Associate Professor
Dr. McNutt earned his B.S. in Anthropology from Middle Tennessee State University in 2006, and his MA (2010) and PhD (2014) in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow, where he specialized in conflict archaeology. His research interests include utilizing technology such as LIDAR and GIS to answer questions about battlefield and conflict sites, power and dominance in the landscape, and the impact of violence on non-combatants. This includes the archaeology of internment and POW camps, where place becomes transformed through social interaction into a space of the dominant and dominated, with landscapes and architecture spatially arranged in a grammar of control and constant observation.
His past research has focused on developing and implementing a predictive GIS model for the most probable location of battlefields within wider landscapes. This GIS model was successively applied to battlefields ranging AD 1296 to 1745. Working with the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, he participated in projects on various types and periods of conflict sites, ranging from the Battle of the Somme, to Bannockburn, to POW camps in Poland, to WWII aircraft crashes in remote locales of Scotland.
Several of these projects were part of documentaries, and sparked another of his research interests, which is the communication of archaeology public. Archaeology, is at its heart, a communal endeavor, and communicating its importance to the wider public should remain one of its guiding tenets. He also works as a consultant on development projects for television documentaries.
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About Ryan McNutt
Dr. McNutt earned his B.S. in Anthropology from Middle Tennessee State University in 2006, and his MA (2010) and PhD (2014) in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow, where he specialized in conflict archaeology. His research interests include utilizing technology such as LIDAR and GIS to answer questions about battlefield and conflict sites, power and dominance in the landscape, and the impact of violence on non-combatants. This includes the archaeology of internment and POW camps, where place becomes transformed through social interaction into a space of the dominant and dominated, with landscapes and architecture spatially arranged in a grammar of control and constant observation.
His past research has focused on developing and implementing a predictive GIS model for the most probable location of battlefields within wider landscapes. This GIS model was successively applied to battlefields ranging AD 1296 to 1745. Working with the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, he participated in projects on various types and periods of conflict sites, ranging from the Battle of the Somme, to Bannockburn, to POW camps in Poland, to WWII aircraft crashes in remote locales of Scotland.
Several of these projects were part of documentaries, and sparked another of his research interests, which is the communication of archaeology public. Archaeology, is at its heart, a communal endeavor, and communicating its importance to the wider public should remain one of its guiding tenets. He also works as a consultant on development projects for television documentaries.
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Sociology and Anthropology | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Historical Archaeology, Conflict Archaeology, Battlefield Archaeology, Archaeology of Internment and Prisoner of War sites, US Civil War, LiDAR, GIS, Technology in Archaeology, Environment and Landscapes, Southeastern Archaeology, Digital Technologies in Archaeology, Anthropology of Violence and Conflict, and Archaeology of Scotland
Grants
| 2014 | Research Support Award |
| University of Glasgow, Graduate School of Arts and Humanities | |
| $391.83 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2017 - Present | Affiliated RPA, Register of Professional Archaeologists | 2016 - Present | Peer Reviewer, Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage | 2016 - Present | Member, Society for Historical Archaeology | 2016 - Present | Member, Southeastern Archaeological Conference | 2015 - Present | Archaeology Consultant/Researcher, Ballista Media | 2014 - Present | Peer Reviewer, Journal of Conflict Archaeology | 2011 - Present | Editor/Contributor, Love Archaeology Magazine | 2017 | Peer Reviewer, Southeastern Archaeology Journal | 2015 - 2017 | LiDAR Consultant, GUARD Archaeology Limited | 2014 | Cartographic Illustrator, Creating Material Worlds: The Uses of Identity in Archaeology |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Glasgow (2010-2014)
Courses
- Honors Research (UHON 4999)
- Thesis Hours (ANTH 7999)
- Archaeology Field Session (Graduate Level) (ANTH 6262)
- Advanced Archaeological Analysis (ANTH 6235)
- Archaeology Field Session (Summer) (ANTH 4263)
- Archaeology Field Session (SPRING) (ANTH 4232)
- Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 1102)
- World Archaeology (ANTH 2331)
- Archaeologies of Conflict (ANTH 3091)
- Historical Archaeology (ANTH 3136)
| 2010 - 2014 | Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of Glasgow | |
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| 2009 - 2010 | M.A. in Archaeology, University of Glasgow | |
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| 2003 - 2006 | B.S. in Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University | |
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Contact Information
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8051
Office: Carroll 1050
Phone: (912) 478-2237
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