Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Morris, Noah, Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2024 Paleoenvironmental Constraints on Paleozoic Shale Deposition in the Mid-Continent United States. AAPG Bulletin 108(6):1119-1147. https://doi.org/10.1306/03212422156

Morris, Noah, Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2024 Tracing the origin of metal ions in Mississippi Valley-type ore deposits: Constraints from lead isotope studies of black shales from the mid-continent United States. Economic Geology 119:1355-1368. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.5097

Morris, Noah, Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2024 Constraining the provenance of black shales using rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes, Midcontinent United States. GSA Bulletin 136:3993-4004. https://doi.org/10.1130/B37264.1

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2023 Multiregional Pb isotopic linear patterns and diagenesis: Isotopes from ancient animal enamel show Native American “foreign war trophies” are local ancestors. Journal of Archaeological Science 105804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105804

Samuelsen, John R. and Margaret Guccione
     2021 Fluvial Sequencing and Caddo Landform Modification at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Caddo Archeology Journal 31:34-56. download available

Chick, Jonathan, Sydney E. McKim, Adriana Potra, Walter Manger, and John R. Samuelsen
     2021 Radiogenic Pb Enrichment of Mississippi Valley-Type Metallic Ore Deposits, Southern Ozarks: Constraints Based on Geochemical Studies of Source Rocks and Their Diagenetic History. Geosciences 11, 172. doi:10.3390/geosciences11040172

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2020 Biologically Available Pb: A Method for Ancient Human Sourcing Using Pb Isotopes from Prehistoric Animal Tooth Enamel. Journal of Archaeological Science 115:105079. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105079

Simbo, Christophe W., Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2019 A Geochemical Evaluation of the Genetic Relationship between Ouachita Mountains Paleozoic Rocks and the Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Southern Ozark Region, USA. Ore Geology Reviews 112:103029. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103029

Bottoms, Bryan, Adriana Potra, John R. Samuelsen, and Stephen R. Schutter
     2019 Geochemical Investigations of the Woodford-Chattanooga and Fayetteville Shales: Implications for Genesis of the Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb Ores in the Southern Ozark Region and Hydrocarbon Exploration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 103(7):1745-1768. doi:10.1306/12171818101

Potra, Adriana, William T. Garmon, John R. Samuelsen, Andrew Wulff, and Erik D. Pollock
     2018 Lead Isotope Trends and Metal Sources in the Mississippi Valley-type Districts from the Mid-continent United States. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 192:174-186. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2018.07.002

Potra, Adriana, Laura S. Ruhl, and John R. Samuelsen
     2018 Legacy Lead from Past Mining Activity and Gasoline Additives: Evidence from Lead Isotopes and Trace Element Geochemical Studies in the White River Basin, Southern Ozark Region, USA. Geosciences 8, 189. doi:10.3390/geosciences8060189

Scott W. Hammerstedt, Jami J. Lockhart, Patrick C. Livingood, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2017 Multisensor Remote Sensing at Spiro: Discovering Intrasite Organization. In Archaeological Remote Sensing: Applications in North America, edited by Duncan P. McKinnon and Bryan S. Haley, pp. 11-27. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. abstract available

Samuelsen, John R.
     2016 A reanalysis of strontium isotopes from a skull and mandible cemetery at the Crenshaw site: Implications for Caddo interregional warfare. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 5:119-134. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.11.012

Samuelsen, John R.
     2014 AMS and Radiocarbon Dating of the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). The Arkansas Archeologist 52:17-35. download available

Samuelsen, John R.
     2010 Geophysical Investigations of Late Fourche Maline and Early Caddo Settlement Patterning at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Southeastern Archaeology 29(2):261-278. doi:10.1179/sea.2010.29.2.004

 

Non-Reviewed Publications/Reports:

Samuelsen, John R.
     2020 An Isotopic Assessment of Late Prehistoric Interregional Warfare in the Southcentral US. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Hammerstedt, Scott W., Patrick C. Livingood, Amanda L. Regnier, Jami J. Lockhart, Tim Mulvihill, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2019 Archaeological Mitigation of Four Precontact Buildings at Spiro Mounds, 2013-2014. Oklahoma Archeological Survey Research Series 4. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.22963.25124

Samuelsen, John R. and Wm. Lane Shields
     2015 Geophysical Survey for a New Department of Arkansas Heritage Headquarters, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2014 Geophysical Survey at Oak Hill Cemetery, Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R., Michael Evans, Jared Pebworth, and Aden Jenkins
     2014 Geophysical Survey near St. Mary's of the Quapaws, Quapaw, Oklahoma. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2013 Geophysical Survey of the Oakland Mausoleum at Oakland Historic and Fraternal Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2013 Geophysical Survey of the William Gilchrist Monument, Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2011 Radiocarbon Dates from the Crenshaw Site. In Determining the Cultural Affiliation of Detached Crania and Mandibles at the Crenshaw Site, Miller County, Arkansas. Draft Report for NAGPRA Grant 05-06-GP-412, Frank Schambach, Melissa Zabecki, D. Glen Akridge, and John Samuelsen, pp. 49-67. Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2010 Stratigraphy of Red River Sediments and Human Occupation at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2009 Archaeogeophysical Investigations of Early Caddo Settlement Patterning at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R. and Jami J. Lockhart
     2009 Maxwell/Mt. Eden Cemetery. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Brandon, Jamie and John R. Samuelsen
     2008 Preliminary Report: Royston House Test Investigations, 2007-2008. Report for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Lockhart, Jami J., Michael M. Evans, Julie Morrow, John R. Samuelsen, Kathy Cande, and Shaun McGahay
     2007 Scott Cemetery, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Archaeologeophysical Remote Sensing Survey. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Sabo III, George, Lela Donat, Crystal Masterson, and John Samuelsen
     2006 Cost Efficient Management Tools for Assessing Cultural Resources. US/DOT/NRTSC-03.08. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

 

Conference Presentations:

Samuelsen, John R., Adriana Potra, Barry Shaulis, and Erik Pollock
     2024 A Comparative Analysis of Tooth Enamel Preservation for Heavy Isotopic Studies. Presented at the 65th Caddo Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 26th-27th.

Samuelsen, John R., Adriana Potra, Barry Shaulis, and Erik Pollock
     2024 Diagenesis and Preservation of Pb Isotopes in Ancient Human Tooth Enamel Using Multiple Samples from the Same Tooth. Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17th-21st.

Samuelsen, John R., Elizabeth Horton, and Adriana Potra
     2023 Testing the Geographical Sourcing of Rivercane Using Pb/Sr Isotopes and Trace Elements in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland, Oregon, March 29th-April 2nd.

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2023 Constructing Multiregional Pb and Sr Isotopic Backgrounds to Assess the Geographic Origins of Crenshaw Burials. Presented at the 64th Caddo Conference, Hochatown, Oklahoma, February 23th-25th.

Morris, Noah, Adriana Potra, John R. Samuelsen
     2023 What’s in a shale? A geochemical investigation into the depositional environments of Mid-continent black shales and their relationship to lead-zinc ores. Presented at the Ardmore Geological Society, Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Samuelsen, John R., Elizabeth Horton, and Adriana Potra
     2022 Geographically Sourcing Plants Using Pb/Sr Isotopes and Trace Elements in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Presented at the 78th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, November 9th-12th.

Bozard, Liley, Catherine Clayton, and John Samuelsen
     2022 Collections Management at the Arkansas Archeological Survey: A View from Old Washington. Presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, AR, November 9th-12th.

Herath, Hashindra, Noah Morris, John R. Samuelsen, and Adriana Potra
     2022 Metal-rich black shales as source of Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn deposits in the mid-continent United States: the role of organics. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Abstract ID: 1169966.

Morris, Noah, Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2022 Organic-rich black shale geochemistry and their association with lead-zinc ores: Mid-continent United States. Presented at the Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy, Houston, TX, August 28th-September 1st.

Potra, Adriana and John R. Samuelsen
     2022 A Pb isotope synthesis of Mississippi Valley-type ores in the midcontinent U.S.A.: trends and ore metal source(s). Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 7th-17th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2022 A test of trace element analysis for detecting Pb and Sr contamination in ancient human tooth enamel. Presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, March 30th-April 3rd.

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2022 Multiregional Lead Isotopic Linear Patterns and Evaluating Lead Contamination in Ancient Human Tooth Enamel. Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, March 23th-26th.

Morris, Noah, Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2021 Geochemical characterization of organic-rich black shales and their relationship to Pb-Zn ores in the Midcontinent United States. Presented at the Geological Society of America Conference, October 10th-13th.

Potra, Adriana, Sydney McKim, Bryan Bottoms, Christophe Simbo, Johnathan Chick, John R. Samuelsen, Stephen Schutter, and Walter L. Manger
     2021 Radiogenic Pb enrichment in Mississippi Valley-type ore deposits, Southern Ozarks: constraints based on Geochemical studies of potential source rocks. Presented at the Geological Society of America Conference, October 10th-13th.

Smith, Zachary, Erik D. Pollock, Barry Shaulis, John R. Samuelsen, Adriana Potra, and Laura S. Ruhl
     2021 Estimating urban contributions to surface water through Cl and 87Sr/86Sr mixing models within the Fourche Creek Watershed, Little Rock, Arkansas. Presented at the Geological Society of America Conference, October 10th-13th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2021 A test of trace element analysis for detecting Pb and Sr contamination in ancient human tooth enamel. Presented at the 9th International Bone Diagenesis Meeting, Évora, Portugal, September 21st-24th.

Samuelsen, John R. and Margaret Guccione
     2021 Fluvial Sequencing and Caddo Landform Modification at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the Arkansas Archeological Society Annual Meeting, September 20th-25th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2021 An Isotopic Assessment of Late Prehistoric Interregional Warfare in the Southcentral US. Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 15th-17th.

Smith, Zachary J., M. Tyler Kee, John R. Samuelsen, Erik D. Pollock, Barry Shaulis, Adriana Potra, and Laura Ruhl
     2020 Quantifying the Impact of Urbanization on the Fourche Creek Watershed, Little Rock, AR. Presented at the Geological Society of America Conference, October 21st-30th.

Livingood, Patrick C., Scott W. Hammerstedt, Jami J. Lockhart, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2020 Understanding the Organization of a Pilgrimage at Spiro. Presented at the 62nd Caddo Conference and 27th East Texas Archeological Conference, Tyler, Texas, February 28th-29th.

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2020 Biologically Available Pb: A Method for Ancient Human Sourcing Using Pb Isotopes from Prehistoric Animal Teeth. Presented at the 62nd Caddo Conference and 27th East Texas Archeological Conference, Tyler, Texas, February 28th-29th.

Hammerstedt, Scott, Patrick Livingood, Jami Lockhart, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda Regnier, George Sabo, and John R. Samuelsen
     2019 Identifying Social Landscapes at Spiro through Geophysical Survey. Presented at the 76th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Jackson, MS, November 6th-9th.

Simbo, Christophe, Adriana Potra, and John R. Samuelsen
     2019 The Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks of the Ouachita Mountains and Ozark region and their Genetic Relationship to the Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Southern Ozark Region: Insights from Radiogenic Pb Isotope and Trace Element Studies. Presented at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 3rd-6th.

Trubitt, Mary Beth, and John R. Samuelsen
     2018 Crowdsourcing Research on Novaculite Artifact Distribution. Presented at the 75th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Augusta, GA, November 14th-17th.

Potra, Adriana, Laura Ruhl, John R. Samuelsen, and J. Dodd
     2018 Legacy lead from past mining activity and gasoline additives: evidence from lead isotopes and trace element geochemical studies in the Arkansas River and White River basins, southern Ozark Region. Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference, Boston, MA, August 12th-17th.

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2017 Biologically Available Lead Isotopes in the Southcentral US: A Pilot Study for Ancient Human Sourcing. Presented at the 74th Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Tulsa, OK, November 8th-11th.

Samuelsen, John R. and Adriana Potra
     2017 Biologically Available Lead Isotopes in the Southcentral US: A Pilot Study for Ancient Human Sourcing. Presented at the Arkansas Archeological Society Annual Meeting, Little Rock, September 29th-October 1st.

Scott Hammerstedt, Jami Lockhart, Amanda Regnier, George Sabo III, John Samuelsen, Tim Mulvihill, and Patrick C. Livingood
     2017 GPR Survey of the Brown Mound at Spiro. Presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, March 29th-April 2nd.

Scott W. Hammerstedt, Jami J. Lockhart, John R. Samuelsen, Amanda Regnier, George Sabo III, Tim Mulvihill, and Patrick Livingood
     2017 Preliminary Results of GPR Survey at Spiro's Brown Mound. Presented at the 59th Caddo Conference, Natchitoches, Louisiana, February 24th-25th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2016 Using Strontium and Lead Isotopes from Regional Animal Teeth to Assess Community Organization and Origins of a Skull and Mandible Cemetery at the Crenshaw Site. Presented at the Arkansas Archeological Society Annual Meeting, El Dorado, September 30th-October 1st.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2016 Caddo Interregional Warfare or Local Burial Practice: Using Strontium Isotopes from Outlying Sites to Assess Origins and Settlement Patterns of a Skull and Mandible Cemetery at the Crenshaw Site. Presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, FL, April 6th-10th.

Samuelsen, John R., Heidi S. Davis, Ashley E. Shidner, Nicole E. Smith-Guzmàn, and Teresa V. Wilson
     2016 Archaeological and Bioarchaeological Comparisons between the Millwood Reservoir and the Skull and Mandible Cemetery at the Crenshaw Site. Presented at the 58th Caddo Conference and 23rd Annual East Texas Archeological Conference, Nacogdoches, TX, April 1st-2nd.

Samuelsen, John R., Heidi S. Davis, Ashley E. Shidner, Nicole E. Smith-Guzmàn, and Teresa V. Wilson
     2015 The Bioarchaeology of the Millwood Reservoir in Southwest Arkansas: Comparisons to the Skull and Mandible Cemetery at the Crenshaw Site. Presented at the 72nd Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Nashville, TN, November 18th-21st.

Samuelsen, John R., Philip A. Slater, Matthew A. Fort, and Kristin M. Hedman
     2015 Preliminary Research on Strontium Isotope Ratios: Comparisons to the Skull and Mandible Cemetery at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 57th Caddo Conference, Arkadelphia, AR, March 27th-28th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2014 A Reanalysis of Strontium Isotopes from the Crenshaw Site: Implications on Caddo Interregional Warfare. Presented at the 71st Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Tampa, FL, November 12th-15th. (Received Second Place Prize in the 2014 Student Paper Competition)

Samuelsen, John R.
     2014 A Method for Distinguishing between Bison Consumption and Fish/Maize Consumption via Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Stable Carbon/Nitrogen Isotopes and Auditory Exostosis Presence. Presented at the 72nd Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 29th-November 1st.

Lockhart, Jami J., Scott Hammerstedt, Amanda Regnier, Patrick Livingood, George Sabo III, John Samuelsen, Timothy Mulvihill
     2014 Insights into Settlement Pattern and Intrasite Organization at Spiro: GIS and Geophysics. Presented at the 72nd Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 29th-November 1st.

Lockhart, Jami J., Scott Hammerstedt, Amanda Regnier, Patrick Livingood, George Sabo III, John Samuelsen, Timothy Mulvihill
     2014 Remote Sensing and Mapping for Spiro Mounds: Landscape Analyses at Multiple Scales. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, Durham, North Carolina, October 13th-15th.

Hammerstedt, Scott, Patrick Livingood, Jami Lockhart, Amanda Regnier, George Sabo, and John Samuelsen
     2014 Initial Archaeological and Geophysical Results of the Spiro Landscape Archaeological Project. Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April 23th-27th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2014 A Reanalysis of Strontium Isotopes from the Crenshaw Site: Implications on Caddo Interregional Warfare. Presented at the 56th Caddo Conference and the 21st East Texas Archeological Conference, Tyler, TX, March 28th-29th.

Livingood, Patrick C., Scott W.Hammerstedt, Jami J. Lockhart, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2014 Excavations at Spiro. Presented at the 56th Caddo Conference and the 21st East Texas Archeological Conference, Tyler, TX, March 28th-29th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2013 Geophysical Evidence of Caddo Ceremonialism and Spatial Delineation at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 70th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Tampa, FL, November 6th-10th.

Livingood, Patrick, Scott W. Hammerstedt, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, Jami J. Lockhart, and John R. Samuelsen
     2013 Non-Mound and Residential Architecture at Spiro and the Arkansas River Valley. Presented at the 70th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Tampa, FL, November 6th-10th.

Wieser, Anna, Margaret J. Guccione, and John R. Samuelsen
     2013 Site Formation Processes at Crenshaw (3MI6), a Fourche Maline/Caddo Site along the Red River, Southwest Arkansas. Presented at the Geological Society of America's 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, October 27th-30th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2013 Geophysical Evidence of Caddo Ceremonialism and Spatial Delineation at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the Arkansas Archeological Society Annual Meeting, Conway, AR, September 27th-29th.

Lockhart, Jami, Scott Hammerstedt, Amanda Regnier, Patrick Livingood, and John Samuelsen
     2013 Ongoing Geophysics, Mapping, Interpretation, and Testing at Spiro Mounds. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology's 78th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, April 3rd-7th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2013 Geophysical Evidence of Caddo Ceremonialism and Spatial Delineation at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 55th Annual Caddo Conference, Tulsa, OK, February 22nd-23rd.

Hammerstedt, Scott W., Jami J. Lockhart, Patrick C. Livingood, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2013 Rediscovering Spiro: Understanding Intrasite Organization Through Archaeological Remote Sensing. Presented at the 55th Annual Caddo Conference, Tulsa, OK, February 22nd-23rd.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2013 Geophysical Evidence of Caddo Ceremonialism and Spatial Delineation at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 20th East Texas Archeological Conference, Tyler, TX, February 9th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2012 Recent Geophysical Results from the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 69th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 7th-10th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2012 Fluvial Sequencing at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6) Using Historic Maps and Remote Sensing. Presented at the 69th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 7th-10th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2012 AMS and Radiocarbon Dating of the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 69th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 7th-10th.

Hammerstedt, Scott W., Jami J. Lockhart, Patrick C. Livingood, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2012 Multisensor Remote Sensing and Mapping at Spiro: Discovering Intrasite Organization. Presented at the 69th Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 7th-10th.

Lockhart, Jami J., Scott W. Hammerstedt, Patrick C. Livingood, Tim Mulvihill, Amanda L. Regnier, George Sabo III, and John R. Samuelsen
     2012 Multisensor Remote Sensing and Mapping at Spiro: Discovering Intrasite Organization. Presented at the 83rd Annual Texas Archeological Society Meeting, Tyler, October 25th-28th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2012 Recent Geophysical Results from the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the Arkansas Archeological Society Annual Meeting, Little Rock, September 21st-22nd.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2012 AMS and Radiocarbon Dating of the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 54th Annual Caddo Conference, Natchitoches, Louisiana, March 16th. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2010 Archaeogeophysical Investigations of Early Caddo Settlement Patterning at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting Caddo Conference, Tyler, Texas, March 19th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2009 Archaeogeophysical Investigations of Early Caddo Settlement Patterning at the Crenshaw Site (3MI6). Presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Mobile, Alabama. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville. (Received Second Place Prize in the 2009 Student Paper Competition)

Samuelsen, John R.
     2009 Searching for Early Caddo and Late Fourche Maline Structures: An Archaeogeophysical Survey of the Crenshaw Site. Presented at the Arkansas Archeological Society Meeting, Eureka Springs.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2009 AMASDA Online: Creation and Implementation of an Online Site and Project Management System and GIS for the State of Arkansas. Presented at the 2009 CAA Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 24. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Brandon, Jamie and John R. Samuelsen
     2008 Recent Geophysical and Archeological Investigations at the Royston House (3HE236-91), Historic Washington State Park, Washington, Arkansas. Presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 14th.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2008 Geophysics at the Crenshaw Site. Presented at the 50th Annual Caddo Conference, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Samuelsen, John R.
     2007 Building the Online Rock Art Database. Presented at the 49th Annual Caddo Conference, Magnolia, Arkansas, March 16. Manuscript on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

 

Awards and Grants:

June 2021 - Hester A. Davis Grant - $2,000 - Soil Contamination and Ancient Tooth Enamel at the Crenshaw Site

March 2021 - Hester A. Davis Grant - $2,000 - Advancing Geochemical Analysis of Ancient Plants and Teeth (PIs - John R. Samuelsen and Elizabeth T. Horton)

May 2018 - National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant - $14,750 - An Isotopic Assessment of Late Prehistoric Interregional Warfare in the Southcentral US (Dissertation Chair/PI - George Sabo III)

September 2015 - Arkansas Archeological Society Archeological Research Fund Grant - $600 - Lead Isotope Pilot Study

May 2015 - Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Hester A. Davis Internship in Public Archeology - $4,800 - Strontium Isotope Study of Prehistoric Southwest Arkansas Animal Teeth

May 2015 - Charles R. McGimsey III Endowment - $1,100 - Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Burned Prehistoric Buildings and Occupational History around the Millwood Reservoir in Southwest Arkansas

November 2014 - Student Paper Competition Second Place Winner, Southeastern Archaeological Conference

November 2010 - Student Paper Competition Second Place Winner, Southeastern Archaeological Conference

January 2005 to May 2020 - Employee Institutional Scholar, Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Arkansas

May 2004 to Present - Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society

October 2003 to Present - Golden Key International Honor Society

August 2000 to May 2004 - Florida Academic Scholar, Full Undergraduate Tuition & Book Scholarship, State of Florida

 

Professional Service:

2017-2019 Caddo Conference Organization Board of Officers: Student Representative

2017 Southeastern Archaeological Conference Methodological Advances Session Chair

2015 Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Patterning Session Chair

2013-2014 Southeastern Archaeological Conference Student Affairs Committee
Web-Master

2013-2014 Contributor to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference Website Committee