Eric Oksanen         Research Scientist Associate IV            Contact Information:   Center for Archaeological Research The University of Texas at San Antonio               Phone: 210-458-4378 Fax: 210-458-4397 Email: eric.oksanen@utsa.edu

Education:

2008- MA Anthropology with Archaeology Specialty. Texas State University- San Marcos
Thesis Title: Archaeological Investigations at the Icehouse Site, 41HY161: A Revaluation of Early Archaic Technology, Subsistence and Settlement along the Balcones Escarpment and Central Texas. Thesis Supervisor: C. Britt Bousman

1991- BA Honours History.  University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Studied archaeometry- remote sensing and neutron activation. analysis. Early Modern Europe and French colonial history.

Research Interests:

Lithic studies, geophysical analyses, remote sensing, paleoclimate
and environment modeling, landscape archeology, applied statistics.

 
Work Experience:    

Project Archaeologist and Research Scientist at the Center for Archaeological Studies-University of Texas at San Antonio.

Formerly Project Archaeologist with: SWCA Associates, Austin, TX

Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University-San Marcos

Paul Price Associates Inc., Austin, X

I have worked and conducted research projects in Ontario, Canada, Missouri, Texas, and South Africa, and haven been working in Texas since 1993.  My current interests are in environmental and cultural changes at the end of the Pleistocene and the early Holocene periods.  As lithics are the most durable part of the archaeological record, I have concentrated on lithic studies, and how these can inform about past lifeways.

Professional Organizations:

Society of American Archeologists
Texas Archeological Society

Organizational Service:

Governmental Affairs Committee, Council of Texas Archeologists 2000-2003.

Activities:
2006    Archaeological Excavations at Baden-Baden and Erfkroon, Free State, South   Africa.  National Museum, Bloemfontein/Texas State University.
2003    Field School Survey Coordinator: Texas Archeological Field School. Menard,
Texas.
2002    Field School Area Supervisor and Instructor: Texas Archeological Society Field School.  Edd Melton Site
2001    Field School Area Supervisor and Instructor:  Texas Archeological Society Field School.  Gault Site.