Education

M.A.:  1998.  University of Texas at San Antonio.  Major: Anthropology (concentration in archaeology).

B.A.:  1992,  Summa cum laude,  University of Texas at San Antonio.  Major:  Anthropology (concentration in archaeology).

1986-1988, Undergraduate studies, University of Alaska at Anchorage.  Major: Anthropology

Experience and Skills

Special expertise in analysis of vertebrate faunal material from both historic and prehistoric sites.

Experienced Project Archaeologist, with extensive experience in historic site archaeology.

Experienced in historic artifact analysis.

Experienced technical writer.

Extensive experience with Macintosh computer systems and software:  spreadsheets, database design, word processing, technical and presentation graphics, and telecommunications.

Extensive experience with PC systems and Windows applications: spreadsheets, database design, word processing, and technical and presentation graphics.

Working knowledge of 35mm photographic equipment and digital cameras.

Fluent in conversational and written Spanish.

Work Experience

May 1999-Present: Research Scientist Associate II, CAR/UTSA

April 1996-May 1999: Research Scientist Associate I, CAR/UTSA

May 1995-August 1996:  Director, Legacy: Hands on the Past education program, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio (CAR/UTSA).

March 1990-April 1996: Technical Staff Assistant III, CAR/UTSA.

 Selected Recent Publications

Meissner, B. A.

     2002   Vertebrate Fauna from the Phase II Excavations.  In Archaeological Investigations at the Last Spanish Colonial Mission Established on the Texas Frontier:  Nuestra Se–ora del Refugio (41RF1), Refugio County, Texas, Volume 1: Archaeological Investigations,  by C. L. Tennis, pp.313-314. Archaeological Studies Program Report No. 39, Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation and Archaeological Survey Report No. 315, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

    2001    Vertebrate Faunal Remains.  In The T. C. Osborn Tenant Farm, 41BP314:  An Early Sharecropper Site in Bastrop County, Texas, by J. E. Zapata, pp.48-51. Archeological Studies Program Report No. 31, Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation and Archaeological Survey Report No. 309, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

    2001    Vertebrate Faunal Remains.  In National Register Eligibility Testing of 41MM340 and 41MM341, along Little River, Milam County, Texas, by R. B. Mahoney and S. A. Tomka, pp. 90-91. Archeological Studies Program, Report No. 30, Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation and Archaeological Survey Report No. 303, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

    2001    Mission Concepci—n.  In Archaeological Investigations at Four San Antonio Missions:  Mission Trails Underground Conversion Project, edited by C. L. Tennis, pp. 59-99.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 297, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.        

 Meissner, B. A. (editor)          

   2001    An Archaeological Inventory of Camp Swift, Bastrop County, Texas, by David G. Robinson, Timothy M. Meade, Leeann Haslouer Kay, Lynn Gassaway, and Dustin Kay.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 316, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Meissner, B.A., D. A. Cargill, and D. L. Nickels

   2001    Vertebrate Faunal Remains and Fish Otoliths.  In Test Excavations at the Culebra Creek Site, 41BX126, Bexar County, Texas, by D. L. Nickels, C. B. Bousman, J. D. Leach, and D. A. Cargill, pp. 195-203. Archaeological Survey Report No. 265, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio and Archeology Studies Program Report No. 3, Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation, San Antonio, TX..

 Miller K. H. and B. A. Meissner

   2001    Archaeological Testing in the Mission Concepci—n Courtyard (41BX12), San Antonio, Texas. Archaeological Survey Report No. 304, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Meissner, B. A.

   2000    An Archaeological Assessment of San Pedro Park (41BX19), San Antonio, Texas.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 269, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

    2000    Vertebrate Faunal Remains. In Archaeological Excavations of the Priest Quarters, Mission San Francisco de la Espada, 41BX4, San Antonio, Texas, by J. E. Zapata, M. J. Brown, and J. J. Durst.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 295, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.           

    2000    Vertebrate Faunal Remains. In 1999 Excavations at Mission Rosario, by D.L. Nickels. Archaeological Survey Report No. 298, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio. 

  Meissner, B. A

   1999    Analysis of Vertebrate Faunal Remains from a Spanish Colonial Deposit at Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo).  Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society 70:281-313.

    1999    Vertebrate Faunal Remains.  In Archaeological Investigation of Rainwater Catchment Basins Along the South Wall of Mission San JosŽ, San Antonio, Texas, by S. A. Tomka and A. A. Fox, pp. 39-46.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 287, Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Tomka, S. A., A. A. Fox. And B. A. Meissner

   1999    Mission San JosŽ Repointing and Underpinning Project, San Antonio, Texas.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 294.  Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Meissner, B. A.

   1998    Archaeological Monitoring of an Electrical Conduit Trench at Mission San Francisco de la Espada (41BX4), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 288, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

    1998    Vertebrate Faunal Remains.  In Mission San JosŽ Indian Quarters Foundation Project, Bexar County, Texas: With Appendixes on the Monitoring of the San JosŽ Bus Drive and Granary Parking Lot, and on the Monitoring and Shovel Testing of the San JosŽ Service Drive, by S. A. Tomka and A. A. Fox.  Archaeological Survey Report, No. 278. Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

    1998    Lithics.  In Investigations of the Southeast Gateway at Mission San JosŽ, Bexar County, Texas, by C. L. Tennis, pp. 17-22.    Archaeological Survey Report No. 252, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

    1998    Faunal Remains.  In 41MV120: A Stratified Late Archaic Site in Maverick County, Texas.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 251, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

    1998    Vertebrate Faunal Remains.  In Phase II Archaeological Investigations at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, by B. A. Houk and D. L. Nickels, pp.215-221. Archaeological Survey Report No. 264, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Meissner, B. A. and B. J. Vierra

   1998    Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Background.  In 41MV120: A Stratified Late Archaic Site in Maverick County, Texas.  Archaeological Survey Report No. 251, Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Vierra, B. J., B. A. Meissner, and R. Jones (compilers)

   1998    Lower Valley Water District Database,  Archaeological Site and Historic Property Distribution Map of Phase II and III Project Areas.  Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

 Recent Presentations

 ãâSomething for the Fathers to Eatâ: Vertebrate Faunal Remains From Outside the Priestsâ Quarters at Mission San Francisco De La Espada, San Antonio, Texasä  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April 2001.

 ãâSomething for the Fathers to Eatâ: Vertebrate Faunal Remains From Outside the Priestsâ Quarters at Mission San Francisco De La Espada, San Antonio, Texasä   Presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society, League City, Texas, October, 2000.

  ãAnalysis of Vertebrate Faunal Remains from a Spanish Colonial Mission, San Antonio de Valero (later known as the Alamo)ä.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Archeological Society, Fort Worth, October, 1999.

 ãAnalysis of Vertebrate Faunal Remains from a Spanish Colonial Mission, San Antonio de Valero (later known as the Alamo)ä.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Historic Archaeology, Salt Lake City, January 1999.

 Professional Affiliations

Society for American Archaeology

Society for Historical Archaeology

Council of Texas Archaeologists

International Council for Archaeozoology

Texas Archeology Society

Southern Texas Archaeological Association