Cultural and Historic Preservation
Cultural and Historic Preservation
Faculty in the Department of Cultural and Historic Preservation who have been featured in our Faculty Scholarship Showcase.
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Nathaniel R. Kitchel, Ph.D.
Nathaniel R. Kitchel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Cultural & Historic Preservation
Dr. Kitchel is an anthropologically trained archaeologist specializing in the study of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene populations of the Americas. His current research focuses on the New England region and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, exploring the manufacture and transport of stone tools to understand how humans came to settle previously uninhabited landscapes.
Dr. Kitchel also has a strong interest in Andean archaeology, and recently embarked on a collaborative project in the Lake Titicaca Basin of Peru, exploring social and technological change in high altitude environments through the Holocene.
Heather M. Rockwell, Ph.D.
Heather Rockwell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Cultural and Historic Preservation
& Cultural, Environmental and Global Studies
Dr. Rockwell’s research focuses on Paleoindigenous Communities, the earliest indigenous people of New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Her current field research is in northern Maine at the Munsungun Quarries site, a quarry and campsite utilized by indigenous people for thousands of years. This location serves as both scientific research station and classroom as she strives to create hands-on learning opportunities for her students by including them in her field work. In addition, Dr. Rockwell has developed a local field project which invites students to investigate the history of Aquidneck Island through archaeological projects on campus.