
Renee Pinkston
These are some of the projects I have worked on relating to Archaeology. If you would like more information, feel free to contact me!
Project |01

View of the floodplain from the site
Massey Springs Earthworks Site
Warren County, Kentucky
Massey Springs Earthworks is a site located in Warren County Kentucky on the banks of a large river in the area. Although actual use is not fully known at this point, research conducted there was able to locate possible earthen mounds, stone wall constructions, and a wattle and daub constructed stockade feature. Research is still being conducted at this site
My part:
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completed my archaeology field school at this site
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was employed as a field technician at this site
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continue to volunteer with this site
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conducted shovel testing in preliminary stages, excavation, literature review and research, and artifact processing in lab
Project |02
Archaeological Investigations at Fort Knox, KY
Fort Knox is home to one of the few army bases in the state of Kentucky. Situated in three counties, Fort Knox encompasses hundreds of acres of land, some of which has not been developed. In the summer of 2012, I was employed by ICI Services, a CRM firm based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia as an Archaeologist I to help conduct investigations on land within Fort Knox.
Due to the sensitive nature of this project and the project area, I cannot provide more information about this in a public space.
My part:
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conducted Phase I survey of the project area
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conducted Phase II excavation and survey of specific sites in the project area
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conducted intensive Phase I surveys and revisits in the project area

Project |03
Massey Springs Mineral Resort Hotel
Warren County, Kentucky
Massey Springs Mineral Resort Hotel is located in northern Warren County, Kentucky. The site, home to the location of two historic mineral resort hotels is rich with historic archaeology on one of the leading industries of the area.
Currently, this site is the basis for my masters thesis. Along with archaeological work, I am also conducting vernacular architecture studies, material culture studies, and oral history interviews. My hope is to recapture the life that occured at Massey Springs, but also to create a dialgoue within my fields of study for more integrated research approaches.

