Meagan Mangum

Dedicated Field Archaeologist and Researcher successful at handle multiple projects simultaneously, evaluating artifacts, and utilizing software to complete high-quality work. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills.

• PCA Winchester - Central Winchester Regeneration Project (CWR)

 - Weekly Volunteers: Supervision of Floatation Sample Processing (Wednesdays), Finds Washing (Thursdays), Monthly Community Open Days (tours and demonstrations), Winchester

• University of Birmingham, CAHA Museum

 - More than four years of youtreach to local community groups, students, and local schools - Highlights included ongoing work with the Birmingham Midlands Classics for All (BMCA) Conference, which focused on artefact handling as a means of inspiring children from under serviced communities to connect with 'Classical' literature and culture. Examples range from ‘Art and Architecture: Artefact Handling Session’ to ‘Experimental Archaeology and Homer’. Further details available upon request

• Edgbaston High School for Girls, Classics Enrichment Programme

 - Archaeology Master-Class, Research and Cultural Collections, Spring Term 2016, Autumn Term 2015: Convenor, Introduction to Archaeology (6 Sessions)

• Illustration, Photography, GIS, Artefact Illustration and photography, 3D modelling of architectural elements, ArchGIS
• Vessel Analysis/Seriation, Archaic and Classical wheelmade pottery, Comparative analysis of East Greek and North Aegean pottery, Seriation study of Egyptian ‘beer jars’ from the Askut rescue excavations
• Protein Analysis, Study of unit CA-SNI -73 for San Nicholas Island Excavations Study, pre-mission era
• Research Excavations, Instructor/ Excavator, University of Montreal, Argilos Field School, Serres, Greece, June-August 2009-2017 (6 weeks/season) : Supervision/Instruction in processing, cataloguing and archiving finds, conservation, pottery drawing; Instruction in excavation/recording techniques; Site photographer, Instructor/ Excavator, University of Birmingham, Alrewas Field School, UK, Summer Term 2015 (4 weeks) : On-site instruction in excavation techniques, systematic recording of data, cataloguing materials, scale drawing (stratigraphic levels, profiles)