FRB Bio



	Felicia.R. Beardsley Archaeologist - Anthropologist
Dr. Beardsley received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Oregon in 1990, after completing a dissertation on the spatial and stylistic distribution of prehistoric monumental stone architecture across Easter Island. Since then, her research has concentrated on the islands of the western Pacific, where she has focused on their history of settlement and the ensuing complex interaction spheres visible in the patterning of material culture and oral histories. Her research interests also extend to geochemical and archaeometric studies, heritage conservation, and preservation law. Her many published field reports, journal articles and conference papers have contributed to the foundation of archaeological research in the western Pacific, and include new models of settlement and the recognition of previously undocumented technology systems. She has documented the first evidence of coral fishhooks in the central Pacific, the earliest pottery making site on Yap, and new evidence for prehistoric village organization on Kosrae. She has also crafted historic preservation and conservation legislation for various State governments in the western Pacific, written nominations to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for important cultural sites, served as the first technical witness for the Palau Supreme Court, and is part of a group of conservation scientists asked to develop a preservation plan for the monumental stone complex of Leluh, Kosrae. In addition to courses in archaeology and forensics, Dr. Beardsley teaches courses in internship, issues in anthropology, ethnobotany, cultural anthropology, and sex and gender issues. For the past several years she has served as Secretary/Treasurer to the Society for Archaeological Sciences and is a contributing member to several scholarly societies, including the Indo-Pacific Pre-History Association. She has received commendations for her work from the governments of Japan, Yap, Kosrae, and various U.S. agencies. To many Pacific Islanders, she is the woman who knows how to 'see,' use a machete like a man, and has no fear of ghosts, conferring, in one instance, the title of 'fine gentleman.'
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 2006 Conserving the Archaeological Heritage in Micronesia. 2nd International Symposium on X-Ray Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 29 October to 1 November. Invited. Archaeological Discovery in Micronesia: A Search and a Finding on the Island of Kosrae. 8th National Symposium on Archaeometry of China, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 23 to 26 October. Invited. Passage to Eastern Micronesia: Archaeology and Oral History in the Service of Settlement Scenarios. 77th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association, Pasadena, California, 27 to 29 April. Contributed. Restoration of Traditional Knowledge to Enhance Self-Sufficiency. Pacific Preservation Symposium, Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 17 to 19 January. Invited. 2005 Conservation of the Archaeological Heritage in Micronesia. Invited paper at Second Annual California Undergraduate Conference, “Re-defining the Modern Anthropologist.” University of California, Santa Barbara, 23 to 24 April. Invited. In Search of Provenance on Kosrae, Micronesia. 35th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Beijing, China, 10 to 15 May. Invited. 2004 Preliminary Investigation on the Structural Integrity of the Leluh Ruins, Kosrae, Micronesia. Paper presented at the Fryxell Symposium, Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 31 to April 4. Invited. The Search for Finol Tokosra. Paper presented at the VI Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Valparaiso, Chile, 21 to 25 September. Contributed. 2002 Archaeology of Kwajalein Atoll. Lecture sponsored by the Marshallese Cultural Society, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 16 August. Invited. Cross-Currents in Language, Culture and Bloodlines: Settlement of Micronesia. Paper presented at the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 9 to 16 September. Contributed. Recent Findings at Safonfok, Kosrae: Fishhooks, Beads and Sledge Hammers, with N. Lonno, S. Andrew and B. Sigrah. Paper presented at the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 9 to 16 September. Contributed. 2001 Provenance: An Archaeologist’s Perspective. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America, 9 to 11 April. Contributed. 2000 Coral Fishhooks of Safonfok, Kosrae, with Nena Lonno and Standon Andrew. Paper presented at Pacific 2000 conference, Waimea, Hawaii, 7 to 12 August. Contributed. 1998 Sampling for Provenance: Tailings from the South Pacific, with Gordon G. Goles. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington, 26 to 29 March. Contributed. Monumental Earthworks of Belau: The Shaping of Culture. Paper presented at the 16th Congress, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, 1 to 8 July. Contributed. Sengall Ridge, Belau: Burials, Spirit Walks, and Painted Pottery, with Umai Basilius. Paper presented at the 16th Congress, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, 1 to 8 July. Contributed. 1997 Sampling the Field: Provenance Studies on Prospective Rock Quarries, with Gordon G. Goles. Paper presented at South Seas Symposium: Easter Island in the Pacific Context, An International Scientific and Cultural Exchange, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5 to 10 August. Contributed. 1996 Anatomy of a Terrace in the Republic of Belau, with David J. Welch. Paper presented at Society of Hawaiian Archaeology, Maui, Hawaii, 26 to 28 April. Contributed. Fragments of Paradise: National Independence, the Onset of Economic Development, and Cultural Preservation. Paper presented at History, Culture, and Power in the Pacific, the Eleventh Pacific History Association Conference and Twenty-First Annual University of Hawaii Pacific Islands Studies Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, 9 to 13 July. Contributed. Pacific Islands Collection at the University of California, Riverside’s California Museum of Photography (UCR CMP). Paper presented at History, Culture, and Power in the Pacific, the Eleventh Pacific History Association Conference and Twenty-First Annual University of Hawaii Pacific Islands Studies Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, 9 to 13 July. Contributed. 1995 Provenance Studies on Easter Island Obsidian: An Archaeological Application, with William S. Ayres and Gordon G. Goles. Paper presented at American Chemical Society meetings, Archaeological Chemistry Symposium, Anaheim, CA, 2 to 5 April. Contributed. 1994 Provenance Study of Lithic Materials in Micronesia, with William S. Ayres and Gordon G. Goles. Paper presented at Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 20 to 24 April. Contributed. Stylistic and Spatial Affinities of Easter Island Ahu. Paper presented at the 15th Congress, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Chiang Mai, 5 to 12 January. Contributed. 1993 Bone Tool Technology on Easter Island. Paper presented at Rapa Nui Rendezvous, International Conference on Easter Island Research, University of Wyoming, 3 to 6 August. Contributed. 1992 A Prehistoric Chert Quarry on Guam, Mariana Islands. Paper prepared for European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, 4th International Conference, Rome, 28 September to 4 October. Contributed. 1990 Characterization of Easter Island Obsidian Sources, with William S. Ayres and Gordon G. Goles. Paper presented at the 14th Congress, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Yogyakarta, 25 August to 2 September. Contributed. LONG TERM RESEARCH PROJECTS Settlement of Micronesia, patterns of movement and interaction between islands, comparative analyses of occupational patterns and land use between western and eastern Micronesia, integration of oral history and archaeological method, 1999 to present. Dating correlations between charcoal and shell on Pacific islands; an attempt to identify acceptable dating materials for prehistoric island sites with a highly dispersed charcoal component, 1994 to present. Monumental architecture and earthworks documentation across the Pacific, includes development of standardized glossary of terms, 1997 to present. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia: Kosrae, Yap, Pohnpei, 1998 to present (1998-1999, one year; 2000 to present, average two months per year) Pacific Islands: Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2002, three months. Pacific Islands: Republic of Belau, 1996 to 1997, one month. Pacific Islands: Republic of Belau, Hawaiian Islands, Mariana Islands, 1991 to 1996, average six months per year. Pacific Islands: Easter Island, 1987, three months. Pacific Northwest: Oregon Cascade Mountains, 1986 to 1991, average six months per year. Pacific Northwest: Eastern Oregon, 1985, two months. Pacific Northwest: Columbia River Gorge, 1984 to 1985, one month.	MONOGRAPHS 2006 Archaeological Investigations in Tofol, Kosrae, Eastern Micronesia. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of La Verne, and Office of History and Culture, Kosrae, Micronesia. 207 pages. 2005 Safonfok, Kosrae, Emergence of Complexity: Archaeological Investigation of Prehistoric Settlement in East Micronesia. British Archaeological Reports, Archaeopress, Oxford. 118 pages. 2003 Safonfok, Kosrae: Emergence of Complexity. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside. 235 pages. 2001 Phase II: Intensive Archaeological Survey and Testing, Naval Air Station Barbers Point. Paul H. Rosendahl, Ph.D., Inc., Hilo, Hawaii. 744 pages. 1997 Archaeological Investigations at the Pacific Beach Annex, Oahu, Hawaii, with Michael Kaschko. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 66 pages. Fishponds, Taro Patches and Shell Middens: Archaeological Investigations on Peleliu, Republic of Palau, Data Recovery and Monitoring for the Palau Rural Water System Program. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 228 pages. 1996 Fragments of Paradise: Archaeological Investigations in the Republic of Palau. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 502 pages. Honoruru to Honolulu: from Village to City, Volume 1: History and Archaeology of a City Block, with Conrad “Mac” Goodwin, Stephen Wickler, and Bruce Jones. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 376 pages. 1995 Historic Preservation Mitigation Plan: Palau Rural Water System Program, Peleliu. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 16 pages. 1994 Archaeological Investigations on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 240 pages. Burial Treatment Plan for the KCCC-WGC Sewage Force Main Project, Wailua, Kauai, with David Welch. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 22 pages. Dune Burials and Landscape Change: Archaeological Subsurface Testing Inventory Survey, Kauai Community Correctional Center and Wailua Golf Course Sewage Force Main Project, Wailua, Kauai. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu. 110 pages. 1993 Archaeological Data Recovery and Monitoring of the Manenggon Hills Access Road Corridor, Guam. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. 257 pages. PUBLICATIONS 2006 Restoration of Traditional Knowledge to Enhance Self-Sufficiency. Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (on-line: http://micronesia.csu.edu.au/MJHSS/), Combined Issue, 5(1/2): 592-604. 2005 A Possible Medicine-Making Stone in the Upper Tofol Drainage, Kosrae, Micronesia. Rapa Nui Journal: The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation 19(1): 53-55. 2004 Dinay, Yap. U.S. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (listed April 14, 2004). Likinlulem, Kosrae. U.S. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (listed April 14, 2004). 2002 Safonfok, Kosrae. U.S. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (listed March 1, 2002). Sengall Ridge, Belau: Burials, Spirit Walks, and Painted Pottery, with Umai Basilius. Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Melaka Papers, Vol. 6, ed. by P. Bellwood, D. Bowdery, F. Beardsley, D. Bulbeck, S. Keates, and S. Phear. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 22: 147-151. 2001 Coral Fishhooks of Safonfok, Kosrae, with Nena Lonno and Standon Andrew. Pacific 2000, Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Easter Island and the Pacific, ed. by C.M. Stevenson, G. Lee and F.J. Morin, pp. 197-202. Easter Island Foundation, Los Osos, California. Jungle Warfare 2000. CRM: Special Issue on Pacific Preservation 24(1). Sampling for Provenance: Tailings from Prehistoric Stone Quarries in the South Pacific, with Gordon G. Goles. Journal for Archaeological Sciences 28(6): 587-595. 2000 Easter Island Obsidian Artifacts: Typology and Use-Wear, with William S. Ayres and Robert L. Spear. Easter Island Archaeology: Research on Early Rapanui Culture, ed. by C. M. Stevenson and W. S. Ayres, pp. 173-190. Easter Island Foundation, Bearsville Press, Los Osos, California. 1998 Sampling the Field: Provenance Studies on Prospective Rock Quarries, with Gordon G. Goles. Easter Island in Pacific Context: South Seas Symposium. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Easter Island Research. Easter Island Foundation, Bearsville and Cloud Mountain Press, Los Osos, California. 1997 Comment on the Preservation of Archaeological Heritage. Sustainable Development in the Pacific Islands, Conference Proceedings. Sixteenth Annual Pacific Islands Conference, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, June 16-20, 1997. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, San Francisco, California. Pacific Islands Collection at the University of California, Riverside’s California Museum of Photography (UCR CMP). Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol. 20, Nr. 4 (special issue on photography). Provenance Study of Lithic Materials in Micronesia, with William S. Ayres and Gordon G. Goles. Prehistoric Long-Distance Interaction in Oceania: An Interdisciplinary Approach, ed. by Marshall Weisler. New Zealand Archaeological Monographs Series. 1996 Excavation Blocks II, V, and Va. Honoruru to Honolulu: From Village to City, Volume I: History and Archaeology of a City Block, by Conrad “Mac” Goodwin et al. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. Bone Tool Technology on Easter Island. Rapa Nui Journal: The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation 10(4): 77-80. Lithic Analysis. Palau Compact Road Archaeological Survey, by S. Wickler et al. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. Provenance Studies on Easter Island Obsidian: An Archaeological Application, with William S. Ayres and Gordon G. Goles. Archaeological Chemistry: Organic, Inorganic and Biochemical Analysis, ed. by M.V. Orna. American Chemical Society Symposium Series Nr. 625. Stylistic and Spatial Affinities of Easter Island Ahu. Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Chiang Mai Papers, Vol. 2, ed. by I.C. Glover and P. Bellwood. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 15: 23-36. 1991 Characterization of Easter Island Obsidian Sources, with William S. Ayres and Gordon G. Goles. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 11: 179-187. 1987 Easter Island Obsidian: Provenance and Social Interaction Studies, with William S. Ayres. Rapanui Journal 2(1).
BOOK REVIEWS 2003 Book Review: Moon Handbooks Micronesia (sixth edition). Rapa Nui Journal: The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation, vol. 17. 2002 Book Review: On the Margins of Sustainability: Prehistoric Settlement of Utrok Atoll, Northern Marshall Islands. Rapa Nui Journal: The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation, vol. 16. 2000 Book Review: Micronesia Handbook (fifth edition). Rapa Nui Journal: The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation 14(3). 1999 Book Review: From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai’i (Revised Edition). Pacific Affairs 73(3), Fall issue. 1998 Book Review: Ancient Mining. SAS Bulletin, Society for Archaeological Sciences 21(1/2): 27-29. Book Review: The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana. SAS Bulletin, Society for Archaeological Sciences 21(4): 23-25 1997 Book Review: Learning from Things, Method and Theory of Material Culture Studies. SAS Bulletin, Society for Archaeological Sciences 20(1/2): 15-16.	ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS 2006 Restoration of Traditional Knowledge to Enhance Self-Sufficiency. Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (on-line: http://micronesia.csu.edu.au/MJHSS/), Combined Issue, 5(1/2): 592-604. Unfortunately, access is restricted to subscribers. 2000 Micronesian Diary. On the Intangible Publications website: http://www.intangible.org/Features/micronesia/ 1996 Pacific Islands Collection at the University of California, Riverside’s California Museum of Photography (UCR CMP), with E.R. Beardsley, graphic designer. On the UCR California Museum of Photography website: http://www.cmp.ucr.edu To access the site, as it has been moved, you must go to collections then plug in the title into the search function.