Dr. Logan Miller
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 232
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-noon
Office Phone
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- About
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Biography
I am an anthropological archaeologist with research interests in lithic analysis and the archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands. In class, I talk about the harm of believing in alien pyramids and encourage students to collect cigarette butts around campus.
Current Courses
483.001Advanced Midwestern Archaeology
287.002Independent Study In Anthropology
197.001Lost Continents and Alien Pyramids
351.001Midwestern Archeology
291.002Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Anthropology
287.002Independent Study In Anthropology
197.001Lost Continents and Alien Pyramids
274.001Principles of Archaeology
Ph D Anthropology
Ohio State University
Columbus OH
MA Anthropology
Ohio State University
Columbus OH
BA Anthropology
Wright State University
Dayton OH
Excellence Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement of the Year by a Pre-tenured Faculty Member
ISU College of Arts and Sciences
2019
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2018
Student Paper Award
Society for American Archaeology
2014
Student Poster Award
Society for American Archaeology
2013
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Eren, M., Redmond, B., Miller, L., Buchanan, B., Boulanger, M., Morgan, B., & O'Brien, M. Paleo Crossing (33ME274): A Clovis Site in Northeastern Ohio. Joseph A.M. Gingerich (EDs), In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition Volume 2 (2018): 186-209.
Journal Article, Professional Journal
Eren, M., Miller, L., Buchanan, B., Boulanger, M., Bebber, M., Redmond, B., Stephens, C., Coates, L., Boser, P., Sponseller, B., & Slicker, M. The Black Diamond Site, Northeast Ohio, USA: a New Clovis Occupation in a Proposed Secondary Staging Area. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 2 (2019): 211-233.
Kirgesner, S., Bebber, M., Rutkoski, A., Miller, L., & Eren, M. Toward Recognizing the Prehistoric Butchery of Frozen Meat: An Archaeological Experiment and Stone Tool Microwear Analysis. Lithic Technology 44 (2019): 1-7.
Eren, M., Buchanan , B., Redmond, B., Feathers, J., Miller, L., & Andrews, B. Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dating of Two Burned Clovis Wyandotte Chert Lithic Specimens from Paleo Crossing (33ME274), Ohio, USA. Lithic Technology 43 (2018): 18-25.
Miller, L. Hopewell Bladelets A Bayesian Radiocarbon Analysis. American Antiquity 83 (2018): 224-243.
Miller, L. Microwear Analysis of Hopewell Bladelets from Two Sites Associated with the Stubbs Earthworks, Southwest Ohio. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 43 (2018): 281-297.
Presentations
Bladelets and Middle Woodland Situations in Southern Ohio. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference. (2019)
Ceremonial Situations in the North American Midcontinent: Perspectives from the Middle Woodland Era. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference. (2019)
Preliminary Results of the 2019 Illinois State University Field School at Noble-Wieting. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Archaeological Survey. (2019)
Temporal Changes in Wall Trench Structures at the Upper Mississippian Village of Noble-Wieting, McLean County, Illinois. Society for American Archaeology. (2019)
Toward a Situational Approach to Understanding Middle Woodland Societies in the North American Midcontinent. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference. (2019)
A Langford House from Noble - Wieting, McLean County, Illinois. 62 nd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Archaeological Survey. (2018)
Dating the emergence and decline of Middle Woodland blade technology. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. (2018)
Overview of an Excavated Wall Trench Structure from Noble-Wieting, McLean County, Illinois. 2018 Midwest Archaeological Conference. (2018)
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A JOINT ISU AND ISAS FIELD SCHOOL AT THE NOBLE-WIETING SITE (11ML24). Midwest Archaeological Conference. (2017)
Paleo Crossing (33 ME 274): A Synthesis of Recent Research. Midwest Archaeological Conference. (2017)
Grants & Contracts
Pre-Tenure Faculty Initiative Grant. ISU College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State University. (2018)
University Research Grant Program - New Faculty Initiative Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2016)
Patricia Essenpreis Memorial Grant. Ohio Archaeological Council. Private. (2015)
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