William B. Lees, Ph.D., RPA has been Director of the University of West Florida's new Florida Public Archaeology Network since August, 2005. He operates a network of regional public archaeology centers located throughout Florida. The goal of these centers is to increase public awareness of Florida archaeology through outreach and direct public involvement.
Dr. Lees also serves the Society for Historical Archaeology as President Elect. He is a Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) and a member of the Florida Archaeological Council, Florida Anthropolgical Society, and Florida Trust for Historic Preservation.
With an expertise in historical archaeology, Dr. Lees has been involved in projects on land and underwater in the Great Plains and southeastern United States. His research has ranged from the early contact period Wichita in Kansas, Civil War and Indian Wars battlefields in Oklahoma and Kansas, Limerick plantation in South Carolina, an early western-rivers steamboat in Oklahoma, and the Choctaw townsite of Doaksville in Oklahoma. In additon to archaeological research, he has also done considerable work with the interpretive development of archaeological sites.
Links:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Florida Civil
War Memorials
- Oklahoma's
Civil War Monuments and
Memorial Landscapes (pdf)
- Unpublished Papers
and Projects (work in progress)
- Gallery of old crew and field photos (work in progress)
- 1897 Thesis
on merits of wire vs. cut nails (for the serious nail scholar)
Email: wlees@uwf.edu
Phone: 850-595-0051
Street Address: 207 E. Main Street, Pensacola
Mailing Address:
Florida Public Archaeology Network
PO Box 12486
Pensacola FL 32591-2486
