set-up and Use, Instructor: Dr. Brigitte Kovacevich and Dr. Michael Callahan.

2017 (Jun)         FAA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Commercial Certificate

2016 (Feb)        Total Station Set-up and Use, Instructor: Dr. Gordon Rakita

2010 (March)    FAA Commercial Pilot, Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land, Tailwheel, Instrument Rating

 

SKILLS

 

General Methods: Lithic Analysis; Use-wear analysis; Archaeometry, GIS, Archaeological Osteology, Archaeological Survey and Excavation

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

2023    Combat Veterans Motorcycle Assocation (CVMA)

2022    The Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA)

2021    Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5077

2019    Salute Veteran National Honors Society

2016    Southeastern Archaeological Conference

2016    Florida Anthropological Society

2016    Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society

2014    Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society