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MICHAEL T. SEARCY
Department of Anthropology
Brigham Young University
862 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5374 - [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Anthropology, 2010, University of Oklahoma
M.A. Anthropology, 2005, Brigham Young University
B.A. Journalism, 2000, University of North Texas
EMPLOYMENT
Academic
2012Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young
University.
2011-12 Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young
University.
2011
Adjunct instructor, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University.
2010-11 Staff archaeologist/historian, Office of Public Archaeology, Brigham Young
University.
2006-09 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma.
2006-07 Teaching assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma.
2005
Museum curation assistant, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History,
University of Oklahoma.
2005
Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University.
2003
Research assistant, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University.
Production
2006-09 Producer/editor, Burning Buffalo Films, Norman, Oklahoma.
2002-05 Video editor and technician, Comprehensive Clinic, Brigham Young University.
2000-02 Video editor, 12 Forward (post-production studio), Dallas, TX.
PUBLICATIONS
Book
2011
Articles
In press
In press
In review
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The Life-Giving Stone: Ethnoarchaeology of Maya Metates. University of
Arizona Press, Tucson.
Cultural and Contextual Differentiation of Mesoamerican Iconography in the
U.S. Southwest/Northwest Mexico. In Proceedings of the XI Southwest
Symposium, edited by Randy McGuire and Elisa Villapondo. Arizona State
Museum, Tucson.
Beginnings: The Viejo Period. In New Light on Paquimé, edited by Paul E. Minnis
and Michael E. Whalen. Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, Arizona. (Senior author
with Jane Kelley)
The Viejo Period. In The Archaeology of Paquimé, edited by Paul E. Minnis and
Michael E. Whalen, University of Arizona Press, Tucson. (Junior author with Jane
Kelley)
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In review
2013
2008
2006
2004
Late Fremont Cultural Identities and Borderland Processes. In Being or
Becoming? Late Holocene Research on Foragers and Early Farmers in the Desert
West, edited by Barbara Roth and Maxine McBrinn. (Senior author with
Richard Talbot)
Understanding the Viejo Period: What Are the Data? In Collected Papers from
the 17th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, edited by Lonnie C.
Ludeman, pp. 77-81, Western New Mexico University, Silver City. (Junior
author with Todd A. Pitezel)
Laptops in the Sand: Using Rugged Computers in the Field. SAA Archaeological
Record 8(4):43-46. (Senior author with Scott Ure)
The Daily Grind: An Analysis of Maize-grinding Times in Mesoamerica. Inquiry
1(1):73-82. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
What Arrives in Front of Your Face? K’ekchi’ Perception of Art. Art Prostitute
Issue 5. Dallas, Texas.
Technical Reports
2012
A History of the Copper Globe, Lucky Strike, Tomsich Butte, Hidden Splendor and
Little Susan Mines within the San Rafael Swell Mining District Based on Oral
Interviews, Emery County, Utah, Museum of Peoples and Cultures Technical
Series No. 11-13. Brigham Young University, Provo.
2011
2010 Archaeological Investigations at Mountain Meadows, Washington County,
Utah. Museum of Peoples and Cultures Technical Series No. 11-2. Brigham
Young University, Provo.
2011
Archaeological Assessment of the Kenilworth Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Project Site, Carbon County, Utah. Museum of Peoples and Cultures Technical
Series No. 11-1. Brigham Young University, Provo.
2011
Archaeological Inventory of Section 16, Eskdale, Millard County, Utah. Museum
of Peoples and Cultures Technical Series No. 11-4. Brigham Young University,
Provo. (Senior author with Lane Richens)
2011
Archaeological Inventory of State Trust Land, Hatch Rock Parcel, San Juan
County, Utah. Museum of Peoples and Cultures Technical Series No. 11-5.
Brigham Young University, Provo. (Third author with Lane Richens and Richard
Talbot)
2011
Archaeological Inventory of the Proposed Bonneville Crusher Area Borrow Pit at
Kennecott Utah Copper, Salt Lake County, Utah. Museum of Peoples and
Cultures Technical Series No. 11-8. Brigham Young University, Provo. (Third
author with Lane Richens and Richard Talbot)
2010
Archaeological Inventory of the Davenport Flagstaff Smelter Site, Salt Lake
County, Utah. Museum of Peoples and Cultures Technical Series No. 10-7.
Brigham Young University, Provo.
Book Review
2003
Silence on the Mountain (Daniel Wilkinson). Anales de la Academia de Geografía
e Historia de Guatemala, Enero a Diciembre de 2002. Guatemala City.
PRODUCTIONS
2012
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Mining on the Swell. Producer/director/editor of documentary highlighting life
of miners on the San Rafael Swell. Bureau of Land Management and Utah
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining.
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2009
2002
Starvation Doctrine: The Plight of Illegal Immigrants in America. Full-length
documentary addressing the issue of illegal immigration and immigration
reform in the U.S. Burning Buffalo Films, Norman, OK (co-directed with Zac
Davis).
• Winner of “Best Oklahoma Short Film” at the Dead Center Film Festival,
Oklahoma City.
• Official Selection - Society for Visual Anthropology Film, Video and
Interactive Media Festival, Philadelphia.
• Official Selection - Sin Fronteras Film Festival, University of New Mexico.
Loj’lak Ixim – Ethnographic film on the maize planting ceremonies of the
Q’eqchi’ in the highlands of Guatemala.
PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Conference Papers/Posters
2013
Accessories of Modern Mayan Grinding Stones. Paper presented at the 78th
annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2012
Documenting the Past: Implementing New Mapping Technologies at
Archaeological Sites. Paper presented at the 2012 Trimble Dimensions
conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Junior author with Scott Ure)
2012
The Viejo Period. Poster presented at the 2012 Amerind Seminar public session
in Tucson, Arizona.
2012
The Viejo Period of the Casas Grandes Cultural Tradition. Paper presented at
the 17th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, Silver City, New Mexico.
(Junior author with Todd Pitezel)
2012
Astronomical Implications for the Mound of the Cross at Paquimé, Chihuahua,
Mexico. Paper presented at the 77th annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee. (Senior author with David Derrick)
2011
El Renacimiento del Simbolismo Mimbres en Casas Grandes. Paper presented
at the XIV Conferencia de Arqueología de la Frontera Norte, Casas Grandes,
Chihuahua, México.
2011
Decorative Renascence: Tracing Early Ceramic Designs into the Late Prehistoric
Period in the U.S. Southwest/Northwest Mexico. Paper presented at the
Society for American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting, Sacramento,
California.
2011
Data Recovery at the Jackson Flat Reservoir Project, Kanab, Utah. Paper
presented at the Utah Professional Archaeology Conference, Provo, Utah.
(Senior author with Richard Talbot)
2010
Cultural and Contextual Differentiation of Mesoamerican Iconography in the
Southwest/Northwest. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Southwest
Symposium, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
2008
Laptops in the Sand: Using Rugged Computers in the Field. Paper presented
at the Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC,
Canada. (Senior author with Scott Ure)
2007
Mano and Metate Manufacturing Techniques of the Maya: An
Ethnoarchaeological Approach to Understanding Standardization and
Measurements. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology
72nd Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.
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2006
2006
2005
2004
2004
Moving from Guessing to Educated Guessing: Testing the Ethnographic Record
with Experimental Archaeology. Paper presented at the Archaeological
Sciences of the Americas Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.
Moving from a Grinding Halt: Expanding the Interpretation of Groundstone
through Ethnoarchaeology. Paper presented at Society for American
Archaeology 71st Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Senior author with
Jaime Holthusen)
Poster - Mayan Metate Ethnoarchaeology. College of Family, Home, and
Social Sciences Research Conference, Brigham Young University.
What Arrives in Front of Your Face? K’ekchi’ Perception of Art. Paper
presented at International Studies Forum, International Studies Program,
Brigham Young University.
The Archaeology/Technology Relationship and the Rise of the
Technoarchaeologist. Paper presented at Utah Professional Archaeological
Conference, Provo, Utah. (Senior author with Scott Ure)
Invited Lectures
2013
Archaeoastronomy at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, Utah Statewide
Archaeological Council, Utah County chapter meeting.
2012
Archaeological Methods/Utah Archaeology, American Leadership Academy,
Archaeology/Anthropology class taught by Mandy Law.
2012
Cultural Resource Management/Applied Archaeology in ANTH 247 Applied
Anthropology, BYU.
2012
Seeing Anthropology in a Visual Landscape, BYU Anthropology Club.
2012
Careers in Archaeology, ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, BYU.
2012
Ethnoarchaeology, ANTH 110 Introduction to Archaeology, BYU.
2012
Archaeological Methods/Utah Archaeology, 4th Grade, Cherry Hill Elementary
School, Orem, Utah.
2011
Cultural Resource Management in Mexico, ANTH 512 Heritage Resource
Management, BYU.
2010
Symbols and Social Hierarchy: Mesoamerican Iconography at Casas Grandes,
Mexico. Forum Lecture for the Department of Anthropology, BYU.
2010
Methods of Iconographical Analysis, ANTH 562 Formative Mesoamerica, BYU.
2005
Mesoamerican Civilizations, in MFG 201 History of Creativity, BYU.
Film Screenings
2013
Mining on the Swell, John Wesley Powell River Museum, Green River, Utah.
2012
Premier screening of Mining on the Swell, Museum of the San Rafael, Castle
Dale, Utah.
2010
Starvation Doctrine, Anthropology Club Event, Brigham Young University
2010
Starvation Doctrine, ANTH 2203 – Peoples of the World, Univ. of Oklahoma
2009
Starvation Doctrine, Dead Center Film Festival, Oklahoma City
2009
Starvation Doctrine, Society for Visual Anthropology Film, Video, and
Interactive Media Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2009
Starvation Doctrine, Sin Fronteras Film Festival, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque
2009
Starvation Doctrine, ANTH 2953 – Race and Ethnicity, Univ. of Oklahoma
2009
Starvation Doctrine, GEOG 1103 – Human Geography, Univ. of Oklahoma
2009
Starvation Doctrine, Cleveland County Democratic Party, Norman, Oklahoma
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2008
2007
Premier screening of Starvation Doctrine, Sam Noble Museum of Natural
History, University of Oklahoma, Norman
Starvation Doctrine, preliminary screening at Univ. of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Other Presentations
2007
Facilitator for the film “China Blue” at the Margaret Mead Film Festival, Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman.
2005
What Arrives in Front of Your Face? K’ekchi’ Perception of Art. Photography on
display. Harold B. Lee Library Hallway Gallery, Brigham Young University.
RESEARCH
2013
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Co-director, Discovering the Roots of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Director, Provo Mounds Archaeological Project, Provo, Utah.
Co-director, Viejo Period Preliminary Survey, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Co-director, Wolf Village Excavation, BYU Field School, Goshen, Utah.
Consultant/crew director, Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative (Obsidian
Crossroads/Fremont Settlement), Panaca, Nevada.
Director, Archaeoastronomy of the Mound of the Cross, Paquimé, Casas
Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Director, San Rafael Swell Mining Oral History Project and documentary.
Office of Public Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
Crew chief, Fort Harmony excavation, New Harmony, Utah. Office of Public
Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
GIS coordinator, Idaho Power Company Line 220 and Line 432 surveys. Office
of Public Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
GIS coordinator, Hatch Rock, Moab, Utah survey. Office of Public
Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
Crew member, Trees/Rocky Mountain Power survey. Office of Public
Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
Crew member, SITLA- Eskdale, Utah survey. Office of Public Archaeology,
Brigham Young University.
Project coordinator, Archaeological Assessment of the Kenilworth Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Project Site. Office of Public Archaeology, Brigham Young
University.
GIS coordinator, Idaho Power Company – Hagerman Area Cultural Resource
Monitoring Project. Office of Public Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
Crew member, Mountain Meadows Massacre site excavation. Office of Public
Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
Field supervisor, Jackson Flat Reservoir project, Kanab, Utah. Office of Public
Archaeology, Brigham Young University.
Crew member, Excavation of Site 315, Medio Period site in the Casas
Grandes Valley in Chihuahua, Mexico. Project directors: Dr. Paul Minnis,
University of Oklahoma, and Dr. Michael Whalen, University of Tulsa.
Crew member and mapping specialist, Sand Hollow II excavation, Hurricane,
Utah. Office of Public Archaeology, Provo, UT. Project director: Rich Talbot;
field director: David Yoder.
Crew member, El Pueblito excavation, hilltop site in the Casas Grandes Valley,
Chihuahua, Mexico. Project director: Todd Pitezel, University of Arizona.
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2006
Crew member, Cerro de Moctezuma Prehistoric Trails survey in Chihuahua,
Mexico. Project director: Todd Pitezel, University of Arizona.
2005
Crew member, North Creek Rock Shelter excavation (9000 year old cave site
in southern Utah). Project director: Dr. Joel Janetski, BYU Anthropology
Department.
2003-05 Ethnographic fieldwork in several communities in Highland Guatemala. Focus of
research was a material study of the use-life of manos and metates and the
manufacturing process of these tools at two of the last known metateproducing quarries in Guatemala. Partially funded by the New World
Archaeological Foundation.
UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY SERVICE
2013
2013
2013
Editor, Utah Archaeology, journal of the Utah Professional Archaeological
Council
Member of Utah Professional Archaeological Council Executive Committee
Acting Chair of Publications and Technology Committee, Department of
Anthropology, BYU
Manuscript Review
Journal of Utah Archaeology (2012), Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (2012)
Graduate Students
Scott Ure (2013), Kristin South (2012), Wendy Dahle (2011), Jessica Simpson (chair),
Hailey Ferguson (chair), Daniel King, Rachel Harris, Katie Richards, Shelley Watts, Lynn
Mulkern, Fan Clive, Adrien Mooney
Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) faculty mentor
Hannah Steffensen (2012-13), Madison Mercer (2012)
Eagle Scout project advisor:
Austin Harris (2012), Josh Harris (2013)
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