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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Maximilian O. Baldia

 

Maximilian O. Baldia
 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Anthropology, Southern Methodist University 1995

 

M.A. Anthropology, Southern Methodist University 1983

 

B.A. & B.A. Anthropology & German, University of Massachusetts 1976




ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH/FIELD WORK

1997-present
Principal investigator (PI) and Director of the Czech/American Research Project (CARPRO)
1994-present
Cultural landscape analysis of the Neolithic and Copper Age in North and Central Europe
1983-95
Spatial analysis of 5000 megalithic tombs from Scandinavia, Holland, Germany, Poland and Czechia
1980
Forest Grove/Big Rock Areas survey, Henderson/Van Zandt Co., Texas. M. Raab, PI.
1979
Excavation of Anasazi, Pueblo Indian sites and US military Fort Burgwin, Taos, NM, A. Wooseley, PI.
1978
Frankish cemetery excavation at Mehrsheim, Germany. G. Jacob-Friesen, PI.
CRM survey and excavation of the Aldenhovener Platte, Germany. J. Lüning, PI.
1977
Parting Ways Project: First occupation site of free Afro-Americans excavated in the US, Plymouth, Massachusetts, J. Deetz, PI.
1975
Archaic Indian through historic site, Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA.



COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING

January 1998 - 1999

Instructor/Corpotate Trainer: Cooperative computer training program. Brookhaven Junior College, Dallas and Stream International, Carrollton, TX.

December 1985 - June 1986

 

Lector: Central American and Egyptian Archaeology. School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Rd. Richardson, TX 75080. Human Resources (972) 883-2221.

1973-78

High School Volunteer and Substitute Teaching: German, Spanish, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Mathematics, etc. at Marshfield, Hanover, and Braintree, Massachusetts.

1976-77

 

Teachers Training Program: University of Massachusetts; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Teachers Certificate No. 214981: 1. Social Science, 2. German.

1967-69

Language Lab Instructor: University of Massachusetts Language Lab.



WORK EXPERIENCE

September 1995 – present

Director/Principal Investigator: Czech/American Research Project (CARPRO)

 

Coordination and planning and analysis of archaeological research for a international group of scientists, grant proposal writing, publishing, public relations, fundraising.

 

December 8, 1995-present

Research Associate: Institute for the Study of Earth and Man, Heroy Science Hall, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0274.

Archaeological research, grant proposal writing, publishing. Director of Administration: Susan Liepins, (214) 768-2425.

 

September 19, 1993 – September 30, 1999

Site Trainer: Stream International, Inc.; Local address: 1235 Trinity Mills, Carrollton, TX 75006.

(Bound by nondisclosure agreement.)

Curriculum development, corporate training needs assessment. Presentation of management, customer service, hard and software, train the trainer courses. Computer Technology course at Brookhaven Junior College, Dallas in cooperation With Stream International through Texas Work Force grant. Honored with numerous awards and certificates. Software support, troubleshooting and training for top international computer software manufacturers. Received manufacturer's recognition as part of the development team for one of the most widely used Data Base Management Systems (DBMS) released in 1996. Participated in launching one of the first Internet DBMS products (1996/1997).

 

August 14, 1989-September 30, 1992

Senior Information Center Specialist (Member Technical Staff A): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under contract with Computer Sciences Corporation, Applied Technology Division. EPA, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202

Published and revised government computer instruction manuals, pamphlets, announcements, schedules etc. Provided Zenger-Miller management training and managed all aspects of the EPA Region 6 PC/LAN Training Center for 1200 employees and contractors as certified EPA LAN System Administrator. Furnished scheduling and instruction for over 30 different computer and management courses, including Data Base Management Systems, word processing and desktop publishing on PC and Macintosh computers. Designed new PC/LAN Training Center. Evaluated software and training materials from Microsoft, Novelle, WordPerfect, Lotus Development Corporation, Ashton Tate, Borland etc. as External Resource Representative of the EPA's Technology Assessment Program. Supplied statistical analysis of all computer related training, including scheduling efficiency. Developed course registration data base, cost analysis etc. Increased training enrollment from 30 to over 250 employees per quarter year. Saved the Federal Government a minimum of $111,000 during 1990/91 through in-house training vis a vis equivalent external college courses. Received numerous awards and certificates from CSC and EPA.

 

December 1988 - September 1989

Computer Consultant and Instructor: Texas Institute of Technology, Formerly 1440 Mockingbird Ln., Dallas, TX 75247.

Developed and implemented the Computer Course Program for Business and Medical Professionals, wrote curriculum, provided computer training in Database Management Systems, word processing, etc. and maintained hard- and software.

 

March 1986 - June 1988

School Supervisor and Computer Dept. Chairman: Fort Worth Technical School, 8721 Airport Freeway, Ft. Worth, TX 76180.

Founded the Computer Department and established TEA and NATS certification. Organized and presided over a business community advisory board. Engaged in employee screening, instructor evaluation, budget planning, inventory control, curriculum planning and implementation, procurement, installation, maintenance and support of computer hard- and software, and evaluating plus ordering training materials. Trained instructors, placement directors and administrators. Taught accounting, Database Management Systems, word processing etc. Increased enrollment from ca. 4 to 86 students in six month.

 

December 1985 - June 1986

Lector: School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Rd. Richardson, TX 75080.

Engaged in teaching upper division students Comparative Archaeology and Ethnology of Central American and Near East. Developed Data Base Management System for tests.

 

April 1985 - March 1986

Technical School Evening Supervisor: Video Technical Institute Business Computer School, Formerly Luna Rd., Dallas, TX. 75234. Tel. (214) 263-9961.

Supervised and hired instructors, aided in budget planning, scheduling. Installed and maintained hard- and software. Taught mathematics, computerized accounting, programming, data base management, spreadsheet analysis, word-processing etc. on various computer platforms. Increased enrollment from ca. 30 to over 100 students every ten weeks.



SPECIAL SKILLS

SELECTED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1983-present Cultural Resource Management: Developed computerized, international site and bibliographic Data Base Management System.

1981 Census data (1980): Analysis of U.S. Southwest population dynamics, SMU.

1980-81 Statistics: Cultural Resource Management sampling methodology, SMU.

1979-81 Physics: SMU Radio Carbon Laboratory, H. Haas, Director



PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

 

2001

14th UISPP Congress Session 9, Neolithic in the Near East and Europe

Presenter

 

2001

International Colloquium: Archaeology at the Crossroads, Columbus, Ohio

Co-organizer/Presenter

 

2001

International symposium on comparative archaeology, 66th  SAA meeting

Organizer/Presenter

 

2000

International symposium on cultural continuity social change, 65th  SAA meeting

Co-organizer/Presenter

 

1999

International symposium on theories and methods, 64th  SAA meeting

Organizer & Chair/Presenter

 

1998

International symposium on prehistoric communication, 63rd annual SAA meeting

Organizer & Chair/Presenter

 

1997-

The Comparative Archaeology WEB

Founder and Sr. Editor

 

1997-

The Czech/American Research Program (Carpro)                                                              

Founder and Director

 

1996

Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meeting, Liverpool

Lecturer

 

1995

International symposium on prehistoric monuments, Kalundborg, Denmark

Invited Lecturer

 

1994

International symposium on prehistoric monuments, Falköping, Sweden:

Invited Lecturer

 

1987

11th UISPP Congress Session 16B, Scientific Methods

Chairman

 

1987-93

Council on Anthropology and Education

Member

 

1987-93

Society of European Anthropologists

Member

 

1986

Computer Department, Ft. Worth Technical School

Founder

 

1981

Institut for forhistorisk arkæologi, Moesgård/Århus University, Denmark

Guest Lecturer

 

1981

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague

Guest Lecturer

 

1981

Moravian Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia

Guest Lecturer

 

1979-89

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Member

 

1976-93

American Anthropological Association

Member

 

1976-89/96-

Society for American Archaeology

Member

 

1976-79

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Member

 

1975-76

Univ. of Mass. Boston Anthropological Society

President



GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER SUPPORT

* Major grants




LANGUAGES

 

German (native fluency)

Czech (reading)

Danish (reading)

Dutch (reading)

French (reading)

Italian (reading),

Polish (reading)

Spanish (reading)

Swedish (reading)



PUBLICATIONS

 

2001        The Iceman’s Food Fight. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

2001        The Oldest Cave Painting in Central Europe? The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

2000        The Kennewick Man Update. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

2000        A 30 000 Year Old Ivory Horse Sculpture from South Germany. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

2000        The Kennewick Man and Ancient DNA. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

2000        The Chronology of North America. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

2000        In-between Glaciers: New Evidence of Fauna and Flora of the Eem Period in Central Europe. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1999        Jumping to Conclusions: African Fertility Idols or Tourist Souvenirs? The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1999        Rmíz Index of Figures: Collection of maps, drawings and photographs of Central Moravian Neolithic/Copper Age walled sites, burial mounds, artifacts, human and animal remains, textiles, etc. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1999        Der Götschenberg: A Prehistoric Copper Mining Settlement in Austria. Bookreview: Lippert et al. 1992, Der Götschenberg bei Bischofshofen: Eine ur- und frühgeschichtliche Höhensiedlung im Salzachpongau. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.

 

1999        Suns, Wheels and Megalithic Tombs: The first color pictures of sun-wheel symbols from the megalithic tomb of Blengow 1, E. Germany. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1988        The Oldest Wagon Tracks and a megalithic tomb. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1998        The Earliest Stone Wall. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1998        The First OCR Dates from the Czech Republic. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1998        The Hilltop Villages Near Rmíz. The Comparative Archaeology WEB© (Periodically updated)

 

1998        Causewayed enclosures, the oldest roads, the first wagon tracks, and the development of megalithic tombs in southern Scandinavia and Central Europe. Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in the symposium: Prehistoric communication: The first wheels, roads, metals, and monumental architecture. Friday, March 27, 1998 in Seattle, Washington, USA. (Periodically updated)

 

1998        C14 Dates of Long-Mounds (Earthen Long-Barrows) and Megalithic Tombs from North and Central Europe. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©.  (Periodically updated)

 

1998        Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB) Baalberge group calibrated C14 dates. The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1998        The oldest persevered textile from the Neolithic/Eneolithic in Central / Northern Europe? The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Periodically updated)

 

1998        Neolithic Chronology. The Comparative Archaeology WEB© (Periodically updated)

 

1998        Megalithic Tomb Index: Data Base of Megalithic Tombs, Long-Mounds and Tumuli. The Comparative Archaeology WEB© (Periodically updated)

 

1996        From dolmen to passage- and gallery-grave: An interregional construction analysis. Paper delivered 25 June 1995 at the conference on Megalithic tombs: Their Context and Construction. Kalundborg, Denmark. (Periodically updated)

 

1995/00   A Spatial Analysis of Megalithic Tombs. Vol. 1-2. Ph. D. Dissertation. Southern Methodist University. The Comparative Archaeology WEB© (Periodically updated)

 

1994        Megalithic Tombs and Interregional Communication. Papers presented at the international symposium: Megaliths and Social Geography, 13-17 May 1994, Falköping, Sweden. (Periodically updated)

 

1982a      Environment and cultural evolution: Towards an interdisciplinary theory of human behavior. (Paper presented at the Plenary Session.) In V.J.A. Novak and J. Mlikovsky (Editors), Environment and Evolution, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Brno, 1981, II. Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1982:829-844.

 

1982b      Archaeology, evolution, culture, and communication: A biologically based explanation of cultural evolution. In Jan Jelinek (Ed.), Man and his Origins: Selected Papers of the IInd Congress of the European Anthropological Association, Brno 1980. Anthropos, 21, 1982:5-12. Brno, Czechoslovakia.

 

1982c      Osteological inference from the archaeological perspective. In Jan Jelinek (Editor), Man and his Origins: Selected Papers of the IInd Congress of the European Anthropological Association, Brno 1980. Anthropos, 21, 1982:134-148, Brno, Czechoslovakia.

 

1982d      The so-called "Fertility Idols" of the Abyssinian Falasha. Abstracts in German Anthropology, Göttingen (1982/83)

 

1981 Transatlantic Colloquium on Comparative Archaeology. Anthropology Newsletter, Vol. 22, 4 (April).

 

1979a      National Cultural Resource Management organization: Part III; Archaeology in Austria, a culture-historical review. In Old World Archaeology Newsletter, Vol. 3, 1:10-14.

 

1979b      National Cultural Resource Management Organization: Part II, Archaeological Administration in Austria. In Old World Archaeology News Letter, 3, 2:9-12.

 

1978a      National Cultural Resource Management organization: Part I; Archaeological organization in Germany. In Old World Archaeological Newsletter, Vol. 2,1:13-17.

 

1978 b Netherlands: The Neolithic flint mines of Ryckholt-St. Geertruid. In Old World Archaeology Newsletter, Vol. 2, 2:7.

 

1976        Undergraduate criticizes education survey article. American Anthropological Association Anthropology Newsletter, Vol. 15, 5 (May).

 

Coauthored Publications

Baldia, M. O., C. Baldia and D. Frink

1998        The Czech American Research Project: 1998 Activity Report. (Major updates and revisions in 2001) The Comparative Archaeology WEB©. (Original version published by Christel Chandler on the Weber State University web site)  

 

Gamst, F. C. and Maximilian Baldia

1980        Über die sogenannten "Fruchtbarkeitsidole" der Falascha von Abessinien. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Vol. 105:134- 44, Berlin. ().

 

Guderjan, L.M. Raab et al.

1981        Archaeological investigations of the Forest Grove/Big Rock areas, North-Central Texas. Archaeological Research Program, Southern Methodist University.

 

Wason, Paul and Maximilian Baldia
2000 Religion, Communication, and the Genesis of Social Complexity In the European Neolithic. In Concepts of Humans and Behavior Patterns in the Cultures of the East and West. Russian State University for Humanities. Moscow. (In Russian)

 



PAPERS PRESENTED

2000    The Tyranny of Paradigms: An Americanist's Participant Observation of Archaeological Practice, Methods and Theory in Europe. Paper to be presented at the international symposium: “Perspective 2000: Cultural Continuity and Social Change.” 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Philadelphia, USA, April 9, 2000.

 

1999a Copper, Gold and Competition for Trade: The Earliest Stone Rampart, Megalithic Tombs and Wheeled Vehicles in North and Central Europe. Paper presented at the international symposium: "Prehistoric Technology and its Social Implications: New Methods and Theories" of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, March 25, 1999, Chicago, USA.

 

1999b Neolithic/Eneolithic Copper technology, settlement and trade in Central Moravia. Co-authored with Miroslav Smíd and Ernst Pernicka. Paper presented at the international symposium: "Prehistoric Technology and its Social Implications: New Methods and Theories" of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, March 25, 1999, Chicago, USA.

 

1998    Causewayed enclosures, the oldest roads, the first wagon tracks, and the development of megalithic tombs in southern Scandinavia and Central Europe. Paper presented at the international symposium: "Prehistoric Communication: The first wheels, roads, metals, and monumental architecture" of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, March 27, 1998, Seattle Washington, USA.

 

1997a Copper and the Origin of Megalithic Tombs, Wheels, Wagons, and Roads in North/Central Europe. Paper presented at the international symposium: Metals in Antiquity. 12 September 1997.

 

1997b Megalithic tombs and the origin of the wheel. Guest lecture for the Anthropology Club lecture series, University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston 8 September 1997.

 

1996    Megalithic tombs, Beowulf and other myths. Presented at the Theoretical Archaeology Groups 1996 meeting, Liverpool. December 16-18, 1996

 

1995    From dolmen to passage- and gallery-grave: An interregional construction analysis. Paper delivered at the conference: Megalithic tombs: Their Context and Construction. 25 June 1995, Kalundborg, Denmark.

 

1994    Megalithic Tombs and Interregional Communication. Paper presented at the international symposium Megaliths and Social Geography, 13-17 May, 1994, Falköping, Sweden.

 

1987a Towards a computerized international data base management system for Comparative Archaeology. Paper presented at the Eleventh Congress of the Union International Des Sciences Préhistoriques, Commission 4: Data Management and Mathematical Methods, Session 3, 4 September. Mainz, Germany.

 

1987b Eine Computer Analyse der Deutschen Megalithgräber zum Gedenken Ernst Sprockhoffs. (A computer analysis of German megalithic tombs in honor of Ernst Sprockhoff.) Paper presented at the Eleventh Congress of the Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques, Commission 16: The Neolithic of Europe, Session 2, 5 September. Mainz, Germany.

 

1985a Megalithic architecture and ritual: An Americanist view. Paper presented at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Society for American Archaeology, Session 56: Archaeological Research in the Old World. Denver, Colorado, 5 May, 1985..

 

1985b Megalithic tomb orientation: Celestial or mundane? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Society, Washington, DC, 8 December, 1985.

 

1982a Environment and cultural evolution: Towards an interdisciplinary theory of human behavior. Paper presented at the Plenary Session of the International Symposium on Environment and Evolution, Brno, 1981.

 

1982    Comparative archaeology: An initial definition. Paper presented at the Transatlantic Colloquium on Comparative Archaeology, Fort Burgwin Research Center, Taos, New Mexico, 20 August, 1982.

 

1981a Die Siedlung der Trichterbecher Kultur im Kreis Uelzen, BRD: Eine neue statistische Methode für die Siedlungsforschung und die Denkmalpflege. Paper presented at the Jahrestagung des Nordwestdeutschen Verbands für Altertumsforschung, Erste Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Elektronische Datenverarbeitung, Hannover, BRD, 29. September, 1981.

 

1981b A hypothetical TRB interaction pattern. Paper presented at the Institut for forhistorisk archæologi, Moesgård, Århus University, Denmark, 7 October, 1981.

 

1981c A statistical approach for determining the regional TRB settlement pattern. Paper presented at the Institut for forhistorisk archæologi, Moesgård, Århus University, Denmark, 8 October, 1981.

 

1980a Archaeology, evolution, culture, and communication: A biologically based explanation of cultural evolution. Paper presented at the 2nd Congress of the European Anthropological Association, Brno.

 

1980b Osteological inference from the archaeological perspective. Paper presented at the 2nd Congress of the European Anthropological Association, Brno.




 

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