Stephen Yerka, IT Specialist I

 

Education

• M.A. 2010, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
• B.S. 2002, (cum laude, Golden Key International Honor Society) Middle Tennessee State University

Research Interests

North American prehistoric archaeology, particularly Woodland and Paleoindian in the southeastern US;landscape archaeology; GIS and spatial analysis; near surface geophysical prospection; database development, design and systems analysis; archaeological method and theory, ritual and folklore.

ARL Services

GIS, Geophysics

Selected Publications

J. Christopher Gillam, David G. Anderson, Stephen J. Yerka, and Shane Miller
2006   Estimating Pleistocene Shorelines and Land Elevations for North America. Current Research in the Pleistocene . Vol. 23 (in press).

David G. Anderson, D. Shane Miller, Stephen J. Yerka, and Michael K. Faught
2005   Paleoindian Database of the Americas: 2005 Status Report. Current Research in the Pleistocene.Vol. 22.

Recent Reports:

Stephen J. Yerka, Gerald F. Schroedl and Palmyra Moore
2007   Gradiometer and Soil Resistance at the Onderdonk House, Rugby, Tennessee. Report presented to Historic Rugby. 

Stephen J. Yerka and Gerald F. Schroedl
2006   Gradiometer and Soil Resistance at Town Creek, Montgomery, North Carolina. Report presented to Dr. Stephen Davis, Principle Investigator, Town Creek Archaeological Project. 

Contact Information

Stephen Yerka
5723 Middlebrook Pike
Room 237
Knoxville, Tennessee
37921-5946

Email: syerka@utk.edu
Phone:  865- 946-1916
Fax: 865-946-1883